Wolmer s Boys School Fourth Form English Literature Course Outline Genres: Prose and Poetry Primary Texts: A World of Prose & A World of Poetry Easter Term 2018-2019 RATIONALE: The CSEC English B Syllabus focuses on fostering analytical and critical reading skills in students who sit the English Literature exam. As students advance in the education system, these skills become invaluable and not only assist them in writing and expressing themselves more articulately, but aid them in becoming more perceptive individuals in society. Furthermore, in order to grasp the various concepts and engage meaningfully with the texts, students must be cognizant of the core elements that comprise the respective genres. This unit is also formulated to assist students in developing an appreciation of literature not only as a subject area, but as an art form that presents aspects of society for criticism or as a means of celebration. As a result, the literary texts will assist students in gaining exposure to other realities that are similar and dissimilar to their own, and will help them to respect difference. DATE TOPICS STUDENT ASSIGNMENT GENRE OF FOCUS: PROSE - Review feedback on exam Week 1 Week of Jan. 7 - Revision of Six Weekly Exam areas of strength and weakness - Recap components of the literary essay - Review components of essay writing-- constructing the thesis statement, formulating effective topic sentences, discussing a main point and using appropriate supporting details to develop ideas - Provide course outline and areas of focus for term - Read To Dah-duh, in Memoriam and create table with elements, techniques and themes - Issuing of Easter Term Project CLASSWORK #1
Week 2 Week of Jan. 14 To Dah-duh, in Memoriam 3. Themes: Tradition vs Modernity, Rural Life vs Urban Life, Transient Nature of Life, Inevitability of Change and Death, Identity, Love and Family Relationship, Nostalgia, Diasporic Concerns (Displacement), Rivalry 4. Elements & Techniques of Focus: Juxtaposition, Symbolism, Imagery, Narrative Point of View, Biblical Allusion, Foreshadowing, Flashback Use of Dialect, Allusion, Epigraph, Personification, Irony, Setting, Characterisation The Two Grandmothers 3. Themes: Identity, Tradition vs Modernity, Rural Life vs Urban Life, Prejudice, Maturity, Social Class 4. Elements & Techniques of Focus: Juxtaposition, Use of Dialect, Narrative Point of View, Irony, Setting, Characterisation JOURNAL ENTRIES HOMEWORK #1 ESSAY Week 3 Week of Jan. 21 Week 4 Week of Jan. 28 PARENT/TEACHER CONSULTATIONS Emma 3. Themes: Childhood Experience, Innocence/Naivety, Identity, Family Relationship, Class Disparity, Maturity/Growth, Jealousy, Death 4. Elements & Techniques of Focus: Contrast CLASSWORK #2 GROUP PRESENTATION HOMEWORK #2 EASTER TERM PROJECT
Use of short choppy sentences, Symbolism, Narrative Point of View, Role Reversal, Motif of Games/Play, Irony, Sarcasm, Characterisation Week 5 Week of Feb. 04 Week 6 Week of Feb. 11 Week 7 Week of Feb. 18 GENRE OF FOCUS: POETRY Little Boy Crying & My Parents 1. Themes: childhood experiences, remorse, parental protective instinct 2. Techniques: diction, animalistic imagery, allusion, alliteration, enjambment, metaphor, simile MAJOR ASSESSMENT West Indies, U.S.A 1. Themes: imperialism, oppression, nostalgia 2. Techniques: allusion, simile, sarcasm, alliteration South 1. Themes: imperialism, oppression, nostalgia 2. Techniques: allusion, simile, sarcasm, alliteration Once Upon A Time 1. Themes: loss of innocence, change, hypocrisy, nostalgia, identity, hope 2. Techniques: satire, fairy tale allusion, juxtaposition, diction, allegory, language, simile, repetition Week 8 Week of Feb. 25 APPROACHING THE UNSEEN MULTIPLE CHOICE PAPER Paper 1 will require the student to: - Follow sophisticated syntax - Respond to diction - Be comfortable with upper level vocabulary - Be familiar with literary terminology - Make inferences CLASSWORK #3 MULTIPLE CHOICE PAPER
- Be sensitive to irony and tone - Recognize components of style Therefore, students should learn how to: - Identify keywords in the question - Consider the subject matter, situation and voice or point of view in the texts - Explore how relationships are portrayed or presented - Consider the social or cultural contexts - Pay attention to connotation and diction identify words which have a particular effect - Understand the importance of tone and mood in creating meaning - Analyse the presentation of characters - Discern meaning from sentence structure/lineation Week 9 Week of Mar. 04 Week 10 Week of Mar. 11 MID-TERM BREAK Orchids 1. Themes: journey/quest, growth, transience, death, nature 2. Techniques: allusion, personification, symbolism, motif HOMEWORK #3 ESSAY Week 11 Week of Mar. 18 Sonnet Composed Upon Westminster Bridge 1. Themes: nature, transience, development 2. Techniques: personification, imagery, symbolism Dulce et Decorum Est 1. Themes: war, patriotism, suffering, death, dreams 2. Techniques: imagery, diction, simile, alliteration, irony, repetition
This is the Dark Time, My Love Week 12 Week of Mar. 25 1. Themes: war, patriotism, suffering, dreams 2. Techniques: imagery, oxymoron, alliteration, personification, repetition, allusion, metaphor, rhetorical question God s Grandeur 1. Themes: nature s intrinsic beauty, nature s ability to replenish itself, mankind s impact on nature, religion, change/transformation, hope, 2. Techniques: imagery, alliteration, consonance, repetition, simile, diction, rhetorical question, metaphor, rhyme REVISION FOR END OF TERM EXAM Week 13 Week of Apr. 01 END OF TERM EXAMS BEGIN