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=GD III: ENGLISH/history section 1=


 * Course description:**

GD III English/history is primarily a junior/senior course that examines the American Experience in depth. The course emphasizes reading comprehension, writing, speaking and listening as well as interpretive skills, using readings in American literature and political history, along with humanities' genres (philosophy, art, music, culinary arts, and American customs) as a basis for discussion and writing. Students are exposed to poetry, philosophy, essays, fictional short stories and novels, non-fictional essays of primary or secondary sources, art, music and American customs.

Using assigned literature and historical documents as a basis for analytic and critical writing, the course will also strengthen the grammatical and syntactical needs of students, preparing them for the rigorous content, organizational, mechanical, and citing requirements of college writing, speaking, listening, and reading.

The course also includes study of vocabulary, using words from the readings as well as roots from Latin language that are evident in modern English, encouraging students to recognize word families, affixes, and context clues to determine meaning.


 * Expectations:**

Each student will be responsible to arrive at class on time, appropriately dressed, with reading materials, notebook and portable device, and **pen and paper**. Failure to bring required supplies may result in an effort grade of 1. Failure to arrive on time will result in a late. Three lates equal one cut.

Work will be completed in an Word format (or Pages for iPad) and stored in your Wikispaces. All homework, unless otherwise stated, will be due in **hard copy** on the corner of my desk at the **beginning** of class. Writing assignments must be in 12 point, //Times// New Roman, double spaced, with your name at the top right. Failure to turn in homework that displays a sincere effort (in the opinion of the teacher) will result in an effort grade of 1 for the week.

Grading is by a percentage system. Each assignment will be weighted (as indicated by percentage) depending on its difficulty and length.Understanding and usage of new vocabulary will be equivalent to 20% of the student's grade. Usage of correct grammar and punctuation will be equivalent to another 20% of the student's final grade. 60% of students' grades will be comprised of written essays, tests (exams), quizzes, and assessment of note-taking skills, listening skills, speaking skills, and reading comprehension.


 * Lying and cheating are absolutely wrong and will not be tolerated. Plagiarism (presenting another’s ideas or work as one’s own—in other words without quoting and citing) is a form of cheating. The consequences for cheating are severe. Do your own work and earn your own grades.**

= ENGLISH Readings: =

//September: reread The Great Gatsby// by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Telltale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe

Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Rip Van WInkle" by Washington Irving []

//Sept/October: The Crucible// by Arthur Miller

October/November: //A Lost Lady// by Willa Cather

December: selections from //The Grass Dancer// by Susan Power

January: selections from //The Ways of White Folks// by Langston Hughes

January/February: //The Bluest Eye// by Toni Morrison

March/April: The American Transcendentalists: Henry David Thoreau On the Duty of Civil Disobedience Ralph Waldo Emerson Self-Reliance Walt Whitman selections from //The Leaves of Grass//

May: //A Farewell to Arms// by Ernest Hemingway selected poetry by American poets

June: //The Moon is Down// by John Steinbeck selected poetry by American poets

= Vocabulary: see vocabulary section under Wiki pages at left for complete Semester list =

**Week I: from //The Great Gatsby//**
Opulence:shameful display of enormous wealth/ ostentation Frame:a story within a story Unreliable Narrator: first person point of view (of fiction) that is colored by the narrator's personal experience Feign: pretend Levity: joking/ humor Parcel: dole out Scorn: dislike, negative judgement Revelation: awe Gorgeous: beyond beautiful, exquisitely perfect Impressionable: easily influenced, follower Temperament: natural mood or character Prey [on]: take advantage of, perhaps even destroy Ephemeral: temporary, easily dissipated Prominent: upper or upper middle class: influential Clan: extended family Elation: great joy Literary: one who reads literature and reflects on ideas Sinister: evil Riotous:disorganized, unruly Proximity: near or next to (physical relationship)


 * Week 2: from //The Great Gatsby// and "Rip Van Winkle"**

//ROOTS: (From Red Hot Root Words)// Sub: below, under "Over and Under" Trans: across, over Hyper: above, over, more //"More, more, more..."// //Super, supr, sur: above, over, more//

