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Course Overview LA402 12B Exploration of British Literature

Unit Content Connections Projects

1 Heroes (The Middle Ages, 400–1500)

CONTENT Vocabulary Skills:

- Use context clues to define words and phrases - Cite textual evidence of context clues - Use the position and function of a word or

phrase to determine and clarify meaning - Use reference materials, context clues, and

Greek and Latin roots to determine meaning and usage

- Distinguish between denotative and connotative meanings

- Explain and analyze nuances in word meanings - Explain how affixes change meaning or part of

speech - Use affixes correctly

Reading Skills:

- Define and explain implicit and explicit evidence and meaning

- Explain, make, and support inferences - Cite strong and thorough textual evidence - Evaluate and analyze how specific uses of

literary devices contribute to meaning - Define, identify, and analyze themes and

central ideas - Interpret how information supports themes or

central ideas - Define elements of narrative text structure

and explain purposes for specific elements - Identify, explain, and analyze the use of

elements of narrative text structure - Identify diverse artistic representations of a

text and explain how features of different representations shape interpretations

- Evaluate multiple interpretations of a text by analyzing literary elements

EXTENDED RESPONSE (DISCUSSION BOARD) Students interact and communicate with classmates and the teacher by responding to questions about the reading selections at the strategic and extended thinking levels. Lessons 1-5 READING SKILLS Students learn about specific skills related to critical reading and show applications of concepts from the course.

- Understanding Implicit and Explicit Meaning - Discovering Themes - Comparing Literary Representations - Explaining the Development of a Story

PRACTICE/REVIEW EXERCISES Students apply concepts and skills from the lesson.

- Workbook and Checkpoint assessments - Vocabulary Review - Reading Skill Review

SELF-REFLECTION As part of discussion board activities and writing projects, students reflect on their own learning to enhance their understanding of concepts and apply past knowledge to new experiences.

LITERATURE PROJECT Begin reading Frankenstein (through Chapter 3). LESSON TASKS

- Explain implicit meaning - Describe a theme - Explain how framing is used - Describe character development - Make inferences



- Identify, explain, compare, and analyze the use of literary elements

- Define, explain, and analyze the use of framing - Explain how authors develop and relate

elements to plot and to character development

Speaking & Listening:

- See the Speaking & Listening Extensions in the Teacher Resource Guide

HONORS ENRICHMENT

- Analyze symbolic representations and make inferences

- Identify and analyze themes - Compare the characters, setting, and tone in

two versions of a text - Describe how characters influence plot - Analyze storytelling and its overall impact on

structure and meaning READING SELECTIONS

- Physiologus - Beowulf - “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” - “Gawayne and the Green Knight: A Fairy Tale” - The Canterbury Tales: “General Prologue,”

“Wife of Bath’s Prologue,” and “Wife of Bath’s Tale”

2 All the World Is a Stage (The Renaissance, 1500–1660)

CONTENT Vocabulary:

- Use reference materials, context clues, and Greek and Latin roots to determine meaning and usage

Reading Skills:

- Define archetypes and identify common ones - Explain the use of archetypes - Cite strong and thorough textual evidence - Identify elements in a narrative text and

explain how authors develop and relate

EXTENDED RESPONSE (DISCUSSION BOARD) Students interact and communicate with classmates and the teacher by responding to questions about the reading selections at the strategic and extended thinking levels. Lessons 6–10 READING SKILLS Students learn about specific skills related to critical reading and show applications of concepts from the course.

- Analyzing the Development of Characters through Archetypes

LITERATURE PROJECT Continue reading Frankenstein (through Chapter 7). LESSON TASKS

- Write an objective summary of foundational works of British literature

- Analyze the use of figurative language - Identify perspective - Explain how narrative elements contribute to

tone WRITING PROJECT



elements to character development, setting, plot, and tone

- Analyze the impact of the development and relationship of elements of a narrative text

- Define, identify, explain, evaluate, and analyze figurative language and its purpose

- Define denotation and connotation - Analyze the impact of figurative and

connotative words and phrases - Define and identify themes and central ideas - Provide textual evidence that supports themes

or central ideas and interpret that information - Define and identify humor, satire, sarcasm,

irony, and understatement - Define, identify, and determine author or

character perspective and cite textual evidence of that perspective

Writing Skills:

