English 12

 Semester 1

Springboard

Students must complete the following to receive full credit for EACH credit/unit: 

Terms Do all terms with example for terms

Notes 5 sentences​ PER Video​. Do all video notes

Questions Answer the questions completely

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Credit 1: Perception Is Everything Unit

Terms

Write Literary Terms with examples from the text: 

Notes

Questions:

1. Anglo-Saxon poetry is most commonly unified by- 

2. Name two influences of Anglo-Saxon culture: 

3. In Joy Luck Club...Who said, "She like a ghost, disappear" ?

4. In Joy Luck Club...Who had a "long-cherished wish"? 

5. What is the Dead Men's Path? 

6. What is the meaning of the title "Between the World and Me"?

7. When is the setting of "Shooting of an Elephant"? 

8. Why is Baldwin a stranger? 

9. What is the theme of Speaking with Hands? 

10. What did Mama show them in Speaking with Hands? 

Additional Curriculum Works for the Unit:

Speaking with Hands

by Luis J. Rodriguez


There were no markets in Watts.

There were these small corner stores

we called marketas

who charged more money

5for cheaper goods than what existed in other parts of town.

The owners were often thieves in white coats

who talked to you like animals,

who knew you had no options;

10who knew Watts was the preferred landfill of the city.

One time, Mama started an argument

at the cash register.

In her broken English,

15speaking with her hands,

she had us children stand around her

as she fought with her grocer

on prices & quality & dignity.

Mama became a woman swept

20by a sobering madness;

she must have been what Moses saw

in the burning bush,

a pillar of fire

consuming the still air

25that reeked of overripe fruit

and bad meat from the frozen food

section.

She refused to leave

until the owner called the police.

30The police came and argued too,

but Mama wouldn’t stop.

They pulled her into the parking lot,

called her crazy …

and then Mama showed them crazy!

35They didn’t know what to do

but let her go, and Mama took us children

back toward home, tired of being tired.


Test:

Embedded Assessment #1:Write a reflective essay that illustrates an event in which you or someone you know felt like a “stranger in the village” or were perceived as a stranger by some group. 

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Embedded Assessment #2: Your assignment is to create a photo essay expressing your perspective (position) about an issue or topic of importance to you. Using at least 10 images to develop a visual argument. Include your intended thesis and a written rationale explaining how your images convey this thesis.

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Compare and contrast the following two poems: 

In February 1899, British novelist and poet Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem entitled “The White Man’s Burden: The United States and The Philippine Islands.” In this poem, Kipling urged the U.S. to take up the “burden” of empire, as had Britain and other European nations. Theodore Roosevelt, soon to become vice-president and then president, described it as “rather poor poetry, but good sense from the expansion point of view.” Not everyone was as favorably impressed as Roosevelt. In one of many parodies of “The White Man’s Burden” from the time, labor editor George McNeill penned the satirical “Poor Man’s Burden,” published in March, 1899. Compare these two works and the meanings of both works. 

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Credit 2: The Collective Perspective 

Terms

Write Literary Terms with examples from the text: 

Notes

Questions

Additional Curriculum Works for the Unit

Test:

Embedded Assessment #1: Your assignment is to construct an argumentative essay that defends the critical lens that you feel provides modern society with the most compelling view of literature (choose among Historical, Cultural, or Feminist for this assignment). You will support the claim with valid reasoning and with relevant and sufficient evidence from your reading and observations.

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Embedded Assessment #2: Your assignment is to interpret a scene from Othello using one of the critical perspectives you have studied. Write about the scene and how it would look in today's society. Is Othello's theme still relevant today? 

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Credit 3: Evolving Perspectives 

Terms

Write Literary Terms with examples from the text: 

Notes

Questions:

Test:

Embedded Assessment #1: Your assignment is to construct an argumentative essay that defends the critical lens that you feel provides modern society with the most compelling view of literature (choose among Historical, Cultural, or Feminist for this assignment). You will support the claim with valid reasoning and with relevant and sufficient evidence from your reading and observations.

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Credit 4: The Romantic Period Unit 

Terms

Write Literary Terms with examples from the text: 

Notes:

Questions:

In THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER ...

Test:

Embedded Assessment #1: Your assignment is to write a compare and contrast essay in regards to two poems above. You must include a thesis on which poem is more significant in literature and why. Support your thesis with details from the poems. Make sure there is a conclusion that explains why you feel the poems have literary merit. 

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Credit 5 ~ Changing Perception In the Old World Unit 

Terms:

Write Literary Terms with examples from the text: 

Notes

Questions:

Test:

Embedded Assessment #1: Your assignment is to write a compare and contrast essay in regards to two works above. You must include a thesis on which work is more significant in literature and why. Support your thesis with details from the work. Make sure there is a conclusion that explains why you feel the work has literary merit. 

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