English III---Unit 6: Early 20th Century
Holt Elements of Literature
BLM
1 Ongoing Independent Reading
Daily Language Activities: Critical Reading
Section, 24 transparencies
Resources for Teaching Advanced Students:
Reading Instruction for the Advanced
Classroom, 3-6; Reading Log Copymaster,
12; Metacognitive Strategies, 16-19
Workshop Resources—Writing, Listening,
and Speaking: Analyzing a Novel, 59;
Presenting a Literary Analysis, 68-73
See Blackboard, “Reading:
SSR” for BLMs of reading
logs and other SSR
documents
2 Ongoing Vocabulary Study
Daily Language Activities: Vocabulary
Section, 50 transparencies on ; Analogy
Section, 25 transparencies
Vocabulary Development:
Act. #7: “Winter Dreams,” 34
Act.#9: from Dust Tracks on a Road, 42
Act. #10: “Soldier’s Home,” 33
Act. #12: “A Rose for Emily,” 35; “A
Worn Path,” 39
Resources for Teaching Advanced Students:
“Handbook of Literary Concepts, ” 229-240;
“Handbook of Rhetorical Concepts,” 241243; “Word Banks,” 248
Powernotes: Handbook to Literary Terms
Checklist of Common
Errors, 1
LPSS---updated Summer 2009
Elements of Language
Reading Skills and Strategies,
15-16
Reading Process, 546-547
Reading Log, 991
Quick Reference Handbook:
Reading, 988-998
Transparencies: Your Reading
Process, 1-4
Holt Professional Learning for
Language Arts: Strategies for
Helping Struggling Readers;
Developing Critical Thinking
about Literature
Vocabulary Strategies, 559, 560,
575, 600, 601, 607, 646, 688,
689, 728, 729, 774, 775, 827,
828, 869, 887, 907, 918, 10371038
Word Choice, 729, 775, 828,
907, 1000-1003
Related Word Forms, 688, 728,
827, 1000, 1004-1007
Analogous Statements, 601, 607,
775, 918, 1037-1038
Quick Reference Handbook:
Vocabulary, 999-1009
Holt Professional Learning for
Language Arts: Effective
Vocabulary Instruction
Six Traits: Word Choice, 11-13,
104-105
Word Sharp: Context Clues:
Synonym, Antonym, Contrast,
Comparison, Example,
1
Reader’s
Handbook
Supplementary Materials
Connect to Reading,
41
Reading Process, 3643
Reading Actively, 4952
Strategy Handbook,
713
Reading Tools, 738757
See LCC, English III, page 95 for a
list of recommended novels for this
grade level
http://www.angelfire.com/ok/freshen
glish/bookreportideas.html “91 Ways
to Respond Literature”
Gallagher, Kelly. Deeper Reading.
(Stenhouse, 2004). Practical reading
strategies
Pilgreen, Janice L. The SSR
Handbook: How to Organize and
Manage a Sustained Silent Reading
Program. (Boyton/Cook, 2000).
Improving
Vocabulary: 657
Word Families: 676
Word Roots: 762
http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson
s/lesson_view.asp?id=20 “Using a
Word Journal to Create a Personal
Dictionary”
http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson
_images/lesson20/powerpoint.pdf
link to handout on Powerpoint from
above lesson.
http://www.mw.com/info/new_words.htm Merriam
Webster’s Online Dictionary to
identify new words
Allen, Janet. Inside Words.
(Stenhouse, 2007). Practical
strategies for teaching vocabulary.
English III---Unit 6: Early 20th Century
Holt Elements of Literature
BLM
LPSS---updated Summer 2009
Elements of Language
Reader’s
Handbook
Supplementary Materials
Restatement; Word Structure:
Prefixes, Latin Roots, Greek and
Anglo-Saxon Roots, Suffixes
Vocabulary Workshop: Making
New Words Your Own (word
attack strategies),1ff.;
Connecting New Words and
Patterns (analogies), 123ff.;
Reading New Words in Context
(context clues), 141ff.;
Vocabulary Words, 233-234
Writing Strategies &
Applications,
Writer’s notebook, 1076
Informal Writing to Learn:
Reading Log, 991; Graphic
Organizers, 1068-1069;
Outlines, 1071; Prewriting
Techniques, 1073-1076.
3 Ongoing Writing Prompts
Powernotes: Collection 5, slides 7 and 8 for
Activity 9—“Weary Blues” and “Harlem”
Brozo in CLSD for the LCC: QtA
(Questioning the Author), 12
Holt Assessment—Writing, Listening, and
Speaking: Portfolio Assessment, 120-164
Connect to Reading,
41
http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson
s/lesson_view.asp?id=902 “Draft
letters,” for students to think
critically about major writing
assignments. Students write letters of
reflection to share with a peer before
completing the final draft.
