English I

Laurie E. Schaefer
English Department Chair
Mount Tabor High School

342 Petree Road

Winston-Salem, NC 27106

English I: A Survey of Literature

In English I, we study all of the different genres of literature, focusing on vocabulary development, literary terms, and reading comprehension skills. Students not only have to pass the course, but also the state-mandated end-of-course test in order to graduate. All of the handouts and PowerPoints I use in class will be posted on this page as the year progresses.

1st Quarter: BASIC TRAINING UNIT	Schaef's House at a Glance	Parent Information Form
	English I Syllabus 2009-2010	Schaefer's Rules and Procedures
	Art and Clean-Up Rules	PG-13 Movie Parent Permission
	Art and Clean Up Rules PowerPoint	KWL Chart About Schaef
	Letter to Schaef Instructions	Jungle Situation: Group Dynamics
	Jungle Situation: Items to be Ranked	Turnitin.com Instructions
	How to Plagiarize a Paper	Basic Training PowerPoint

1st Quarter: END OF COURSE TEST INTRODUCTION	English I EOCT and Test Taking Skills PowerPoint	English I EOCT and Test-Taking Skills Word Scramble Handout
	Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes to Know	Tone Words to Know for the EOCT
	Weekly Vocabulary Template	Literary Terms Template
	Food Memories Writing and Editing Activity	1st Quarter Root and Tone Words
	2nd Quarter Root and Tone Words	3rd Quarter Root and Tone Words
	4th Quarter Root and Tone Words

1st Quarter: PLOT BUILDING AND SHORT STORIES	The Sniper Short Story w/questions	Sniper Plot Diagram
	Literary Terms Template	Sniper: Letter to Mom writing activity
	Most Dangerous Game Study Guide	Most Dangerous Game Map Assignment and Rubric
	Comparison/Contrast Chart for the Most Dangerous Game story and movie	News Article Movie Review for The Most Dangerous Game
	Poison Short Story	Dr. Ganderbai's letter and plot diagram for Poison
	The Necklace Alternate Ending Writing Assignment	The Necklace Character Analysis of M. Loisel
	The Necklace Vocabulary Picture Dictionary

1st Quarter:

QUARTER TEST REVIEW

Neat n' Clean Vacuum Editing EOCT Passage

How Chasing a Star Structured a Boy's Life Reading Passage

2nd Quarter: QUARTER TEST ANALYSIS AND PORTFOLIO COMPILATION	Quarter Grade and Test Analysis	Test Question Analysis
	1st Quarter Test Analysis by Question	1st Quarter Portfolio Rubric
	Portfolio Labels	Portfolio Checksheet
	1st Quarter Portfolio Checksheet	Only in the Peace Corps EOCT Practice Passage
	Parts of Speech Review--Mad Libs	First Day of School Mad Lib
	A Day at the Zoo Mad Lib	Create Your Own Mad Lib Assignment
	Grammar Guide PowerPoint	Fragments, Run-ons, Comma Splices, and Apostrophe Rules and Review Handout
	Grammar Challenge Game Handout	Ticket out the Door for Grammar Challenge Game
	Student Created Mad Lib #1	Student Created Mad Lib #2
	Student Created Mad Lib #3	Student Created Mad Lib #4

2nd Quarter: THE STORY OF MY LIFE: Autobiography

2nd Quarter: THE HERO CYCLE: Odysseus and Wesley

2nd Quarter: REVIEW FOR MID-TERM EXAM (practice EOCT passages)

3rd Quarter: MID-TERM ANALYSIS

3rd Quarter: "QUOTH THE RAVEN..."

3rd Quarter: VISIONS OF THE FUTURE: Anthem

3rd Quarter: PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE: Research Project

4th Quarter QUARTER TEST ANALYSIS

4th Quarter: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

4th Quarter ROMEO AND JULIET

4th Quarter: FINAL EXAM REVIEW

Helpful Website Links

Mt. Tabor Website

Turnitin.com

Eats, Shoots, and Leaves Punctuation Game

Apostrophe Protection Society

Student Scrapbook

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