ENGLISH LITERATURE/COMPOSITION 122B

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will survey British works and authors from the Seventeenth Century through the contemporary age and prepare the college-bound student for specific writing experiences such as exposition, analysis of literature and literary criticism. Structure and style will vary from informal to formal writing. Literary terms vocabulary study, composition techniques, speaking and listening activities and parallel readings will be incorporated. Performance objectives included below are an indication of the expectancies of teachers in evaluating student progress in this course.

  1. WRITING
    1. Exposition
      1. Classification
      2. Comparison/contrast
      3. Cause/effect
      4. Definition
    2. Argumentation/Persuasion
    3. Literary analysis
    4. Creative/Expressive Writing
    5. Impromptu/Timed writings
    6. Reader response

  2. READING/LITERATURE
    1. The Seventeenth Century
      1. Background
      2. Representative literary selections
      3. Suggested composition activities
        1. Structure of the essay
        2. Usage and style
        3. Types (minimum of one formal paper)
          1. Literary analysis
          2. Comparison
          3. Creative/expressive
      4. Literary terms
    2. The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century
      1. Background
      2. Representative literary selections
      3. Suggested composition activities
        1. Revision techniques
        2. Types (minimum of one)
          1. Argumentation/persuasion
          2. Literary analysis
          3. Creative/expressive
      4. Literary terms
    3. The Romantic Age
      1. Background
      2. Representative literary selections
      3. Suggested composition activities
        1. Revision techniques
        2. Types (minimum of one)
          1. Literary analysis
          2. Comparison/contrast
          3. Creative/expressive
      4. Literary terms
    4. The Victorian Age
      1. Background
      2. Representative literary selections
      3. Suggested composition activities
        1. Revision techniques
        2. Types (minimum of one)
          1. Cause/effect
          2. Literary analysis
          3. Creative/expressive
      4. Literary terms
    5. The Modern Period
      1. Background
      2. Representative literary selections
      3. Suggested composition activities
        1. Revision techniques
        2. Types (minimum of one)
          1. Exposition
          2. Literary analysis
          3. Creative/expressive
          4. Impromptu
      4. Literary terms
    6. Contemporary Writers
      1. Background
      2. Representative literary selections
      3. Suggested composition activities
        1. Revision techniques
        2. Types (minimum of one)
          1. Literary analysis
          2. Creative/expressive
          3. Impromptu/times writings
    7. Parallel readings

  3. USAGE/GRAMMAR
    1. Usage and style
    2. Sentence structure
    3. Mechanics

  4. LANGUAGE/VOCABULARY
    1. Defining words from literary selections
    2. Identifying meanings of words on quizzes
    3. Completing units from vocabulary workshop

  5. RESEARCH/TECHNOLOGY
    1. On-line services
    2. Word processing activities 

  6. SPEAKING/LISTENING
    1. Oral presentations
    2. Class discussions
    3. Group discussions/presentations
    4. Notetaking

     

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