English III—Unit 5: Realism/Naturalism
Holt Elements of Literature
BLM
1 Ongoing Independent Reading
Resources for Teaching Advanced
Students: Reading Instruction for the
Advanced Classroom, 3-6; Reading Log
Copymaster, 12; Metacognitive
Strategies, 16-19
Daily Language Activities: Critical
Reading Section, 24 transparencies
Workshop Resources—Writing, Listening,
and Speaking: Presenting a Literary
Response, 44-49
See Blackboard,
“Reading: SSR”
for BLMs of
reading logs and
other SSR
documents
Skills Index, 1
2 Ongoing Vocabulary Study
Daily Language Activities: Vocabulary Section, 50
transparencies; Analogy Section, 25
transparencies
Vocabulary Development:
Act. #8: “A Pair of Silk Stockings,” 29
Act. #11: “A Mystery of Heroism,” 24; “To
Build a Fire,” 28
Resources for Teaching Advanced Students:
“Handbook of Literary Concepts, ” 229-240;
“Handbook of Rhetorical Concepts,” 241-243;
“Word Banks,” 248
Powernotes: Handbook to Literary Terms
Holt MindPoint® Quiz Show CD for vocabulary
practice in game format
Checklist of
Common Errors, 1
LPSS—updated Summer 2009
Elements of Language
Reader’s
Handbook
Reading Skills and Strategies, 1516
Reading Process, 546-547
Reading Log, 991
Quick Reference Handbook:
Reading, 988-998
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/fresh
english/bookreportideas.html “91
Ways to Respond Literature”
Gallagher, Kelly. Deeper
Reading. (Stenhouse, 2004). An
incredible resource for reading
strategies
Pilgreen, Janice L. The SSR
Handbook: How to Organize and
Manage a Sustained Silent
Reading Program. (Boyton/Cook,
2000). Gallagher, Kelly. Deeper
Reading. (Stenhouse, 2004).
Steineke, Nancy. Reading and
Writing Together: Collaborative
Literacy in Action. (Heinemann,
2002)
Improving
vocabulary: 657
Word Families: 676
Word Roots: 762
http://www.readwritethink.org/les
sons/lesson_view.asp?id=20
“Using a Word Journal to Create a
Personal Dictionary”
http://www.readwritethink.org/les
son_images/lesson20/powerpoint.
pdf link to handout on Powerpoint
from above lesson.
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, 1037-1038
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
1
Supplementary Materials
English III—Unit 5: Realism/Naturalism
LPSS—updated Summer 2009
Brozo in CLSD for the LCC: “Vocabulary
Cards,” 26; “Vocabulary Self-Awareness,” 27;
“Word Grid,” 28
Vocabulary Instruction
Six Traits: Word Choice, 11-13,
104-105
Word Sharp: Context Clues:
Synonym, Antonym, Contrast,
Comparison, Example,
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, 233234
3 Ongoing Writing Prompts
Powernotes: “Quickwrites,” Collections 4 (some
slides might be useful depending on which texts
you choose in this unit)
Brozo in CLSD for the LCC: QtA
(Questioning the Author), 12
Holt Assessment—Writing, Listening, and
Speaking: Portfolio Assessment, 121-161
Writing Strategies &
Applications,
Writer’s notebook, 1076
Informal Writing to Learn:
Reading Log, 991; Graphic
Organizers, 1068-1069; Outlines,
1071; Prewriting Techniques,
1073-1076.
Connect to Reading:
41
http://www.readwritethink.org/les
sons/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.
