Time Frame

Unit

Literature

Focus

Semesters

1 and 2

Vocabulary

Vocabulary For Achievement

Third Course

  Vocabulary acquisition and usage 

  Pre and Post Tests

  Vocabulary Quest  - online w/in person 

                                             assessments

Semester 1 and 2

Grammar

Conquer the Comma

Adaptive exercises

NoRedInk

EDPuzzle 

  Improve mechanics, usage, grammar, and spelling in writing.

Semesters

1 and 2

Enrichment Independent Reading

Student choice

  Student responsible for quarterly literature 

  project/presentation 

       Utilize Google Classroom platform

Quarter 1

Anglo-Saxon

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    “Beowulf”

Adapted excerpts from Beowulf

Clips from The Hobbit movie

Beowulf movie

Crash Course

Historical Context

Oral literature

Movie comparison essay

Essay structure and literary analysis

Quarter 1-2

Medieval

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Exerpts from various authors on The Legend of King Arthur

    Authors: Sir Thomas Malory,      Marion Zimmer Bradley, and John Steinbeck

Movies: Merlin, The Sword in the Stone, and Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail

Crash Course 

Optional: The Canterbury Tales, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Historical Context

Compare author styles

Distinguish how language changes throughout history from Old to Middle English

Research process:

      Note taking, format,  works consulted

      Thesis, outline, quote integration

  Formal presentation

Quarter 2

English Renaissance

Movie: Renaissance Man

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Hamlet

Choice thematic novel

Crash Course 

  Drama

  Shakespearean language

  Historical significance, influence, connections

Argumentation: Who is to blame? Hamlet mock trial  

Comparison/contrast

 Literature Circles 

Thematic connections

Quarter 3

The Restoration and Enlightenment

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“A Modest Proposal”

Study of Satire

Quarter 3

The Romantic Period

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Frankenstein Retold Classic

“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”

  Crash Course

Frame story

 Allusions

Quarter 3-4

The Victorian Age

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The Importance of Being Earnest

Understand Victorian culture and its controversy.  

Victorian Tea Party: Spill it!

Quarter 4

The Modern Era

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Student Choice Unit:

        The Hobbit

        The Chronicles of Narnia

        1984

Focus on the effect both world wars had on Britain and its effect on literature.

Quarter 4

Contemporary Voices

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Student Choice Unit:

          The British Invasion

          Harry Potter

          Doubt

         The Chocolate War

Study popular modern Brit. Lit. and its effect on American culture