Skill Focus
Anchor Text
Works
Nonfiction
Philosophy
Critical reading, annotation,
evaluation, analysis, abstract,
concrete
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle
Maintenance
Self-Reliance – Emerson (e)
The Joy of Reading and Writing:
Superman and Me – Alexi (e)
Character
Dynamic, static, flat, round,
protagonist, antagonist, foil,
conflict, hubris
(The Awakening)
A Doll’s House
Comparison
Literal vs. figurative: Symbol,
imagery, metaphor, conceit, motif,
simile
(Frankenstein)
Invisible Man
Irony
Paradox, hyperbole, juxtaposition,
satire
Hamlet
On Tragedy – Aristotle (e) 2196
A Clack of Tiny Sparks:
Remembrances of a Gay Boyhood –
Cooper (e)
Mirror – Plath (p)
Snapping Beans – Parker (p)
Those Winter Sundays – Hayden (p)
Ulysses – Tennyson (p)
The Love Song of Alfred J Prufrock –
Eliot (p)
My Papa’s Waltz – Roethke (p)
The Death of the Hired Man – Frost
(p)
How it Feels to be Colored Me –
Hurston (e)
The Oedipus Complex – Freud (e)
1380
The Ways We Lie – Ericsson (e)
She being brand – Cummings (p)
Father’s Old Blue Cardigan – Carson
(p)
Dusting – Alvarez (p)
The Road Not Taken – Frost (p)
Ode On a Grecian Urn – Keats (p)
Dream Deferred – Hughes (p)
We wear the Mask – McKay (p)
Birches – Frost (p)
Fire and Ice – Frost (p)
Dead Armadillos – White (p)
Titanic – Slavitt (p)
None
Anchor Text
Naked Lunch – Hollinger (d)
Anchor Text
Mistaken Identity – Cooper(d)
Empty Your Cup – Zen Parable
Bell Teacher – Zen Parable
Everyone You Meet – Zen Parable
Story of an Hour – Chopin (ss)
Eleven – Cisneros (ss)
Rules of the Game – Tan (ss)
There Was a Man, There was a
Woman – Cisneros (ss)
Birthday Party – Brush (ss)
A & P – Updike(ss)
Where Are You Going, Where Have
You Been? – Oates (ss)
Writing Skills
Drafting Process
Thesis Statements
Pathos, Ethos, Logos
Diction and Syntax
Voice
Topic Sentences & Concluding
Statements
Citation and Paraphrasing
MLA Formatting
Diction and Syntax
Toulmin Argument
Argument of Definition
Popular Mechanics – Carver (ss)
Modest Proposal – Swift (ss)
Birthday Party – Katharine Brush (ss)
Good Country People – O’Connor
(ss)
The Lottery – Jackson (ss)
The Rocking Horse Winner –
Lawrence (ss)
Barbie-Q – Cisneros (ss)
Argument of Evaluation
Humor in Arguments
Formal Writing
Assignment
Writing Conferences
Personal Statement
Tone Analysis
Moment in a Novel
Marginalia – Collins (p)
Catch – Francis (p)
Introduction to Poetry – Collins (p)
After Apple Picking – Frost (p)
Poetry
Drama
Short Story
Character Analysis
Writing Portfolio Essay
Style
Syntax, diction, connotation,
denotation, dialect, climax,
sentence structure, in medias res,
flashback, foreshadowing, structure
The Things They Carried
Point of View/Narration
Omniscient, first person, third
person limited, unreliable narrator,
stream of consciousness
Setting
Local color, regionalism, dialect,
imagery, milieu
Total Effect
Combination of previous skill sets
The Bluest Eye
Heart of Darkness
Independent Novel
From “The Constant Symbol” – Frost
(e)
From “The Unmade Word, Or
Fetching and Far-Fetching” – Frost
(e)
The Joy of Reading and Writing:
Superman and Me – Alexi (e)
Ain’t I a Woman – Truth (e)
My Last Duchess – Browning (p)
Me Up At Does – Cummings (p)
Mother Tongue – Tan (e)
Graduation – Angelou (e)
Stopping by Woods – Frost (p)
Late Night at the Pawn Shop –
Espada (p)
Song from the Front Yard – Brooks
(p)
Home Burial – Frost (p)
Mending Wall – Frost (p)
Suburban – Ciardi (p)
None
“The Trip” from Persepolis – Satrapi
(gn) [Bedford]
Once Upon a Time – Activity in
Workshop packet (ss)
Araby – Joyce (ss)
Tell-tale heart – Poe (ss)
Girl – Kincaid (ss)
Indian Education – Alexi (ss)
Triffles – Glaspell (d)
A Rose for Emily – Faulkner (ss)
The Yellow Wallpaper – Gilman (ss)
Tell-tale Heart – Poe (ss)
Everyday Use – Walker (ss)
Fences – Wilson (d)
Sonny’s Blues – Baldwin (ss)
Cask of Amontillado – Poe (ss)
Fall of the House of Usher – Poe (ss)
The Life You Save May Be Your Own
– O’Connor (ss)
Every Hurricane – Alexi (ss)
Indian Education – Alexi (ss)
Writing Skills
Style in Arguments
Visual Arguments
Evidence and Research in
Arguments
Arguments of Proposal
Formal Writing
Assignment
Tone Analysis
Creative Writing Assignment
Photo Essay
Moment in a Novel, part II
Critical Evaluation
Writing Portfolio Essay
Skill Focus
Anchor Text
Works
Nonfiction
Poetry
Drama
Short Story