Page 1 of 6 Close Window Print Page Layout Show View Paragraph Format ENGLISH 11 (MASTER MAP) School: Binghamton High School Teacher: Master Map Email: Course #: 006 Grade Level: 11 View Course Description MONTH/YEAR September 2006 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS //STANDARDS Unit 1 -ORIGINS, BELIEFS, CHOICES AND Freedom CONSEQUENCES Human Rights Responsibility How do our origins Justice influence our beliefs? American Identity How do our beliefs influence the choices we make and our interactions with each other? What are the consequences of those beliefs on both the individual and society? Secular -vs - Religious Belief Property (Personal and Political ramifications) American Literature in relation to Literature Evaluate prior knowledge to evaluate skills Examines literature to understand the author's use of literary techniques for the development of theme (ie, setting, conflict, irony, characterization, etc.) CONTENT Colonial and Native Lit. Selections Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Harriet Jacobs "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God", Edwards (sermon) The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck (novella) The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald The Crucible by Arthur Miller ASSESSMENT Personal Essay, Listening, or Reading and Writing for Information and Understanding to assess skills for targeting instruction, Socratic Seminar Assess student revision based on targeted writing instruction. AREAS OF INTERACTION Areas of Interaction (IBMYP) ATL ( Approaches to Learning) Compare/Contrast language usage across the American vernacular Listening and note taking of a non-fiction piece or video/audio clip Revise writing based on teacher, peer and self editing Black Elk Speaks American Song The House of Seven Gables, Hawthorne "Minister's Black Veil", Hawthorne Thoreau, Emerson "The Girl Who Wouldn't Speak", Hong Kingston Non-fiction... Listening... Selections
Page 2 of 6 October 2006 Unit 1 continued How do our beliefs influence the choices we make and our interactions with each other? What are the consequences of those beliefs on both the individual and society? ( ) Origins, Beliefs, Freedom Choices, and Human Rights Consequences Responsibility Justice How do our origins American Identity influence our beliefs? Secular -vs - Religious Belief Property (Personal and Political ramifications) Examines literature to understand the author's use of literary techniques for the development of theme (ie, setting, conflict, irony, characterization, etc.) Compare/Contrast language usage across the American vernacular Listening and note taking of a non-fiction piece or video/audio clip Cont'd from September Debate, Socratic Seminar, reader response writing, personal essay, Listening or Reading and Writing for Information and Understanding to assess skills for targeting instruction, Socratic Seminar Assess student revision based on targeted writing instruction. Revise writing based on teacher, peer and self editing Synthesize ideas to express them both orally and in writing November 2006 Unit 2: INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY What is the responsibility of the individual to society and vice versa? Related question: Under what circumstances is the individual more important than society and vice versa? Further skills dependent on September writing assessment Writing Process, Listening and note taking of a non-fiction piece or video/audio clip Ethical behavior Loyalty Society Empathy The search for truth Tragedy Writing Process, Generating ideas, Organizing ideas, Awareness of literary techniques, Articulation of analysis; understanding of author's intent, Awareness of audience, Development of ideas, Development of sophisticated writing skills "Self - Reliance" Emerson (nonfiction) "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" Martin Luther King "Civil Disobedience" Thoreau (nonfiction) The Scarlet Letter Hawthorne Huck Finn Mark Twain The Red Badge of Courage Crane The Fountainhead Rand Create graphic organizer comparing two works. Create a graphic organizer showing character development Literary response essay based on a theme related to the essential question Assess student revision based on targeted writing instruction and Six Traits (IBMYP) Community and Service Environment
Page 3 of 6 Listening and Speaking Note taking Techniques Technology The Crucible Arthur Miller Their Eyes Were Watching God Hurston The Sun Also Rises, Hemingway (fiction) The Things They Carried, Tim O Brien (excerpts) Speaking of Courage, Tim O Brien Where Have You Gone Charming Billy, O Brien (short story); Occurrence at Owl Creek, Bierce "I Stand Here Ironing", Tillie Olsen "A Good Man is Hard to Find", O'Connor (short story) Reader Response Non-fiction... Listening... Selections December 2006 Unit 2 Continued Individual and Society What is the responsibility of the individual to society and vice versa? Related question: Under what circumstances is the individual more important than society and vice versa? January 2007 Unit 3 - ENVIRONMENT To what extent do humans affect their environment and/or to what extent does the environment affect them? Culture Nature Responsibility Power War Writing Process, Generating Walden, Thoreau Ethan Frome, Edith Wharton Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller ; Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams Critical Lens Essay on a theme related to the essential question Revision focused on writing for meaning Reader Environment
Page 4 of 6 ideas, Organizing ideas, Awareness of literary techniques, Articulation of analysis; understanding of author's intent, Awareness of audience, Development of ideas, Development of sophisticated writing skills Note taking techniques Technology Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry Huck Finn, Twain Othello Shakespeare Macbeth, Shakespeare A Farewell to Arms, Hemingway Response Socratic Seminar ELA Regents Exam Research Paper "Bartleby the Scrivener", Melville The Story of an Hour, Kate Chopin The Yellow Wallpaper by Charloette Perkins Gilman "Self-Reliance", "On Nature", Emerson Go Tell it on the Mountain, Baldwin (fiction) Snows of Kilimanjaro, Hemingway (short stories) "Wagner Matinee", Cather The Iceman Cometh, O'Neill Non-Fiction Short Stories Video Clips February 2007 Unit 3 Continued ENVIRONMENT To what extent do humans affect their environment or to what extent does the environment affect them? March 2007 4 - CREATIVITY How is the author's creativity evident in the text? What Genre Point of View Style Language literal and figurative; Fall of the House of Usher, Poe Mask of the Red Compose creative piece demonstrating knowledge of short story/dramatic Homo Faber
Page 5 of 6 inspires creativity? denotative and connotative; etymology Creativity Validity of the text (written, visual, online resources) demonstrate knowledge of short story structure apply understanding of short story to creative writing Analysis of elements of poetry; metaphor, imagery, allusion, diction, rhyme scheme, musicality, structure : Death, Poe (short story); The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Thurber (short story) Memoir (Return to the Personal Essay from Sept) Flashfiction One Writers Beginnings (excerpts) Welty, non-fiction Drama Non-Fiction Video Clips Writer's on Writing elements. Creative project reflecting understanding of poetry. Analysis of a visual text April 2007 Unit 4 Continued CREATIVITY How is the author's creativity evident in the text? What inspires creativity? May 2007 Unit 5 Language - What is the value of preserving language? In other words, what is the purpose of studying literature in the original language in which it was written? Culture Society Literary Allusions Tone Rhetorical Purpose Genre Interpretation Recognizing and using appropriate register based on audience Recognizing the richness and diversity of language Recognizing stylistic devices to create meaning Their Eyes Were Watching God Hurston Huck Finn Twain Anne Bradstreet (poetry) "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God", Edwards (sermon) Macbeth Shakeespeare Othello by Shakespeare "A Good Man is Hard to Find", O'Connor (short story) Multi-cultural perspectives Writing for various audiences (Business Letter (RCT), application, resume) Debate, Socratic Seminar Create a stylistic piece of writing employing strong student voice Memorize and recite passage Homo Faber
Page 6 of 6 Non-Fiction Video Clips June 2007 Unit 5 Continued Language - What is the value of preserving language? In other words, what is the purpose in studying literature in the original language in which it was written?