//VOCABULARY from the readings:// Savor: to relish in, as in a flavor Reproach: chastise or criticize verbally Imperative(ly): command or commandingly; forcefully Languid (ly): passively, gracefully, seductively Hulking: monstrous-like; overly muscular Unobtrusive(ly): not disrupting others; almost secretive Banter: superficial exchange of conversation Presently: soon; about to happen (does NOT mean currently!) Complacency: passive acceptance; not caring about goals Extemporize: a speech that is unprepared Turbulent: extreme roiling up (of emotions, bodies of water, etc.) Pastoral: of nature: rolling, green hills, trees, land and gardens Omnibus: a vehicle that carries many people (bus) Lurch: leap violently Sporadic: staccatto-like or intermittent Punctilious: prissy, precise, exact


 * Week 3: from "The Telltale Heart" and "Young Goodman Brown"**

//ROOTS: (From Red Hot Root Words)// Fore:before, toward //"Before and After"// Post:after, behind Pre: before, toward Pro: forward, before //"Backward and Forward"// Retro: backwards

//VOCABULARY from the readings: The Great Gatsby and// "The Telltale Heart" Evasion: avoidance Gaudy: ostentatious, showy, vulgar Counterfeit (n): fake pose/ (adj) false Defunct: broken, no longer of use Harrowed: worried, disheveled Demoniac: devilish, evil, insane Reproach: chastisement, criticism Feudal: of Medieval era, almost ancient Billow: to float up and down in the wind, as in material (curtains) or clouds Colossal: gigantic Illusion: daydream, believing what you want to see, not what is real Dreadful(ly): extreme fear Hearken (Hark!): listen! Acute: extreme, almost painful Conceive: understand or contain


 * Week 4: from "The Telltale Heart" and //The Crucible//, Act I and II**

//ROOTS: (From Red Hot Root Words)// Cir, circum: around //"Around and around"// Peri: around, surrounding, near Ad: to, toward //"Ways to move"// Re: back again Se: apart, away

//VOCABULARY from the readings:// Dissimulation: false appearance, hypocrisy Dissemble: to conceal, feign Cunning: clever, secretive Sagacity: wisdom Mortal: human, not eternal Suave: smooth personality, debonair, graceful Audacity: bold, daring Repose: resting Vehement: insistent, commanding Trifle: small, inconsequential thing or event Gesticulate: hand movements to emphasize speech Derision: insult by making fun of someone Encumbered: burdened by Titillated: sexually enticed, seduced by Triumvirate: a ruling power of three


 * Week 5: from //The Crucible//, Act III**

//ROOTS: (From Red Hot Root Words)// Dia: through, across "Through" Per: through, across E, ec, ef, ex:out of, outside "Outside" Extra, exter: out of, outside, excessive

//VOCABULARY from the readings://

Apprehension: worry or hesitancy Heed: pay attention to, obey Ambitious: one who expects to attain his/her goals Contemplative: reflecting on events, rumination Oblivious: unaware of events; "out of it" Loquacious: talking too much, usually without thinking first Meticulous: careful; punctilious Deride: chastise or criticize Hubris: extreme arrogance, usually causing self-destruction Symbiotic: a relationship where two beings can not live without the other Circumvent: avoid; go around Dissolute: those who have no income, power, money or prestige in society Pretense: pretending; feign Lechery: the crime of adultery (usually applied to males) Charlatan: a fake; a con-man or woman Base: animalistic; instinctual (without thought or morals)


 * Week 6: from //The Crucible//, Act IV**

//ROOTS: (From Red Hot Root Words)// Co, col: with, together //"All together"// Com, con: with, together Sym, syn: with, together Ab, abs: away, from //"Moving away"// Apo: away, from

//VOCABULARY from the readings: The Crucible//

Mitigate - to reduce, lessen Sorcery - witchcraft Entice: attract, influence Vengeance - revenge Topple - overthrow (as in a government) Contention - competition, contest, rivalry Trepidation - fear, alarm, agitation Conjure - produce, call upon Subservient - obedient, servile Naive - innocent, simple, lack of experience Menacingly - threateningly Dissolve - break down (as in a government) Inert - motionless Partisan - supporter of a person or a cause Faction - group or clique within a larger group Taunting - provoking, insulting Sniveling - whining Covenanted - married Notorious - widely known (for something negative) Just - justice (not "only" or "merely") __Midterm

