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American Literature Syllabus – Turner County High School
Course Title: American Literature
Course Description: This course is required of all students. Prerequisites are 9th Grade Literature and Composition and 10th World Literature and Composition. American Literature focuses on a study of American literature; the student develops an understanding of chronological context and the relevance of period structures in American literature. The student develops an understanding of the ways the period of a work of literature affects its structure and how the chronology of a work of literature affects its meaning. Required course (1 credit / full year)
Teacher Introduction: Millie Puckett Artium Baccalaureus AB Morehead State University Major – Speech Communications-Mass. Com-Theatre Minors –English
M.A. Miami (Ohio) University Major- Rhetoric Minor – Organizational Communications
M.A. Northern Kentucky University Major- Secondary Education Emphasis- English College Board Certified in AP Language and AP Literature Gifted Endorsement
Course Agenda and Direction: Content Standards to be covered – Common Core Georgia Performance Standards 9 Weeks Outline | 1st Grading Period - Reading Focus: Literary Extended Text The Crucible by Arthur MillerShort Texts Literary: 1. Sioux Native American Creation Story http://chnm.gmu.edu/exploring/pre_18thcentury/creationstories/pop_sioux.html 2. “Legend of the Cherokee Creation” from the Cherokee Native American Tribe http://www.cherokee-nc.com/index.php?page=97 3. “Diné” from the Navajo Native American Tribe http://www.artsmia.org/world-myths/artbyculture/ketoh_story.html 4. “When Grizzlies Walked Upright” from the Modoc Native American Tribe http://www.csun.edu/~sa54649/314/Grizzlies.html 5. “The Earth on Turtle's Back”, from the Onondaga Native American Tribe http://teacherweb.com/AZ/ParadiseEducationCenter/Koblinski/earth_on_the_turtles_back.pdf
Course Title: American Literature
Course Description: This course is required of all students. Prerequisites are 9th Grade Literature and Composition and 10th World Literature and Composition. American Literature focuses on a study of American literature; the student develops an understanding of chronological context and the relevance of period structures in American literature. The student develops an understanding of the ways the period of a work of literature affects its structure and how the chronology of a work of literature affects its meaning. Required course (1 credit / full year)
Teacher Introduction: Millie Puckett Artium Baccalaureus AB Morehead State University Major – Speech Communications-Mass. Com-Theatre Minors –English
M.A. Miami (Ohio) University Major- Rhetoric Minor – Organizational Communications
M.A. Northern Kentucky University Major- Secondary Education Emphasis- English College Board Certified in AP Language and AP Literature Gifted Endorsement
Course Agenda and Direction: Content Standards to be covered – Common Core Georgia Performance Standards 9 Weeks Outline | 1st Grading Period - Reading Focus: Literary Extended Text The Crucible by Arthur MillerShort Texts Literary: 1. Sioux Native American Creation Story http://chnm.gmu.edu/exploring/pre_18thcentury/creationstories/pop_sioux.html 2. “Legend of the Cherokee Creation” from the Cherokee Native American Tribe http://www.cherokee-nc.com/index.php?page=97 3. “Diné” from the Navajo Native American Tribe http://www.artsmia.org/world-myths/artbyculture/ketoh_story.html 4. “When Grizzlies Walked Upright” from the Modoc Native American Tribe http://www.csun.edu/~sa54649/314/Grizzlies.html 5. “The Earth on Turtle's Back”, from the Onondaga Native American Tribe http://teacherweb.com/AZ/ParadiseEducationCenter/Koblinski/earth_on_the_turtles_back.pdf