Reading for Tests,
596-637
http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson
s/lesson_view.asp?id=1091
“Analyzing Grammar Pet Peeves”
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/res
ource/677/01/ Purdue OWL (Online
Writing Lab)
http://content1.docstoc.com/flash/Usi
ng%20Quotations.swf Flash-based
Teaching Strategies for English
Language Learners: Think as a
Writer, 2; prompts in Ch. 21-29
Writing Notes DVD
Think as a Writer: Interactive
Writing Worktext, prompts in
Ch. 21-29
4 Ongoing Grammar Study
Daily Language Activities: Proofreading
Warmups Section, 27 transparencies;
Sentence Combining Section, 15
transparencies
Resources for Teaching Advanced Students:
“Handbook of Grammatical Concepts, ”
244-247
Checklist of Common
Errors, 1
Grammar, 47-139; Usage, 140313; Mechanics, 314-477
Commas, 338-363
Diction, 575, 618-619, 842-843,
930-933
Quotation Marks, 379-387
Parallel Structure, 486-487, 1099
Passive/Active Voice, 240-244
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English III---Unit 6: Early 20th Century
Holt Elements of Literature
BLM
Powernotes: Collection 5, Proofreading
Warmups
LPSS---updated Summer 2009
Elements of Language
Reader’s
Handbook
Sentence Clarity, 480-497
Sentence Combining, 498-508,
706-708
Style, 510-514, 574-575, 661663, 618-619, 807-809, 842-843,
886-887, 931-933
overview of quotations
http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson
s/lesson_view.asp?id=248
“Manipulating Sentences to
Reinforce Grammar”
http://www.docstyles.com/mlaquick.
htm quick reference to MLA style
http://www.collegeboard.org
Students can sign up to have a daily
SAT question delivered to their emailboxes. Other invaluable
resources for college are available
here.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/gra
mmar/
student guide to grammar and writing
http://www.testprepreview.com/ free
practice tests for ACT, SAT, MCAT,
LSAT, etc.
http://www.actstudent.org/sampletest
/index.html for ACT preparation
Grammar Notes DVD, Lesson
11 (passive/active voice), Lesson
30 (strong verbs)
Holt Professional Learning for
Language Arts: Teaching
Grammar in Context
Transparencies: Proofreading
Warmups, Sentence Combining
Six Traits: Sentence Fluency,
14, 106-112; Conventions,
17,113-118
Thinking as a Writer:
Interactive Grammar Worktext:
Sections 1, 2, 3
Grammar,Usage, Mechanics:
Language Skills Practice, Ch. 114, 16
Developmental Language Skills:
Ch. 1-14, 16
Preparing for the SAT and ACT
5 The Early 20th Century: The Beginning
of the Modern Age and the Lost
Generation Writers
Holt Reader: Introduction to the Moderns,
198-204
Holt Adapted Reader: Introduction to the
Moderns, 146-149
Holt Reading Solutions, 145; 381
Student Edition: “The Moderns: 1914–
1939,” 636; A Closer Look: Popular
Comparing Youth of Today/
Youth of the 20s, 35-36
Note-taking: 718
Cornell Notes: 81
3
Supplementary Materials
Overview of early 20 & WWI +
“Lost Generation”: Hemingway,
Firzgerald, Stein, Poud
English III---Unit 6: Early 20th Century
Holt Elements of Literature
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LPSS---updated Summer 2009
Elements of Language
Reader’s
Handbook
Supplementary Materials
Reading a Website,
513-527
Doing Research, 691712
Drawing Conclusions,
47, 221
Reading on the
Internet, 510-537
Possible topics: Al Capone, Lucky
Luciano, Babe Ruth, Prohibition,
fads, dances, fashion
http://www.owl.english.purdue.edu/o
wl/resource/557/01/ MLA format
http://www.citationmaching.com
develops bibliographic entries
http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/aplus/
a site for high school and college
students on how to research
http://www.ebscohost.com database
for print and web resources
http://search.ebscohost.com online
database
Focus on Characters:
332
Focus on Theme: 345
Symbol: 383
Focus on Setting: 323
http://www.pbs.org/kteh/amstorytelle
rs/bios.html --short bio. of F. Scott
and Zelda Fitzgerald
http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson
s/lesson_view.asp?id=831
“Connotation, Character, and Color
Imagery in The Great Gatsby”
http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson
s/lesson_view.asp?id=967 “Judging
a Book by its Cover: The Art and
Imagery of The Great Gatsby”
http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson
s/lesson_view.asp?id=168
“Become a Character: Adjectives,
Entertainment, 638; “Make It New:
Symbolism, Imagism, and Beyond,” 644
Visual Connections: Segment 8, “American
Dreamers, Part 2”
Holt Assessment: Literature, Reading,
and Vocabulary, “Literary Period
Introduction Test,” 208
6 Researching the Roaring Twenties
Visual Connections, Appendix 1:
Researching and Interviewing, 77-79
Rubric for Roaring
Twenties Research, 37
Historical research, 776ff.
