Welcome to Visual Literature: High School English Language Arts!  You can join in anytime! This comprehensive Language Arts course explores grammar, literary interpretation, and effective communication skills in accordance with the standards set by the Common Core, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and International Reading Association. 

These standards encompass a wide range of competencies including reading comprehension, literacy, oral expression, visual interpretation, and fundamental grammar skills. Each individual standard is addressed in a self-contained lesson, allowing for independent progression without cumulative dependency.
In this course, we utilize the technique of sketchnoting to enhance our understanding and analysis of texts. Sketchnoting, a form of note-taking, involves incorporating visual elements into the process, thereby promoting a more engaging and vivid representation of information.

Our class commences with varied warm-up activities, ranging from sentence diagramming to thought-provoking discussion prompts. No homework or pre-reading assignments are required as we access and explore stories and poems together during class. Guided reading and Socratic discussions facilitate our comprehension and exploration of these literary works.

Throughout the course, we embark on in-depth examinations of texts, delving into various literary elements such as tone, plot structure, symbolism, and character development. During these explorations, we translate our insights into visual representations, allowing students to create tangible artifacts that serve as lasting reminders of each text.

The primary objective of this class is to foster students' confidence in their analytical and grammatical skills within a supportive and collaborative learning environment. All the texts we will study are available online in the public domain and are provided in the list below:

CURRICULUM: 
THIS CLASS CONTINUES WITHOUT STOPPING (except for occasional breaks) and is designed so that students can join at any time. 

7.15.24:  “Hope is the Thing With Feathers” by Emily Dickinson and “Dreams” by Langston Hughes  and “the lesson of the moth” by Don Marquis PDF Found here: https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/issa/wp-content/uploads/sites/1187/2015/10/Full-Text-Lesson-of-the-Moth.pdf  STANDARDS: RL.1, RL.2, RL.3, RL.4, RL..7, RL.10; SL.1; L.1, L.2, L.4 

WEEK OF JULY 21:  Standards: VISUAL GRAMMAR +: CC 1; CC 4; CC 7; NCTE 1 & 7; Text: “ The Treasure in the Forest” by H G Wells : https://americanliterature.com/author/hg-wells/short-story/the-treasure-in-the-forest 

WEEK OF JULY 29:  VISUAL GRAMMAR + “The Flying Machine” by Ray Bradbury found here: https://www.fernridge.k12.or.us/emergency-closure-info/wp-content/uploads/sites/79/2020/04/4-20-8th-Grade-Distance-Learning.pdf (page 11) Standards: NCTE 3, 5, 6; CC 4; CC 6;   

WEEK OF AUGUST 5: Visual Grammar + excerpt from To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee Chapter 10 page 92 found here:  https://www.raio.org/TKMFullText.pdf   SKILLS: ELARL.9-10.3 ; ELARL.9-104 ; ELARL.9-10.5 ; (Visual Argument Structure): W.9-10.9  

WEEK OF AUGUST 12: “The Veldt” Ray Bradybury found here: https://www.juhsd.net/cms/lib/CA01902464/Centricity/Domain/256/2016_The%20Veldt.pdf SKILLS: ELA9-10RL1 ELA9-10RL2; ELA9-10RL3; ELA9-10RL6; ELA9-10RL5; ELA9-10RL4c; ELA9-10RI7
 

WEEK OF AUGUST 19: “Interlopers” Saki found here: https://learn.k20center.ou.edu/lesson/1275/The-Interlopers-a-Short-Story-by-Saki-The-Interlopers.pdf?rev=9012 
SKILLS: ELA9-10RL3  ELA9-10RL6; ELA9-10RL5; ELA9-10RL4b; ELA9-10RI2

WEEK OF AUGUST 26: Visual Grammar + “The Pedestrian” Ray Bradbury found here: http://dukeofdefinition.com/SS_Pedestrian.pdf   SKILLS: ELA9-10RL1  ELA9-10RL2; ELA9-10RL6; ELA9-10RL4a; ELA9-10RI1 

