1 st Quarter: Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Literature Resources Spare Parts, Beowulf, Anglo-Saxon Elegies, Homer s Iliad, Don Kilgallon s Sentence Composing for High School Movie Clips from: Troy, Beowulf, Frankenstein, Dracula 1 st nine weeks TEKS Elements Characters, plot, subplot, theme, (universal theme) mood, tone 1 A,B,C,D,E Techniques flashback, analogy, foreshadowing, moral dilemma/quandary, 2 A,B,C suspense, allusions, conceits, caesura, kenning, epic, epic simile READING 3,7,8 12 A,C,D ELPS: Poetic devices, elegy Authors use literary techniques and elements to heighten interest, appeal to an audience, and effectively communicate their message. Readers make connections in order to better understand themselves and the world around them by reading a variety of texts and genres.. Reading (excerpts from) Beowulf and The Iliad Class Reading The Seafarer The Wanderer The Wife s Lament Viewing Clips and Evaluating Character Interpretation/Portrayal 1 A, B, C, D, E, F, G 2 A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I 3 A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J 4 A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, 1
WRITING 13A,C, D, E 14A, B 15 A, C 18 19 24A 25 ALAMO HEIGHTS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Developing a thesis sentence Embedding quotations Using transitional words Revising Comparison Essay with a clear thesis, incorporating embedded quotes to support, utilizing transition words Analysis of Anglo-Saxon Poetry (assessment, group study, imitation) Anglo-Saxon Boast Comparison Essay (Achilles to Beowulf) Genre-to-Genre (Elegies) GRAMMAR 17A, B Phrase Appositive Phrase Prepositional Phrase (Adjectival or Adverbial) Participial Phrase Infinitive Phrase Understanding of Parallel structure The function of different types of phrases A variety of correctly structured sentences Grammar Centers: Unscrambling, Imitating, Identifying, Creating Gerund Phrase 2
SUMMER READING 1A,B 2 C 5 A, B, 12 A, B 13 A, C, D, E 14 B ALAMO HEIGHTS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Socratic Discussion Three Levels of Questions Writing sample Personal Connection 3
2 nd Quarter: Medieval Literature and Research Resources Sir Orfeo, Geoffrey Chaucer s Canterbury Tales (Prologue), Selected Canterbury Tales ( Pardoner s Tale ) Canterbury Video (Part One and Two) www.mla.org Purdue OWL - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ 2 nd Quarter TEKS Characterization Paraphrasing 1A,B,C,D,E Frame Story Medieval Romance 2 B,C Tone Making Inferences 3 Symbols Exemplum 5 B Foreshadowing Irony 7 Allusions Simile an d Metaphor 8 Ballads Meter and Rhyme Scheme 12 A, B, C, D Dialect Repetition and Sound Devices 24 A,B 25 26 READING Pilgrim Presentations -Visual, Line, Symbol, Thesis Prologue Activity -Language Analysis -Memorization 4
14 A, B RAFT options: eulogy, letter, sonnet, declaration/speech Medieval RAFT GRAMMAR WRITING 17 A, B 18 19 Phrases (continued) Varied Sentence Structure Identify Phrases and Specific Sentence Structure in Literature Incorporate Phrases and Specific Sentence Structure in Writing 5
RESEARCH PAPER 20 A,B 21 A,B,C 22A,B,C 23 A, B, C, D, E Ask relevant questions and develop a plan Gather and critique information to determine credibility and relevance Students must use critical thinking to analyze and synthesize information in order to create a welldocumented research paper. Proposal (Precis) ICER Digital Notes Rough Draft Peer Editing Revisions Final Draft with Works Cited 6
3rd Quarter: Renaissance Literature and Research Resources William Shakespeare s Hamlet Sonnets (Petrarch, Shakespeare, Spenser) Don Killgallon s Sentence Composing Hamlet movie For High School *Note: The Medieval RAFT from the 2 nd Quarter may actually appear here. Research Paper Process on 2 nd Quarter, Final Paper on 3rd 2 nd Quarter READING 1 A, B, C, D, E, 2 A, B, C 3 4 7 Dramatic Conventions: soliloquy, blank verse, aside, foreshadowing, dramatic irony, stage directions, comic relief Tragedy Catharsis Hubris Tragic Flaw Inverted Word Order Archaic Language Read one Shakespearean Play Study Sonnets 32 Second Macbeth 3 Minute Script Writing 8 9 C 7
WRITING 13 A 14 A, B 15 A Embedded quotations Connection to universal theme Thematic Focus (Essay, Hamlet vs. Macbeth) GRAMMAR 17 A, B 18 19 Clauses Complex and Compound Sentences (use of conjunctions and semicolons) Identify Phrases and Specific Sentence Structure in Literature Incorporate Phrases and Specific Sentence Structure in Writing 8
RESEARCH PAPER 20 A,B 21 A,B,C 22A,B,C 23 A, B, C, D, E ALAMO HEIGHTS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Revise and Edit Students must use critical thinking to analyze and synthesize information in order to create a welldocumented research paper. Proposal (Precis) ICER Annotated Bibliography Rough Draft Peer Editing Revisions Final Draft with Works Cited CScope References: 9
4TH QUARTER: MODERNISM, AGE SEMINARS, LETTERS AND IR Resources T. S. Eliot s Poetry Short Stories Killgallon s Sentence Composing for Preludes Katherine Mansfield s A Cup of Tea High School Students The Hollow Men Virginia Woolf s The Duchess and the Jeweller The Naming of Cats D. H. Lawrence s The Rocking-Horse Winner W.B. Yeats Poetry James Joyce s Araby Sailing to Byzantium Araby video The Second Coming When You Are Old Letter Collection (Lennon, Angelou, Lincoln, Apple, etc) Dylan Thomas Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night 4 TH Quarter 10
READING 1 A, B, C, D, E 2 A, B, C, 3 5 A, B, D 6 7 9 A, B, C 12 B, C, D Conceit Irony Stream of Consciousness Ambiguity Contradiction Subtlety Irony/Sarcasm Hyperbole Paradox Juxtaposition Assonance, Consonance, Alliteration Note taking Rage-Rage- Activity with Thomas Villanelle Literary Age Presentations Notes, Assessment, And Presentation Letter Centers WRITING 13 A, B, C, D, 15 B, C, D 23 Letter Writing Book Review IR Book Review IR Journal Letter Writing Seminar Presentation 11
GRAMMAR 17 A, B, 18 19 Clauses Complex and Compound Sentences (use of conjunctions and semicolons) Clauses and Phrases from IR 12