Ant, anti: against //"Against"// Contra, counter: against Ob: facing, against Mono, uni: one "Numbers" Bi, du: two Tri: three Quad: four
 * //Vocabulary 7: ROOTS: (From Red Hot Root Words)//**

//C//ontemptuous /Contempt - disdain, dislike Aesthetic - innate beauty of objects Chagrin - shame, embarrassment Rebuke - chastise Valet - male assistant, equivalent to a maid Exquisite(ness) - beautiful, gorgeous Tempered - mitigated, muted Retrenchment - act of cutting off, reduction Dread - great fear; extreme apprehension Sumptuous - Luxuriously fine, expensive, superb Rapt -fully engrossed or absorbed Inexhaustible- unfailing, tireless Impervious - unable to penetrate, impermeable Concur - agree with Launch - set out, Ignominious - discreditable, humiliating Fume - irritable, angry Onslaught - assault, attack Impelled - drive, cause, move onward Interjection - act of throwing between
 * VOCABULARY from the readings: //Voices// and //A Lost Lady//**


 * Week 8: //Roots: From Red Hot Root Words://**

penta, quint - five sex, hexa - six sept, septum - seven oct, octo - eight nov, non - nine dec, deci, deca - ten (//Beside, between, among)// epi - on, beside, among inter - between, among para - beside, beyond

VOCABULARY from **//A Lost Lady// and //Voices://**

Dogma - singular belief system, rules Demagogue - a leader via emotional appeal Discomfited - uncomfortable, awkward Subversive - undermine authority Invalid - bed-ridden, unable to care for self Scandalous - an action or event that shocks society Pout - to have a sour, unhappy facial expression Imperial/ Imperious - authoritative, as if regal Sober - clear headed, rational Suffused - unclear, murky Amiable - friendly Fleur-de-lis - French motif for royalty Cutter - sleigh that cuts through the snow and ice Crystalline - clear and dazzling, like crystals Portly - fat in the torso, cumbersome of body Modulate - moderate the tone of voice Effectual - having an impact or effect on Disinclined - not intended to Contemptuous - deep dislike for, almost hatred

Roots: //"Down and Away"// Cata - down, away from de - down, away from tele - far, distance //" In and Into"// en, em - in, into, from in, im - in intro, intra - in, into
 * Week 9:**

Vocabulary from //The Grass Dancer// by Susan Power Inclined - propensity for,a tendancy toward Oblivious - out of touch with what is going on Rigid - stiff, inflexible Trained - responsive to Pavlovian response Glimpse - quick glance Exile - shunned, unable to communicate any longer with one's community Tresses - a woman's hair, often symbolic of her womanhood, sometimes curls Rasp - rough texture. A tool to remove rough textures and smooth them. A voice that is rough... the tool is rough in order to smooth. Commiserate - express of feel sympathiy or pity: to sympathize Inprudent - unwise, unthinking behavior, rash Piable - flexible, malleable Lacquered - a high polish paint, usually black, that shines and looks like ebony Delectable - delicious, sumptuous food Precarioius - uncertain, risky Gouge - dig out, create a vacuum or hole Majestic - regal, related to majesty or the ruling class Sage - noun for sagacity (wisdom) Penchant - propensity for, inclination toward Fabricate - create, weave, invocate Discreet - subtle, secretive Menagerie - collection of objects that are unlike Insufferable - difficult to tolerate, something one can not suffer to accept

Roots: mega - large, great (ex: megalith: large monument) multi, poly - many (ex: polychrome: many colors, multifaceted: many sides) semi,hemi - half (ex: semiannual: twice a year)
 * Week 10:**