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 2: Visual Grammar + “The Sniper” Liam O’Flaherty found here: https://www.edco.ie/_fileupload/The%20Sniper%20-%20By%20Liam%20O%20Flaherty.pdf   SKILLS: ELARL.9-10.1 ; ELARL.9-10.2 ; ELARL.9-10.5 ; (Visual Argument Structure): W.9-10.9  

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 9: Visual Grammar + “Marigolds” by Eugenia Walker  found here:   https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.warrenjfk.com/resource/resmgr/Docs/SRH10Marigolds.pdf  SKILLS: ELARL.9-10.1 ; ELARL.9-10.2 ; ELARL.9-10.3 ;  

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 16: “Prologue to Romeo and Juliet” William Shakespeare and excerpts from Act 1. Scene 1. From the same Found here: https://myshakespeare.com/romeo-and-juliet/act-1-prologue SKILLS: ELA9-10RL1;  ELA9-10RL3; ELA9-10RL10;  


WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 23: Visual Grammar + “The Cask of Amontillado” Edgar Allen Poe: Found here: https://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/the_cask_of_amontillado.pdf SKILLS: ELA RL.9-10.2;  ELA RL.9-10.4 ; ELA RL.9-10.6;  RL.9-10.  W.9-10.6 ; ELA L.9-10.1; ELA L.9-10.2  

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 30: Visual Grammar + “The Fall of the House of Usher Part 1” Edgar Allen Poe Found here: https://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/the_fall_of_the_house_of_usher.pdf SKILLS: ELA RL.9-10.1;  ELA RL.9-10.3;  ELA RL.9-10.4 ; ELA RL.9-10.6;  RL.9-10.  W.9-10.6 ; ELA L.9-10.1; ELA L.9-10.2  

WEEK OF OCTOBER 7: Visual Grammar + “The Fall of the House of Usher Part 2” Edgar Allen Poe Found here: https://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/the_fall_of_the_house_of_usher.pdf SKILLS: ELA RL.9-10.1;  ELA RL.9-10.3;  ELA RL.9-10.4 ; ELA RL.9-10.6;  RL.9-10.  W.9-10.6 ; ELA L.9-10.1; ELA L.9-10.2  

WEEK OF OCTOBER 14:  Visual Grammar + “Cinderella” The original version from Grimms Fairy Tales Found here: https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm021.html and comparison text “Cinder Maid”: https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/type0510a.html SKILLS: ELA RL.9-10.6;  ELA RL.9-10.1;  RL.9-10.  Common Core Writing Standard 1. ; ELA L.9-10.1; ELA L.9-10.2  

WEEK OF OCTOBER 21: Visual Grammar + “The Raven” and “Annabel Lee” and “The Bells” by Edgar Allen Poe found here: https://www.poemhunter.com/i/ebooks/pdf/edgar_allan_poe_2012_7.pdf SKILLS: ELA RL.9-10.10;  ELA RL.9-10.7;  ELA RL.9-10. 4; ELA RL.9-10. 45; ELA L.9-10.1; ELA L.9-10.2  

WEEK OF OCTOBER 28 Visual Grammar + “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell Found here: https://www.btboces.org/Downloads/1_The%20Most%20Dangerous%20Game%20by%20Richard%20Connell.pdf SKILLS: ELA RL.9-10.1;  ELA RL.9-10.2 ; ELA RL.9-10.6;  RL.9-10.10  Common Core Writing Standard 1.  W.9-10.6 ; ELA L.9-10.1; ELA L.9-10.2  

GRAMMAR ALWAYS COVERED through visual grammar series: W.9-10.6 ; ELA L.9-10.1; ELA L.9-10.2  

 




GRAMMAR ALWAYS COVERED through visual grammar series: W.9-10.6 ; ELA L.9-10.1; ELA L.9-10.2  

THIS CLASS CONTINUES WITHOUT STOPPING (except for occasional breaks) and is designed so that students can join at any time.