Department: English
Course: English III
Date Updated (although this can be seen by selecting File>Revision History): September 11, 2013
Course Enduring Understadnings: Effective readers understand that the author's choice of vehicle, structure, and style affects the message of the work and how that message is
received by the audience. Effective readers analyze how complex characters develop over a course of a text and how an author structures a text.
Effective readers examine the author's use of language (figurative language, detail, syntax, irony, allusion, and other devices) in order to arrive at a textually‐
supported interpretation of the work. Effective readers will analyze two interpretations of the same scene and or subject and in the upper grades analyze
multiple interpretations of a text.
Course Essential Questions: How do I recognize what is central to the message? How does the structure of the piece relate to the meaning? How do I determine an author's tone
through the analysis of word choice and sentence structure? How do I effectively craft a piece of writing for a specific audience and purpose? How can I appropriately and respectively
express my engagement in the speaker's presentation?
How do I move beyond person bias to acknowledge another perspective? How do I know my role in a group?
How do I know and respect the roles that other group members play?
How do I know the difference between control and collaboration? How do I recognize and support good leadership? How do I apply knowledge of language to understand how it
functions in different contexts?
Unit Time Frame (# of weeks OR # of
Common Core Standars this Unit
Unit Title & Materials
lessons)
Addresses
Unit's Purpose[1]
Students explore this period as
America’s first prolific one of
literature, by examining works from
Cooper and Irving to Hawthorne,
Melville, Poe, Whitman, Emerson,
and
Thoreau. The prominent theme
during this period in American
literature of
“manifest destiny” may be introduced
by reading John O’Sullivan’s essay
“Annexation.” Students will wrestle
with how the romantics perceive
individualism and how this focus on
individualism relates to other themes
in
American literature.
Transcendentalism is explored as an
Textual evidence; Draw Inferences;
aspect of American romanticism and
Determine Central Ideas; Analzye ideas students should compare the
or sequence of events; Analyze
“romantics” with the
American Individualism
START October 21
structure for clarity.
“transcendentalists.”
*Research -Introduce topic and
establish MLA style
-Develop topic
-Use transitions to develop cohesion
-Use precise language
-Establish formal and objective ton
-Provide conclusion
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel
Hawthorne
END November 22
See W.11-12.2
Non-Fiction Texts
Primary Sources
-Initiate & Participate in a range of
discussions; prepared, collaborate,
perspective, thoughtful response and
reflection.
Demonstrate commaond of grammar &
usuage; Understand and Research
contested Usage; Demonstrate
command: capitalization, punctuation
(hyphens) and spelling.
- Textual evidence; Draw Inferences;
Determine Themes & Elements of Story
1. This is a brief (1-2 sentence max) summary of why the unit exists – the learning goals students are expected to accomplish – content mastery, conceptual
understanding, skill development. Will become the basis for selecting standards and identifying knowledge and skills.