Washington State Reading Targets Comprehension Theme/Main Idea Summary Prediction Inference Vocabulary (inference from context; not dictionary skill)

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1 Washington State Reading Targets Comprehension Theme/Main Idea Summary Prediction Inference Vocabulary (inference from context; not dictionary skill) Analysis Literary Elements (mood, conflict, characterization, literary terminology) Compare/Contrast Cause and Effect Thinking Critically Author s Purpose Evaluate characters and/or text Extend information beyond text (usually compare/contrast)

2 English 9 End of Course Skills Romeo & Juliet Themes--Tragic Hero (Compare/Contrast Juliet and Romeo), Infatuation vs. True Love, decoding Shakespeare, iambic pentameter, literary terms for drama and Shakespeare Characters--Romeo, Juliet, Tybalt, Mercutio, Paris, Nurse, Montegues and Capulets To Kill a Mockingbird Themes-- The Right Thing To Do (Moral Compass), Racism/Hypocrisy, empathy, symbolism of mockingbird, characterization Characters--Atticus, Jem, Scout, Tom Robinson, Calpurnia, Dill, Of Mice and Men Themes--Disenfranchised people in America during the Great Depression, friendship, lonliness, characterization Characters--George, Lenny, Crooks, Candy, Curley, Curley s wife, Slim The Odyssey (abridged) Themes--Good vs. Evil, Faithfulness (Relationships--Husband/Wife & Child/Parent, Epic Hero) epic journey, personal trials Characters-- Odysseus, Penelope, Telemachus, Athena, Poseidon, Sirens, Circe, etc. Short Stories-- see anthology for suggested literary devices Blues Ain t No Mocking bird, --Character The Most Dangerous Game, --Mood/Tone, Plot The Man To Send Rainclouds, --Point of View/Setting Uncle Marcos, --Character The Cask of Amontillado --Style, Mood/Tone The Birds --Mood/Tone, Plot Scarlet Ibis Sonata for Harp and Bicycle Checkouts Golden Kite, Silver Wind- Ray Bradbury Necklace- Guy de Maupassant Rules of the Game- Amy Tan Literary Terms for Short Stories: Setting, Plot, Character, Point of View, Mood/Tone, Style Poetry-- Modern Poems relating to The Odyssey: The Ancient Gesture, Siren Song, Ithaca, Prologue and Epilogue from The Odyssey. Italian and & English sonnets, such as Sonnet 30, and others by Shakespeare and Petrarch. Figurative Language: metaphor, extended metaphor, simile, personification, dramatic irony for Romeo and Juliet, situational and verbal irony. -most of the poetry in the Eng 9 anthology is good - could do all of April with it

3 Nonfiction-- Have a Dream, by Martin Luther King, Jr. New Directions, by Maya Angelou There is a Longing, by Chief Dan George. Newspaper accounts of segregation, by various authors Interviews of current authors works ( The New Jim Crow, etc.) Essays Literary Analysis Text-based details Thematic and/or character analysis Endnotes/parenthetical citations (MLA style) Works Cited (MLA) Grammar and Mechanics Parts of Speech Subject-Verb Agreement Capitalization Punctuation editing oneself Literary Terms and Elements from the English 9 Anthology and Studied Texts Poetry Literary Terms 1. anticlimax 2. narrative poetry 3. poetry 4. stanza 5. dramatic poetry 1. imagery 2. figurative language 3. theme 4. symbol 5. diction 6. alliteration 7. rhyme 8. rhyme scheme 9. simile 10. metaphor 11. personification 12. onomatopoeia 13. lyric poetry 14. rhythm 15. sonnet 16. haiku

4 17. couplet 18. quatrain Drama Literary Terms 1. alliteration 2. aside 3. blank verse 4. comedy 5. dialogue 6. drama 7. dramatic irony (p. 746) 8. irony 9. metaphor 10. monologue 11. personification 12. simile 13. stage directions 14. soliloquy 15. tragedy 16. comic relief 17. hyperbole 18. oxymoron 19. pun 20. iambic pentameter 21. meter 22. flat character 23. round character 1. dramatic foil 2. allusion (classical) Short Story & Epic Literary Terms 1. short story 2. suspense 3. plot 4. conflict 5. protagonist 6. antagonist 7. irony

5 8. setting 9. foreshadowing 10. character 11. theme 12. characterization 13. direct characterization 14. indirect characterization 15. narrator 16. first person narrator 17. third person narrator 18. omniscient narrator 19. point of view 20. speaker 21. symbol 22. mood 23. tone 24. epic 25. epic hero 26. epic simile 27. narrative poem

6 English 10 Literary Terms - all basics plus allegory, plus dramatic terms for Shakespeare End of Course Skills- By the end of the year students should be able to write in both expository and persuasive style, be able to analyze poetry for tone, point of view, symbolism, rhyme scheme, read for understanding and to make personal connections, and learn vocabulary through context. Bean Trees - Barbara Kingsley themes: What constitutes family? Independence vs inter-dependence characters: Taylor, Turtle, LouAnn, Duane Ray, Edna Poppy, Vergie May, Alas, Babylon - Pat Frank issues: segregation & Civil Rights Movement 1960 s; nuclear proliferation themes: Survival and resourcefulness, Forming Community, characters: Randy Bragg, Dan Gunn, Mark Bragg, Helen Bragg, Ben Franklin & Peyton Bragg, Porky Logan, Lib McGovern, Admiral Hazzard, Missouri/Two-Tone/Malachai Henry, Florence Wecheck, Alice Cooksey, Bubba Offenhaus, Rita Hernandez, Pete Hernandez, Non-fiction applications: Research into nuclear issues (non-proliferation treaty, nuclear issues in the news, etc) Lord of the Flies - William Golding themes: Civilization vs. Savagery, The darkness within, End of Innocence, Microcosm of War characters: Jack=Anarchy, Ralph=Reason/Leadership, Piggy=Adult sensibilities, Simon=Christ-like character, Roger=Evil, Sam and Eric (Samneric), Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare themes: Loyalty, betrayal characters: Caesar, Brutus, Cassius, many conspirators And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie themes: Justice (And/or escaping justice), Guilt vs Innocence, Who has the right to judge? characters: Vera, Blore, Justice Wargrave, Emily Brent Complete Maus themes- loss, man s inhumanity to man, understanding others differences, characters- Vlad (dad), Artie (son/comic artist), Anje (mom; suicide after camps) historical information c/c with world history short stories w/ literary devices Pit and the Pendulum- imagery (read on audio and take notes on images; draw vivid scene) Open Window- plot especially climax The Monkey s Paw- suspense Masque of the Red Death- foreshadows Through the Tunnel- internal/external conflict Good Deed- point of view & static/dynamic Widow and Parrot- plot especially climax Orphan Boy & Elk Dog- myth