Vocabulary from //The Grass Dancer// by Susan Power Aberrant - out of the ordinary, odd Ambiguity - dichotomy, field of opposites (number 2) Fitting - appropriate, acceptable to society Cavort - to play or be playful, fool around Tentative - hesitant, unsure Wispy - frail, fragile, transparent, able to be blown by wind Amulet - keepsake of great spiritual value (often hand made) Heyo'ka - backwards philosophy in Sioux language; genesis of comedy Wankan Tanka - the great "God" of Sioux religion

From //Voices: A People's History// (p. 127) by Zinn Ridicule - humiliate, make fun of Prudence - care(ful); wise judgement Despotism - absolute monarchy, dictator Tyranny - rule by force or fear Impunity - rampant, without consequence or limit Remuneration - repayment Chastisement - punishment Degradation - humiliation, having one's status lowered Prerogative - rights or privileges afforded a certain class

ROOTS: //THE BLUEST EYE// (Autumn) Chafe- (v) to rub roughly Fructify- (v) to make fruitful Addled- (adj) confused in mind, irrational, nonsensical Strident – (adj) loud, clamoring Timbre- (n) tone, quality of sound Irrevocable- (adj) irreversible, incapable of being taken back Complement- (v) to harmonize with, as with complementary colors Metaphysical- (adj) larger or greater than the physical, philosophical or spiritual in nature Consolidate- (v) to put together, to join Peripheral- (adj) on the outside edges Furtive- (adj) sneaking, hidden Unsullied- (adj) undirtied, unpolluted; clean and pure Fabricate- (v) to build or create Preen- (v) to admire oneself, to primp in an effort to beautify Acridness- (n) bitterness, acidity Disinterested- (adj) without passion or emotion, detached, objective. Pristine- (adj) pure Soliloquy- (n) speech spoken aloud to oneself with implied audience Interminable- (adj) neverending
 * SEMESTER 2:**
 * a, an, im, ir, in il, non -- not**
 * Week 11:**

Week 12: Pervade- (v) to infiltrate, to get inside Fretful- (adj) anxious, bothered, worrisome Malaise- (n) unease, illness Schemata- (n) order, an organized pattern, an outline Dissipation- (n) a wasting through misuse - excessive drinking. Affluence- (n) wealth, a state of material well-being Dirge- (n) sad, mourning song Abhorrent- (adj) repellent, hateful Myriad- (adj) many, a multitude Emasculate- (v) to deprive of manhood, to humiliate Tacitly- (adj) silently, understood without spoken words Succumb- (v) to be defeated, to give up Fervently- (adj) passionately, with feeling Buffeted- (adj) given blows, hits, banged against Static- (adj) unchanging, not moving Petulant- (adj) sulky, spoiled Epithets- (n) informal names that refer to someone in either an endearing or an insulting way Harridans- (n) shrews, scolding and demanding women Ameliorate- (v) to make better, to improve Covert- (adj) hidden, secret Solicitous- (adj) anxious or concerned about, fear

** Grading Rubrics: **
Essay writing = = = Links for history, politics, current events: =

http://www.bartleby.com/43/13.html The Declaration of RIghts 1765

 * (1765) ||
 * [On the passage of the Stamp Act by the British Parliament in March, 1765, requiring that all legal instruments used in the American colonies should bear a government stamp in order to be valid, delegates from nine colonies met in New York on October 7 of the same year, to protest against this and other encroachments upon their rights, and drew up this Declaration. The Stamp Act was repealed in March, 1766.] ||
 * [On the passage of the Stamp Act by the British Parliament in March, 1765, requiring that all legal instruments used in the American colonies should bear a government stamp in order to be valid, delegates from nine colonies met in New York on October 7 of the same year, to protest against this and other encroachments upon their rights, and drew up this Declaration. The Stamp Act was repealed in March, 1766.] ||
 * [On the passage of the Stamp Act by the British Parliament in March, 1765, requiring that all legal instruments used in the American colonies should bear a government stamp in order to be valid, delegates from nine colonies met in New York on October 7 of the same year, to protest against this and other encroachments upon their rights, and drew up this Declaration. The Stamp Act was repealed in March, 1766.] ||
 * [On the passage of the Stamp Act by the British Parliament in March, 1765, requiring that all legal instruments used in the American colonies should bear a government stamp in order to be valid, delegates from nine colonies met in New York on October 7 of the same year, to protest against this and other encroachments upon their rights, and drew up this Declaration. The Stamp Act was repealed in March, 1766.] ||


