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PRE
IB AMERICAN LIT 111Y
COURSE
DESCRIPTION: This is an accelerated college-prep class which emphasizes
careful reading and interpretation of literary selections. The course
will survey American works and authors from the new land through contemporary
society and will prepare the student for specific writing experiences
such as exposition, analysis of literature, and literary criticism as
well as vocabulary development, speaking and listening, research, and
test-taking skills.
- WRITING
- Multi paragraph essays (Minimum five)
- Opening paragraph
- Thesis statement
- Topic sentence
- Paragraph development
- Transitional devices
- Conclusion
- Types of essays
- Persuasion/argumentation
- Analysis/literary analysis
- Definition
- Comparison/contrast
- Timed writings
- Suggested additional writings
- Critical review
- Reader response
- Impromptu writing
- Creative writing
- Internal documentation
- Writing styles
- READING/LITERATURE
- Literary movements
- Early writers
- Native Americans
- Colonials
- Puritans
- Planters
- Age of Reason
- Romanticism
- American Renaissance
- Transcendentalism
- Anti-transcendentalism
- Fireside poets
- Civil War literature
- Realism
- Regionalism
- Naturalism
- Modernism
- Imagism
- Harlem Renaissance
- Post-modernism
- Background
- Chronology, characteristics, evolution
of literary movements
- Authors backgrounds
- Literary selections (concentration on
quality rather than quantity)
- Literary terms
- Comprehension
- PSAT, SAT, ACT preparation
- Literary techniques
- Parallel reading
- USAGE/GRAMMAR
- Standard English
- Sentence structure
- Proofreading
- Capitalization,
punctuation, spelling
- Voice
- Tense
- Pronoun usage
- Parallel structure
- LANGUAGE/VOCABULARY
- Words from literary selections
- PSAT and SAT/ACT preparation
- Etymology
- Analogies
- RESEARCH/TECHNOLOGY
- Technological and informational resources
- Computer software and technology to
write, revise, and correct writing (where available)
- MLA style
- SPEAKING/LISTENING
- Oral presentations/reading/recitation
- Class discussion
- Group discussion/cooperative learning
- Notetaking
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Listening actively and
courteously
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