Syllabus

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According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first use of the word "syllabus" referred to something more like what we know as a table of contents. The way we use the word now is much less general, and the OED defines this modern use second: "a statement of the subjects covered by a course of instruction or by an examination, in a school, college, etc.; a programme of study."

So there you have it; simply put, a syllabus is a program of study. This is the page where both CP and H students who are new to class, new to a unit, behind in a unit, coming back after being sick, after an excused absence, after an unexcused absence, or just needing to double-check their handwriting from earlier in the da can, in brief, get with the program.

This page that will be updated most often, every week and often daily.

CP Syllabus for August 2017:

Week of 8/17/17

Personal Map: Who are you? What is a world?
Classroom Map: Where are you? What is literature?

Week of 8/21/17

History of Playing Cards: Are games literature?
Short Stories: What is a complex text? [text: Gabriel Garcia Marquez]
Annotations: What do you do when you encounter a difficult text?
Magical Realism: What is Magic?
Folktale Friday: [text: "Noah's Ark"]

Week of 8/28/17

The Odyssey: What makes a Hero?

Week of 9/6/17

The Odyssey (Cont'd): What makes a Hero?

Week of 9/11/17

1. Languish

2. Cleave

3. Bard

4. Herald

5. Oblige

6. Mutinous

7. Brandish

8. Suppliant

9. Adze

10. Burnish

11. Chide

12. Lustrous

13. Desolate

14. Spurn

15. Forebode

16. Staunch

17. Lithe

18. Blithe

19. Malign

20. Harry

H Syllabus for August 2017: