VOCABULARY

GRAMMAR

WRITING

SPEAKING

LITERATURE

*analogies

*weekly vocabulary lists

·          AVG  10-15 words

·          QUEST/ADV 20-25 words

·          Emphasize SAT words

*roots, prefixes, & suffixes

·          AVG 2-4

·          QUEST/ADV 4-6

*verbals

*comma usage (review)

*comma splice

*pronoun usage

*compound &

       compound/complex

       sentences

·         Identification, structure, & punctuation

·         Clauses

 Sentence diagramming

*Descriptive Essay

*Expository Essay

*Persuasive Essay

       (G.H.S.G.T format)

*Research Paper

(M.L.A. format)

*Class discussion

  Oral presentation

*Poetry

*Renaissance Drama

·          Midsummer’s Night Dream

·          Taming of the Shrew

·          Julius Caesar

*Classical Drama

·          Antigone  (ave. & adv.)

·          Oedipus Rex (quest)

*Classical Mythology

*Modern Drama 

                       Our Town

*Novel (see list)

NOVELS:

AVERAGE

ADV/QUEST

SUMMER

*The Old Man & the Sea

 A Separate Peace

 Things Fall Apart

 To Kill a Mockingbird

 Fahrenheit 451

*All the King’s Men

 1984

 The Grapes of Wrath

The Bluest Eye

Mythology

(novels from the average list may be used also)

All Creatures Great & Small

The Water is Wide

The Joy Luck Club

Cold Sassy Tree

20,000 Leagues Under the

                                          Sea

The House on Mango Street

Saint Maybe

That Was Then, This is Now

The Chocolate War

*The Once & Future King

                             (adv./quest)