1st QuarterSubject: English

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Analysis of American literature and understanding themes and similarities across a variety of genres.

How literature relates to the issues of that historical time period; understand and look at author’s point of view

Looking at sub genre – satire, parody, allegory, pastoral

Check in with the students on their senior projects – maybe give one class period every other week to organize and work on

SAT vocabulary and review unit – year long Early American Literature and Genre Unit

Archetypes, myth, tradition, legends. Tricksters

Rhyme, meter. Simile, metaphor, personification

Figurative and Literal meanings. context clues

Rhetorical devices – the use of

11th - 2-10, 12, 13, 15, 17-19, 21, 23, 26-30, 37, 33, 32, 34, 39, 42, 43, 44, 48, 53, 59

Text assignments with stories autobiography project – research and personal expositionVocabulary Photo Project persuasive essay personal narrative short storyWeekly SAT reviews Editorial workshop class discussion Oral presentation of any of the personal work

Vocabulary PPT examples and WebquestRebel Without a Cause DVD., Hitchcock – Rear Window –both in library (work in between reading selections to break it up a little and keep it interesting)

Holt Textbook – pages 6 – 19

Burning of Our House – use interactive reader for support materials p 15-19 to help analyze the poem; page 28 in text for definitions and background; folllowup with the World is Hounding Me – read background pg 31 – good activity lead

Interactive Reader – from Sinners of an Angry God version (shorter than book)

A Narrative of the Captivity – text p. 37 (tell a story as if it happened to you)

Autobiography – Ben Franklin –text – page 65 tie into research unit on famous or infamous people – they could create a video of themselves in 20 years

Writing an editorial workshop - page 114

2nd QuarterSubject: English

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Analysis of American literature and understanding themes and similarities across a variety of genres in the American Romanticism period

How literature relates to the issues of that historical time period; understand and look at author’s point of view; what was valued in this time period in society and literature

What dark side of human life was recognized by some major American Romantics?

SAT vocabulary and review unit – year long American Romanticism Unit

American Romanticism movement, Transcedentalists, American Romantic hero, dark or black comedy

Understanding analogies, mood, satire, literary criticism, imagery, metaphor, parable, paraphrase, paradox, allegory

Understanding author’s purpose and philosophy

11th - 2-10, 12, 13, 15, 17-19, 21, 23, 26-30, 37, 33, 32, 34, 39, 42, 43, 44, 48, 53, 59

Weekly SAT reviewsclass discussion

Oral presentation of historical event

Short story or video – writing workshop – p. 284

Research – people involved in governmental change throughout history around the world – written/oral

American Romanticism intro – textbook pg. 133-151; talk about quote 133 - have them research one event on the pages 134-137 and create a powerpoint slide to present it orally

Look in library for Last of the Mohicans, other Edgar Allsn Poe movies that you could use

From Self Reliance, Resistance to Civil Government, connected readings 210-224 – tie together – Use Blood Done Sign My Name DVD

The Minister’s Black Veil (also in Interactive Reader if you want helps) - if you can find The Scarlett Letter DVD it might work well here – The Pit and the Pendulum (have the students create a new ending and have to act it out or act out what they are reading – could create a modern version in a video

(end of chapters and stories have additional ideas that could be used or modified)

Check in with the students on their senior projects – maybe give one class period every other week to organize and work on – see that they are all started on their field work

3rd QuarterSubject: English

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Analysis of American literature and understanding themes and similarities across a variety of genres in the modern and realism periods

How literature relates to the issues of that historical time period; understand and look at author’s point of view; what was valued in this time period in society and literature

Basic characteristics of realism, naturalist writers ideals

SAT vocabulary and review unit – year long The Rise of Realism Unit The Moderns Unit MET Prep Unit

The motives and reasoning behind slavery and the Civil War (382 – 395)

Foreshadowing, symbolism, gothic fiction, stream of consciousness, symbolism, imagery, metaphors, allegory, idioms,similes

11th - 4,6,10-12,14,15,21,23,24,26,28,30-33, 40,41,43,46,55,49,56,59

Weekly SAT reviewsclass discussion

Create a mural of man as the various types of animals that he is – have each student create a part, back it up with a well written paragraph and present orally

Comparison activity p. 662

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (can get a video from YouTube)

The Lowest Animal – Mark Twain – p 468

Option: The Old Man and the Sea – novel set and DVD (read some, show the movie – don’t feel bad/hesitant skipping the section in the middle of the book where it starts to drag – or assign that for home reading)

Writing a Descriptive Essay Workshop – p. 605 textbook

A Rose for Miss Emily – p. 645 (in Interactive reader as well)

The Feather Pillow – p. 659 – have the students investigate other urban legends and tell one orally

The Jilting of Granny Weatherall

4th QuarterSubject: English

11th HonorsEssential

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Analysis of American literature and understanding themes and similarities across a variety of genres in the Realism period

How literature relates to the issues of that historical time period; understand and look at author’s point of view; what was valued in this time period in society and literature

Basic characteristics of realism, naturalist writers ideals

SAT vocabulary and review unit – year long Contemporary Unit MET Prep Unit Senior Project Unit

Work on oral presentations for the senior project – hows and whats – how to create a good visual presentation and public speaking skills

Irony, objective vs. subjective

11th - 4,6,10-12,14,15,21,23,24,26,28,30-33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 56, 49, 57, 40, 41,43

Weekly SAT reviewsclass discussion

Research essay - best inventions ever or tie together all the different culture elements of the story and have the students do a reflective piece comparing them to their own lives

Media Workshop for senior project – page 1102

Contemporary Literature intro – p. 796-809 overview – have students pick a particular topic of interest to find more information about to share with the class – get actual news reports and stories

A Noiseless Flash – p. 831

The Daughter or Invention - p. 898

The Book of the Dead – p. 952 (could compare other dictators or countries today where this type of situation happens or is happening

The Girl Who Wouldn’t Talk – p. 987

In Search of Our Mother’s Garden – p. 1009

Straw into Gold – p. 1025