11th-12th+English+British+Literature


 * English 11/12 Honors/Regular (British Literature) Course Outline, Ashley Brown, instructor **

 Course description: Students will study major movements of British Literature from the Renaissance through 1900, with a focus on the development of poetry, which they will annotate and analyze. Students will perform research and create documented texts. Students will also write personal responses to literature where they relate text to themselves and the world. Students will study a major work of Shakespeare and novels from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.


 * Unit |||| Duration || Essential ? || Content || Skills || Texts || Sup. Mat. || CC ||
 * Unit 1 |||| 5 weeks || Writing Pre-assessment

How do we tell a good story?

What makes writing descriptive? || Short stories, vocabulary, journal writing, narrative writing || * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Use vocabulary in context
 * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Reading comprehension
 * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Voice
 * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Use imagery to describe
 * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Write a personal narrative using dialogue and imagery || //<span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Elements of Literature Sixth Course //<span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">, Collection 7 || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Emerson and Thoreau essays

<span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Photos (//Time// Photos of the Year)

<span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Jack London “To Build a Fire” || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">W 11-12 3 <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">W 11-12 4 <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">W 11-12 5 <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">W 11-12 8 || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">W 11-12 1 <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">W 11-12 4 <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">W 11-12 5 <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">W 11-12 9 || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">How do the elements of Renaissance poetry relate to history? <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">What makes up poetic structure? || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Renaissance Poetry and Drama || * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Identify elements of pastoral poetry
 * <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Unit 2 |||| <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">3 weeks || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">How does literature compare to real world issues? || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Response writing (SAT Prep) || * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Basic composition structure
 * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Using textual evidence in essay writing
 * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Backing up claims with evidence || //<span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">1984 // || //<span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Walden // || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">RL 11-12 1
 * <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Unit 3 |||| <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">8 weeks || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">What universal themes can be seen in Macbeth?
 * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Identify elements of a sonnet’s structure and meter
 * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Create an original sonnet
 * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Trace a theme throughout a play
 * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Write expository essay analyzing elements of theme in a long work.
 * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Compare play to movie interpretation || //<span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Elements of Literature Sixth Course //<span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">, Collection 3

<span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Shakespeare’s //Macbeth// ||  || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">RL 11-12 2 <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">R: 11-12 4 <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">RL 11-12 7 <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">W 11-12 2 <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">W 11-12 4 <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">W 11-12 5 || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Purdue OWL site || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">RI 11-12 1 <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">W 11-12 2 <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">W 11-12 7 <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">W 11-12 8 <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">W 11-12 9 || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Socratic Seminar || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">1 week || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Why do we believe what we do? || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Students take notes from topical articles, then discuss the issues within in Socratic Seminar || * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Summarizing <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Socratic Seminar Rubrics and Guidelines || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">RI 11-12 2 <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">RI 11-12 3 <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">W 11-12 1 <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">W 11-12 9 || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Restoration || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">4 weeks || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">What are the elements and purpose of satire? <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">What makes poetry effective? || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Restoration Literature || * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Non-fiction text summary (historical context) <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">RL 11-12 2 <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">RL 11-12 3 <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">R: 11-12 4 <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">RL 11-12 6 <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">W 11-12 9 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Unit 4 Research |||| <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">6 weeks || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">How do we prove our research? || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Non-fiction historical texts relating to British literature || * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Students create a series of small documented research papers in MLA style.
 * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Students use databases
 * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Students identify credible sources. || //<span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Write In Style // || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Teacher-made materials
 * <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Unit 5
 * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Note taking
 * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Backing up claims with evidence
 * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Format sources in MLA ||  || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Topical articles
 * <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Unit 6
 * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Demonstrate the use of verbal irony/satire
 * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Poetry annotation
 * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Poetry analysis
 * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Response to Poetry || //<span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Elements of Literature Sixth Course //<span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">, Collection 4 || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">“Poison Tree” (response) || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">RL 11-12 1
 * <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Unit 7 || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">7 weeks

<span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Novel reading overlaps Unit 6 || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">What makes something Romantic? || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Themes of Romanticism || * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Write about themes in novel or poetry by citing examples in text. <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">RL 11-12 2 <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">RL 11-12 3 <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">RL 11-12 4 <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">RL 11-12 5 <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">W 11-12 4 <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">W 11-12 5 <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">W 11-12 9 ||
 * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Timed essay writing
 * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Poetry explication
 * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Research on historical context
 * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Socratic seminar
 * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Small group collaboration
 * § <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Compose original poetry || //<span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Elements of Literature Sixth Course //<span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">, Collection 5 || //<span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Wuthering Heights // || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">RL 11-12 1

__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">Featured Units of Study: __

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">Major Movements in British Literature <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">Renaissance <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">--pastorals <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">--Shakespeare and sonnets <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">--John Donne <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">Restoration (historical context) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;"> --satire <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;"> --”Elegy Written on a Country Churchyard” <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">Romanticism/Gothic <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">--lots of poetry! <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">--Wuthering Heights novel <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">Modernism //(a wish that never materialized!)//

__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">Major Works/Units __ <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">--research using online databases <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">--using both MLA and APA style
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">George Orwell’s //1984// (summer reading used for a personal response essay in the first semester)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">Shakespeare’s //Macbeth//
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">Wuthering Heights (assessed with Socratic Seminar) //
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">Writing a Research Paper (related to history of the time)

__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">Skills/Objectives __
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">Using the full writing process
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">Revising
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">Personal response writing
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">Focused internet searching
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">Independent note taking
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">Ordered classroom discussion
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">Analysis of theme in formal composition
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">Poetry annotation and analysis
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">Analysis of author’s purpose and technique
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">Analysis of how literature is affected by historical context
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">Summarizing non-fiction text
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">Enhancing vocabulary usage
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">Timed essay writing

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