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Oak Grove High School
Go Warriors!
2008-2009
Mrs. Stephanie Slay
Public Speaking & Honors English III
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Honors English III:
- Yeah! Research Papers have been turned in!
- Novel Study - starts Monday, December 1st (Of Mice and Men)
Public Speaking -
- Informative Speaking
- topic due Friday, November 14
-we will be working on outlines and
a reference page in class
-Speech due Tuesday, December 2
Exams - Thursday, December 19th & Friday, December 20th
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Holiday Break
December 20 - January 2
Fall Semester 2008
1st Block - Honors English III
2nd Block- Planning
3rd Block - Public Speaking
4th Block - Honors English III
Spring Semester 2009
1st Block - English III
2nd Block - conference
3rd Block - Honors English III
4th Block - Honors English III
Public Speaking - FALL 2008
Welcome to Public Speaking!

Public Speaking Pacing Guide
Nine - Week Elective
S. Slay
Week 1
- Introductory Speeches (outline and sample provided) 3 days
- Fear Inventory - 1 day
- Introduction to course (organizing and delivery / No Brainers video part 1) 2 days
Week 2
- How Communication Affects Your Life (speech model, public speaking in different careers, chapter vocabulary,)
- How to plan a speech / Functions of the introduction, body and conclusion
- Basic outlining skills
Week 3
- Delivery Skills (part 2 of video)
- Pet Peeve Speech (4 days)
Week 4
- Personal Experience Speech
Week 5
- Organizational patterns
- Informative Speech (research skills and APA documentation)
Week 6
- Listening Skills (2 days)
- Nonverbal Communication
Week 7
- Propaganda Techniques
- Introduce Persuasive Speaking
- Commercial presentations (work with a partner)
Week 8
- Persuasive Speeches (Research and APA documentation)
Week 9
- Review and Exam
Public Speaking
CLASS OBJECTIVES:
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Develop proficient Speaking Skills
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Develop Listening Skills
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Gain Confidence through speaking assignments
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Cycle of Communication
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Non-verbal communication
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Research and analyze data
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Writing Introductions, Conclusions and Outlines
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Speeches: Introduction, Pet Peeve, Informative, Demonstrative, Persuasive,...
Develop proficient Speaking Skills
Develop Listening Skills
Gain Confidence through speaking assignments
Cycle of Communication
Non-verbal communication
Research and analyze data
Writing Introductions, Conclusions and Outlines
Speeches: Introduction, Pet Peeve, Informative, Demonstrative, Persuasive,...
Supplies:
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Blue or Black pen/ pencil
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3 ring binder w/ paper
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3x5 ruled index cards ( white only)
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Honors English III Pacing Guide
S. Slay
Week 1
- Basic Grammar Review (pre-test will be administered)
- Literature Terms (quiz scheduled)
- Writing sample students will be given a persuasive prompt
- ACT practice test
Week 2
- American Literature Historical Background
- Origins of American Literature (Native American Literature)
- Unit Test
Week 3
- American Revolution Writings (Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, Henry)
- Rhetorical Devices (Assign Propaganda Project)
- Unit Test
Week 4
- Introduce Research Paper begin discussing topics and hand out guideline packet
- Novel Study The Crucible
Week 5
- Research Paper
- The Crucible
Week 6
- Research Paper
- The Crucible
Week 7
- Novel Test
- Research Paper (note cards)
Week 8
- Research Paper (rough draft)
Week 9
- Research Paper (peer edit)
- Review and Exam
Week 10
- The New England Renaissance Unit (Hawthorne, Poe, Melville, Irving)
- Research Paper Due
Week 11
- Continue the New England Renaissance Unit
- Unit Test
Week 12
- Transcendentalism (Emerson & Thoreau)
- Modern Day Transcendentalism Dead Poets Society
Week 13
- Poetry (study and analyze poetry/ write original poetry)
- Novel Study Of Mice and Men
Week 14
- Novel Study
Week 15
- Novel Study
- Novel Test
Week 16
- Slavery and the Civil War (slave spirituals and excerpt from Frederick Douglass) / 3 days
- Frontier Writing (Twain, Chopin)
- Introduce Gatsby background notes
Week 17
- Novel Study The Great Gatsby
- Unit project
Week 18
- Review and Exam
Conference Period: 2nd Block
E-mail available through www.schoolnotes.com
School phone number: 601-264-8309
Class Focus:
The focus of English III is on reading, analyzing, and writing about American literature. Students are expected to be proficient in grammar, so there will be no in-depth study of grammar unless specific grammatical problems arise in student writing and/or speaking. Each student must read what is assigned; I cannot conduct a discussion about a selection if only a few students have read the assignment. I will give reading quizzes occasionally to make sure that students are reading and keeping up with the material.
