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 ■ ■ ■ ■ 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
