Grade 11---Unit 6: Early 20 th Century LPSS---Summer 2008

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1 Holt Elements of Literature BLM Writers, Inc. Reader s Handbook 1 Ongoing Independent Reading Daily Language Activities: Critical Reading Section, 24 transparencies Reading Instruction for the Advanced Classroom, 3-6; Reading Log Copymaster, 12; Metacognitive Strategies, Workshop Resources Writing, Listening, and Speaking: Analyzing a Novel, 59; Presenting a Literary Analysis, See Blackboard, Reading: SSR for BLMs of reading logs and other SSR documents Personal Responses to Literature, 215 Connect to Reading, 41 Reading Process, Reading Actively, Strategy Handbook, 713 Reading Tools, Supplementary Materials See LCC, English III, page 95 for a list of recommended novels for this grade level glish/bookreportideas.html 91 Ways to Respond Literature Gallagher, Kelly. Deeper Reading. (Stenhouse, 2004). Practical reading strategies Pilgreen, Janice L. The SSR Handbook: How to Organize and Manage a Sustained Silent Reading Program. (Boyton/Cook, 2000). 2 Ongoing Vocabulary Study Daily Language Activities: Vocabulary Section, 50 transparencies on ; Analogy Section, 25 transparencies Vocabulary Development: Act. #7: Winter Dreams, 34 Act.#9: from Dust Tracks on a Road, 42 Act. #10: Soldier s Home, 33 Act. #12: A Rose for Emily, 35; A Worn Path, 39 Handbook of Literary Concepts, ; Handbook of Rhetorical Concepts, ; Word Banks, 248 Powernotes: Handbook to Literary Terms Checklist of Common Errors, 1 Improving vocabulary, Diction: 234 Improving Vocabulary Skills: 367 Related forms of words: 371 Analogous sentences: 431 Improving Vocabulary: 657 Word Families: 676 Word Roots: 762 s/lesson_view.asp?id=20 Using a Word Journal to Create a Personal Dictionary _images/lesson20/powerpoint.pdf link to handout on Powerpoint from above lesson. Merriam Webster s Online Dictionary to identify new words Allen, Janet. Inside Words. (Stenhouse, 2007). Practical strategies for teaching vocabulary. 3 Ongoing Writing Prompts Powernotes: Collection 5, slides 7 and 8 for Activity 9 Weary Blues and Harlem Brozo in CLSD for the LCC: QtA (Questioning the Author), 12 Holt Assessment Writing, Listening, and Speaking: Portfolio Assessment, Learning Logs, Writing to Learn: 397 Personal Responses to Literature: 215 Connect to Reading, 41 s/lesson_view.asp?id=902 Draft letters, for students to think critically about major writing assignments. Students write letters of reflection to share with a peer before completing the final draft. 1

2 4 Ongoing Grammar Study Daily Language Activities: Proofreading Warmups Section, 27 transparencies; Sentence Combining Section, 15 transparencies Handbook of Grammatical Concepts, Powernotes: Collection 5, Proofreading Warmups Checklist of Common Errors, 1 Commas After Introductory Clauses and Phrases, 458, 459 Marking Quoted Material, 469 Using Quoted Material, 258 MLA Documentation Style, Reading for Tests, s/lesson_view.asp?id=1091 Analyzing Grammar Pet Peeves ource/677/01/ Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab) ng%20quotations.swf Flash-based overview of quotations s/lesson_view.asp?id=248 Manipulating Sentences to Reinforce Grammar htm quick reference to MLA style Students can sign up to have a daily SAT question delivered to their e- mailboxes. Other invaluable resources for college are available here. mmar/ student guide to grammar and writing free practice tests for ACT, SAT, MCAT, LSAT, etc. /index.html for ACT preparation 5 The Early 20 th Century: The Beginning of the Modern Age and the Lost Generation Writers Comparing Youth of Today/ Youth of the 20s, Note-taking Charts: 719 Note-taking Skills: 392 Graphic Organizers: 48, 359 Note-taking: 718 Cornell Notes: 81 Overview of early 20 & WWI + Lost Generation : Hemingway, Firzgerald, Stein, Poud Holt Reader: Introduction to the Moderns, Holt Adapted Reader: Introduction to the Moderns, Holt Reading Solutions, 145; 381 Student Edition: The Moderns: , 636; A Closer Look: Popular 2

3 Entertainment, 638; Make It New: Symbolism, Imagism, and Beyond, 644 Visual Connections: Segment 8, American Dreamers, Part 2 Holt Assessment: Literature, Reading, and Vocabulary, Literary Period Introduction Test, Researching the Roaring Twenties Visual Connections, Appendix 1: Researching and Interviewing, F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby Holt Adapted Reader: Winter Dreams, Rubric for Roaring Twenties Research, 37 Students Notes for Chapter 1 Reciprocal Teaching, 38 Students Notes for Reciprocal Teaching #2, 39 Researching on the Net, 332, 453 Using the Library, Citing Sources, Documenting electronic sources, mla.htm Evaluating Internet Sources, eval.htm Multimedia Reports, mm.htm Student Models, models.htm Responses to Literature: 220, W. I. Reading Fiction: 365, W. I. Literary Analysis: Reading a Website, Doing Research, Drawing Conclusions, 47, 221 Reading on the Internet, Focus on Characters: 332 Focus on Theme: 345 Symbol: 383 Focus on Setting: 323 Possible topics: Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, Babe Ruth, Prohibition, fads, dances, fashion wl/resource/557/01/ MLA format develops bibliographic entries a site for high school and college students on how to research database for print and web resources online database rs/bios.html --short bio. of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald s/lesson_view.asp?id=831 Connotation, Character, and Color Imagery in The Great Gatsby s/lesson_view.asp?id=967 Judging a Book by its Cover: The Art and Imagery of The Great Gatsby s/lesson_view.asp?id=168 Become a Character: Adjectives, Character Traits, and Perspective s/lesson_view.asp?id=397

