Course Curriculum: Honors Survey of Literature
Survey of Literature centers around a yearlong theme of identity. Each quarter examines a different identity ranging from personal to global. The class provides students with an intensive survey of literature, grammar, vocabulary, and writing focusing specifically on this universal theme.
The curriculum includes short stories, novels, mythology, poetry, Shakespeare, nonfiction, writing, vocabulary, and grammar. The class also lays out a detailed foundation for students to develop and hone their writing skills in a variety of forms, including narrative, rhetorical, argumentative, and literary analysis essays as well as in-class cold readings, in-class short writing assignments, and in-class essays. Students will also complete a short research paper.
Special attention is paid to developing the student’s skill sets in alignment with the Common Core State Standards, the ACT and PARCC Exams, The Prestwick House Pre-AP: Readings and Exercises, and the College Board’s Pre-AP Vertical Teams Guide for English, to ensure a rich and rigorous college-prep curriculum.
Title of Primary Text: Prentice Hall Literature Platinum
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Supplemental Texts: The Metamorphoses, The Curious Incident in the Dog of the Night-Time Romeo and Juliet, Fahrenheit 451, Of Mice and Men, Things Fall Apart, and Zeitoun; Additional short stories, essays, and poems
Course Goals and Objectives
· Students will demonstrate the ability to respond to a text by employing personal experiences and critical analysis.
· Students will demonstrate the ability to compose in a variety of modes by developing content, employing specific forms, and selecting
language appropriate for a particular audience and purpose.
· Students will demonstrate the ability to control language by applying the conventions of Standard English in writing and speaking.
· Students will demonstrate the ability to evaluate the content, organization, and language use of texts.
Survey of Literature centers around a yearlong theme of identity. Each quarter examines a different identity ranging from personal to global. The class provides students with an intensive survey of literature, grammar, vocabulary, and writing focusing specifically on this universal theme.
The curriculum includes short stories, novels, mythology, poetry, Shakespeare, nonfiction, writing, vocabulary, and grammar. The class also lays out a detailed foundation for students to develop and hone their writing skills in a variety of forms, including narrative, rhetorical, argumentative, and literary analysis essays as well as in-class cold readings, in-class short writing assignments, and in-class essays. Students will also complete a short research paper.
Special attention is paid to developing the student’s skill sets in alignment with the Common Core State Standards, the ACT and PARCC Exams, The Prestwick House Pre-AP: Readings and Exercises, and the College Board’s Pre-AP Vertical Teams Guide for English, to ensure a rich and rigorous college-prep curriculum.
Title of Primary Text: Prentice Hall Literature Platinum
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Supplemental Texts: The Metamorphoses, The Curious Incident in the Dog of the Night-Time Romeo and Juliet, Fahrenheit 451, Of Mice and Men, Things Fall Apart, and Zeitoun; Additional short stories, essays, and poems
Course Goals and Objectives
· Students will demonstrate the ability to respond to a text by employing personal experiences and critical analysis.
· Students will demonstrate the ability to compose in a variety of modes by developing content, employing specific forms, and selecting
language appropriate for a particular audience and purpose.
· Students will demonstrate the ability to control language by applying the conventions of Standard English in writing and speaking.
· Students will demonstrate the ability to evaluate the content, organization, and language use of texts.
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