Curriculum Scope and Sequence English II World Literature

Curriculum Scope and Sequence English II World Literature Ms. Lisa Lamkin, Building D, [email protected] Pre-AP English II World Literature

1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Theme(s) World Religion World Mythology World Literature World Literature Essential How does the study of world religion What is a myth? Why do myths Why do some human How does the media influence Questions and spiritual traditions impact (a) exist? What is classical conditions lead to isolation and tastes, behavior, purchasing, and writing perspective and (b) your mythology and why is it being an outcast? voting decisions? understanding of literary text? important? What is existentialism? What makes Shakespeare one of How do themes, motifs, and What commonalities do the great writers of all time? organizational patterns enhance the cultures share in their How do themes, motifs, and overall reading experience? mythology? organizational patterns enhance How does Shakespeare play with the overall reading experience? language? What is the effect of connotation How has literature defined and diction within a text? changed gender roles?

How do history and culture affect Why are parenthetical citation literature? and Works Cited essential to research writing?

What can you expect with research at college? Reading Poetry and Prose Selections from AP Poetry and Prose Selections Poetry and Prose Selections Poetry and Prose Selections from materials from AP materials from AP materials AP materials

Siddhartha The Odyssey The Metamorphosis Romeo and Juliet Hermann Hesse Homer Franz Kafka William Shakespeare

Inferno Medea The Metamorphosis Critical Dante Euripides Essays

Independent Reading Siddhartha The Odyssey The Metamorphosis Hermann Hesse Homer Franz Kafka

Inferno The Metamorphosis Critical Dante Essays

Writing Timed practice essays Timed practice essays Timed practice essays Timed practice essays

Informal reflections and analysis Informal reflections and Informal reflections and Informal reflections and analysis analysis analysis Engaging Story Procedural texts and Work- Poetry Analytical Essay Related Documents Analytical Essay Research Paper Persuasive Essay Script Expository Response Multimedia Presentation Expository Essay

Expository Response

SCHOOL SUPPLIES 2017-18 English II World Literature and English II Pre-AP World Literature  paper  pencils/pens/highlighter  spiral  folder  Kleenex Please purchase or check out the following books/plays:  Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse  Inferno by Dante  The Odyssey by Homer [Penguin Classics Edition/ Translated by Robert Fagles]  The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka [Bantam Classic edition which contains Critical Essays]  Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare [Folger Shakespeare Library edition]