Curriculum Map for English III GEN

Curriculum Map for English III_GEN Mrs. Rouse

Beginning of the Year Introductions  Go over syllabus, expectations, rules, etc.  Assign seats/ learn names—introduction game  Assign text books  Discussion: Why study American Literature?

UNIT 1: Native American Literature Native American Myths and Legends  “Earth on Turtle’s Back”  “When Grizzlies Walked Upright”  “Navajo Origin Legend”

Native American Myths and Legends (continued)  Finish myth-search (turn in worksheets)  Quiz over Native American myths and legends  Writing myths- myth must attempt to answer a big life question (something that is hard to explain) (narrative writing assignment)

UNIT 2: Intro to Puritans Early Explorers and Colonists (Narrative Accounts)  Christopher Columbus “Journal of the First American Voyage” o Quiz  John Smith “The General History of Virginia” o Paraphrase  William Bradford and the Puritans “Of Plymouth Plantation” o Author background notes/ Puritan notes o Reading Preparation (notes and outline over selection)  Probably do either Smith or Bradford for general (both for CP—one independent)  DO a quiz over material

UNIT 3: Research Week 1 (Or Research a modern-day scandal) Research Project (Puritanism and Salem Witchcraft Trials)  Citing Internet Sources  Source Cards and Note Cards  In-text citations  Works Cited Page  Begin internet research Research Project (Puritanism and Salem Witchcraft Trials)  Work on research paper format and thesis statements.  Continue work on research papers  One-on-one meetings with students to check progress  Finish research project and hand in paper (3 pages plus reference page)

UNIT 4: The Crucible Week 1 The Crucible  Video on the Salem Witch Trials o Quiz over the video  Notes over Arthur Miller and the play  Begin reading Acts together in class (answer Act questions)

Week 2 o Continue reading Acts/ answering Act questions

Week 3 o Continue reading Acts/ answering Act questions

Week 4 o Finish “The Crucible” o Test over “The Crucible” o Movie

Unit 5: Romanticism Romantics o Day 1:Notes over Washington Irving and Romanticism w/ guided notes (1/2 day) o Begin reading “The Devil and Tom Walker” p. 242 o Day 2: Finish reading “The Devil and Tom Walker” o Day 3: Begin Short Story Analysis o Day 4: Finish Short Story Analysis and go over (turn in) o Day 5: Test over Irving notes and “The Devil and Tom Walker” (trade and grade?)

Romantics continued/ Poe o Notes over Poe o “The Fall of the House of Usher” p. 308 o Go over vocabulary terms and how to break apart complex sentences to determine meaning (might want to pick a few sentences from the story and have students determine the central idea—paraphrase—for practice) o Have students answer book questions at the end of the story and then go over. o Reading and answering questions will take about 2- 2 ½ days in class. o “The Fall of the House of Usher” Review (collect as test grade) Unit 6: Expansion and Unrest A Turn against Slavery and the American Civil War o Background notes (American Civil War) with accompanying guided notes o Informational Texts- select a modern article about the historical impact of slavery o Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl “The Trials of Girlhood” o Frederick Douglas, “My Bondage My Freedom” o “An Episode of War” by Stephen Crane o Realism and Naturalism o “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Pierce o Comparative selection (from text) Robert E. Lee and Lincoln o Unit Test

Continue with Post Civil War Expansion  Mark Twain and Regionalism  Bret Harte “The Outcasts of Poker Flats”  Jack London “To Build a Fire”

Unit 7: The Great Gatsby  themes and symbols  thematic analysis paper