9th-10th+Regular+American+Literature

This course covers the significant literature of America from the 1500s through the mid-20 th Century. Students will focus on narrative writing, expository essays where they must cite examples from text, and response writing to literature. They will undergo a research unit, where they will learn the basics of organizing and documenting a research paper. They also will study the basics of poetry and create a digital portfolio of their own work. Using vocabulary in context will be featured heavily throughout the year, as will practicing the correction of common grammatical errors. The year ends with a study of Modernism and how real world events can affect culture. ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || 1:Narrative
 * 9/10 English--American Literature
 * Units:

Length: 3 Weeks || Essential ?s: What makes for a good personal story? How can we make the reader picture what we describe? || Overview: This will be a unit on narrative and descriptive writing. Students will write a personal narrative featuring dialogue, active voice, and imagery. || Objectives: > > develop personal voice > > build imagery > > > || Texts: Elements of Lit 5th Course “To Build a Fire”
 * create properly formatted dialogue
 * use active verbs
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">use concrete description

<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Supplemental: <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Time Pictures of the Year || <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Assessments: <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Graded writings (paragraphs, dialogues, personal narrative essay) || <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">COMMON CORE <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">RI.9-10.4

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 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">2: Puritans

<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">6 weeks || How was our nation formed by the belief of the Puritans?

How can we use quotes from text to make our writing more clear? || <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">This unit will explore the kind of writing that was seen in the early days of American settlement. One focus will be on showing the impact settlers had on establishing the national identity of the U.S. We will also explore how later writers viewed the Puritans. || * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Summarizing non-fiction text without plagiarizing > > > > > > > <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Presentation skills (present a monologue) > > <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Vocabulary usage in context > || <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Elements of Lit 5th Course
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Comparing and Contrasting different authors’ purposes
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Identifying and analyzing the use of inversion and figurative language
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Using all steps of the writing process, especially revision
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Composition of analytical essay
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Character analysis

<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Video: The Crucible

<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Painting of Puritans landing ||  || <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">RL.9-10.1 <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">RL.9-10.3 <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">RL.9-10.4 <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">RL.9-10.9

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 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">3. 1800s

<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">8 weeks || What makes a group of writings a "genre?" What is unique about American writing at this time? How do the interplay of sin and guilt affect the authors of this time? How do we relate to what we read? || <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">This unit will hit on the major literary movements of Romanticism and The American Renaissance. This unit will be a parade of noted American authors, like Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Poe, and Melville || * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Timed essay writing > > > <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Working with groups to analyze difficult text > > > || <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Elements of Lit 5th Course
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Personal reflection in both journals and formal essays
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Analyze use of symbolism
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Identify characteristics of Romantic writing

<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Videos: Last of the Mohicans and Moby Dick || Journals, Essays

Timed essay exams at end of semester || <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">RL.9-10.1 <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">RL.9-10.2 <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">RL.9-10.4

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 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">4: Research

<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">6 Weeks ||  || Students will hone their research skills to connect something they have read to a broader historical context. They will learn how to document their sources according to MLA style. || * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Paraphrasing > > > > > > > > || EasyWriter Stylebook; teacher-made handouts <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">OWL website ||  || <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">W.9-10.1 <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">W.9-10.2 <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">W.9-10.4 <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">W.9-10.7 <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">W.9-10.8 ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> taking notes
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> outlining
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> writing a thesis
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> citations
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> MLA style format
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> online research using databases
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> writing process
 * 5. Poetry

6 weeks || What makes poetry good?Which is better: rhyme/meter or free verse? || Student will study famous American poets, like Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, and Langston Hughes, then use the techniques they have learned to create their own poetic expressions. Students will assemble a portfolio. Students will also be introduced to poetry annotation and explication. || * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Analyze how literary technique creates a desired effect > > > > > || Elements of Lit 5th Course and Elements of Lit 3rd Course || Poetry portfolio || <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">RL.9-10.1 <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">RL.9-10.2 <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">W.9-10.4 <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">W.9-10.6 ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Create poetry that demonstrates mastery of literary technique
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Explore and use rhyme scheme and meter
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Explore and use free verse
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Use both words and photographic images to create an impression
 * 6. Modernism

4 weeks || Is a plot necessary to tell a story? What is the point of fiction? How does suffering and war affect art and culture? || Students will explore the impact WWI had on literature. Students will read authors such as Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and O’Connor. The Harlem Renaissance is included in this unit. || * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> analyze author’s purpose > > > || Elements of Lit 5th course The Great Gatsby
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> analyze how literary technique is used to create a desired effect
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> analyze how world events and culture interconnect

<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Modern art slideshow || Test and Video/Art project for novel || <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">RL.9-10.1 <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">RL.9-10.4 <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">RL.9-10.5 <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">RL.9-10.7

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 * ||  ||   ||   ||   || Essay Exams for end of semester ||   ||