Teacher’s Name: Julie Larsen
Building: Underwood High School Grade: 11 Subject/Course: Literature
(masterpieces)
Content
Willa Cather
My Antonia
Skills
Reading
January
Edith Wharton
Ethan Frome
Reading
February
Mark Twain
The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn
March
Reading
Essential
Questions
Assessment
In My Antonia how does Willa
Cather use the elements of the
novel as a literary genre to
demonstrate the struggles of
immigrants on the plains and
prairies?
Summarize Plot
Analyze Characters
Describe Setting
State and explain themes
Identify literary techniques
In Ethan Frome, how does Edith
Wharton use the elements of the
novel as a literary genre to
express a psychology of
helplessness, hopelessness, and
despair?
Summarize Plot
Analyze Characters
Describe Setting
State and explain themes
Identify literary techniques
How is Mark Twain’s The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
a novel of social criticism?
Summarize Plot
Analyze Characters
Describe Setting
State and explain themes
Identify literary techniques
How does Ernest Hemingway’s
Summarize Plot
Reading
The Old Man and the Sea relate
to Hemingway’s philosophies?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
Reading
How do the characters in
Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
represent the quest for wealth in
American society?
Analyze Characters
Describe Setting
State and explain themes
Identify literary techniques
Summarize Plot
Analyze Characters
Describe Setting
State and explain themes
Identify literary techniques
John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men
Reading
How does Steinbeck depict life
during the Great Depression in
his novel Of Mice and Men?
Ernest Hemingway
The Old Man and
the Sea
April
May
Summarize Plot
Analyze Characters
Describe Setting
State and explain themes
Identify literary techniques