| English Lit/Comp 121 |
| Welcome to Honors Sophomore English at Wheeler High School. I enjoy teaching this class, and I hope you will enjoy taking it. You can view the approved curriculum for this class at the Cobb County Schools website. You can check summer reading lists at wheelerhigh.com. I hope this brief overview of the class will give you some idea of what we do.
PacingGuide
1st 6 weeks — summer reading — grammar & composition review — Anglo-Saxon unit — Middle Ages unit
2nd 6 weeks — Research Paper — Renaissance poetry — Renaissance drama: Macbeth — Age of Enlightenment
3rd 6 weeks — Romantic unit — Victorian unit — nineteenth-century novel: Jane Eyre and/or Pride and Prejudice — Modern unit: Pygmalion
Grading
I use the point system; we will top out over 3000 points at the end of the semester. Every assignment will receive a grade. A basic homework assignment is worth 5 points if (a) it was done outside of class and (b) it makes it to class on the day assigned. I don’t accept late homework. Quizzes will be worth 1 point per question; tests will be worth 2. Formal compositions are worth 100 points. Students may turn them in late at a penalty of 20% per day as per English Dept. policy. My grade profile is usually half A’s, half B’s, with a handful of lower grades. I update grades every week. Parents can view children’s grades on I-Parent, and I will be happy to e-mail parents at home or at work if they will respond every time to acknowledge that they have received them. update. |
| Dr. Carter’s Classes |
| Phone: 770-578-3266 ext. 401 Fax: 770-578-3268 Email: Jimmy.Carter@cobbk12.org |