Note taking is extremely important in this class! Students should be prepared to take notes during every class meeting. If a student missed a class or a portion of a class, it is the students responsibility to get missed-notes from another student. I will be happy to clarify any points or answer any questions. Notes are especially important, because I do not give detailed reviews before tests.
Make-Up Work
Students are responsible for getting make-up work the day they return to class. If an assignment or test is announced before the absence, the student will be held responsible for it the day they return to class (unless it's a medical matter). Eight points per day will be deducted from late assignments.
Supplies
- Loose-leaf binder with dividers. Please do not purchase a spiral-bound notebook for class use. I tend to give a lot of handouts, and they are much easier to keep in a spiral-bound notebook.
- Only blue or black ink pens
- Red pen (for correcting work)
- 4x6 ruled index cards for research paper (white only)
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Highlighter
- The Crucible - Arthur Miller
- Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
- The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Please obtain a copy of these novels as soon as possible. If you are unable to purchase a copy due to budget restraints, please come to me as soon as possible so that I can use classroom funds to purchase extra copies.
Class Outline
The following reading list is designed to serve as a basic outline of our class. Readings may be added to or deleted as time and student comprehension
dictates.
All Semester
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Bell work will be assigned everyday. We will concentrate on vocabulary and proofreading skills.
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Review and apply literature terms
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Learn about relevant American authors
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Build vocabulary Specific terms unique to the reading selections
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Review and practice ACT skills
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Concentrate on Persuasiive Writing
Week 1 - Grammar Review, Literature Terms, ACT Skills, & Persuasive Essay
Unit 1: Early American History
Historical background text and teacher notes
Unit 2: The American TraditionIroquois Constitution, p.76
Anne Bradstreet poetry, p. 114,215, and handouts
Jonathan Edwards, from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, p. 118
Novel Study - The Crucible
Unit 3: The American Revolution (Rhetoric & Propaganda)
Patrick Henry, Speech to the Virginia Convention, p. 152
Propaganda Poster Project
Thomas Paine, from Crisis, No. 1, p. 159
Ben Franklin
Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, p. 171
Abigail Adams
Jean de Crevecoeur
Unit 4: New England Renaissance Prose (Transcendentalism)
Edgar Allen Poe, The Pit and the Pendulum, p. 225
Ralph Waldo Emerson, from Self-Reliance, p. 252
Thoreau, from Walden, p. 258
Nathaniel Hawthorne - Rappaccini's Daughter
Unit 5: New England Renaissance Poetry
William Cullen Bryant, Thanatopsis, p. 290
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Old Ironsides, handout
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Psalm of Life, p. 350, and The Tide Rises, theTide Falls, handout
Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven, p. 338, and Annabel Lee, p. 348
Emily Dickinson poetry, pp. 347-348
Novel Study - Of Mice and Men
Unit 6: Slavery and the Civil War
Introduction to Slave Narratives
Frederick Douglass, from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, p. 364
Slave spirituals, including Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, p. 370
Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, p. 374
Walt Whitman, O Captain! My Captain! p. 405 and Beat! Beat! Drums,
Unit 7: Frontiers
Bret Harte, The Outcasts of Poker Flat, p. 426
Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour, p. 450
Mark Twain, The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, p. 455
Chief Joseph, I Will Fight No More Forever, p. 464
Walt Whitman, from Song of Myself
Novel Study - The Great Gatsby
Unit 8: Modern Fiction (Focus: Mississippi Writers) IF TIME ALLOWS
Assorted stories, to include
William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily
Eudora Welty, Why I Live at the P.O.
Richard Wright, from Black Boy
Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and/or The Glass Menagerie (video)
Research Paper - A detailed calendar and instruction packet will be given to each student early in the semester. All students are required to write in APA style. Each student will write a position paper on a controversial issue.
Technology Clause
Please note that failures of technology (i.e., "my computer crashed," "the file won't open," "the lab printer was broken," "my printer is out of ink," etc.) will NOT lead to an extension of any deadline. Please do all that you need to do to insure that your paper will be turned in on time! (back-up files, buy ink, etc.)! I will not accept papers via email. No excuse will result in a paper being turned in late without penalty!
Fall : Topic Due - Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Research Days in Library: September 22,23, & 26

Research Paper Guidelines & Dates
Fall 2008
Honors English III
S. Slay
Research Paper Guidelines
Topic- All eleventh grade students are required to write a position paper (research paper). Students should choose a controversial issue and discuss/defend it. The paper should focus on a controversial and argumentative aspect of your topic. Be sure to use persuasive transitions and not slip into informative mode. The paper should include supporting arguments that contain sufficient and specific evidence (all research must be cited within the paper).
