ENGLISH LITERATURE/COMPOSITION 122Y
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will survey British works and authors from the Anglo-Saxon age 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 and will include a research paper which covers study from a historical or cultural perspective and is not limited to a literary period. Literary terms, vocabulary study, composition techniques, speaking and listening activities and parallel readings will be incorporated.
1. WRITING
1. Essay Structure
1. Thesis statement
2. Introductory paragraph
3. Paragraph development
4. Transitional devices
5. Conclusion
2. Composition Activities
1. Exposition
1. Classification/definition
2. Comparison/contrast
3. Cause/effect
2. Literary analysis
3. Creative/expressive writing
4. Reader response
5. Impromptu/timed writings
6. Argumentation/persuasion
2. READING/LITERATURE
1. The Anglo/Saxon Age
1. Background
2. Representative literary selections
3. Suggested composition activities
1. Structure of the essay
2. Usage and style
3. Internal documentation
4. Types (minimum of one)
(1) Definition
(2) Cause/effect
(3) Literary analysis
(4) Creative/expressive
4. Literary terms
2. The Medieval Age
1. Background
2. Representative literary selections
3. Suggested composition activities (minimum of one)
1. Revision techniques
2. Types
(1) Literary analysis
(2) Comparison/contrast
(3) Classification
(4) Creative/expressive
4. Literary terms
3. The Renaissance
1. Background
2. Representative literary selections
3. Suggested composition activities
1. Revision techniques/application
2. Types
(1) Literary analysis
(2) Impromptu/timed writings
(3) Creative/expressive
4. Literary terms
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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 text
5. SPEAKING/LISTENING
1. Oral presentation
2. Class discussions
3. Group discussions/presentations
4. Notetaking
6. RESEARCH/STUDY SKILLS
1. The Research Paper
1. Choosing and limiting a subject
2. Developing a working bibliography
3. Taking notes
4. Outlining
5. Documenting sources
6. Writing first and final drafts including works cited page
2. On-line services
3. Word processing skills
