FAY, THOMAS

Mr. Thomas Fay

Attention, students & parents

Welcome to Junior year! Please take heed of the following as we begin our voyage:

Google Classroom: HW, reminders, assignments, etc. for English 11 Honors & CP can be found here

Supplies needed:
Students in any ELA class will need the following supplies:

A school-issued Chromebook
A Chromebook charger
The text we’re studying
A pen / pencil
A three-ring binder
A spiral notebook

Email: if you have questions/concerns, contact me: tfay@wallpublicschools.org

Extra Help (A-14): first D-Day Lunch every week

Full steam ahead!
- Mr. Fay

English 11 Honors

ENGLISH 11 HONORS

Prerequisite: 85 in English 10 Honors OR 91 in English 10 CP with teacher recommendation

Course Description: This course is designed for the student who has developed an exceptional proficiency in critical reading and thinking as well as advanced writing skills. The content of this course is derived from independent reading choices, book clubs and whole-class novels. Students will analyze literature from diverse authors. Reading and writing assignments are extensive and sophisticated and include literary analysis, narrative and persuasive writing techniques. The course emphasizes thematic analysis of the literature as well as the historical and social background of the time period and how it shapes an author’s purpose.

Course Syllabus:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fvm7miWTBOn4KMvpfD2Ouj7Qi6fQKpf_YsNu4RUL6ow/edit?usp=sharing

English 11 CP

ENGLISH 11 CP

Course Description: This course is designed for the student who has developed an exceptional proficiency in critical reading and thinking as well as advanced writing skills. Students are challenged with numerous fictional literary readings from several genres and related non-fiction. In addition, students complete many writing assignments and extensive outside readings. Students explore the modes of writing on a more sophisticated level; journal writing will address students’ creative talents while other assignments will be analytical in nature. Students use MLA and The BIG6 information literacy model to conduct problem-based research projects.

Course Syllabus:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X4Sxue2eygCej_iDgjISNjhOm-T3Aaj5Ps0yUEjMrv4/edit?usp=sharing