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:
Checklist of
Common Errors, 1
Grammar, 47-139; Usage, 140313; Mechanics, 314-477
Commas, 338-363
Diction, 575, 618-619, 842-843,
930-933
2
http://www.readwritethink.org/les
sons/lesson_view.asp?id=1091
“Analyzing Grammar Pet Peeves”
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
resource/677/01/ Purdue OWL
English III—Unit 5: Realism/Naturalism
“Handbook of Grammatical Concepts, ” 244-247
Powernotes: Collection 4, Proofreading Warmups
Holt Virtual File Cabinet: grammar pages
for Practice, Remediation, Assessment,
Review, and Enrichment
TE: Taking the SAT and the ACT, LA19-LA32;
Test Smarts, 1395
LPSS—updated Summer 2009
Quotation Marks, 379-387
Parallel Structure, 486-487, 1099
Passive/Active Voice, 240-244
Sentence Clarity, 480-497
Sentence Combining, 498-508,
706-708
Style, 510-514, 574-575, 661-663,
618-619, 807-809, 842-843, 886887, 931-933
(Online Writing Lab)
http://content1.docstoc.com/flash/
Using%20Quotations.swf Flashbased overview of quotations
http://www.readwritethink.org/les
sons/lesson_view.asp?id=248
“Manipulating Sentences to
Reinforce Grammar”
http://www.docstyles.com/mlaqui
ck.htm quick reference to MLA
style
http://www.collegeboard.org
Students can sign up to have a
daily SAT question delivered to
their e-mailboxes. Other
invaluable resources for college
are available here.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/
grammar/
student guide to grammar and
writing
http://www.testprepreview.com/
free practice tests for ACT, SAT,
etc.
http://www.actstudent.org/samplet
est/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, 17,113118
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 Reconstruction and the Rise of Realism and
Naturalism
Holt Reader: 152-161
Holt Adapted Reader: 106-111
Assessment Rubric
for Research
Presentation, 27
Historical research, 776ff.
Evaluating Web Sites, 813-816
Speaking and Listening, 1010ff.
Writing and Researching in a
Digital Age DVD, 15 lessons
Transparencies, 25-27
WritingNotes DVD, Lesson 18
3
Documentation, 71
Reading a Website,
513-527
Doing Research, 691712
Drawing Conclusions,
47, 221
Reading on the
Internet, 510-537
http://www.wsu.edu/~campbell/a
mlit/aufram.html
search.ebscohost.com
www.ncteamericancollection.org/
amer_realism.htm
http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knicho
ls/realist.html
English III—Unit 5: Realism/Naturalism
6 Poetry of Emily Dickinson
TE: Meet the Writer: Emily Dickinson, p. 388;
“The Soul Selects her own Society,” 391; “If
you were coming in the Fall,” 392; Primary
Source: Edited Poem, 394; “Tell all the Truth
but tell it slant,” 396; “Apparently with no
surprise,” 398; “Success is counted sweetest,”
399
Holt Reader: 125-257; “The Soul selects her own
Society,” “If you were coming in the Fall,”
“Because I could not stop for Death,” I heard a
Fly buzz—when I died,” 143-151
Hold Adapted Reader: 88-89, 100-105
Resources for Teaching Advanced Students:
Alternate Lesson Plans, 112 “Because I Could
not stop for Death,” “Much Madness is divinest
Sense,” and “I sing…because I am afraid,” 112115; Test Practice, 116-120
Holt Reading Solutions: Alternative Lesson Plans,
117; Vocabulary and Comprehension (copying
master), 119
PowerNotes: Collection 4, “The Soul selects her
own Society”
Audio CD Library, disc 8
Holt Assessment: Literature, Reading, and
Vocabulary, “The Soul selects her own Society”;
“If you were coming in the Fall,” 138; “Tell all
the Truth but tell it slant”; “Apparently with no
surprise”; “Success is counted sweetest,” 141
Fine Art Transparencies: Transparency 7;
Teaching Notes, Worksheets, and Answer Key,
20
Analyzing Emily
Dickinson’s
Poems, 28
Organization, 523, 788
Delivery, 688-671, 850-854
Paraphrasing, 724-725; 990
Oral interpretation of a poem,
625-629
Reading Poetry: 387443
Summarizing, 642-644
Delivery, 668-671, 850-854,
1010-1019
7 Edgar Lee Masters: Spoon River Anthology
TE: 851-854
8 Kate Chopin and Local Color
