Mrs. Smith is a graduate of Virginia Tech (undergrad) and William and Mary (law school). After working for over 25 years in a thriving law practice, Mrs. Smith is sharing her love of reading and writing with her students. She is married with two children, both Volunteer graduates, who attend Tennessee Tech and the University of Tennessee Knoxville. Mrs. Smith currently teaches English 11 and English 11 Honors.

You can contact Mrs. Smith at stephanie.smith@hck12.net.

Stephanie Smith’s English 11 Class

Welcome and congratulations on your Junior Year!

Class Expectations:

Ø  Be respectful and kind to your fellow students and me!

Ø  Be on time and ready to learn each day

Ø  Chromebook charged (very limited plug-ins in my room)

Ø  Cellphones out of sight unless we are using these for class

Class materials:

Folder or three ring binder to hold notes and/or worksheets.

Contact information:

Stephanie.smith@hck12.net or contact me through Rooms or Skyward

Grading:

Daily work (includes classwork, class participation and anything graded that is not a test, project, or major paper): 60%

Tests/Projects/major papers: 40%

Semester Exam: 20% of overall semester grade

Syllabus: Springboard English III textbook

Unit 1: The American Dream

•       Selected readings on the American Dream

•       Researched Persuasive Essay

•       Including the Wizard of Oz – may include selections from movie versions as contrast to the text

Unit 2: The Power of Persuasion

•       The Crucible and selected associated readings including commentary on the Crucible, historical background, and allegory for McCarthyism

•       The 1996 movie of The Crucible will be used in association and comparison with the play text

•       Speech project

An American Journey

•       Independent Reading Project

•       The Harlem Renaissance including selections from Their Eyes Were Watching God, poetry, and jazz music of the period taught through a group project

•       Zero Hour – Short story examination

American Forums: The Marketplace of Ideas

•       Newspapers, editorials, and satire focusing on student rights and responsibilities of citizenship

•       The Great Gatsby including research paper

Grammar topics

•       Modifiers, advanced punctuation, ACT prep topics, sentence structure, easily confused words, etc.

•       MLA9 for citations and paper format

Skills and concepts will include: rhetorical appeals, logical fallacies, literary devices, poetry analysis and writing, research, debate skills, presentation of a speech, slide presentations, group activities, character development, critical reading of texts, motif, theme, author’s intent, editing, development of an effective argument, ACT skills for English and Reading sections, and other items as found in the Tennessee English 11 curriculum and Springboard English III textbook and Springboard materials.