1. Academy of Holy Angels English 11: American Literature
Mrs. Deirdre Hocks
English Teacher
Head of English Department

2. A little bit about Deirdre Hocks
B.A. in English & Teaching from University of St. Thomas (UST)
Minors in Communication Studies & Spanish
Completed M.A. program at UST in Special Education: Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD)
Current 5-12 Comm. Arts & Lit MN teaching license
4th year at AHA
Group fitness instructor in Eagan & 200-hour yoga certified
Assistant coach for JV/Varsity soccer and Track

3. Course Overview Students will:
Build a community of learners through collaboration & discussion
Discuss and analyze literature
Write five-paragraph essays (1 per trimester)
Enhance grammar and vocabulary skills
Refine research skills
Read challenging literature

4. Catholic Social Teaching & The AHA Way 2.0
Life and Dignity of the Human Person
Call to Family, Community, and Participation
Rights and Responsibilities
Option for the Poor and Vulnerable
The Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers
Solidarity
Care for God's Creation

5. Curriculum for Adv. English 10
Trimester One:
Summer Reading assessments
Early Settlers – Native Americans, Puritans and Planters
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nationalism & Romanticism
Poe, Irving, Cooper

6. Trimester 2 Transcendentalism Fools Crow by James Welsch
Melville, Emerson, Thoreau, Dickinson, Whitman, Bierce, Crane, Douglass, Lincoln, Twain
Fools Crow by James Welsch
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

7. Trimester 3 Harvest Gypsies by John Steinbeck
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Fences by August Wilson
The Things They Carried By Tim O’Brien

8. Classroom Policies & Expectations
Available in the course syllabus and on Moodle
Respectful, responsible, safe, and mature behavior at all times
Late work is not accepted unless due to an emergency or absence
Papers/major projects, etc. = reduced grade
Plagiarism, copying work, etc. is a serious academic offense and not tolerated in the classroom.

9. How to connect school and home…
Enforce good study habits - Write assignments in planner, check Moodle, manage time
Enforce habits of good readers - re-read, look up words, no distractions
Enforce habits of good writers - start writing early, make numerous drafts, ask for help with revisions, understand the severity and consequences of plagiarism

10. How to Reach Me
(the best way to reach me)
Web Page: access through Guest access on Moodle (Hocks1617)
Syllabus
All homework, in-class work, PowerPoints, etc. available
Please contact me with questions, concerns, comments, clarifications, etc.
I am here to help, support, and guide your child!