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In this 15-week English class, your learner will develop critical thinking & writing skills while exploring timeless themes of tragedy, social expectations, and the dangers of technology from influential and imaginative British writers. 

Explore the timeless themes of tragedy, social expectations, and the dangers of technology in the literary works of influential and imaginative British writers. Develop your skills through analysis, discussion, and response writing.

<<Anchor Text - Macbeth / Supplemental Texts 1-6>>

-Discuss classroom, homework, & writing expectations
-Review historical context and elements of the literary period
-Introduce William Shakespeare
-Review common Shakespearean words and guess the meaning of phrases from Macbeth
-Read and discuss parts of Act 1

Homework: Finish reading Act 1 / complete mini-research project about Shakespeare

Historical Context, Shakespeare / Common Shakespearean Words and Phrases

The Renaissance Period / Humanism / Tragedies

-Contribute 2 findings from the research homework
-Answer Act 1 questions
-Read part of Act 2
-Discuss Lady Macbeth vs. Macbeth
-Review Shakespearean in-text citations
-Examine Soliquoies as a literary device

Homework: Finish Act 2 / Watch the Dagger Soliloquy performed by Patrick Stewart / Complete the Dagger Soliloquy response writing /  Create a storyboard of 15-20 pictures or drawings that illustrate moods, words, or phrases from Macbeth’s famous soliloquy

Lady Macbeth vs. Macbeth, Shakespearean In-text Citations, Soliloquoies

-Review storyboards
-Review Macbeth Act 2, Scenes 1-2
-Analyze Banquo’s Soliloquy
-Read and discuss Act 3, Scenes 1-2
-Analyze Macbeth’s Soliloquy
-Read and discuss Act 3, Scenes 3-6
-Demonstrate Shakespeare’s use of supernatural and natural elements
-Discuss the turning point for Macbeth

Homework: Read Act 4, characterize Macbeth, write 3 paragraphs regarding Macbeth's moral shift

Soliloquoies, Supernatural vs. Natural, Macbeth's Turning Point

-Review Act 4
-Read most or all of Act 5 ~ students take parts
-Analyze the “Ruthless Tyrant” soliloquy
-Read and discuss Act 5
-Identify literary devices in the tragedy
-Analyze the “Fruitless Crown” soliloquy
-Choose a theme and locate an example that exemplifies that theme in Act 5

Homework:  Using at least one literary device to highlight a theme within Macbeth, write a thematic analysis essay.

Ruthless Tyrant, Fruitless Crown, How a Literary Device Highlights a Theme

<<Anchor Text - Pride / Supplemental Texts 1-7>>

-Review the Neoclassical Period
-Review the historical context and features of The Romantic Period
-Read and analyze “The Tyger” and “The Chimney Sweeper” 
-Read “Kubla Khan” / compare the poem to “The Tyger”
-Analyze a structured paragraph and determine elements of a strong topic sentence, example, evidence, reasoning, and closing sentence

Homework:  Choose 2 poems / write 2 structured paragraphs that explain how the poems reflect the period

Historical Context / Elements of the Romantic Period / Poetry Analysis

The Romantic Period / Challenging the Enlightenment

-Introduce Jane Austen and discuss Austen’s writing style
-Discover how written letters can be used as a literary device
-Define narrative prose and the narrator's point of view
-Compare/contrast direct, indirect, and free indirect style 
-Preview the main characters from the novel
-Complete response writing

Homework: Read chapters 1-12 / complete active reading questions

Free Indirect Discourse, Novel Preview, and Response Writing

-Explore real and imaginary places from the novel
-Explore the rights of women during this period
-Complete response writing
-Read writings by Byron, Wordsworth, and Shelley / discuss how they compare/contrast with this novel
-Discuss elements of realism from the novel and complete response writing

Homework: Read chapters 13-24 / complete active reading questions

Women's Rights, Other Romantic Writer, and Realism

-Define the meaning of the title
-Analyze and characterize Elizabeth
-Discover Austen’s use of comic irony and analyze types of irony within the text
-Determine an underlying theme
-Compare and contrast manners and societal expectations from the novel with those that are current today
Complete response writing

Homework: Read chapters 25-36 / complete active reading questions

Title Significance, Comic Irony, and Societal Expectations

-Revisit wealth and discuss how materialism is presented in the novel
-Review Austen's use of satirical elements in the novel
-Discuss the difficulties of communication in 1797 & complete comparison response
-Examine the proposals in the novel
-Analyze how Austen inserted character insights into letters and plot points
-Continue deeper characterization of Elizabeth

Homework: Read chapters 37-48 / complete active reading questions

Materialism, Satire, Communication, and Proposals

-Read excerpt from A Vindication of the Rights of a Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft / connect to the anchor text
-Read “Advice to the Newly Married Lady” by Samuel K. Jennings.  
-Determine - How does this advice differ from advice in the modern era? How does it differ from today?
-Analyze Lydia Bennett’s role in the novel
-Discuss the importance of setting

Homework: Read chapters 49-61 / complete active reading questions

Women's Rights Then and Now, Lydia Bennet, and Setting

<<Anchor Text - Pride (continued) / Supplemental Text 8>>

-Discuss how to analyze a topic and complete a short topic analysis
-Discover how the novel foreshadows the next literary period
-Review the Victorian Era (1832-1901)
-Discuss elements of the Victorian Period and highlight writings that -correlate with the period
-Analyze “Men of England” by Percy Bysshe Shelley
-Take a position and complete response writing

Homework:  5-paragraph analysis essay regarding Pride and Prejudice

Topic Analysis, Victorian Era Elements, and Response Writing

The Victorian Period / Hints of Change

<<Supplemental Texts 9-19>>

-Introduce The Modern Era / discuss context & features 
-Analyze poetry by William Butler Yeats & highlight the shift to modernism
-Read excerpts that emphasize stream-of-consciousness 
-Examine the theme of alienation in an excerpt 
-Find elements of modernism in “Travel” 

Homework: Read "The Machine Stops," complete active reading, and write a paragraph about alienation.

Analyze Modern Authors and Literary Techniques

The Modern Period / Alienation / Dangers of Technology / Satire

-Discuss E.M. Forster and “The Machine Stops”
-Determine elements from “The Machine Stops” that indicate the writing was influenced by the modern period
-Find similarities of “The Machine Stops” to other writings and genres
-Discover the underlying/extended metaphor within the text
-Complete response writing
-Compare and contrast Forster’s world with the current world 

Homework: Read “The Cone," complete active reading questions, and write a compare/contrast response.

Metaphor, Response Writing, & Compare and Contrast

-Discuss H.G. Wells and various ways suspense was built in “The Cone”
-Introduce Saki (H.H. Munro) and read “The Open Window”
-Identify a theme for “The Open Window”
-Discover Saki’s use of satire
-Explain how the window symbolizes different things for 2 different characters
-Review works cited

Homework: Choose 2 literary periods / write an extended response comparing or contrasting the two periods

Theme, Satire, Symbolic Elements, & Works Cited

-Complete an in-class literary period review/quiz (participation counts as a homework grade)


In-Class Literary Period Quiz

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