- Write an objective summary - Apply prewriting and brainstorming strategies - Describe the elements of plot and develop a

plan for incorporating them into a narrative - Define, explain, and describe common

narrative techniques - Describe different points of view - Define and explain direct and indirect

characterization - Explain how authors establish tone - Determine which organizational strategy is

appropriate to a specific writing task - Consider task, audience, and purpose - Develop a plan to logically sequence and

connect events in a narrative, to build toward a particular outcome, to enhance the descriptive quality, and to create an effective conclusion



HONORS ENRICHMENT

- Interpreting Figurative Language and Literary Devices

- Exploring Central Ideas and Themes through the Author’s Perspective

- Examining an Author’s Choices with the Interaction of Elements




Write a fictional narrative in the Gothic Romantic genre: first half. LESSON TASKS

- Learn about the Gothic Romantic genre - Learn about plot and narrative techniques - Learn about point of view, characterization,

and tone - Begin a narrative outline - Complete a narrative outline



- Explain archetypes - Examine irony - Identify themes and central ideas - Analyze the impact of text on characters and

plot - Identify perspective

READING SELECTIONS

- The Faerie Queene - “The Sunne Rising” - “Breake of Day” - Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18,” “Sonnet 29,”

“Sonnet 55,” and “Sonnet 116” - Milton’s “Sonnet 7” - Utopia - The Tempest - “Death Be Not Proud”

3 Goodbye to Romance (The Enlightenment/Neoclassic, 1660–1798, & Romantic Period, 1798–1837)

CONTENT Vocabulary:


Reading Skills:

- Identify elements in a narrative text and explain how authors develop and relate elements to character development, plot, setting, and tone


- Define and identify humor, satire, sarcasm, irony, and understatement

- Define, identify, and determine author or character perspective and cite textual evidence of that perspective

- Analyze author or character perspective based on explicit and implicit meanings

- Define ambiguity and explain instances where text is ambiguous or uncertain

EXTENDED RESPONSE (DISCUSSION BOARD) Students interact and communicate with classmates and the teacher by responding to questions about the reading selections at the strategic and extended thinking levels. Lessons 11–15 READING SKILLS Students learn about specific skills related to critical reading and writing and show applications of concepts from the course.

- Exploring Literary Elements through the Author’s Perspective

- Analyzing Character Perspective - Examining the Impact of Setting and Tone - Investigating Ambiguity - Interpreting Theme



SELF-REFLECTION


- Analyze the impact of plot events on two characters

- Identify and describe character perspective - Explain the relationship between setting and

tone - Describe and cite evidence for character

perspective - Explain how actions of the plot and the

descriptions of characters help develop character

WRITING PROJECT Write a fictional narrative in the Gothic Romantic genre: second half. LESSON TASKS

- Begin drafting a narrative (exposition) - Continue drafting a narrative (rising action,

climax, and falling action) - Finish drafting a narrative (resolution)



- Justify an author’s purpose for using ambiguity or leaving matters uncertain and cite evidence that supports this analysis

- Define, identify, analyze, and interpret themes and central ideas and provide evidence for how they interact

Writing Skills:

- Describe the essential components of an effective introduction (exposition) and conclusion (resolution)

- Distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate stylistic elements

- Determine task, audience, and purpose and compose clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, audience, and purpose

- Develop a specific point of view by determining and introducing the narrator

- Develop a sequence of events to create a desired tone and outcome

- Incorporate the elements of plot to achieve a logical and smooth progression among experiences and events

- Apply direct and indirect characterization to develop characters

- Use precise and sensory language as well as vivid details and explain the purpose and impact of these

- Identify strategies for enhancing the descriptive quality of the writing

- Apply narrative techniques related to plot to achieve a smooth progression among experiences or events

- Compose exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution

- Use a variety of strategies for revision and apply them for a specific purpose and audience

As part of discussion board activities and writing projects, students reflect on their own learning to enhance their understanding of concepts and apply past knowledge to new experiences.

