English 3: American Literature & Composition - Drama Unit
Students will read and analyze The Crucible by Arthur Miller and Fences by August Wilson, examine allegories and tragic heroes, write a short play script, practice note taking during lectures, analyze character, and respond to the reading.
Angelia Derrick (she/her)
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2-4 hours per week. Students will read plays, respond to reading questions, do homework assignments for each lesson, and a final project.Letter Grade
Your Final Grade will be determined from your homework grades, answering reading questions, and project grades. A Google Sheet grade book will be provided to learners taking the class for a grade to keep track of their turned in assignments. Reading questions and most homework will be graded on a pass/fail scale with partial credit given if not fully completed. Final project grading rubric will be provided with the assignment and will be given a percentage/letter grade based off meeting the elements of the rubric. All assignments, projects, and tests must be turned in by the final date on the course to receive a grade in the class.Grading
Students can opt out of having a grade issued.Class Experience
US Grade 11
✨New to Outschool? Use code OUTAngelia20 to save $20 on any class! ✨ This unit can be used as a part of American Literature and Composition for 10th or 11th grade English Language Arts. If students are taking the class for an academic grade, they should plan on spending several hours a week on the class for the lessons, homework, projects, and reading. Students can take the class for an official grade or no grade. There are NO live meetings for this course. Multiple posts will be made to the classroom each week which will include: video lessons on the text and language arts/grammar lessons, reading questions on the plays, homework assignments for each lesson, and a final project. Students will read the plays THE CRUCIBLE by Arthur Miller and FENCES by August Wilson. Students will learn about the basics of plays, allegories, connecting history to contemporary times, identify tragic heroes, plot elements, setting, historical fiction, character analysis, and writing a scene. Students will watch watch the film adaptations of one or both plays. Students will practice their own creative skills by writing a short play for the final project. Each week a different bell ringer lesson will post that will cover a topic of vocabulary words, grammar concept, or literary term. This is unit 3 of 4 units in my English 3: American Literature and Composition Semester B self-paced class.
Learning Goals
Students will work on their critical reading skills and learn about how to craft a short play.
Syllabus
Curriculum
Follows Teacher-Created CurriculumStandards
Aligned with Common Core State Standards (CCSS)15 Lessons
over 5 WeeksLesson 1:
Week 1 Bell Ringer - Grammar
This week's grammar, vocabulary, or literary term activity will be to learn about parallelism and complete a worksheet. 1 assignment
Lesson 2:
Introduction to Drama & The Crucible
An introduction to drama, learn about allegories, research the Red Scare, and read & analyze The Crucible. 3 assignments
Lesson 3:
The Crucible & Tragic Heroes
Learn about tragic heroes in literature, read excerpts from Romeo & Juliet and Oedipus, examine grudges, and read & analyze The Crucible. 2 assignments
Lesson 4:
Week 2 Bell Ringer - Literary Term
This week's grammar, vocabulary, or literary term activity will be to learn about the literary term - situational irony. Complete a lesson and analyze a work of literature's situational irony. 1 assignment
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Parental Guidance
Students will research some topics online, read articles on websites, and occasional watch an informational YouTube video (in the classroom) to complete homework assignments.
Students will read and discuss in a matter-of-fact way the following texts which tackle some sensitive topics. Some of the topics tackled will be war, death, illness, drug use, violence, infidelity, abuse, executions, and racism. The books tell stories that include these elements and the students will discuss these issues in a matter-of-fact way in context to when/where it happened or is depicted as happening. It is important for learners to know that these issues exist even if they don't have a personal connection to one or any of the topics. These books are taught to high school/secondary school aged children all over the world and are considered to be age appropriate with the knowledge of the sensitive issues that will be covered.
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Fences by August Wilson
Supply List
Students will need a word processor to write paper assignments, a journal/notebook/google doc is recommended for journaling thoughts and extra/non-workbook assignments, a printer to print up the workbook pages or pdf editor to do them on their computer, and a cell phone with a camera/scanner to turn in PDF activity pages. The following texts/books will be used throughout the class. Families may purchase (print, ebook, or audio) or borrow from their local library. Prices listed below were found on Amazon. The Crucible by Arthur Miller. $9.99. Fences by August Wilson. $12.33 Students will need to rent/stream/borrow: Fences (2016) PG-13 or The Crucible (1996) PG-13. Some additional art supplies such as glue, markers/crayons/colored pencil, paper, etc. will be needed for certain assignments.
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Sources
This class uses literature units from Lit & More.
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2 Degrees
Master's Degree in Film/Cinema/Video Studies from California State University, Fullerton
Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences from Charter Oak State College
I studied literature throughout my bachelor's program as part of the creative writing emphasis. I have been teaching middle and high school level students for several years how to analyze texts (movies and books) as well as writing essays.
Published writer in nonfiction (articles and books) and fiction (short stories, novellas, and novels).
Writing young adult fantasy and space opera under the pen name Angelia Almos.
Master of Fine Arts in Screenwriting
Bachelor of Arts in Applied Arts: Creative Writing
Certificates from Institute of Children's Literature
Certificates from Institute for WritersReviews
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