MS.

KLACKNER
Francis Howell North
Rm. 136 or 026 (636) 851- 5048 [email protected]

FHN: 12th Grade
ENGLISH IV
Act as if what you do makes a diference. It does.

Course Description:
6.
No matter what is going on outside Room 136
or what kind of person you are in other
situations, a certain behavior will be expected
of you each and every day in this class. Above
all, strive to have a positive outlook and an
open mind.
Appropriate classroom behavior includes
attitudes, actions, conversations, and
vocabulary that are generally acceptable in
formal situations in mixed company with
adults. Inappropriate behavior will not be
tolerated.
Requirements for this Class
Always come to class with paper, writing
utensil, completed assignments, notebook, &
anything else necessary for the day. You will
need a 3-ring binder or folder for this class.
You need to have it by Labor Day.
Textbooks
Literature: Adventures in British Literature
Replacement Cost: $85.00
Text will be used in class only with check out only
for make-up work or extended time.
*Novels are checked out to each student, and
students will owe a fne of $10.00 if lost.

Rules of the room
-Do not touch anything in the room except
your own material. That especially includes
things that arent specifed public domain and
folders, papers, photographs and laptops or
cameras that do not pertain to you or your
class.
- Treat others as you would like to be treated.
- Do not talk when someone else has the foor.
** All rules in the student handbook also apply.
*I expect you to be on time, come prepared,
show respect and participate.
*Expect me to encourage and support you,
respect you, challenge you and engage you.
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-William James
My PHilosophy:
What are we doing here?
This skill based course will focus on the literacy
skills necesary to become an efective communicator,
reader, writer, speaker and researcher. Emphasis will
be placed on approaching reading and writing
processes. College composition and research are
integral parts of this course. Students will read and
respond to literature from a variety of authors.
9-12 grade late work policy:
All English classes, English 1 through Enlgish IV
(including electives) will follow the same policy. Our
policy is to take 25 percentage points of the frst day
an assignment is late. After the frst day, the student
can make up the assignment for up to 50 percent
until the last two weeks in the quarter. No
assignment can be submitted within the fnal two
weeks of each quarter. Teachers reserve the right to
adjust this policy for assignments such as presenta-
tions and process-oriented work.
If absent, you can check the blog for the weekly
assignments. Most handouts should be available for
download. Otherwise, I will store all extra copies and
weekly calendars in my room. Remember, you are
responsible for any class time that you miss. Please
take it upon yourself to ask for help, get missing
work and turn it in according to the school policy.
be smart:
Follow my/school rules and youll be fne. Otherwise,
I will take action as follows:
1st incident: Verbal warning
2nd incident: Meeting with teacher
3rd incident: Call home
4th incident: Detention & possible prinicipal meeting
*Tardies: You cant learn if youre not here...we only
have 55 minutes! Get here on time. Ill be tracking
tardies. Youll recieve a detention after the 5th tardy.
Disciplinary Action Plan
where you can find me:
5th hour and oftentimes before and after school you
will fnd me in room 026 (downstairs), as I advise the
yearbook here at FHN.
Please contact me if you have any questions or
concerns. I will work to respond to all e-mails and
phone calls within 24 hours and I will make myself as
available as possible for students needing additional
assistance beyond class hours.
My schedule is as follows:
1st hour: English IV
2nd hour: Teacher Plan
3rd hour: Intro Journalism
Lunch (4A):
4th hour: Intro Journalism
5th hour: Yearbook
6th hour: Intro Journalism
7th hour: Photo Journalism
Please follow our class happenings at my blog. You
will fnd news, assignments & student work:
www.jklackner.com
You can also fnd me on Twitter: @jordynklackner
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homework, grades & such:
Homework is to be expected, but will always be
course related and designed to help you learn and
achieve. Homework is expected to be complete
and ready to turn in at the beginning of class on
the due date.
Grades are available on the Parent Portal and will
be posted in class every other week by student
number. Please ask if you fnd a discrepency of
any sort.
I wont ofer regular extra credit, but if you show
me efort and are struggling, we can work
something out.
Before and after school, Wednesday intervention
time and my plan time (2nd hour) work best for
individual help.
Our Focus On
literature
writing
Novels, essays, short stories, poems, articles, and
flm. We will read, respond to, discuss, analyze
critically various texts and their meaning for us
as readers, and also the historical, cultural and
human connection. Reading strategies will be
practiced enabling you to better engage with
literature.
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Students will work with several types of writing in
several diferent forms. There will be a
concentration on written analysis as well as the
development of voice within writing. Several
components of grammar will be studied to
enhance the students writing and reading.
1984
A Man for all Seasons
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Tale of Two Cities
All Creatures Great and Small
An Anthology of European Literature
Anthem
Beloved
Beowulf
Brave New World
Candide
Canterbury Tales
Ceremony
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Crime and Punishment
Cry the Beloved Country
David Copperfeld
Dubliners
Far from the Madding Crowd
Feed
Four Great Plays of Ibsen
Frankenstein
Girl with the Pear Earring
Grendel
Gullivers Travels
Hamlet
Handmaids Tale
Heart of Darkness
Idylls of the King
Inferno
Into the Wild
Invisible Man
Jane Eyre
Lysistrata
Macbeth
Madame Bovary
Man of all Seasons
Master Harold and the Boys
Matamophosis
Native Son
Octavian Nothing
Oedipus Trilogy
Oliver Twist
Once and Future King
Picture of Dorian Gray
Pride and Prejudice
Ragtime
Rebecca
Sense and Sensibility
Silas Marner
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Sister Carrie
The Death of Ivan Llyich
The Fountainhead
The Lliad
The Mayor of Caterbridge
The Oediupus Plays of Sophocles
The Power and the Glory
The Power of One
The Screwtape Letters
The Stranger
Till We Have Faces
Two Cities
Walden
Working
Wuthering Heights
The teachers of English IV will be choosing from the following list of the books and plays for the students this
course to read. A title may be chosen for the entire class to read together, for a smaller study group to share
or an individual student to enjoy. Each teacher will select the books for his/her class. These texts are in
addition to the textbook.
English Department Novel Choices