Topic Due – September 18, 2008
Research Days – September 22, 23, & 26
Guidelines and Dates to Remember
Basic Information:
· This is a requirement of the course
· The body of the paper must be a three-typed page research paper following APA style. A work-cited page is also required.
· When typing your paper, double-space it and use Times New Roman font, size 12.
· This paper should contain a compilation of ideas, opinions, and theories put forth by experts in certain fields rather than your own personal ideas and opinions. As the author of this paper, your job will be mostly that of an editor – deciding what information to include and exclude; where to put the information; and how to make a smooth transition from one set of ideas to another. Sample topics will be discussed in class.
Sources: You are required to use at LEAST five sources; try to get at least six or seven in case one or two do not have good usable information. No encyclopedias may be used – not even those on CD-ROM (no wikipedia). The sources must include at least two types. Choose from the following: Internet, books, magazine/journal articles, and newspaper articles. The sources you select should be as recent as possible. In order for me to evaluate your documentation, I must have the materials from which you citied the information. That means I must have photocopies of the following: magazine articles – the entire article; newspaper articles – the page from which the article (including page numbers); books- copy the title page, the page with the copyright date, and the pages from which you took your information (whether quoted, paraphrased, or summarized); Internet- the entire article along with the web address.
Materials Needed:
· 3x5 ruled note cards (at least 75 / white only)
· Large cardboard or plastic expandable folder with a flap that will close; the ones that have elastic bands on them are best
· A plain three-hole loose-leaf folder with two pockets. No plastic report covers or folders with designs on them
Thesis Statement: We will discuss thesis statements in class; yours will be due Tuesday, September 30, 2008.
Source Cards : Due date for at least five source cards for your research paper is Tuesday, October 7, 2008: Take close note of examples given in class. Make sure you do not plagiarize – even on your note cards. All information should be in your own words except direct quotes, which you must enclose in quotation marks.
Quotations: You should use no more than two quotations in your paper, and they should not be lengthy. See me if in doubt about length.
Note Cards: Bring your sources to class every day!You will have time to write note cards in class for a few days. Remember to put the page number on each card. A total of fifty note cards are necessary to write a good paper. You will receive two points for each one. I will keep a daily tally. Your daily grade will be a ZERO if you do not meet this deadline each day: 20 due Wednesday,October15; 30 due Thursday, October 16; 40 due Friday, October 17 and all 50 note cards are due Tuesday, October 21, 2008.
Outline: Your outline should be no more than one and a half pages TYPED.
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Rough draft outline is due Thursday, October 23, 2008
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Your final outline is due Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Type in Library: Everybody will type a rough draft at school.
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Thursday, October 30, 2008
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Friday, October 31, 2008
Rough Draft/Peer edit: Tuesday, October 7, 2008. We will peer edit in class.
Final Draft: Due Tuesday, November 4, 2008. There is no excuse for not turning your paper in on the due date unless you have been in the hospital for an extended period of time.
Technology Clause
Please note that failures of technology (i.e., "my computer crashed," "the file won't open," "the lab printer was broken," "my printer is out of ink," etc.) will NOT lead to an extension of any deadline. Please do all that you need to do to insure that your paper will be turned in on time! (back-up files, buy ink, etc.)! I will not accept papers via email. No excuse will result in a paper being turned in late without penalty!
Organize Your Materials:
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In a pocket folder:
1. Final typed paper (5 pages: title page, 3 pages of body, and reference page)
2. Rough draft that has been corrected (in side pocket)
3. Peer editing sheet(s)
4. Original graded thesis and outline.
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In a large accordion folder:
1. Photocopies of sources highlighted with the source card for each one stapled on top of it and all sources bound together with a rubber band and labeled USED.
2. Note cards labeled USED(bound together with a rubber band)
3. Note cards labeled NOT USED (bound together with a rubber band)
4. Source cards and research articles labeled NOT USED
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are absent on the day the paper is due then you must send it by someone else, and it must be delivered to me in my room no later than 8:15 AM on the due date. This applies to all deadlines – source cards, note cards, outline, thesis, and rough draft. If you do not turn these assignments in on the correct day, you will get a 0 on the work, and you will still have to turn the work in to pass the research paper.
Late papers: If you turn in the final draft late (even if its just a few minutes after the due time period), you will lose 10 points from all four major grades. If it is two days late, you will lose 20 points of all four major grades. I will not listen to excuses on due dates – I’ve heard them all!
