English 12 Semester 2
Springboard
Students are to take Cornell Notes on the following. Each unit must have 5-10 pages of notes. ACE educator authorization is required to take the unit. Students may use Google Docs to take notes, but must show original note taking skills that are approved by your ACE educator. Students will need to write a plot outline for each work. For poems, students will need to annotate the poem.
Students must complete the following to receive full credit for EACH unit:
Write a summary of each work (minimum 3-5 sentences per work). Use videos below to understand material better and to help with summary notes.
Define Literary term with example from the works.
Take the Assessment/Final Exam.
Credit 6:Evolving Perspectives in the Past
Use the attached websites and media to assist you in learning about the following stories.
The Works:
Please draw a plot outline for each of the following works for the unit. Please annotate the two poems in the unit. Analyze each work and give your opinion on if it is worthy of literary merit or not.
Literary Terms:
Write Literary Terms with examples from the text:
Theme
Irony
Ironic Hero
Essay
Soliloquy
Tone
Meaning
Literal Interpretation
Figurative Interpretation
Author
Terms can be found at: https://literarydevices.net/
Assessment:
Embedded Assessment #1: In a well thought out essay, choose one of the above works and address the social issue that arises from the work. Be sure to use specific examples from the text to support your thesis.
Needs to be five paragraphs and a minimum of two pages.
Credit 7: The Romantic Unit
The Works:
Please draw a plot outline for each of the following works for the unit. Please annotate the two poems in the unit. Analyze each work and give your opinion on if it is worthy of literary merit or not. Here are the works:
Literary Terms:
Write Literary Terms with examples from the text:
Character
Autobiography
Indirect characterization
conflict
motivation
character traits
dialogue
Terms can be found at: https://literarydevices.net/
Assessment:
Embedded Assessment #1: In a well thought out essay, answer the following. Be sure to organize your thoughts well and support your thesis.
Choose two poems from above. Compare and contrast the poems and their influence on the Romantic Period of literature. Be sure to use specific examples from the text to support your thesis.
Needs to be five paragraphs and a minimum of two pages.
Credit 8: The Collective Perspective in Plays
Use the attached websites and media to assist you in learning about the following stories.
Write an Act by Act Analysis of Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. One page of notes for each act.
Works:
After reviewing both Pygmalion and My Fair Lady write a one page comparison on the two works. Be sure to contrast the two works.
Literary Terms:
Write Literary Terms with examples from the text:
Play
Act
Scene
Epilogue
Dialogue
Soliloquy
Terms can be found at: https://literarydevices.net/
Using Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw (and/or My Fair Lady) answer the following questions:
Answer the following questions for the play:
Name Class Period
Play Critique Form
Fill out the following form on a separate sheet of paper or google doc. Then, place answers to questions in paragraph form creating a concrete thorough paper form. Minimum two full pages written in formal writing style. Turn in both worksheet and final draft for full credit.
INTRODUCTION: What play did you see or read?
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Brief plot synopsis:
Act 1:
Act 2:
Act 3:
Act 4:
Act 5:
SET DESIGN: Describe and evaluate the set design of the production. Talk about the direction in the play.
What did the scenery look like?
Was it helpful to the play? To the performers? Too distracting? Too overbearing? Do you envision something else working better?
How did the set design affect your appreciation of the play?
CONCLUSION: The success of the production as a whole and personal recommendation.
As a whole, how would you rate this play? From four stars as the highest to zero as lowest.
What does the play have to say about people, relationships, human nature?
What did you learn about theater from this production?
Was the play entertaining? Why?
Would I recommend this play to others? Justify.
Assessment:
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 write an analytical essay applying the Feminist Critical Perspective to a short story.
You have two stories to read and choose from:
“The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin
Turn in assignment to teacher when completed.
Credit 9 ~ Creating Perspectives
The Works:
Watch the following and answer the argumentative essay:
How the Media Twist the News by SHEILA GRIBBEN LIAUGMINAS
Why Partisans View Mainstream Media as Biased and Ideological Media as Objective
Now that you have closely examined the articles, decide which is more persuasive. Be sure to:
Listen and respond to the point of the previous speaker before adding a new point to the discussion.
Cite textual evidence to support your claim.
How much did your existing personal opinions influence your perspective on which author was more persuasive regarding media bias?
How much did your existing personal opinions influence your perspective on which author was more correct regarding media bias?
What’s the difference between being persuasive and being correct?
In general, to what extent does our perspective on what is correct influence our perspective on what is persuasive and vice versa?
Once you take notes on these articles...
Literary Terms:
Write Literary Terms with examples from the text:
Theme
Tone
Paradox
Symbol
Primary Source
Secondary Source
Terms can be found at: https://literarydevices.net/
Assessment:
Your assignment is to write an argumentative essay about your views of the media. Be sure to explain how the media chooses the news and how this news impacts society.
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Explain how the media impacts society. How has the news media changed in the last 30 years? How do we process information today versus how our parent's received information from the news media in the past (newspapers, television, etc.)?
Total pages:
5-8 pages of work per including the essay
Credit 10-Multiple Perspectives
How are comics different from graphic novels? Consider the basic differences between these two formal definitions.
Comics are “juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to convey information and/or to produce an aesthetic response in the viewer.” (Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics)
A graphic novel is a “book-length sequential art narrative featuring an anthology-style collection of comic art, a collection of reprinted comic book issues comprising a single story line (or arc), or an original, stand-alone graphic narrative.” (James Bucky Carter, Building Literacy Connections with Graphic Novels)
The Works:
Literary Terms:
Write Literary Terms with examples from the text:
paradox
symbol
protagonist
antihero
setting
inference
character
Terms can be found at: https://literarydevices.net/
Assessment:
Embedded Assessment #1:
Read and interpret Shaun Tan’s graphic novel The Arrival, applying different critical perspectives at various points during your study. At the same time, you will begin engaging in an ongoing process to help you keep track of how Cultural Criticism enhances your understanding of the entire text. You will then build on this foundation as you explore a play or novel with a small group, choosing which critical perspectives to apply and evaluating how each one helps you make meaning. By the end of the unit, you and your group should be well prepared to demonstrate in a presentation how multiple critical perspectives enriched your understanding of the play or novel you read.
Your assignment is to write about a novel or play. You will collaboratively prepare an analysis of the literary work through multiple critical perspectives and present it in the medium of your choice (PowerPoint, docs, sheets, etc). Your analysis should include a summary of your novel or play and your thoughts on the work as a whole.