7 How Much Land Does a Man Need?- parable from Don Quixote - parody Dog Who Bit People (nonfiction)- characterization Garden of Stubborn Cats- setting Damon & Pythias- myth Two Friends- plot especially climax Luck- static & dynamic characters Contents of a Dead Man s Pocket- suspense poetry: Cinquain, Pantoums, Sonnets, haiku, Slam poetry, credos, remembrance poems, alliteration, anaphora, word choice re: sound quality, spoken word, rhyme schemes, connect to Shakespeare s Caesar, Othello, and/or Twelfth Night nonfiction: Maus (see above) Dog Who Bit People (see above) Alas, Babylon research nonfiction writing (expository & persuasive) - see OSPI Writing Assessment web pages pre-writing elaboration persuasive elaboration elaborating for intros & conclusions teaching the 6-traits of writing with rubric awareness conventions and peer editing with self-editing and revisions

8 English 11 Literary Terms--antagonist, aphorism, autobiography, expository, irony, omniscient, persuasion, point of view, protagonist, satire End of Course Skills-read and interpret different literary genres, create a term paper, use MLA format to create a bibliography and document a term paper, write an expository paper, write a persuasive paper, proofread and correct written work, develop written vocab through creative writing Great Gatsby roaring 20 s, gang violence, prohibition, themes- unattainable goals/dreams, real love, consequences of one s actions characters- Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan, Nick Carraway Crucible censorship/red scare historical connection themes- integrity; love; justice characters- John Proctor, Abigail Williams, Reverend Parris Huck Finn satire themes- true friendship, characters- Jim, Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer, duke, dauphin/king Profiles in Courage themes--courage, virtue characters--john Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Thomas Hart Benton, Sam Houston, Edmund Ross, Lucius Lamar Fahrenheit 451 themes- take time to notice real things in life; censorship; society spiraling toward lack of social contact and lack of identity (media overload; media/government mind-control) characters- Guy Montag, Clarisse, Captain Beatty Our Town artistic intentions behind staging the play bittersweet look at the old days; live every moment; celebrate everyday life Emily, George, Stage Manager short stories-- The Devil and Tom Walker, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, To Build a Fire, The Far and the Near, and other selected pieces from The American Experience Lottery Rose for Emily Minister s Black Veil Sound of Thunder Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? Appropriation of Cultures Yellow Wallpaper Legend of Sleepy Hollow African American- classic/famous writer s novel (student choice)- Morrison, Baldwin, Walker Science Fiction

9 Nonfiction poetry--selected pieces from The American Experience nonfiction--profiles in Courage,Ben Franklin s Autobiography, The Iroquois Constitution, from The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano, from The Right Stuff, The Declaration of Independence, from The Crisis, from Poor Richard s Almanac, from Nature, from Self Reliance, from Walden, from Civil Disobedience, from My Bondage and My Freedom, from A Woman at War, A Boy s Ambition. MLA format research paper Reading and/or Writing Collection of Evidence (COE) COE reading tasks aligned with curriculum above COE writing tasks aligned with 10th grade writing curriculum

10 English 12 Literary Terms: Multiple literary terms used in in personal reading analyses (taken from Literary Terms You Should Know handout End of Course Skills: critically analyze literature, effective question writing for literature, recognize various poetry forms, be familiar with British literature styles from 15th century through Victorian + Orwell s 1984, business writing: resume and business letter forms, how to use the public library including accessing its multiple databases, editing, vocabulary study and usage, Macbeth themes: greed, love, ambition, relationships characters: Wuthering Heights themes characters Jane Eyre themes characters 1984 themes: governmental control, psychological control, rebellion, crime, physical control, technology, irony characters:: Winston, Mr. O Brien, Julia, Parsons, Charrington short stories: varies poetry: sestina, sonnet, villanelle, pantoum, blank verse + iambic pentameter nonfiction: Night Personal reading apply previously gained knowledge of theme, character, conflict and other literary elements to books selected by students develop appreciation for various authors styles, genres, purposes develop strategies for selecting reading for personal pleasure

11 College in the High School: English 101 & 115 English 101 = Composition college entrance essay editorial satire blog literary analysis of Animal Farm- parable/allegory (audio skills) short story w/ digital storytelling English 115 = Literature Frankenstein Tale of Two Cities- dualities Grapes of Wrath Catcher in the Rye & Field of Dreams- struggles w/ self supplemental: Brave New World Merchant of Venice/ Hamlet - Shakespeare s understanding of humanity and what makes people real Little Prince/ Wizard of Oz/ Alice in Wonderland literature circles Wicked Tess of the d Urbervilles Gone with the Wind