- Revise a narrative - Edit, format, and submit a narrative



- Apply revision strategies to edit, proofread, and finalize writing for a specific purpose and audience



HONORS ENRICHMENT

- Analyze implicit author perspective and its effect on readers

- Analyze how setting affects character relationships

- Analyze how the development of characters, setting, or plot affects tone

- Explain how women are idealized in romance and how those ideas are transformed in a poem

- Analyze character development READING SELECTIONS

- Gulliver’s Travels

- Ivanhoe

- The Mysteries of Udolpho

- “She Walks in Beauty”

- “La Belle Dame Sans Merci”

- “Ozymandius”

- “The Chimney Sweeper” (two versions)

- The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

4 Imitation of Life (Victorian Period, 1837–1901)

CONTENT Vocabulary:


Reading Skills:

- Explain the purpose of including language that is fresh, engaging, or beautiful

- Analyze the impact of word choice on meaning and tone

EXTENDED RESPONSE (DISCUSSION BOARD) Students interact and communicate with classmates and the teacher by responding to questions about the reading selections at the strategic and extended thinking levels. Lessons 16–20 READING SKILLS Students learn about specific skills related to critical reading and writing and show applications of concepts from the course.


- Explain the impact of word choice on tone and meaning

- Make inferences about a character and provide implicit and explicit evidence for these inferences

- Analyze character perspective




- Determine and analyze author or character perspective and cite textual evidence of that perspective

- Justify an author’s choices for using implied meanings

- Define textual evidence and recognize strong and thorough evidence

- Define and explain implicit and explicit evidence and meaning

- Define, explain, and justify an author’s purpose for using ambiguity

- Explain, make, and support inferences

- Analyze evidence for sufficiency and relevance

- Define and identify the use of figurative language

- Explain the meaning and purpose of figurative language

- Analyze the impact of figurative language, connotative words, and word choice on the meaning and tone

- Evaluate how specific uses of figurative language contribute to meaning



HONORS ENRICHMENT

- Determine the author’s perspective, find an example of the author’s use of humor, and explain how this usage depicts author perspective

- Interpret a character’s feelings and explain what elements of the story point to this characterization

- Analyze the use of sarcasm and irony - Analyze a poem and its tone and make

inferences about the speaker

- Determine Perspectives Using Meaning and Word Choice

- Making Inferences and Identifying Ambiguities - Analyzing Perspective through Irony and

Sarcasm - Exploring Figurative Language in Poetry




- Explain the meaning of instances of figurative language and analyze how its use contributes to and affects meaning



- Analyze character viewpoint and make inferences

READING SELECTIONS

- Through the Looking Glass

- “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”

- The Importance of Being Earnest

- “The Charge of the Light Brigade”

- “The Darkling Thrush”

- “In Time of ‘The Breaking of Nations’”

- “Meeting at Night”

- “Parting at Morning”

- “How Do I Love Thee?”

- “The Best Thing in the World”

- “The Soldier”

- “Dulce et Decorum Est”

- “Up-Hill”

- The Woman in White

5 Dawning of a New Era (Modern Period, 1901–Present)

CONTENT Vocabulary:


Reading Skills:

- Identify elements in a narrative text

- Explain and cite evidence for how authors develop and relate elements to plot


- Define elements of narrative text structure and explain purposes for specific elements

- Identify, explain, and analyze the use of elements of narrative text structure

- Explain the purpose of including language that is fresh, engaging, or beautiful

- Analyze the impact of word choice on meaning and tone


EXTENDED RESPONSE (DISCUSSION BOARD) Students apply their understanding of reading literature skills to each reading selection. GOs are an excellent resource to review assessments and writing projects. Lessons 21–25 READING SKILLS Students learn about specific skills related to critical reading and writing and show applications of concepts from the course.

- Examining an Author’s Choices in Using Pacing and Plot

- Analyzing the Impact of Word Choice and Humor on Tone

- Exploring Narrative Elements and Text Structure

- Comparing Artistic Interpretations, Themes, and Topics


- Workbook and Checkpoint assessments


- Analyze characters - Analyze how word choice adds to meaning

and impacts tone - Explain descriptions and how text structure

impacts descriptions - Analyze the interactions between characters

and how these interactions develop plot - Write an objective summary

WRITING PROJECT Write a literary analysis. LESSON TASKS

- Brainstorm a literary analysis

- Outline a literary analysis

- Begin writing a literary analysis




- Define, explain, and analyze the use of framing - Distinguish between narrative structure

devices used to manipulate time (pacing, flashback) and those used to order events (parallel plots, subplots, and framing)

