Shepard Sophomore Academy
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Course Syllabus
English 10H
Independent Reading
Vocabulary Study
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Literature Study: 1st Nine Weeks
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Literature of the Ancient World
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Culminating Writing Task
The Classical Age of Greece and Rome
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Culminating Project
Oedipus Summative Assessments
Literature Study: 2nd Nine Weeks
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Dante's Infero
Literature Study: 3rd Nine Weeks
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The Canterbury Tales by Geoffey Chaucer
Utopia by Thomas More
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Utopia Blog Post
William Shakespeare's Sonnets
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Test and Connections Assignment
Literature Study: 4th Nine Weeks
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Don Quixote
Jonathan Swift - Satire
Advanced Composition
Brain Games
Examining the Familiar
Writing Workshop
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Writing Workshop Contract
Freewritings 1-5
Freewritings 6-10
Prewriting Methods 1-4
Prewriting Methods 5-8
Test Prep Writing Prompts
Ideas for Journal Entries
Language Study
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Language Review
Using Commas
Clauses and Sentence Structure
Writing Complete Sentences
Subject-Verb Agreement
Using Pronouns
Modifiers
Researched Essay
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Blog
Integrating Research into Your Essay
Our Magazine
PSAT / ECA Preparation
Composition Final Exam
Advanced Composition Final
Current Problems and Events
The Week
Political Cartoon Analysis
The Cornerstones of the Shepard Academy
Leading
Thinking
Determine the use of vocabulary words in context. Apply knowledge of roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Infer information from vocabulary words,
Writing
Practice identifying sentences errors and improving sentences using SAT style questions,
Speaking
Reading
Improve critical reading skills with SAT style passages.
2 Week Schedule - Red Days
Day 1
Pre-Test
85% mastery
Introduce Words
Day 2
Review Words
Exercise I - Words in Context
Day 3
Review Words
Exercise II - Sentence Completion
Day 4
Review Words
Exercise III - Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes
Exercise IV - Making Inferences
Day 5
Post-Test
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