Evaluating Web Sites, 813-816
Writing and Researching in a
Digital Age DVD, 15 lessons
Think as a Writer: Interactive
Writing WorkText, Ch. 26
Transparencies, 25-27
WritingNotes DVD, Lesson 18
Teaching Strategies for English
Language Learners, Ch. 26
7 F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby
Holt Adapted Reader: “Winter Dreams,”
150-159
Students Notes for Chapter
1 Reciprocal Teaching, 38;
Students Notes for
Reciprocal Teaching #2, 39
Support for literary analysis,
726-727
Quotations: citing sources of,
735; incorporating, 745-747,
799; notetaking and, 786
Think as a Writer: Interactive
Writing WorkText, Ch. 26
Transparencies, 25-27
WritingNotes DVD, Lesson 18
Teaching Strategies for English
Language Learners, Ch. 26
Holt Professional Learning for
Language Arts: Using Literature
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English III---Unit 6: Early 20th Century
Holt Elements of Literature
BLM
LPSS---updated Summer 2009
Elements of Language
Reader’s
Handbook
Character Traits, and Perspective”
http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson
s/lesson_view.asp?id=397
“Exploring Literature Through
Letter-Writing Groups”
http://home.cogeco.ca/~rayser3/gats
map.txt lesson plan for collaborative
map of setting for Gatsby
Circles; Developing Critical
Thinking about Literature
8 Imagist Poetry of the Early 20th Century
Holt Reader: “The River-Merchant’s Wife:
A Letter,” 205-208; “The Love Song of J.
Alfred Prufrock,” 209-216
Resources for Teaching Advanced Students:
“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” 146148; “The Red Wheelbarrow,” 149-151;
“Ars Poetica,” 152-154
Holt Reading Solutions: Vocabulary and
Comprehension (copying master), 154;
Additional Vocabulary Practice (copying
master), 155
Powernotes (Collection 5): “Love Song”
with focus on dramatic monologue
Audio CD: disc 14
Holt Assessment: Literature, Reading, and
Vocabulary: “The River-Merchant’s Wife:
A Letter”; “The Garden”; “A Few Don’ts by
an Imagiste,” 210; “The Love Song of J.
Alfred Prufrock,” 213; “The Red
Wheelbarrow,” “The Great Figure,” “This Is
Just to Say,” 216; “Poetry” and “Ars
Poetica,” 219
Fine Art Transparencies: #11 for “The Red
Wheelbarrow” plus Teaching Notes,
Worksheets, and Answer Key, 32
Who is Prufrock?, 40
Delivery, 688-671, 850-854
Paraphrasing, 724-725; 990
Oral interpretation of a poem,
625-629
Poetic devices, 624
Supplementary Materials
Reading Strategies for
Poetry: 392
Reading Poetry: 387
http://www.mmoca.org/exhibitions/e
xhibitdetails/karlwirsum/index.php
(Imagist paintings of Karl Wirsum)
http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmI
D/1
http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilre
is/88/imagism-def.html
The following site contains
thumbnail sketches of work by
imagist artists, such as N. C. Wyeth
and Norman Rockwell:
http://www.americanillustration.org/
html/m_collection.html
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English III---Unit 6: Early 20th Century
Holt Elements of Literature
BLM
9 Harlem Renaissance
Holt Reader: “Harlem,” 259-261; from Dust
Tracks on a Road, 262-273
Resources for Teaching Advanced Students:
from Dust Tracks on a Road, 163-165
Holt Reading Solutions: “Harlem,” 171;
from Dust Tracks on the Road, 175;
Vocabulary and Comprehension (copying
master), 173; Additional Vocabulary
Practice (copying master), 174
Audio CD Library, disc 19
Powernotes: Collection 5-- “Harlem,” with
focus on mood; “from Dust Tracks on a
Road,” with focus on autobiography;
Quickwrites, 7, 8
Holt Assessment: Literature, Reading,
and Vocabulary:, “The Weary Blues,”
“Harlem,” “Heyday in Harlem,” 273;
“from Dust Tracks on a Road,” 279
Connecting Poetry, Art, and
Music in Harlem, 41;
Assessing the Presentation,
42;
Assessing the Composition,
43
LPSS---updated Summer 2009
Elements of Language
Group discussions, 1019-1020
Refining presentations, 853
Informal speaking, 1021-1023
Delivery strategies, 670
Oral interpretation of a poem,
625-629
Writing and Researching in a
Digital Age DVD, 15 lessons
Reader’s
Handbook
Supplementary Materials
Research: 691
Reading Poetry: 389
Model of Comparison
and Contrast: 365
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/h
arlem/harlem.html (excellent
resources for Harlem Renaissance)
Harlem Renaissance: The Black
Poets. 20 mins. Carousel Films, Inc.,
1972.
