ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
❖ MAJOR WORKS/AUTHORS
➢ Goal: Identify major works and authors, understand their historical and
literary context, describe themes/central ideas of texts
➢ American
■ Fiction
■ Poetry
■ Drama
■ Nonfiction
➢ British
■ Fiction
■ Poetry
■ Drama
■ Nonfiction
➢ International
■ Fiction
■ Poetry
■ Drama
■ Nonfiction
❖ LITERARY GENRES
➢ Goal: Name each major literary genre, identify their defining
characteristics
➢ Non-Fiction
➢ Fiction
➢ Poetry
■ Ballad
● Characteristics:
● Relevant Authors:
■ Haiku
■ Limerick
■ Comparison of Genres
● Sonnets versus ballads
● Satire versus realism
➢ Traditional Stories
■ Anecdote
■ Apologue
■ Chivalric Romantic
■ Creation Myth
■ Etiological Myth
■ Fable
■ Factoid
■ Fairy Tail
■ Folklore
■ Ghost Story
■ Legend
■ Myth of Origins
■ Parable
■ Political Myth
■ Tall Tale
■ Urban Legend
➢ Religious Works
■ Buddhism
■ Christianity
● Bible
◆ Referenced by
◆ Major Stories
■ Hindu
■ Islam
■ Judaism
❖ ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE
➢ Goal: Identify the elements of different literary genres and understand
their impact on various aspects of the works
■ Literary Elements
● Characterization
● Dialogue
● Setting
● Tone
■ Figurative Language
● Hyperbole
● Imagery
● Metaphor
◆ Extended metaphor
● Simile
■ Poetic Devices/Structure
● Concrete Poem
● Free Verse
● Rhyme Scheme
● Rhythm
● Stanza
❖ LITERARY SKILLS/READING STRATEGIES
➢ Goal: Understand and communicate strategies vital to reading &
interpreting material
■ Reading Strategies
● Making connections
● Making predictions
● Summarizing
■ Literacy Skills
● Text-to-self connection
■ Research Strategies
● Activating prior knowledge
● Active reading
● Modeling metacognitive practices
■ Literary Theories
● Goal: understanding how various theoretical models can be
applied to works
● Feminist Criticism
● Marxist Theory
● Reader-response
■ Organizational Patterns
● Problem-solution
● Cause-effect
● Sequence Order
■ Text Features
● Footnotes
● Glossary
● Headings
● Index
● Visuals
❖ RHETORICAL STRATEGIES
➢ Goal: Identify different rhetorical strategies and their effect
■ Hyperbole
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Irony
Satire
Understatement
Methods of Appeal
● Expert opinion
● Generalization
● Testimonial
■ Logical Fallacies
● Post hoc ergo propter hoc
● Red Herring
● Slippery slope
● Straw Man
❖ MULTIMEDIA
➢ Goal: Recognize different types of non-print and/or non-traditional media,
understand how each type of non-print media influences audiences
➢ Types of Media/Non-print material
■ Photography
■ Video
● Television
● Film
■ Mixed Media
❖ LANGUAGE USE AND VOCABULARY
➢ Grammar
■ Elements:
■ Errors:
➢ Usage
■ Elements:
■ Errors:
➢ Syntax
■ Elements:
● Clause
● Phrase
● Sentence Types:
■ Errors:
➢ Mechanics
■ Elements:
■ Errors:
➢ Parts of Speech
■ Adjective
■ Adverb
■ Noun
● Pronoun
■ Adverb
■ Preposition
➢ Dialects
■ Regional
■ Cultural
■ Time Period
❖ WRITING, SPEAKING, AND LISTENING
➢ Modes of Writing
■ Argumentative
■ Informative
■ Narrative
■ Types of Modes:
● Blog
● Essay
◆ Characteristics:
◆ General Functions:
● Journal
● Letter
● Play
● Speech
❖ RESEARCH/TEACHING PRACTICES
➢ Evaluating Credibility
➢ Citations
■ Types of Citation
■ Components of Citations
➢ Teaching Methods
■ Tools:
● Glossary of Terms
● Rubrics
■ Exercises
● Inner-Outer Circles
● One-on-One Conferences
● Small Group
● Socratic Seminar
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