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ANTELOPE VALLEY UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
Instructor: Date Assigned:
Credits granted upon completion: A completed assignment is due each week and is equivalent to 5 instructional days of work. Ten (10) credits will be earned upon successful completion of all assignments and a grade of 60% or better on each test.
Course Goals: Upon completion of this course, the student will:
will gain an appreciation of our literary heritage and a familiarity with works of quality literature.
develop a higher order reading comprehension
articulate the relationship between the expressed purposes and the characteristics of different forms of
literature
understand the important points in the history of the English language.
gain language competence in English usage and in writing essays, biographical or autobiographical
narratives, business letters and creative pieces.
the ability to assess various forms of information and to evaluate them critically.
learn effective individual speaking and listening applications
stress academic research skills, including writing a research report
develop reading as a recreational activity
demonstrate an understanding of proper English usage and control of grammar, paragraph and sentence
structure, diction, syntax and spelling.
Method of evaluation:
Teacher observation and review of student work.
Quizzes and/or tests (mastery level 60% or better).*
Mastery level proficiency on benchmark exams.*
Other:__________________________________________________________________________________
* If the exam is failed, the assignment must be re-done until proof of mastery.
Description of major learning activities and /or study materials:
Textbook and study materials: Holt Literature and Language Arts, Third Course; Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003
Computer based instructional opportunity: Odyssey Online Curriculum, Apex
Supplemental audiovisual instructional support: As needed
Note: All school resources needed for completion of assignments are available to students.
Assignment Description
Unit 1~ Plot and Setting Unit (pages 2-64)
Do the Reading Check and Interpretations questions for the following works:
“A Christmas Memory”
“Can Animals Think?”
“Dog Star”
“The Most Dangerous Game”
Do vocabulary development for each story.
Write Literary Terms with examples from the text: Foreshadowing, narrator, plot, setting, rising action, falling action, climax
Unit 2~ Character, Narrator, and Voice Unit (pages 86-181)
Do the Reading Check and Interpretations questions for the following works:
“Thank You M’am”
“Community Service and You”
“Teaching Chess and Life”
“Feeding Frenzy”
“Helen on Eighty-sixth Street”
“The Interlopers”
“The Necklace”
“The Cask of Armontillado”
Do vocabulary development for “The Interlopers”
Write Literary Terms with examples from the text: Synonym, Sentence Fragment, (unreliable) narrator, Voice, Character
Unit 3~ Comparing Themes Unit (pages 208-260)
Do the Reading Check and Interpretations questions for the following works:
“The Sniper”
“Cranes”
“A Country Divided”
“Exile”
“Lives in the Crossfire”
“Internment”
“Peace Isn’t Impossible”
“Liberty”
Do vocabulary development for “The Sniper”, “Liberty”, and “Exile”
Write Literary Terms with examples from the text: Theme, Independent and Subordinate Clauses.
Unit 4~ Irony, Ambiguity, Symbolism and Allegory Unit (pages 284-382)
Do the Reading Check and Interpretations questions for the following works:
“The Gift of the Magi”
“The Lady or the Tiger”
“The Road Not Taken”
“The Golden Kite, The Silver Wind”
“The Scarlet Ibis”
“Weapons of the Spirit”
“Letter to President Roosevelt”
“On the Abolition of the Threat of War”
“The Arms Race”
Do any vocabulary development for “The Gift of the Magi”, “The Road Not Taken” “Letter to President Roosevelt”, “On the Abolition of the Threat of War” ,“The Arms Race”
Write Literary Terms with examples from the text: Symbolism, Allegory, Irony, Ambiguity, Connotations, Denotations, Figurative Language, Diction.
Unit 5~ The Research Paper (pages 610-629)
Write a 3 page research paper on the topic of your choice.
The paper must be:
MLA format
Typed 12 point font, double spaced, 1 inch margins top, bottom, and sides.
You must use multiple types of sources at least 2 of the following: internet, books, newspaper, periodicals, etc.
RESEARCH PAPER IS EXAM
Unit 6~Poetry Unit (Pages 402-478)
Read the following works and answer the Reading Check and Interpretations questions:
“Hope is the thing with feathers”
“Internment”
“A Blessing”
“Ballad of Birmingham”
“Once by the Pacific”
“Country Scene”
“The Base Stealer”
“American Hero”
“Boy at the Window”
“Fog” & “Fire and Ice”
“Haiku”
“in Just-“
“Legal Alien/Extranjera legal”
“The Courage That My Mother Had”
“The Seven Ages of Man”
“Women”
Write Literary Terms with examples from the poems: Imagery, Setting, Mood, Cliché, Extended Metaphor, Implied Metaphor, Monologue, Tone, Personification, Rhythm, Meter, and Ballad
Unit 7~Evaluating Style Unit (Pages 496-547)
Read the following works and answer the Reading Check and Interpretations questions:
“A Sound of Thunder”
“from Jurrasic Park”
“Rising Tides”
“An Arctic Floe of Climate Questions”
“How to Eat A Guava”
“The Tropics in New York”
“To Da-duh, in Memorium”
Do vocabulary check for: “To Da-duh, in Memorium”, “Rising Tides”, “An Arctic Floe of Climate Questions”
Unit 8~Biographical and Historical Unit (Pages 562-608)
Read the following works and answer the Reading Check and Interpretations questions:
“A Warm Clear Day in Dallas”
“Address to Congress, November 27, 1963”
“Students React to President Kennedy’s Death”
“American History”
“Volar”
“Beware of the Dog”
“Wounded and Trapped”
Do vocabulary check for: “American History”
Write Literary Terms with examples from the text: Historical Setting, Theme, Primary Source, Secondary Source, Conflicts, Inference, Jargon
Unit 9~Epic and Myth Unit (Pages 640-712)
Read the following works and answer the Reading Check and Interpretations questions:
“Odyssey, Part One: The Wanderings”
“Odyssey, Part Two: Coming Home”
“Where I Find My Heroes”
“Heroes with Solid Feet”
Do vocabulary check for: “Where I Find My Heroes” “Heroes with Solid Feet”
Write Literary Terms with examples from the text: Homeric simile, Foreshadow, External conflict, Subordinate characters, Epics, Theme, Myths, Situational Irony, Dramatic Irony
Unit 10~Drama and the Romeo and Juliet Unit (Pages 783-895)
Read the following work and answer the Reading Check and Interpretations questions:
Romeo & Juliet “The Prologue”, “Act I, Act II, Act III, Act IV, & Act V”
Write Literary Terms with examples from the play: Puns, Similes, Metaphors, Personification, Tragedy, Soliloquy, Monologue, Dialogue, Dramatic Irony, Climax, Theme, Complication