12th Grade – British Literature
TIME
1st Marking Period
CONTENT/THEME
The Emergent Period
The Medieval Period
Persuasive Writing (Summer
Reading)
CORE GOALS/SKILLS
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Elements/Themes of Emergent Literature
• Religious Influences, Hero, Exile
• Literary Devices
• Sound techniques: alliteration, assonance
• Figurative language: Conceit, oxymoron,
apostrophe
• Literary structure: kenning, caesura
• Literary Elements
• Imagery, conflict, characterization
• Literary Genres
• Non-fiction: riddles
• Poetry: lyric, narrative (epic), elegy
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Elements of Medieval Literature
• Quest, Medieval Hero, Courtly Love
• Literary Devices
• Sound techniques: rhyme, meter, scansion
• Figurative language: metaphor, satire,
allusion,
• Literary Structure: heroic couplets,
iambic pentameter, frame
• Literary Elements
• Imagery, point of view, tone
• Literary Genres
• Non-Fiction: speech, autobiography,
narrative journal, essay
• Poetry: romance, ballad
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Writing Process
Text Citation
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Book 1 for Lit. Crit. Assignment (Hon./Adv.)
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Word Acquisition and Usage
Multiple Meaning/Roots
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Review and remediation as indicated through
student writing
Independent Reading Assignment
Vocabulary
Grammar
ASSESSMENT
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Unit Test w/ open ended question
• Content and application
Extension Activities
Collins quizzes/activities
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Unit Test w/ open ended question
• Content and application
Extension Activities
Collins quizzes/activities
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Five-paragraph composition
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Writing Assignment
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Unit Test
Extension Activities
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Through writing activities
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
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Beowulf
The Seafarer
The Wanderer
The Wife’s Lament
The Riddles
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The General Prologue (TCT)
The Nun’s Priest’s Tale
The Pardoner’s Tale
Sir Gawain
Morte d’Arthur
The Twa Corbies
Barbara Allan
Lord Randall
Get Up and Bar the Door
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Vocabulary Power Plus Book 4
Sadlier-Oxford Books G, H
Anthology Supplemental
12th Grade – British Literature
TIME
2nd Marking Period
CONTENT/THEME
The Renaissance
CORE GOALS/SKILLS
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The Restoration & the 18th Century
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Element of Elizabethan Drama
Literary Devices
• Sound techniques: rhyme, meter
• Structure: stanza, sonnet
• Figurative language: irony, paradox,
metonymy, synecdoche
Literary Elements
• Point of view, conflict, mood, imager,
characterization, theme
Literary Genres
• Poetry: lyric
• Drama: tragedy, comedy
Elements of Gothicism
• Supernatural, melancholy, alienation
Literary Devices
• Sound techniques: rhyme
• Figurative Language: metaphor, satire,
understatement
• Literary structure: frame
Literary Elements
• Character traits, setting, theme, conflict,
mood, symbolism
Literary Genres
• Fiction: short story, novel excerpts
• Poetry: lyric
Independent Reading Assignment
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Book 2 for Lit. Crit (Hon./Adv.)
Book 1 for Lit Crit. (Regular)
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Writing Process
Text Citation
Vocabulary
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Iambic pentameter, rhyme, form
Grammar
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Word Acquisition and Usage
Multiple Meaning/Roots
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Review and remediation as indicated through
student writing
Persuasive Writing
Creative Writing
ASSESSMENT
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SUGGESTED RESOURCES
Unit Test w. open ended question
• Content and application
Extension Activities
Collins quizzes/activities
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Othello
Much Ado About Nothing
Sonnet 29
Sonnet 106
Sonnet 116
Sonnet 130
Sonnet 1
Sonnet 35
Sonnet 75
Sonnet 31
Sonnet 39
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Unit Test w. open ended question
• Content and application
Extension Activities
Collins quizzes/activities
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A Valediction for Mourning
Holy Sonnet 10
Meditation 17
To His Coy Mistress
Paradise Lost
Lilliput
Brobdingnag
The Rape of the Lock
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Writing Assignment
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Five-paragraph essay
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Original Sonnet
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Unit Test
Extension Activities
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Vocabulary Power Plus Book 4
Sadlier-Oxford Books G, H
Anthology Supplemental
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Through writing activities
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12th Grade – British Literature
TIME
3rd Marking Period
CONTENT/THEME
The Romantic Period
CORE GOALS/SKILLS
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Independent Reading
Research
Elements of Romanticism
• Nature, emotion, individuality
• Supernatural, melancholy, alienation (G)
Literary Devices
• Sound techniques: rhyme, meter
• Figurative language: personification,
simile, metaphor
Literary Elements
• Imagery, tone, mood, point of view
Literary Genres
• Poetry: lyric, ode
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Book 3 for Lit. Crit. (Honors)
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Plan a project
• Choose and theme and create a thesis
Locate information
• Use print and electronic sources to gather
articles on the author, theme and books
Evaluate the quality/importance of
information
• Skim and determine the quality and
usefulness of information in gathered
books and articles.