Break down of grades:
· Thesis statement – one daily grade
· Final Outline – Quiz grade
· Source cards – daily grades
· Note cards – daily grades
· Rough Draft - Must present typed copy in class on due date to receive credit for the day.
· Final Copy – FOUR TEST GRADES (Format, Organization, Grammar, & Content)

- Loose-leaf binder with dividers. Please do not purchase a spiral-bound notebook for class use. I tend to give a lot of handouts, and they are much easier to keep in a spiral-bound notebook.
- Only blue or black ink pens
- Red pen (for correcting work)
- 4x6 ruled index cards for research paper (white only)
Bell work will be assigned everyday. We will concentrate on vocabulary and proofreading skills.
Novel Study - Of Mice and Men
Unit 6: Slavery and the Civil War
Introduction to Slave Narratives
Frederick Douglass, from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, p. 364
Slave spirituals, including Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, p. 370
Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, p. 374
Walt Whitman, O Captain! My Captain! p. 405 and Beat! Beat! Drums,
Unit 7: Frontiers
Bret Harte, The Outcasts of Poker Flat, p. 426
Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour, p. 450
Mark Twain, The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, p. 455
Chief Joseph, I Will Fight No More Forever, p. 464
Walt Whitman, from Song of Myself
Novel Study - The Great Gatsby
Unit 8: Modern Fiction (Focus: Mississippi Writers) IF TIME ALLOWS
Assorted stories, to include
William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily
Eudora Welty, Why I Live at the P.O.
Richard Wright, from Black Boy
Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and/or The Glass Menagerie (video)
Research Paper - A detailed calendar and instruction packet will be given to each student early in the semester. All students are required to write in APA style. Each student will write a position paper on a controversial issue.
Technology Clause
Please note that failures of technology (i.e., "my computer crashed," "the file won't open," "the lab printer was broken," "my printer is out of ink," etc.) will NOT lead to an extension of any deadline. Please do all that you need to do to insure that your paper will be turned in on time! (back-up files, buy ink, etc.)! I will not accept papers via email. No excuse will result in a paper being turned in late without penalty!
Fall : Topic Due - Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Research Days in Library: September 22,23, & 26
Bret Harte, The Outcasts of Poker Flat, p. 426
Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour, p. 450
Mark Twain, The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, p. 455
Chief Joseph, I Will Fight No More Forever, p. 464
Walt Whitman, from Song of Myself
Novel Study - The Great Gatsby
Unit 8: Modern Fiction (Focus: Mississippi Writers) IF TIME ALLOWS
Assorted stories, to include
William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily
Eudora Welty, Why I Live at the P.O.
Richard Wright, from Black Boy
Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and/or The Glass Menagerie (video)
Research Paper - A detailed calendar and instruction packet will be given to each student early in the semester. All students are required to write in APA style. Each student will write a position paper on a controversial issue.
Technology Clause
Please note that failures of technology (i.e., "my computer crashed," "the file won't open," "the lab printer was broken," "my printer is out of ink," etc.) will NOT lead to an extension of any deadline. Please do all that you need to do to insure that your paper will be turned in on time! (back-up files, buy ink, etc.)! I will not accept papers via email. No excuse will result in a paper being turned in late without penalty!
Fall : Topic Due - Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Research Days in Library: September 22,23, & 26

Rough draft outline is due Thursday, October 23, 2008
Your final outline is due Tuesday, October 28, 2008
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Thursday, October 30, 2008
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Friday, October 31, 2008
Rough Draft/Peer edit: Tuesday, October 7, 2008. We will peer edit in class.
Technology Clause
-
In a pocket folder:
1. Final typed paper (5 pages: title page, 3 pages of body, and reference page)
2. Rough draft that has been corrected (in side pocket)
3. Peer editing sheet(s)
4. Original graded thesis and outline.
-
In a large accordion folder:
1. Photocopies of sources highlighted with the source card for each one stapled on top of it and all sources bound together with a rubber band and labeled USED.
2. Note cards labeled USED(bound together with a rubber band)
3. Note cards labeled NOT USED (bound together with a rubber band)
4. Source cards and research articles labeled NOT USED
Late papers: If you turn in the final draft late (even if its just a few minutes after the due time period), you will lose 10 points from all four major grades. If it is two days late, you will lose 20 points of all four major grades. I will not listen to excuses on due dates – I’ve heard them all!
Break down of grades:
· Thesis statement – one daily grade
· Final Outline – Quiz grade
· Source cards – daily grades
· Note cards – daily grades
· Rough Draft - Must present typed copy in class on due date to receive credit for the day.
· Final Copy – FOUR TEST GRADES (Format, Organization, Grammar, & Content)













