Senior English: World Literature
Syllabus: September to December, 2013
Ms. Deborah Fallon
The student is responsible for being prepared for class by following the schedule in the
syllabus. The instructor retains the right to alter dates or add assessments as the need
arises. Changes to the syllabus will be posted on the teacher’s page.
This class is designed to be interactive and your participation is crucial. As one means
of assessing your involvement, daily attendance will be monitored. If you are absent,
you are responsible for securing class notes and handouts and checking the teacher’s
page for any changes. Tests, in class essays, etc. must be made up within two days of
your return to school.
Summer Reading:
Summer reading will be discussed on the following days:
Title
Date
Rebecca
9/11
Siddhartha
9/12
The Stranger
9/13
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
9/16
Little, Brown Handbook
The Little, Brown Handbook is an important grammar, usage, writing and style resource
book that has been adopted for the sophomore, junior, and senior classes. You should
consult this text for help/review as you complete your homework. Specific assignments
will be made at the instructor’s discretion, and you are responsible for bringing your book
to class when work is due.
Literature—Pearson Prentice-Hall World Masterpieces: Reading Schedule.
Be prepared to discuss the assigned works on the dates indicated. Preparation includes
completing the reading and initiating or participating in class discussion. Class
preparation may be tested through measures such as unannounced quizzes, in class
writing assignments, or group discussion.
Unit 8: The Modern Age (1890-1945)
Week of
Day
Pages
Sept 2
9/4
College
9/5
In class
9/6
1049-1061
Sept.9
9/9
In class
9/10
Film clips
& character
discussion
Topic
Essays Due
Time with Mrs.
Unit 8
Introduction
Works in
Translation
Rebecca
Comments
Devins
Sept 16
Sept 23
9/11
9/12
9/13
Panel
Panel
Panel
Rebecca
Siddhartha
The Stranger
(L’Etranger)
Portrait…
Kafka, The
Metamorphosis I
9/16
9/17
Panel
1064-1079
9/18
1080-1094
9/19
9/20
Yearbook
1095-1108
9/23
1116-1122
9/24
9/25
1126-1132
1160-1169
9/26
1144-1157
Kafka, The
Metamorphosis
II
Class
Kafka, The
Metamorphosis
III
Colette “The
Bracelet”
Pirandello “War”
Tagore “The
Artist”
Lyric poetry
9/27
Unit 8
Wrap up
Unit 1: Ancient Worlds (c. 3000 BCE-1400 CE)
Week of
Day
Pages
Topic
September 30 Assessment
Unit 8
due
assessment
10/1
1-15
Unit 1
Introduction
10/2
16-18;25Two Floods
29;36;44-50
October 7
10/3
10/4
10/7
10/8
10/9
58-66
76;78-81
130-131
100-105
114-125
Book of Ruth
3 Surahs
African Proverbs
Khayyam
Rumi
10/10
In class
Unit 1
assessment
Portfolio Day
10/11
Pictures
French
Italian
Indian
Ends Unit
8
Comments
Sumerian
and
Hebrew
The Qur’an
Persian
Sufi
poetry; End
of Unit 1
End Fall
Mid Term
Unit 4: Ancient Greece and Rome (800 BCE-500 CE)
Week of
Day
Pages
Topic
October 14
Columbus
Day
Holiday
10/15
347-359
Unit 4
Introduction
10/16
No Classes
PSAT Day
10/17
412-418
Sappho,
Pindar
10/18
422-432
Thucydides
October 21
10/21
438-456
Plato’s
apology:
Socrates
10/22
460Greek drama
466;469-499
10/23
503-523
Oedipus Rex
10/24
In class
Crime and
introduction Punishment
10/25
October 28
10/28
532-544
Virgil
10/29
In class:
Ovid
548-552
10/30
In class:556- Tacitus
564
10/31
11/1
C&P Part I
November 4 11/4
In class:
Unit 2
163-175
Introduction
Unit 2: Indian Literature (1400 BCE-500 CE)
Week of
Day
Pages
Topic
11/5
C&P Part II
11/6
In class: 176- Rig Veda
182
11/7
11/8
C&P Part III
Nov 11
11/11
In class: 186- Wisdom
189
literature
11/12
In class: 190- Mahabharata
199
11/13
C&P Part IV
11/14
In class: 200- Bhagavad207
Gita
11/15
Portfolio Day!
Comments
Greek Lyric
poetry
Oration
Oedipus Rex
Part 1
Part 2
Bring your
book to class!
Aeneid
Icarus and
Dedalus
The Annals
Due: Unit 4
Assessment
Comments
Indian Epic
Indian Epic
End of Fall
Term
Nov 18
11/18
11/19
11/20
11/21
11/25
11/26
C&P Part V
C&P
discussion
Complete
C&P
Wrap up
Essay Due
Thanksgiving
Recess
11/22
Nov 25
In class: 208217
In class 220227
Unit 5: The Middle Ages (450-1300 CE)
Dec 2
12/2
Thanksgiving
12/3
In class: 538595
12/4
598-609
Dec 9
Dec 16
Indian Epic
Panchatantra
Indian Animal
Fables; end of
Unit 2
C&P
assessment
Begins
Recess
Unit 5
Introduction
Chanson de
Roland
12/5
12/6
610-618
626-641
12/9
642-648
12/10
In class
12/11
12/12
12/13
12/16
656-664
665-672
674-682
In class: 652655
683-691
Nibelungenlied
Percival: The
Grail
The Lay of the
Werewolf
Introduction
The Inferno
The Inferno
The Inferno
The Inferno
Galahad:
Tennyson
The Inferno
Concept Map
Review
Assessment
due
Advent
Christmas!
The Inferno
assessment
Prayer
Christmas!
12/17
12/18
12/19
Christmas!
Ramayana
12/20
Christmas!
Medieval
Romance
Saga
Grail Quest
Canto I
Canto III
Canto V
Victorian
era view
Canto
XXXIV
Completes
Unit 5
Service
Christmas!