English III

I.  1st Quarter

A. Early American literature
1. Puritans
2. Founding fathers
3. Revolutionary writers

B. Drama: The Crucible by Arthur Miller

C. Writing
1. Peer Pressure
2. Comparison/contrast
3. Creative

D. Vocabulary lessons 1-8

E. Outside reading:  The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

II. 2nd Quarter
A. Romantic and Renaissance literature
B. Writing: research paper
C. Vocabulary lessons 9-15
D. Outside Reading: The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Earnest Gaines

III. 3rd Quarter
A. Poetry
1. Whitman
2. Dickinson
3. Poetry packet
B. Post-Civil War literature
1. Realism
2. Naturalism
3. Idealism
4. Regionalism
C. Writing: TCAP writing assessment (persuasive essay)
D. Vocabulary lessons 16-23
E. Outside Reading: Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

IV. 4th Quarter
A. Modernism
B. Contemporary literature
C. Writing: creative writing
D. Vocabulary lessons 24-30
E. Outside Reading: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald