English III
English III covers a diverse area. We study American
literature, complete a unit of grammar, develop writing skills, increase
vocabulary development, and read a classic novel. We also prepare for the ACT
test in the late winter months. The year flies by in this class!
While reading the literature, we learn about several American writers such as
Dickinson, Emerson, Hawthorne, Irving, Franklin, and Edwards, just to name a
few. We read poems, origin myths, stories, speeches, political documents,
and plays. In the spring, we read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by
Mark Twain. We also do a project with that story.
The third quarter of the year is spent learning the rules of
grammar. A step up from 2600, the English I grammar program, 3200 is based
on the same ideas only with more complexity. Students complete frames as
well as apply the rules they learn to assignments and practice worksheets.
A test follows each unit.
"There was things which he
stretched, but mainly he told the truth."
"It's lovely to live on a raft.
We had the sky up there, all
speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our
backs and look up at them, and discuss about whether they was made or only just
happened."
-from The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn
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