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1st
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· Descriptive Writing/Essay
· Elements of Literature
· Parts of Speech
· Feminist Literature/Suffrage
· Edgar Allen Poe
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· Use modifiers and adjectives to organize and compose a descriptive essay
· Identify literary elements; theme, character, setting, plot, tone, and conflict.
· Recognize how literary elements impact literature.
· Identify the eight parts of speech in sentences.
· Edit for agreement in sentences.
· Relate/connect literature to a time period in history.
· Prepare for and participate in debates.
· Explain an interpretation of a text.
· Participate in group discussions.
· Formulate opinions on topics.
· Recognize literary movements in history and its impact on the style of writing of the time.
· Write a poem.
· Identify author’s relationship to their writing.
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· Discussions
· Quizzes
· Tests
· Worksheets
· Participation
· Essay writing
· Journaling
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· To what degree are modifiers and adjectives used to enhance descriptive writing?
· What is descriptive writing?
· How does a story, novel, or drama’s elements affect the piece of literature?
· How are literary elements used to create meaning in literature?
· How are the parts of speech classified within their sentences?
· What are the parts of speech?
· How are parts of speech identified in sentences?
· How does feminist literature reflect modern thinking?
· What are some ways a student can defend or analyze their interpretation of a text?
· How does a student interpret a text?
· How is literature related to history?
· What is the connection of politics to literature?
· What is the process of writing a debate?
· What is the process of interpreting a piece of literature?
· How is an author’s life connected to the way they write?
· What is a rhyme pattern?
· How do you identify a rhyme pattern?
· Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
· Why is Poe a person we study in Literature?
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3.B
3.B.1a
3.C.EC
2.A.1a
2.A.2b
2.A.3b
2.A.4b
2.A.5b
2.B.1c
3.B.2c
3.A.4
1.B.4c
1.B.5a
1.C.4b
1.C.5b
2.A.5c
4.B.1b
5.C.4c
14.C.5
14.F.4b
1.A.4b
1.B
1.B.5b
1.C.4a
2.A.4c
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Houghton Mifflin: English; 1990, pages 118-145
Writing Clear Essays: Third Edition; 1996, Chapter 3
Prentice Hall: Literature, Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes. The American Experience; 2000
Reading Smarter; 2002
A & E Biography: The Mystery of Edgar Allen Poe, 1997
Masters of Horror: Stuart Gordon: The Black Cat; 2006
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2nd
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- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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· Identify exaggerated language in writing.
· Identify impacts of Romanticism
· Interpret texts
· Learn vocabulary
· Write an essay
· Map vocabulary words
· Use vocabulary in sentences
· Comprehend reading
· Relate reading to events in history
· Relate author’s life to the text they have written
· Recognize symbolism and allegory in a text
· Participate in discussions
· Create a story map
· Analyze characters
· Connect themes
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· Projects
· Discussions
· Quizzes
· Tests
· Journaling
· Essays
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· What are the characteristics of Romanticism?
· Why is Poe considered a Romantic writer?
· In what ways does Poe’s writing reflect the characteristics of Romanticism?
· Why is F. Scott Fitzgerald a person we study in literature?
· Who was Zelda Fitzgerald?
· Why is The Great Gatsby a popular book?
· What historical events impacted the book, The Great Gatsby?
· What are the meanings of some of the words in the book, The Great Gatsby?
· What is symbolism?
· What do the different places symbolize in the book The Great Gatsby?
· What are the themes in the book The Great Gatsby?
· How are the characters connected to the themes in the book, The Great Gatsby?
· What role does the setting have on the plot in The Great Gatsby?
· How is the text interpreted?
· Why is the text interpreted?