Gather data
• Takes notes
• Organize notes
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Informative Writing
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Author Study
Text Citation
Vocabulary
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Word Acquisition and Usage
Multiple Meaning/Roots
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Review and remediation as indicated through
student writing
Grammar
ASSESSMENT
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Unit Test w/open ended question
• Content and application
Extension Activities
Collins quizzes/activities
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Presentation of articles
Submission of note-cards
Submission of topic and thesis
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Biographical Paper
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Unit Test
Extension Activities
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Through writing
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
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The Lamb
The Tyger
To a Mouse
Tintern Abby
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Kubla Khan
She Walks in Beauty
Solitude
Ozymandies
To the Moon
Ode to a Nightingale
Ode to a Grecian Urn
Sense and Sensibility (multi-media)
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Library Print Sources
• Books, scholarly journals
Library Electronic Sources
• Ebscohost, SIRS, Facts on File Suite
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Vocabulary Power Plus Book 4
Sadlier-Oxford Books G, H
Anthology Supplemental
12th Grade – British Literature
TIME
4th Marking Period
CONTENT/THEME
The Victorian Period
CORE GOALS/SKILLS
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Modernism/Postmodernism
Victorian Themes
• Mad woman in the attic, place of women,
class structure
Literary Devices
• Sound techniques: meter, rhyme
• Figurative language: understatement,
irony, personification, simile, allusion,
• Literary structure: foreshadowing,
flashback
Literary Elements
• Conflict, characterization, theme, point of
view, symbolism
Literary Genres
• Fiction: novel,
• Poetry: dramatic, lyric
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Literary Devices
• Literary structure: stream of
consciousness
Literary Elements
o Conflict, point of view, tone,
style, symbolism, irony, theme,
characterization
Literary Genres
• Fiction: short story
• Poetry: lyric
Literary Criticism Writing
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Editing and Revision of Rough Draft
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Word Acquisition and Usage
Multiple Meaning/Roots
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Review and remediation as indicated through
student writing
Vocabulary
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
Unit Test w/ open ended question
• Content and application
Extension Activities
Collins Quizzes/Activities
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The Lady of Shalott
Ah, Are you Digging on My Grave
My Last Duchess
Sonnet 43
excerpt A Tale of Two Cities
excerpt Hard Time
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Unit Test w/ open ended question
• Content and application
Extension Activities
Collins Quizzes/Activities
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To An Athlete Dying Young
When I was One-and-twenty
The Soldier
Do Not Go Gentle
Araby
The Rocking Horse Winner
Lady in the Looking Glass
A Shocking Accident
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Final draft of paper
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Unit Test
Extension Activities
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Vocabulary Power Plus Book 3
Sadlier-Oxford Books F, G
Anthology Supplemental
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Through writing
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Grammar
ASSESSMENT
12th Grade – British Literature
TIME
ALL MARKING PERIODS
CONTENT/THEME
Comprehension and Reading Skills
For Fiction & Non-Fiction
CORE GOALS/SKILLS
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RECURSIVE
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Interpretation and Analysis
Of Fiction and Non-Fiction
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ASSESSMENT
Vocabulary
o Acquisition and use
Word recognition
o Root words and content words
Inferences/conclusions/generalizations
o Make inferences
o Cite supporting evidence
Main idea/details
o Identified stated or implied main
idea
o Cite supporting evidence
Summarization
o Summarize key details
Genre
o Identify/analyze purpose
o Cite supporting evidence
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Collins Activities
Unit Tests
Writing Activities
Extension Activities
Interpret, compare, describe, analyze and
evaluate components
o Character, setting, plot, theme,
tone, style, mood, symbolism
o Connections between texts
Interpret, compare, describe, analyze and
evaluate literary devices
o Examples/purpose/effectiveness
of personification, simile,
metaphor, hyperbole, satire,
imagery, foreshadowing,
flashbacks and irony
o Identify and assess effectiveness
of point of view
o Fact vs. opinion
o Bias/propaganda techniques
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Collins Activities
Unit Tests
Writing Activities
Extension Activities
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
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Teacher Modeling
Scaffolding of Techniques
PSSA style questions
Classroom Texts