4 Exploring Literature Through Letter-Writing Groups map.txt lesson plan for collaborative map of setting for Gatsby 8 Imagist Poetry of the Early 20 th Century Holt Reader: The River-Merchant s Wife: A Letter, ; The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, ; The Red Wheelbarrow, ; Ars Poetica, Holt Reading Solutions: Vocabulary and Comprehension (copying master), 154; Additional Vocabulary Practice (copying master), 155 Powernotes (Collection 5): Love Song with focus on dramatic monologue Audio CD: disc 14 Holt Assessment: Literature, Reading, and Vocabulary: The River-Merchant s Wife: A Letter ; The Garden ; A Few Don ts by an Imagiste, 210; The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, 213; The Red Wheelbarrow, The Great Figure, This Is Just to Say, 216; Poetry and Ars Poetica, 219 Fine Art Transparencies: #11 for The Red Wheelbarrow plus Teaching Notes, Worksheets, and Answer Key, 32 9 Harlem Renaissance Holt Reader: Harlem, ; from Dust Tracks on a Road, from Dust Tracks on a Road, Holt Reading Solutions: Harlem, 171; from Dust Tracks on the Road, 175; Vocabulary and Comprehension (copying Who is Prufrock?, 40 Reading Poetry: 366, W. I. Reading Strategies for Poetry: 392 Reading Poetry: 387 Connecting Poetry, Art, and Music in Harlem, 41 Assessing the Presentation, 42 Assessing the Composition, 43 Multimedia Reports: 433, W. I. Research Report Writing: 215, P. G. Researching on the Internet: 332, W. I. Essay of Comparison: 202, W. I. Speech Skills: 430, W. I.; 297, 4 Research: 691 Reading Poetry: 389 Model of Comparison and Contrast: xhibitdetails/karlwirsum/index.php (Imagist paintings of Karl Wirsum) D/1 is/88/imagism-def.html The following site contains thumbnail sketches of work by imagist artists, such as N. C. Wyeth and Norman Rockwell: html/m_collection.html arlem/harlem.html (excellent resources for Harlem Renaissance) Harlem Renaissance: The Black Poets. 20 mins. Carousel Films, Inc.,

5 master), 173; Additional Vocabulary Practice (copying master), 174 Audio CD Library, disc 19 Powernotes: Collection 5-- Harlem, with focus on mood; from Dust Tracks on a Road, with focus on autobiography; Quickwrites, 7, 8 Holt Assessment: Literature, Reading, and Vocabulary:, The Weary Blues, Harlem, Heyday in Harlem, 273; from Dust Tracks on a Road, 279 P. G. center.org/exploring/harlem/artsedge. html Drop Me Off in Harlem ml/exhibit/aopart7b.html The Harlem Renaissance and the Flowering of Creativity s/lesson_view.asp?id=194 Varying Views of America m/units/1996/1/ x.html Langston Hughes: Artist and Historian biog. of Langston Hughes, part of Meet Amazing Americans: Writers and Artists series s/lesson_view.asp?id=251 (Discovering a Passion for Poetry with Langston Hughes) s/lesson_view.asp?id=252 (A Harlem Renaissance Retrospective: Connecting Art, Music, Dance, and Poetry) 5

6 10 Ernest Hemingway and the Hemingway Hero 11 The Poetry of Robert Frost Holt Assessment: Literature, Reading, and Vocabulary, Birches, 262; Common Diction ; Design, Nothing Gold Can Stay ; Trying to Name What Doesn t Change, 259 Audio CD Library, disc 18 Allusion Sonnets Sound and punctuation 12 Southern Writers of the Early 20 th Century Holt Reader: A Rose for Emily, ; The Jilting of Granny Weatherall, Holt Adapted Reader: A Rose for Emily, ; Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech, ; A Worn Path, A Rose for Emily, ; The Jilting of Granny Weatherall, Analyzing the Hemingway Hero, 44 Connecting Setting and Theme in Southern Writing, 45 Style: 231, W. I. Literary Analysis: 227 Literary Terms: 223, W. I. Writing Poetry: 179, W. I. Reading Fiction: 365, W. I. Literary Analysis: 227, W. I. Style: 307 Using Graphic Organizers: 361 Clues About Character: 355 Close Reading Chart: 284 Lyric Poetry: 389, 432 Focus on Setting: 323 Focus on Theme: es/1954/hemingway-bio.html biography ks/1999/hemingway/ CNN retrospective on Hemingway bits/hemingway/ University of Delaware Special Collections s/lesson_view.asp?id=784 Heroes are Made of This: Studying the Character of Heroes s/lesson_view.asp?id=209 Style: Defining and Exploring an Author s Stylistic Choices D/192 ges/frostfarm/frost.html town.hall.org/archives/radio/ IMS/HarperAudio/012294_harp_ITH.html - 5k - (photos of depression era southern towns and landscapes) faulkner/faulkner.html kner_william/index.html 6

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