Evangelical Christian Academy
Instructional Guide: Course Outline
Department: Language Arts
Course Title: World Literature
Course Length: 2 semesters
Unit #6: Silas Marner
Vocabulary Unit 11-12
Unit Length: 20 class periods
Instructional Objectives:
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Grammar: Identify the major characters in Silas Marner.
Grammar: Understand elements of the rural Victorian society
Be able to explain how the theme of faith, both in God and in mankind, is developed in
Silas Marner and contrast this view with a Biblical worldview.
Describe how the theme of character determining one’s destiny is developed in Silas
Marner.
Evaluate the worldview of Silas Marner
Harkness Table discussion
Instructional Resources:
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Masterpieces from World Literature
Vocabulary Workshop Level E
Lost Tools of Writing
Biblical Integration: Proverbs 11:18: “The wicked man earns deceptive wages, but he who
sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.” The novel illustrates this principle through the lives
of Dunstan Cass and Silas Marner.
Assessments:
 Test on Silas Marner
 Daily reading quizzes on the assigned portions of the novel
 Vocabulary Tests, Units 11-12
 Harkness Quotes/questions/discussion
Student Activities:
 Reading assigned material from the novel
 Assessing the worldview of George Elliot
 Vocabulary worksheets in the vocabulary student workbooks
 Answering comprehension, synthesis, and evaluation questions on the reading
 Harkness Table discussions
World Literature Unit #6
Revised 3/7/2016 kos
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