Adolph H. Schreiber Hebrew Academy of Rockland County

Professional Development

English Language Arts: 7G/8G Honors

English Language Arts (2008-2009)

9/15/08 - Schnur

Combined 7G/8G Honors English with Dr. Schnur
Syllabus

Month	Reading	Writing Portfolio
Sept-Oct 2008	Our Town-Thornton Wilder	Character Analysis, neighborhood map, timeline
September 2008	Art Prompt	Short story
Oct-Nov 2008	The Glass Menagerie-Tennessee Williams	Scene One from Original Play
December 2008	A House of Tailors-Patricia Giff	Book Review
January 2009	Collaborate with social studies teacher	How to write a research paper based on social studies topic
February 2009	“The Necklace” by Guy De Maupassant	Short Story
March 2009	“O, Captain! My Captain!” (Whitman) “Sestina” (Bishop); transformation of poem to song ("I am a Rock, I am an Island" - Simon and Garfunkle)	Narrative, sestina, or song poem
April-May 2009	Literature Circles: Holocaust Books	5-Paragraph essay
June 2009	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn –Betty Smith	Literary Analysis

Plus 20-book independent reading goal with written accountability

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