Unit Three Schedule
Note: As a piece of writing, this schedule is subject to revision.
DATE COURSEWORK
Tuesday, January 7
Wednesday, January 8
Thursday, January 9
Friday, January 10
Monday, January 13
Tuesday, January 14
Wednesday, January 15
Thursday, January 16
Friday, January 17
Tuesday, January 21
Wednesday, January 22
Thursday, January 23
Friday, January 24
Monday, January 27
Tuesday, January 28
Wednesday, January 29
Thursday, January 30
Friday, January 31
Monday, February 3
Tuesday, February 4
Review course policies and expectations; discuss
Senior Project due dates, Guiding Question
Read and take notes on BT pp. 343-50; discuss historical context of Seventeenth Century
Discuss historical context of the Restoration and
Eighteenth Century; explore the rise of the novel
Introduce schools of literary criticism; take notes on historical criticism
Read excerpts from “The Diary of Samuel Pepys”
(HOLT pp. 546-47); analyze text using historic lens
Take notes on Marxist criticism; read “A Modest
Proposal” (HOLT pp. 581-87)
Continue work with “A Modest Proposal”; analyze text using Marxist lens
Take notes on feminist criticism; read “A Vindication of the Rights of Women” (HOLT pp. 668-73)
Continue work with “A Vindication of the Rights of
Women”; analyze text using feminist lens
Take notes on psychoanalytic criticism; read excerpts from Frankenstein
SENIOR PROJECT DUE DATES *
Research Paper Guiding Question
Note: question must lead to a debatable issue
Annotated Bibliography Source Sheets 1-2
Note: sources must be reliable and credible
Annotated Bibliography Source Sheets 3-5
Note: sources must be reliable and credible
Final draft of Annotated Bibliography; prewriting (outline, web, CDW chart, etc.) for argumentative Research Paper
Wednesday, February 5
Thursday, February 6
Friday, February 7
Monday, February 10
Tuesday, February 11
Wednesday, February 12
Thursday, February 13
Friday, February 14
Continue work with excerpts from Frankenstein; analyze text using psychoanalytic lens
Book talks for literature circles
*Turn in notebook for notebook check*
Discuss roles and expectations for literature circles; initial meeting with group to set roles, schedule
Meet in literature circles; discuss novel
Meet in literature circles; discuss novel
Full draft of argumentative Research Paper
(typed, MLA format and citation); schedule conference w/teacher
Tuesday, February 18
Wednesday, February 19
Thursday, February 20
Friday, February 21
Monday, February 24
Tuesday, February 25
Wednesday, February 26
Thursday, February 27
Friday, February 28
Monday, March 3
Tuesday, March 4
Wednesday, March 5
Meet in literature circles; discuss novel
Meet in literature circles; discuss novel
Meet in literature circles; discuss novel
Writing workshop for literary criticism paper
*Turn in notebook for notebook check*
Literary criticism paper due
* If you do not score “proficient” on these assignments, you MUST revise until you demonstrate proficiency. Detailed information about these components of Senior Project is available online at mrspixler.weebly.com/senior-project.html
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Standards Assessed
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RL.11-12.3 Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama.
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RL.11-12.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful.
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RL.11-12.6 Analyze a case in which grasping a point of view requires distinguishing what is directly stated in a text from what is really meant.
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RL.11-12.10 By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of the grades 11–CCR text complexity band independently and proficiently.
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W.11-12.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. o W.11-12.2c Use appropriate and varied transitions and syntax to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships among complex ideas and concepts. o W.11-12.2d Use precise language, domain-specific vocabulary, and techniques such as metaphor, simile, and analogy to manage the complexity of the topic. o W.11-12.2e Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone while attending to the norms and conventions of the discipline in which they are writing.
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W.11-12.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences. o W.11-12.3b Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and multiple plot lines, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters. o W.11-12.3d Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.
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W.11-12.5 Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
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L.11-12.3 Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
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L.11-12.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades
11–12 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. o L.11-12.4a Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. o L.11-12.4b Identify and correctly use patterns of word changes that indicate different meanings or parts of speech. o L.11-12.4c Consult general and specialized reference materials, both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning, its part of speech, its etymology, or its standard usage. o L.11-12.4d Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase.
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L.11-12.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. o L.11-12.5a Interpret figures of speech in context and analyze their role in the text. o L.11-12.5b Analyze nuances in the meaning of words with similar denotations.
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