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First Quarter - 11th Grade English - Celia E. Sanders-May
TEXT:
THEME:
DATE:
Elements of Literature 6th Course
SUMMER READING BOOK REPORTS
Wednesday, August 25th
ACTIVITIES:
The students will evaluate the merits of the books read, during summer
vacations, through various activities.
THEME:
GRAMMAR
First two weeks of August
ACTIVITIES:
The students will review grammar concepts such as infinitive, gerunds,
Adjective/adverb confusion and faulty parallelism.
ASSESSMENT: daily exercises, quizzes, test
THEME:
DATES:
ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD
August – September
ACTIVITIES:
The students will learn the historical and cultural background of Anglo-Saxon Britain.
They will read and comprehend the literature of the period through pieces such as
Caedmon’s Hymn, The Seafarer, The Wanderer, Beowulf, and Anglo-Saxon Riddles.
ASSESSMENT: Open Notes Quiz, Beowulf Project, Modern Anglo-Saxon Riddle, Test,
Compare/Contrast Essay
THEME:
DATES:
MEDIEVAL PERIOD
September – October
ACTIVITIES:
The students will understand the historical and cultural background of
Medieval England.. There will be readings such as: the prologue of The
Canterbury Tales, The Pardoner’s Tale, The Wife of Bath’s Tale, Sir
Gawain and the Green Knight, Le Morte Darthur, and English Ballads.
ASSESSMENT: Viewing and written reaction to the film The Name of the Rose, Open Notes Quiz
The Canterbury Tales,Writing a modern Ballad,Test.
THEME:
DATES:
ACTIVITIES:
THE NEW SAT
August - October
Every Friday the students will be drilled on the Critical Reading and Writing
Sections (which includes the 25 minute essay). The teacher will present strategies to
be used by the students in order to approach the SAT successfully.
ASSESSMENTS: Drills of the different sections of the SAT
Southwestern Educational Society
SESO
PO Box 40
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00681
Tel: (787) 834-2150 Fax: (787) 265-2500
Second Quarter - 11th Grade English - Celia E. Sanders-May
*Syllabus is subject to change
THEME:
Renaissance Period
DATES:
October – December
ACTIVITIES:
Students will learn the historical and literary background of
Elizabethan England. They will learn the language, dramatic
techniques, themes, conflicts, characterization, and tragedies
presented in Shakespearean drama. They will read selections by
Wyeth, Spencer, Shakespeare, Marlowe, and Raleigh. Students will
also read the works of metaphysical and Carpe Diem poets such as:
Donne, Marvell,, Jonson, and Herrick.
ASSESSMENT:
Open Notes Quizzes, dramatic performance of Hamlet, writing a
Sonnet imitation, reading and viewing of Macbeth.
Final Exam
Southwestern Educational Society
SESO
PO Box 40
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00681
Tel: (787) 834-2150 Fax: (787) 265-2500
Third Quarter - 11th Grade English - Celia E. Sanders-May
THEME:
Research Paper (In collaboration with World History)
DATES:
ACTIVITIES:
Throughout Second Semester
Students will find a suitable topic, collect information through usage of
college library, give credit to sources, learn parenthetical documentation
organize ideas and write a formal outline, rough draft, and final 5 to 7
page term paper with correctly cited references.
ASSESSMENT: Thesis statement – 25, Outline – 50, Form – 100, Content - 100
THEME:
DATES:
ACTIVITIES:
Puritan Age
January - February
Students will read and understand John Milton’s works including
Paradise Lost were they will compare views in the Genesis and
Meredith’s Lucifer in Starlight.
ASSESSMENT: Reaction Writing
THEME:
DATES:
ACTIVITIES:
Restoration
February - March
Students will learn the historical and cultural background of the
Restoration. They will understand the “sting” of satire in Jonathan
Swift in A Modest Proposal; and will read and comprehend the works
of Pope, Johnson, Boswell, Pepys, and Defoe.
ASSESSMENT: Open Notes Quiz
Imitation of A Modest Proposal
Reaction Writing
Test
THEME:
DATES:
ACTIVITIES:
ASSESSMENT:
WRITING PORTFOLIOS
August - May
The emphasis will be on the originality of the piece.
At the end of the year, the students will choose two rough drafts
and revise them. These will be handed in as two final drafts in a
Portfolio including a table of contents and a reflective essay
assessing the writer’s strengths and weaknesses.
Revised piece of writing (2) – 100 points each
Reflective essay – 20 points, Portfolio collection - 25
Southwestern Educational Society
SESO
PO Box 40
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00681
Tel: (787) 834-2150 Fax: (787) 265-2500
Fourth Quarter - 11th Grade English - Celia E. Sanders-May
THEME:
Romantic/Victorian Periods
DATES:
March - April
ACTIVITIES:
Students will learn the historical and cultural background of the
Romantic and Victorian periods. They will read selection by
“Romantics” Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats.
Students will also read the “Victorians” such as: Tennyson, Browning,
Hopkins, Arnold, and Wilde.
ASSESSMENT:
Open Notes Quizzes
Reaction Writing
Test
THEME:
The Modern Age
DATES:
April - May
ACTIVITIES:
Students will learn and understand the historical and cultural
background of the Modern Period. They will read a variety of Modern
Age selections by Virginia Woolf, D. H. Lawrence, and Elizabeth
Bowen. Students will also do a Power Point Poetry analysis.
ASSESSMENT:
Open Notes Quiz
Reaction Writing
Power Point poetry analysis
Final Exam