1. English 10-11-12, Fall Term 2015-16, Mr. Walsh
Syllabus/Agenda/Plan
‘What We Will Do and Learn’
Throughoutthe course,studentswill:
 Learn metalanguage;think systematically aboutlanguage
 Learn howto learn
 Practice the Fourwaysof Learning in the Humanities:Reading,Writing,Speaking,andListening
Term 1: Grammar
November: the EnglishVerbSystem: a Focus on Form
Studentswill:
 Recognize andExpress Verbsinall tensesandaspectsof the EnglishVerbSystem,appreciating
not onlythe nuances of variousverb-meanings butthe meaningof verb-Form
 Witness,Sample,andpractice Verbexpression inawide varietyof everyday,academic, and
literarysituations
 Identify andPractice the (a) Auxiliary, (b) Modal,and (c) ‘Regular’ verbs
 Distinguishthe future forms Willand Going to
 Reviewthe ManyMeaningsof the Modal Verbs
December: Special Topics in Grammar:
 The Partsof Speech; howthese categoriesare constructed; some differencesbetweenChinese
and English(grammar)
 the Article
 the order of Adjectives
 the kindsof Nouns
 forvs. during
 somevs. any
 this vs.that
 the four kinds (ortenses) of Conditional Sentences
January: Vocabulary, Spelling, Punctuation + Building Better Sentences
 Greek and Latin Roots and Affixes
 Common Collocations and Phrasal (two-word) Verbs
 Transition Words and Phrases
 Famous English Idioms and Quotations; and examples of Great (longer) Sentences in English
 Ponctuation
 the Three Ways of Writing Longer Sentences

2. Term 2: Logic and Rhetoric