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10 Grade – World Literature 10 th Grade – World Literature TIME CONTENT/THEME CORE GOALS/SKILLS ASSESSMENT SUGGESTED RESOURCES • Unit Test w/ open ended question • The Epic of Gilgamesh st 1 Marking Period Ancient Worlds • Elements of epics • Content plus application • The Mahabharata • Epic hero, archetype, quest/journey • Extension activities • The Fisherman and the Jinnee • Literary Devices • Collins quizzes/activities • Selections from the anthology • Structure: flashback, frame story • Figurative language: allusion • Literary Elements • Characterization, theme/moral, imagery, conflict • Literary Genre • Epic • Folk Tale • World Scriptures/Proverbs Persuasive Writing (Summer Read.) • • Writing Process (modeled) Revised five-paragraph essay • Intro, body, conclusion • Text Citation Chinese/Japanese Literature • Unit Test w/ open ended questions • Tao Te Ching • Literary Devices • Content plus application • The Analects • Structure: cause/effect text structure • Extension Activities • Zen Parables • Figurative language: aphorism, paradox, • Collins quizzes/activities • Poetic selections from the anthology imagery, metaphor • Literary Elements • Tone, style, mood, theme (analyze relationship) • Literary Genre • Philosophical Text / Parables • Poetry • Tanka • Haiku Ancient Greece & Rome • • Oedipus Written Response (Collins Type 3) • Elements of Tragic Drama • Persuasive analysis of the • Aristotle’s definition of tragedy/tragic components of a tragedy hero • Literary Devices • Structure: foreshadow, flashback, strophe, anti-strophe, subplots • Figurative language: irony, illusion • Literary Elements • conflict, tone, point of view, irony, setting • Literary Genre Vocabulary • Tragic Drama • • Vocabulary Power Plus Book 2 Unit Tests • • Sadlier-Oxford Books E and F • Word acquisition and usage Extension Activities • Anthology supplementals Grammar • • Diagramming Grammar Workbook • • • Parts of Speech, Parts of the Sentences Tests Anthology Supplementals • Extension Activities • Student Samples 10 th Grade – World Literature TIME CONTENT/THEME CORE GOALS/SKILLS ASSESSMENT SUGGESTED RESOURCES 2nd Marking Period The Middle Ages • Elements of Medieval Literature • Unit Test w/ open ended questions • Song of Roland • Feudal values, courtly love, hero virtues • Content plus application • Nibelungenlied • Elements of epic • Extension Activities • Percival: The Grail • Historical development of the epic, • Collins quizzes/activities • The Divine Comedy archetype • The Lay of the Werewolf • Literary Devices • Structure: narrative poetry • Figurative language: imagery, metaphor, allusion, irony • Literary Elements • symbolism, point of view (first person), voice, tone, purpose • Literary Genre • Medieval Epic • Poetry • Short Story • Allegory Informative/Analytical Writing • • Five paragraph essay Writing Process • Text Citations • Comparison of Purpose/Values The Renaissance • Unit Test w/ open ended questions • Selections from Petrarch and Ronsard • Literary Devices • Content plus application • Decameron • Sound Techniques: scansion, rhyme, • Extension Activities • Choose one selection from Elizabethan rhythm, meter, assonance, alliteration, • Collins quizzes/activities tragedy repetition • Julius Caesar • Figurative Language: imagery, metaphor, • Dr. Faustus (Marlowe) irony, hyperbole • From Don Quixote • Literary Elements • Symbolism, characterization, motive, theme, tone, style, mod, conflict • Literary Genre • Poetry o Lyric Poetry o Sonnets • Fiction: short story, novella o Frame • Fiction: Courtly Romance • Drama o Elizabethan tragedy Vocabulary • • Unit Tests Vocabulary Power Plus Book 2 • • Word acquisition and usage Extension Activities • Sadlier-Oxford Books E and F Grammar • Anthology Supplementals • Clauses • independent vs. dependent • Unit Tests • Grammar Workbook • adjective, adverb, noun • Extension Activities • Anthology Supplementals • Sentence Type • Student Samples • Compound • Complex 10 th Grade – World Literature • Compound/Complex 10 th Grade – World Literature TIME CONTENT/THEME CORE GOALS/SKILLS ASSESSMENT SUGGESTED RESOURCES 3rd Marking Period Rationalism • Literary Devices • Unit Test w/ open ended questions • The Fox and the Crow • Figurative Language: personification, • Content plus application • The Oak and the Reed exaggeration, understatement, faulty logic • Extension Activities • Candide • Literary Elements • Collins quizzes/activities • symbolism, moral • Literary Genre • Fable • Fiction/Satire Romanticism • • Elements of Romanticism • Unit Test w/ open ended questions Faust (Goethe) • Nature, Individualism, Emotion • Content plus application • The Expiation • • Extension