http://artsedge.kennedycenter.org/exploring/harlem/artsedge.
html “Drop Me Off in Harlem”
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaoht
ml/exhibit/aopart7b.html “The
Harlem Renaissance and the
Flowering of Creativity
http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson
s/lesson_view.asp?id=194 “Varying
Views of America”
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculu
m/units/1996/1/96.01.02.x.html
“Langston Hughes: Artist and
Historian”
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgibin/page.cgi/aa/hughes
biog. of Langston Hughes, part of
“Meet Amazing Americans: Writers
and Artists” series
http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson
s/lesson_view.asp?id=251
(Discovering a Passion for Poetry
with Langston Hughes)
http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson
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English III---Unit 6: Early 20th Century
Holt Elements of Literature
10 Ernest Hemingway and the
Hemingway Hero
BLM
Analyzing the Hemingway
Hero, 44
LPSS---updated Summer 2009
Elements of Language
Support for literary analysis,
726-727
Quotations: citing sources of,
735; incorporating, 745-747,
799; notetaking and, 786
Structure of a composition, 527540
Compositions, 1061-1064
Reader’s
Handbook
Style: 307
Using Graphic
Organizers: 361
Clues About
Character: 355
Close Reading Chart:
284
Holt Professional Learning for
Language Arts: Developing
Critical Thinking about
Literature
11 The Poetry of Robert Frost
Holt Assessment: Literature,
Reading, and Vocabulary, “Birches,”
262; “Common Diction”; “Design,”
“Nothing Gold Can Stay”; “Trying
to Name What Doesn’t Change,”
259
Audio CD Library, disc 18
Allusion
Sonnets
Sound and punctuation
12 Southern Writers of the Early 20th
Century
Holt Reader: “A Rose for Emily,” 217-232;
“The Jilting of Granny Weatherall,” 233-248
Holt Adapted Reader: “A Rose for Emily,”
Connecting Setting and
Theme in Southern Writing,
45
Oral interpretation of a poem,
625-629
Lyric Poetry: 389,
432
Timelines, 998
Support for literary analysis,
726-727
Quotations: citing sources of,
735; incorporating, 745-747,
Focus on Setting: 323
Focus on Theme: 345
7
Supplementary Materials
s/lesson_view.asp?id=252 (A
Harlem Renaissance Retrospective:
Connecting Art, Music, Dance, and
Poetry)
http://nobelprize.org/literature/laureat
es/1954/hemingway-bio.html
biography
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/boo
ks/1999/hemingway/ CNN
retrospective on Hemingway
http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhi
bits/hemingway/ University of
Delaware Special Collections
http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson
s/lesson_view.asp?id=784 “Heroes
are Made of This: Studying the
Character of Heroes”
http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson
s/lesson_view.asp?id=209 “Style:
Defining and Exploring an Author’s
Stylistic Choices”
http://www.frostfriends.org/
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPI
D/192
http://www.nhstateparks.org/ParksPa
ges/FrostFarm/Frost.html
town.hall.org/Archives/radio/
IMS/HarperAudio/012294_harp_ITH
.html - 5k -
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/fsowhome.html
(photos of depression era southern
towns and landscapes)
http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~egjbp/
faulkner/faulkner.html
English III---Unit 6: Early 20th Century
Holt Elements of Literature
160-167; “Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech,”
168-171; “A Worn Path,” 172-177
Resources for Teaching Advanced Students:
“A Rose for Emily,” 155-157; “The Jilting
of Granny Weatherall,” 160-162
BLM
LPSS---updated Summer 2009
Elements of Language
799; notetaking and, 786
Descriptive details, 550, 557
Structure of a composition, 527540
Compositions, 1061-1064
Holt Professional Learning for
Language Arts: Developing
Critical Thinking about
Literature
8
Reader’s
Handbook
Supplementary Materials
http://www.olemiss.edu/mwp/dir/faul
kner_william/index.html