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3.B
2.A
1.B.5a
1.C.5a
1.C.5b
2.A.5b
3.C
4.B.5a
4.B.5b
NCTE.3.2
3.3.1
4.3
4.7
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(book)
Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby; 1925
A & E Biography: F. Scott Fitzgerald, The American Dreamer, 1997
(Movie)
The Great Gatsby; 1974
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3rd
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- Prewriting
- Essay Writing Concepts
- Thesis writing
- Essay organization
- Usage/Diction
- Sentence Structure
- Poetry Concepts
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· Generate ideas/topics for writing essays
· Understand various methods of prewriting
· Write clear essays and paragraphs
· Revise for errors in parallelism, wordiness, run-ons, and fragments
· Audience Awareness
· Writing for real or potentially real situations (college applications, job applications, etc)
· Identifying and using comparatives in sentences
· Correct diction/word usage
· Write Comparison Essay and Outline
· Write thesis statement
· Evaluate poetry, identify examples for terms in poetry
· Write poems
· Identify sonnet and other poetry patterns
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· Projects
· Discussions
· Quizzes
· Tests
· Journaling
· Essays
· Writing poems
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· What is brainstorming?
· What is clustering?
· What is sensory writing?
· What is classification?
· Why do sentences need revision?
· How do you revise for parallelism, wordiness, run-ons, and fragments
· What impact does the audience I am writing for have on the way I write?
· How do I evaluate my audience?
· What are some basic diction rules?
· What are the basic rules for comparative usage?
· How do I write an outline?
· How do I write a thesis statement?
· What do the following terms mean? (meter, verse, lyric, elegy, ode, satiric poem, iambic pentameter, stanza, simile, alliteration, assonance, rhyme, repetition, onomatopoeia, etc)
· How can I identify examples of the above terms when reading poetry?
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· IL3.b.1a
· IL.3.B
· IL.3.C
· IL.3.B.4b
· IL3.B.4b
· IL.3.B.5
· IL.3.C
· IL.3.C.4a
· IL.3.C.4b
· IL.3.C.5a
· IL.3.C.5b
· IL.3.C.5b
· IL.4
· IL.4.A
· IL.2.A.4c
· IL.2.A.5c
· IL.1.C.4b
· IL.1.A.4b
· IL.2.B.4a
· IL.4.A.4b
· NCTE 4.2
· NCTE4.3
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Houghton Mifflin: English; 1990, pages 118-145
(Movie)
The Dead Poet’s Society; 1989
Poetry Selections from Glencoe: American Literature; 2009
(William Carlos Williams, Carl Sandburg, Robert Frost, Countee Cullen, Wallace Stevens, Walt Whitman)
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4th
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· The Outsiders
· Revising paragraphs and essays for action verbs, agreement, punctuation
· Punctuation (Use of colon, semicolon, quotations marks, hyphen, apostrophe, comma)
· Improving Sentences (Expanding sentences, simplifying sentences, varying sentences)
· Les Miserable, Victor Hugo
· The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka
· The Lay of the Werewolf, Marie de France
· Like Water for Chocolate, Laura Esquivel
· The Fifth Story,
Clarice Lispector
· The Youngest Doll,
Rosario Ferre
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· Reading Comprehension
· Themes in World Literature
· Reader Response
· Interpreting Literature
· Responding to Literature
· Writing to demonstrate comprehension of texts
· Sentence Editing
· Correct Punctuation usage
· Usage agreement
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· Projects
· Discussions
· Quizzes
· Tests
· Journaling
· Essays
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· What are action verbs?
· What are the themes in the novel The Outsiders?
· How do I punctuate sentences?
· How do I vary, simplify, and expand sentences?
· What are the themes in Les Miserable?
· How does the plot of Les Miserable connect to world history?
· What are the themes in The Metamorphosis?
· How can I apply the five elements of literature to The Lay of the Werewolf, Like Water for Chocolate, The Youngest Doll, The Fifth Story, and The Metamorphosis?
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· 4b
· IL.3.B.5
· 2.B.1
· 3.B.2
· 3.A.4
· IL.3.C.5a
· IL.3.C.5b
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The Outsiders
Prentice Hall: Grammar and Composition; 1990
Houghton Mifflin: English; 1990
EMC Paradigm: Literature and The Language Arts, World Literature; 1998; pages 445-486
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