English 10 - Syllabus

English 10 – American Literature
Winter 2001
Kalamazoo Central High School
Mr. Sadler and Mr. Johnson
Block 2   (9:10-10:40) Block 4   (12:50-2:20)

Weekly Schedule
MWF: Writing, Reading and Discussion
TH: Lab  (9:55- 10:40)   (1:35-2:20)

Course Description
     This course is American literature. We will be studying the development of American literature as an art form by reading a number of short stories by authors who have played a part in illustrating America's past. It's important for you to realize the impact that these authors have had on the development of writing in the United States and also of this particular art form, the short story.
     We will be reading the short stories, watching some of them on video, writing about the authors and the stories, and using the Internet in a variety of ways. You can expect to do writing in class at least three times a week.  You will be proofreading and revising your writing throughout the semester until they shine like the sun.

Course Policies
     As a course member, you are responsible for observing the rules stated in the Declaration of Conformity. You will be graded weekly on your academic participation (writing, discussing, conferencing, quizzes, tests, notebooks, etc.) and your behavioral participation.

Expected Reading
 

The Story of an Hour	by Kate Chopin
Dr. Heidegger's Experiment	by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Black Cat	by Edgar Alan Poe
The Cast of Amontillado	by Edgar Alan Poe
Rappaccini's Daughter	by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Yellow Wallpaper	by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Parker Adderson, Philosopher	by Ambrose Bierce
The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg	by Mark Twain
The Blue Hotel	by Stephen Crane
Bernice Bobs Her Hair	by F. Scott Fitzgerald
I'm a Fool	by Sherwood Anderson
Soldiers Home	by Ernest Hemmingway
The Greatest Man in the World	by James Thurber
The Jilting of Granny Wetherall	by Katherine Anne Porter
The Golden Honeymoon	by Ring Lardner
Almos' a Man	by Richard Wright
The Sky is Gray	by Ernest Gaines
The Lottery	by Shirley Jackson
Who am I this Time	by Kurt Vonnegut
The Music School	by John Updike
Fahrenheit 451	by Ray Bradbury