 * THE MEMBERS of this congress, sincerely devoted, with the warmest sentiments of affection and duty to his majesty’s person and government, inviolably attached to the present happy establishment of the protestant succession, and with minds deeply impressed by a sense of the present and impending misfortunes of the British colonies on this continent; having considered as maturely as time will permit, the circumstances of the said colonies, esteem it our indispensable duty to make the following declarations of our humble opinion, respecting the most essential rights and liberties of the colonists, and of the grievances under which they labour, by reason of several late acts of parliament. || //1// ||
 * 1. That his majesty’s subjects in these colonies, owe the same allegiance to the crown of Great Britain, that is owing from his subjects born within the realm, and all due subordination to that august body the parliament of Great Britain. || //2// ||
 * 2. That his majesty’s liege subjects in these colonies, are entitled to all the inherent rights and liberties of his natural born subjects, within the kingdom of Great Britain. || //3// ||
 * 3. That it is inseparably essential to the freedom of a people, and the undoubted right of Englishmen, that no taxes be imposed on them but with their own consent, given personally, or by their representatives. || //4// ||
 * 4. That the people of these colonies are not, and, from their local circumstances, cannot be, represented in the House of Commons in Great Britain. || //5// ||
 * 5. That the only representatives of the people of these colonies, are persons chosen therein by themselves; and that no taxes ever have been, or can be constitutionally imposed on them, but by their respective legislatures. || //6// ||
 * 6. That all supplies to the crown being free gifts of the people, it is unreasonable and inconsistent with the principles and spirit of the British constitution, for the people of Great Britain to grant to his majesty the property of the colonists. || //7// ||
 * 7. That trial by jury, is the inherent and invaluable right of every British subject in these colonies. || //8// ||
 * 8. That the late act of parliament, entitled, an act for granting and applying certain stamp duties, and other duties, in the British colonies and plantations in America, &c., by imposing taxes on the inhabitants of these colonies, and the said act, and several other acts, by extending the jurisdiction of the courts of admiralty beyond its ancient limits, have a manifest tendency to subvert the rights and liberties of the colonists. || //9// ||
 * 9. That the duties imposed by several late acts of parliament, from the peculiar circumstances of these colonies, will be extremely burdensome and grievous; and from the scarcity of specie, the payment of them absolutely impracticable. || //10// ||
 * 10. That as the profits of the trade of these colonies ultimately center in Great Britain, to pay for the manufacturers which they are obliged to take from thence, they eventually contribute very largely to all supplies granted there to the crown. || //11// ||
 * 11. That the restrictions imposed by several late acts of parliament on the trade of these colonies, will render them unable to purchase the manufacturers of Great Britain. || //12// ||
 * 12. That the increase, prosperity and happiness of these colonies, depend on the full and free enjoyments of their rights and liberties, and an intercourse with Great Britain mutually affectionate and advantageous. || //13// ||
 * 13. That it is the right of the British subjects in these colonies, to petition the king, or either house of parliament. || //14// ||
 * Lastly, That it is the indispensable duty of these colonies, to the best of sovereigns, to the mother country, and to themselves, to endeavour by a loyal and dutiful address to his majesty, and humble applications to both houses of parliament, to procure the repeal of the act for granting and applying certain stamp duties, of all clauses of any other acts of parliament, whereby the jurisdiction of the admiralty is extended as aforesaid, and of the other late acts for the restriction of American commerce. ||
 * Lastly, That it is the indispensable duty of these colonies, to the best of sovereigns, to the mother country, and to themselves, to endeavour by a loyal and dutiful address to his majesty, and humble applications to both houses of parliament, to procure the repeal of the act for granting and applying certain stamp duties, of all clauses of any other acts of parliament, whereby the jurisdiction of the admiralty is extended as aforesaid, and of the other late acts for the restriction of American commerce. ||

http://www.bartleby.com/43/42.html Proclamation Declaring Insurrection at an End 1866
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