- Identify, explain, compare, and analyze the use of literary elements

- Explain how features of different artistic interpretations can shape interpretations of a text

- Evaluate and analyze multiple interpretations of a text by analyzing appropriate literary elements

- Identify, explain, and analyze common themes and topics covered in 18th-, 19th-, or early 20th-century British literature

Writing Skills:

- Identify, explain, and analyze common themes or topics covered in 18th-, 19th-, or early 20th-century British literature

- Analyze two or more texts from the same or different periods in British literature by comparing and contrasting how themes or topics are treated

- Apply prewriting and brainstorming strategies

- Determine which organizational strategy is appropriate to a specific writing task

- Consider task, audience, and purpose and compose clear and coherent writing appropriate to task, audience, and purpose

- Develop a plan for incorporating the elements of plot

- Analyze and reflect on key ideas and details as evidence to support understanding of a text

- Support analysis writing with evidence from a literary text

- Apply strategies to critique and revise writing

- Vocabulary Review - Reading Skill Review


- Finish writing a literary analysis

- Revise, edit, and submit a literary analysis



- Apply revisions strategies to edit, proofread, and finalize writing



HONORS ENRICHMENT

- Analyze the pacing in scenes - Analyze characters - Analyze narrative elements and the use of

frame structure - Analyze the difference in perspective in a

poem and a painting - Analyze how visual images express a poem’s

theme - Analyze characterization

READING SELECTIONS

- The War of the Worlds

- “Strychnine in the Soup”

- Rebecca

- “Musée des Beaux Arts”

- “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night”

- “Song of a Man Who Has Come Through”

- “Piano”

- “When You Are Old”

- The Fellowship of the Ring



6 Future World (Modern Period, 1901–Present)

CONTENT Vocabulary:


Reading Skills:

- Identify, explain, and analyze the use of elements of narrative text structure

- Distinguish between narrative structure devices used to manipulate time (pacing, flashback) and those used to order events (parallel plots, subplots, and framing)




- Justify an author’s choices for using implied meanings

- Define textual evidence and recognize and cite strong and thorough evidence

- Explain inferences and make and support them using textual evidence

- Analyze evidence for sufficiency and relevance - Explain how an author develops and relates

elements in a narrative text to the framing of the narrative and cite textual evidence to explain how the author does so


- Identify diverse artistic interpretations of a text and how features of different artistic interpretations can shape interpretations of a text

- Evaluate multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem by analyzing appropriate literary elements

- Explain implicit and explicit evidence and meaning

EXTENDED RESPONSE (DISCUSSION BOARD) Students apply their understanding of reading literature skills to each reading selection. Practice questions enable students to review key concepts in preparation for the Final Exam. Lessons 26–30 READING SKILLS Students learn about specific skills related to critical reading and writing and show applications of concepts from the course.

- Exploring Time and Order of Events with Text Structure

- Recognizing Differences in Humor - Examining Inferences in Dystopian Literature - Analyzing Characterization Using Implicit and

Explicit Evidence


- Practice questions within review activities - Vocabulary Review - Reading Skill Review

SELF-REFLECTION ACTIVITY As part of discussion board activities and writing projects, students reflect on their own learning to enhance their understanding of concepts and apply past knowledge to new experiences. END OF COURSE WRITING ASSESSMENT

- Write an analysis essay that compares and contrasts the representation of narrative elements in images and in a text

LITERATURE PROJECT Finish reading Frankenstein. LESSON TASKS

- Analyze character perspective and author use of text structure

- Analyze characterization and the author’s choice to characterize in this way

ADDITIONAL TASKS

- Complete End of Course Writing Assessment - Complete Final Exam



Writing Skills:

- Compose an analysis that compares and contrasts multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem by evaluating how each version interprets the original text

- Compose clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience

- Apply prewriting and brainstorming strategies - Apply strategies to critique and revise writing - Apply revisions strategies to edit, proofread,

and finalize writing - Support analysis writing with evidence from a

literary text Speaking & Listening:


HONORS ENRICHMENT

- Explain the author’s use of flashback and how this choice affects meaning

- Analyze use of satire and irony - Analyze inferences - Analyze how characters and setting interact

READING SELECTIONS

- “The Hammer of God” - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - High Fidelity - Brave New World - Never Let Me Go

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