English III
Overview
I. Literature: McDougal Littell, The Language of Literature: American Literature
A. Unit One: Origins and Encounters 2000 B.C. – A.D. 1620
1. Part One – Native American Traditions: In Harmony with Nature
a. “The World on the Turtle’s Back” – Iroquois p.25
2. Part Two – Accounts of Exploration and Exploitation: First Encounters
a. from “La Relacion” – Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca p. 73
b. from Of Plymouth Plantation – William Bradford p. 81
c. from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano –
Olaudah Equiano
B. Unit Two: From Colony to Country 1620-1800
1. Part One – The Puritan Tradition: Between Heaven and Hell
a. The Examination of Sarah Good – Salem Court Documents, 1692 p.
145
b. from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God – Jonathon Edwards p.
153
2. Part Two: Revolutionary Period Writers: The Right to Be Free
a. Speech in the Virginia Convention – Patrick Henry p. 262
b. The Declaration of Independence – Thomas Jefferson p. 270
c. “What is an American?” – Michel-Guillaume Jean Crevecoeur p. 289
d. Lecture to a Missionary – Red Jacket p. 296
C. Unit Three: The Spirit of Individualism 1800-1855
1. Part One: Romanticism and Transcendentalism: Celebrations of the Self
a. “The Devil and Tom Walker” – Washington Irving p.349
b. from “Self-Reliance” – Ralph Waldo Emerson p. 363
c. from “Civil Disobedience” – Henry David Thoreau p. 377
d. from Walden – Henry David Thoreau p. 381
2. Part 2: American Gothic: The Dark Side of Individualism
a. “The Masque of the Red Death” – Edgar Allan Poe p. 454
b. “The Raven” – Edgar Allan Poe p. 466
c. “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” – Nathaniel Hawthorne p. 500
D. Unit Four: Conflict and Expansion 1850-1900
1. Part One: Slavery and the Civil War: A House Divided
a. from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
– Frederick Douglass p. 562
b. “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” – Ambrose Bierce p. 580
c. “A Mystery of Heroism” – Stephen Crane p. 593
d. “The Gettysburg Address” – Abraham Lincoln p. 605
2. Part Two: The Vanishing Frontier: Tricksters and Trailblazers
a. “The Indian and the Hundred Cows” – folk take retold by Jose Griego
translated by Rudolfo G. Neihardt p. 639
b. “High Horse’s Courting” – folk tale told through John G. Neihardt p.
647
c. from The Autobiography of Mark Twain - Mark Twain p. 658
E. Unit Five: The Changing Face of America 1855-1925
1. Part One: A New Literature: Women’s Voices, Women’s Lives
a. “The Yellow Wallpaper” – Charlotte Perkins Gilman p. 765
2. Part Two: Illusion or Reality? The American Dream
a. “Winter Dreams” – F. Scott Fitzgerald p. 840
b. “America and I” – Anzia Yezierska p. 863
F. Unit Six: The Modern Age 1900-1940
1. Part One: The Harlem Renaissance: A New Cultural Identity
a. “How it Feels to be Colored Me” – Zora Neale Hurston p. 950
2. Part Two: Modernism: Alienation of the Individual
a. “The Death of the Hired Man” – Robert Frost p. 1007
b. “The End of Something” – Ernest Hemingway p. 1018
c. “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” – T.S. Eliot p. 1025
d. “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” – Katherine Anne Porter p. 1035
e. “The Man Who Was Almost a Man” – Richard Wright p. 1045
G. Unit Seven: War Abroad and Conflict at Home 1940-Present
1. Part One: World War II: Remembering the Wars
a. “Armistice” – Bernanrd Malamud p. 1076
2. Postwar Society: Integration and Disintegration
a. from “Letter from Birmingham Jail” – Martin Luther King, Jr. p. 1136
b. “Teenage Wasteland” – Anne Tyler p. 1168
c. “Separating” – John Updike p. 1180
II. Writing Units
A. Five-Paragraph Literary Analysis Essay in MLA format
B. Three-Page Personal Memoir in MLA format
C. Four-Page Documented Editorial in MLA format
D. Poetry Writing Unit
E. Writing On-Demand: Editorial, Passage Analysis
III. Grammar Units
A. Reviewing Parts of Speech
B. Parts of the Sentence
C. Using Phrases
D. Using Verbs
E. Subject-Verb Agreement
F. Pronouns
G. Using Modifiers
H. Capitalization
I. End Marks and Commas
IV. Novels/Dramas
A. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – Mark Twain 1876
B. The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald 1925
C. The Crucible (video) – Arthur Miller 1953
D. The Things They Carried – Tim O’Brien 1990
E. The Perfect Storm – Sebastian Junger 1997
V. Common Assessments 1-4 (ACT Preparation)
VI. Optional Assignment – Visual Display/Multimedia/Drama Project