Week 1: Unit One: Fiction and Nonfiction.
Letter of introduction and return letter of introduction.
Course outline/syllabus, course requirements, my expectations/ their expectations and
rules of the class.
1. “My Antonia” Review and summer work.
2. This I Believe…
3. “The Giant’s House”
4. Character descriptions
5. “Desiderata”
6. Short story terms.
7. Daily DLP (Daily Language Practice).
Week 2 and 3:
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The Washerwoman (CP) or New Directions (Reg.).
Edgar Alan Poe graphic novels
“Sonata for Harp and Bicycle” or “The Cask of Amontillado”
Don’t like the way it ends, well, rewrite it.
Gothic elements/ movies: “Rose Red” (selected scenes) and “Pit and the
Pendulum”
6. Short story terms.
7. Daily DLP.
Week 3 and 4:
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“A White House Diary” or “My English”
“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and “Uncle Marcos”
Short story terms.
Daily DLP.
Week 4 and 5: Short Stories
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“The Most Dangerous Game”
“The Gift of the Magi” and “The Interlopers”
Short story terms.
Daily DLP.
Week 5 and 6:
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“The Necklace” or “Rules of the Game”
“The Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird” or “The Invalid’s Story”
Short story terms.
Daily DLP.
Week 6: Types of Nonfiction.
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“A Celebrations of Grandfathers”
“The News” or “Single Room, Earth View”
Newspapers, magazines, readers as detectives.
Short story terms.
Daily DLP.
Week 7: Essays and Articles.
1. “Carry Your Own Skis”
2. “I Have a Dream” and “First Inaugural Address”
3. Short story terms.
4. Daily DLP.
Week 7, 8 and 9: Poetry.
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Student led groups will select, prepare and teach a poem from the textbook.
Teacher will cover poetry selections and textual analysis of said selections.
Poetry terms.
Daily DLP.
Week 10 and 11: Themes in Literature: Heroism.
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“The Odyssey”
Movie: “O’ Brother Where Art Thou”
Comparison Paper
Drama terms.
Daily DLP.
Week 12 and 13: Themes in Literature: Heroism continued.
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“Three Skeleton Key” or “The Red-Headed League”
“There is a Longing” and/or “Glory and Hope”
Drama terms.
Daily DLP.
Week 14, 15 and 16: Drama
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“Romeo and Juliet”
Different movies (1968 and 1996 versions)
Videos ( The Little Rascals’ version)
Drama terms.
Daily DLP.
Week 17 and 18: EOC Review and Testing