PRE IB ENGLISH LIT 121Y

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is an accelerated college-prep class designed for the student who has a serious interest in interpreting literature. Written critical analysis of literature is a major component of this course. Students will study selected British writers and works from the Anglo-Saxon Age through the contemporary period. Grammar, vocabulary, reading, speaking, listening, and research will also be included in this semester’s work.

  1. WRITING
    1. Essay structure (minimum of 5)
      1. Thesis statement
      2. Introductory paragraph
      3. Paragraph development
      4. Transitional devices
      5. Conclusion
    2. Composition activities
      1. Persuasion
      2. Exposition
        1. Classification
        2. Comparison/contrast
        3. Cause/effect
      3. Literary analysis
      4. Creative/expressive writing
      5. Impromptu writing
      6. Impromptu/timed writings
    3. Revision techniques

  2. READING/LITERATURE
    1. The Anglo-Saxon Age
      1. Background
      2. Representative literary selections including Beowulf
      3. Suggested composition activities
        1. Structure of the essay
        2. Usage and style
        3. Literary analysis
        4. Internal documentation
        5. Types (minimum of two)
          1. Persuasion
          2. Definition
          3. Literary analysis
          4. Cause/effect
          5. Creative/expressive
      4. Literary terms
    2. The Medieval Age
      1. Background
      2. Representative literary selections including The Canterbury Tales
      3. Suggested composition activities (minimum of two)
        1. Revision techniques
        2. Types
          1. Literary types
          2. Comparison/contrast
          3. Classification
          4. Creative/expressive
      4. Literary terms
    3. The Renaissance
      1. Background
      2. Representative literary selections
        1. Shakespearean drama
        2. Elizabethan sonnets
        3. The King James Bible
      3. Suggested composition activities
        1. Revision techniques/application
        2. Types
          1. Literary analysis
          2. Creative/expressive
          3. Impromptu/timed writings
          4. Creative/expressive
      4. Literary terms
    4. The seventeenth century
      1. Background
      2. Representative literary selections including the metaphysical and cavalier poets, John Milton and John Bunyan
      3. Suggested composition activities
        1. Structure of the essay
        2. Usage and style
        3. Literary analysis
        4. Internal documentation
        5. Types
          1. Literary analysis
          2. Comparison/contrast
          3. Creative/expressive
      4. Literary terms
    5. The Restoration and the eighteenth century
      1. Background
      2. Representative literary selections including mock epic and satire, fiction, and nonfiction
      3. Suggested composition activities
        1. Revision techniques
        2. Types
          1. Argumentation/persuasion
          2. Cause/effect
          3. Creative/expressive
      4. Literary terms
    6. The Romantic Age
      1. Background
      2. Representative literary selections including First and Second generation poets and a prose selection
      3. Suggested composition activities
        1. Revision techniques
        2. Literary analysis
        3. Types
          1. Classification
          2. Comparison/contrast
          3. Creative/expressive
      4. Literary terms
    7. The Victorian Age
      1. Background
      2. Representative literary selections including the dramatic monologue and other Victorian poetry, prose selections, and an excerpt from a Victorian novel
      3. Suggested composition activities
        1. Revision techniques
        2. Types
          1. Cause/effect
          2. Opinion
          3. Creative/expressive
          4. Impromptu/timed writings
      4. Literary terms
    8. The modern period
      1. Background
      2. Representative literary selections including prose, poetry, and drama
      3. Suggested composition activities
        1. Comparison/contrast
        2. Creative/expressive
        3. Definition
        4. Impromptu/timed writings
      4. Literary terms
    9. Parallel reading
    10. Reading strategies
      1. SAT format
      2. Critical reading

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

  4. LANGUAGE/VOCABULARY
    1. Defining words from literary selections
    2. Expanding vocabulary through word-building skills
    3. Completing units from vocabulary text
    4. Utilizing extensive vocabulary in writing assignments
    5. SAT format

  5. RESEARCH/TECHNOLOGY
    1. Development of 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 the works cited page
    2. Technology
      1. Word processing activities
      2. On-line search
      3. Documenting sources
      4. Writing first and final drafts including the works cited page


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

             

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