Activities • Other poetic selections from anthology Literary Devices • • Collins quizzes/activities Structure: foreshadow • Figurative language: imagery • Literary Elements • Theme, tone, conflict, characterization (character motivation), symbolism, mood, point of view • Literary Genre • Drama • Poetry Realism • Unit Test w/ open ended questions • Choice of short stories • Elements of Realism • Content plus application • Two Friends • Common language, everyday characters, • Extension Activities • How much land Does a Man Need factual presentation • Collins quizzes/activities • A Problem • Literary Devices • A Doll House • Structure: foreshadow, flashback • Choice of Critical Reviews on A Doll • Figurative language: irony House from anthology • Literary Elements • characterization (dynamic/static, motivation), conflict (internal/external), setting, theme, tone, mood • Literary Genre • Fiction: short story • Informative/Analytical Writing Drama • Critical Review • Five paragraph essay • Writing Process • Text Citations Vocabulary • Comparison of Romantic/Realistic works (Prentice Hall 956) • Unit Tests • Extension Activities • Word acquisition and usage Grammar • Vocabulary Power Plus Book 2 • Unit Tests • Sadlier-Oxford Books E and F • Extension Activities • Anthology Supplementals • Verbals (recognition, construction, application) • Grammar Workbook • Participles • Anthology Supplementals • Gerunds • Student Samples • Infinitive 10 th Grade – World Literature • Appositives • Prepositional phrases 10 th Grade – World Literature TIME CONTENT/THEME CORE GOALS/SKILLS ASSESSMENT SUGGESTED RESOURCES 4th Marking Period Modern • Elements of Modern Literature • Experimentation, psychological analysis • Unit Test w/ open ended questions • The Metamorphosis of character, questioning values of the • Content plus application • Poetic selections from anthology past • Extension Activities • Choice of short story selections from • Elements of Literature of the Fantastic • Collins quizzes/activities anthologies • Nightmarish mood, science fiction, • War distorted views • The Glass of Milk • Literary Devices • Under Reconstruction • Structure: foreshadow, flashback, • My Old Home epiphany • Figurative Language: irony, imagery, metaphor • Literary Elements • Conflict, mood, tone, characterization (direct/indirect, static/dynamic), purpose, point of view, setting, atmosphere, speaker • Literary Genre • Autobiographical Fiction • Short Stories • Poetry o Lyrical Contemporary • Unit Test w/ open ended questions • The Handsomest Drowned Man in the • Elements of Literature of Contemporary • Content plus application World Literature • Extension Activities • House Taken Over • Conflicting lifestyles (traditional/modern), • Collins quizzes/activities • postwar reaction to culture, passionate The Guest • search for identity and meaning The Noble Prize n Literature • • Literary Devices Selections of Poetry from anthology • Figurative Language: irony, imagery, • Supplimental text including but not metaphor, simile, personification limited to • • Mirrors and Windows Literary Elements • • Choice of novel including but not limited Point of view, conflict, purpose, tone, to mood, symbolism, theme, speaker • • Things Fall Apart Literary Genre • Short Story o Magical Realism o Existentialism • Speech • Poetry o Surrealism • Memoir/Oral History • Novel Informative/Analytical Writing • • Five paragraph essay Writing Process • Text Citations • Comparison and contrast Literary Themes Vocabulary Across Cultures (Prentice Hall 1402) • Vocabulary Power Plus Book 2 • Unit Tests • Sadlier-Oxford Books E and F • • Extension Activities Grammar Word acquisition and usage • Anthology Supplementals • • Unit Tests Review • Grammar Workbook • phrases and clauses • Extension Activities 10 th Grade – World Literature • sentence types and combination • Anthology Supplementals • Student Samples TIME CONTENT/THEME CORE GOALS/SKILLS ASSESSMENT SUGGESTED RESOURCES ALL MARKING PERIODS Comprehension and Reading Skills • Vocabulary • Collins Activities • Teacher Modeling For Fiction & Non-Fiction o Acquisition and use • Unit Tests • Scaffolding of Techniques RECURSIVE • Word recognition • Writing Activities • PSSA style questions o Root words and content words • Extension Activities • Classroom Texts • 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 • Interpret, compare, describe, analyze and • Collins Activities Interpretation and Analysis evaluate components • Unit Tests Of Fiction and Non-Fiction o Character, setting, plot, theme, • Writing Activities tone, style, mood, symbolism • Extension Activities 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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