TE: “A Pair of Silk Stockings,” 569; Meet the
LPSS—updated Summer 2009
DR-TA for
Chopin’s Work, 29
Texts of other poems available at:
http://www.bartleby.com/84/index
1.html
Close Reading for
Setting: 325
4
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/pr
mPID/155 biography
http://www.emilydickinson.org
Dickinson Electronic Archives
http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty
/campbell/enl311/chopin.htm
English III—Unit 5: Realism/Naturalism
LPSS—updated Summer 2009
Writer: Kate Chopin, 568; A Closer Look:
Elegant Discomfort, 575; Connection: “Now
and Then, America,” 576
Holt Reader: 188-197
Holt Adapted Reader: 138-144; Graphic
Organizer--Motivation
Holt Reading Solutions: 377; Vocabulary Practice,
142-143
Audio CD Library: “A Pair of Silk Stockings,”
disc 12
Vocabulary Development, 29
Holt Assessment: Literature, Reading, and
Vocabulary, “A Pair of Silk Stockings,” 190
Reading a Short
Story: 267
Time Line: 755
Focus on Theme: 345
9 Analysis of Local Color in “The Outcasts of
Poker Flat”
Resources for Teaching Advanced Students: Test
Practice, “Waiting for the Ship: A Fort Point Idyl,”
135-139
Opinioinnaire:
“The Outcasts of
Poker Flats”, 30;
Charting Local
Color for Bret
Harte’s Story, 3;
Assessing the
Composition for
“Poker Flats”, 32
Descriptive details, 550, 557
Close Reading for
Setting: 325
Reading a Short
Story: 267
Time Line: 755
Focus on Theme: 345
10 Mark Twain and The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn
Resources for Teaching Advanced Students: “The
Lowest Animal,” 132-134; Word Banks—Tone,
270; Style, 271; Mood, 271; Character, 272
Holt Assessment—Writing, Listening, and
Speaking: “Writing: Literary Essay,” scale and
rubric 45-47
Resources for Teaching Advanced Students:
Writing Workshop—Analyzing Literature
Holt Reading Solutions:
Understanding Characters, 266-271
Recognizing Theme, 272-277
Charting Local
Color in Huck
Finn, 33;
Huck Finn
Character
Development
Rubric, 34
Support for literary analysis, 726727
Quotations: citing sources of, 735;
incorporating, 745-747, 799;
notetaking and, 786
Evaluating Web Sites, 813-816
Focus on…
Plot, 313-322
Setting, 323-331
Characters, 332-344
Theme, 345-350
Dialogue, 351-358
C/C, 359
Reading Fiction, 264
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
5
www.pbs.org/katechopin/
The Joy That Kills. 56 mins. Films
for the Humanities and Sciences,
1984.
http://www.edsitement.neh.gov/vi
ew_lesson_plan.asp?id=522
great unit on teaching The
Awakening; includes lessons on
realism, local color &
regionalism, unfamiliar words and
French phrases, etc. with
references to passages to
demonstrate
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_le
sson_plan.asp?id=327 (Mark
Twain and American Humor)
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/
index2.html
Fatout, Paul, ed. Mark Twain
Speaks for Himself (Purdue
University Press, 1997).Mark
Twain Gives an Interview. 14
mins. Coronet Film & Video,
1961.
http://www.readwritethink.org/les
sons/lesson_view.asp?id=787 This
English III—Unit 5: Realism/Naturalism
Understanding Figurative Language,
278-283
LPSS—updated Summer 2009
Teaching Strategies for English
Language Learners, Ch. 26
Holt Professional Learning for
Language Arts: Using Literature
Circles; Developing Critical
Thinking about Literature
Organization of News
Stories: 188
11 Realism and Naturalism in the Stories of
Stephen Crane or Jack London
Holt Reader: “A Mystery of Heroism,” 173-187
Holt Adapted Reader: “To Build a Fire,” 130-137
6
lesson, “Literary Scrapbooks
Online: An Electronic ReaderResponse Project,” focuses on
creating a powerpoint scrapbook
for The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn, but it could be
modified to use with any novel.
Crane’s poems are available
online at:
http://www.americanpoems.com/p
oets/stephencrane/
Jack London: A Life of Adventure:
24 mins. Guidance Associates.
“To Build a Fire” is available
online from:
http://www.pagebypagebooks.co
m/Jack_London/To_Build_a_Fire/