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analyze archetypes, universal themes, epic poetry, epic similes, and the epic;
compare on contrast literary forms of different historical periods.
Vocabulary Skills:
Understand and identify Anglo-Saxon words and affixes
Create semantic maps
Use context clues to determine the meaning of words.
Writing Skills: Develop, write, and revise a descriptive essay
CORE TEXTS: Holt Elements of Literature 3rd Course
From Beowulf, Part One, translated by Burton Raffel. Pgs. 21-28
From Beowulf, Part Two, translated by Seamus Heaney. Pgs. 33-38
SUGGESTED TEXTS:
Leeming, David Adams. The Anglo-Saxons: 449-1066. Pgs. 6-19
Chua-Eoan, Howard G. Life in 999: A Grim Struggle. Pgs. 30-31
Ashdown, Ellen. The Fury of the Northmen. Pg. 39
ASSESSMENT / EVIDENCE
Descriptive essay
Personal Statement and Resume
Weekly reading comprehension, grammar, vocabulary quizzes
Cloze reading method activities
ACTIVITIES / LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES:
GRAMMAR INTEGRATION:
1. Parts of Speech
2. Grammar Mechanics
RESOURCES:
GRAMMAR INTEGRATION:
1. Review Parts of Speech
2. Punctuation/Mechanics
RESOURCES:
historical period
Analyze ballads, frame stories, narrators, fables, archetypes, characterization, imagery,
verbal and situational irony, couplets and the use of rhymes
Compare and contrast works of major literary periods.
Reading Skills:
Analyze style using key details
Interpret character
Evaluate historical context
Compare influences of different historical periods.
Vocabulary Skills:
Create semantic maps with antonyms
Understand etymologies and multiple-meaning words
Complete word analogies
Writing Skills: Develop, write and revise a literary research paper.
Listening and Speaking Skills: Present a literary research paper.
CORE TEXTS: Holt Elements of Literature 3rd Course
Chaucer, Geoffrey (translanted by Nevill Coghill). From The Wife of Baths Tale.
Pgs. 156-166
Malory, Sir Thomas (retold by Keith Baines). The Day of Destiny from Le Morte
dArthur. Pgs. 194-200
SUGGESTED TEXTS:
Literary Focus: Couplets: Sound and Sense. Pg. 167
Sir Thomas Malory (c.1405 1471). Pg. 192
From The Day of Destiny. Pg. 194-200
ASSESSMENT / EVIDENCE
Historical Report
Weekly reading comprehension, grammar, vocabulary quizzes
Cloze reading method activities
ACTIVITIES / LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES:
GRAMMAR INTEGRATION:
1. Review Parts of Speech
2. Punctuation
RESOURCES:
GRAMMAR INTEGRATION:
1. Rhetoric writing methods
2. Citations
3. MLA Standards
4. Grammar Review
RESOURCES:
GRAMMAR INTEGRATION:
5. Rhetoric writing methods
6. Citations
7. MLA Standards
8. Grammar Review
RESOURCES:
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ASSESSMENT / EVIDENCE
Multimedia presentation
Reflective Essay
Weekly reading comprehension, grammar, vocabulary quizzes
Cloze reading method activities
ACTIVITIES / LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES:
GRAMMAR INTEGRATION:
9. Rhetoric writing methods
10. Citations
11. MLA Standards
12. Grammar Review
RESOURCES:
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GRAMMAR INTEGRATION:
13. Rhetoric writing methods
14. Citations
15. MLA Standards
16. Grammar Review
RESOURCES:
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GRAMMAR INTEGRATION:
17. Rhetoric writing methods
18. Citations
19. MLA Standards
20. Grammar Review
RESOURCES:
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