Holly.Hoover@cobbk12.org Ellen.Simonds@cobbk12.org (4th) 10th Grade Literature Holly.Hoover@cobbk12.org Ellen.Simonds@cobbk12.org (4th)

Course Description This course is a thematic study of a variety of literature from various countries. We will be studying short stories, novels, poetry, memoirs, nonfiction essays, speeches, and a play. Students will respond to literature by writing pieces that are narrative, informative, or argumentative.

Assessment Weekly Vocabulary Quizzes Formal Writing Persuasive Compare and Contrast Synthesis Collaborative projects and presentations Oral Presentations Reading quizzes and Tests

Grading Scale Writing (Narrative, Literary Analysis, Research, Argumentative, Informative, Explanatory) 30%   Reading (Literature, Non-Fiction Texts) Language (Conventions, Vocabulary) 15% Listening/ Speaking (Collaboration, Presentation) 10% Final Exam (Cumulative) - EOC A 90-100 B 80-89 C 74-79 D 70-73 F 69-50

Homework/Late Work Late homework will be accepted, but points will be deducted each day that it is late (10% off of the total for each day an assignment is late). No assignment will be accepted for a grade after five days. Students will only be allowed to make up work, tests, and quizzes with an excused absence.

Novels of Study Midsummer's Night Dream by: Shakespeare Night by: Elie Wiesel Lord of the Flies by: William Golding Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by: Ransom Riggs

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