Unit Title: Romanticism

Specific Topic: See Class Activity Details below.

Learning Goal: 1-Strengthen our ability to make inferences

2-Develop an understanding of the human condition

3-Connect literature with its historical setting

4-Analyze the deeper meanings of symbols, whether they be tangible or intangible

5-Understand the benefits of summarization

6-Develop a further understanding of how setting influences a text

Class Activity Details
If you see a poem, story, excerpt, etc., listed in the activities below, and you do not have a textbook for whatever reason,ALWAYSdo a search on the internet to see if it appears there. Almost everythingwe study in this class appears somewhere on the internet. / 1AB / 2A / 2B / 4B / 5AB
Can be completed at home. / In the textbook, read the following:
  • 598-599: Realism; Characteristics of Realism
  • 656-657: Setting in Regional Literature
  • 648-649: The Rise of Naturalism
  • 735: Literary Analysis: Naturalism
/ Tues 3-7
and
Wed 3-8 / Tues 3-7 / Wed 3-8 / Wed 3-8 / Tues 3-7
and
Wed 3-8
Tutorials
are required. / Complete and discuss Blue Op/Cl (with 6 questions to be answered after having read the previous pages). / Tues 3-7
and
Wed 3-8 / Tues 3-7 / Wed 3-8 / Wed 3-8 / Tues 3-7
and
Wed 3-8
Can be completed at home. / In the textbook, read the following:
  • 602: Ambrose Bierce (Realist writer)
  • 768: Jack London (Naturalist writer)
  • 1064: William Faulkner (Regionalist writer)
  • 1078: Flannery O’Connor (Regionalist writer)
You are responsible for all of this bio information no matter which writer you choose to explore further. / Thurs 3-9
and
Fri 3-10 / Thurs 3-9 / Fri 3-10 / Fri 3-10 / Thurs 3-9
and
Fri 3-10
Can be completed at home. / Read the first few paragraphs of the following stories, and then decide which story you want to read fully and read it:
  • 604: “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”
  • 770: “The Law of Life”
  • 1066: “A Rose for Emily”
  • 1080: “The Life You Save May Be Your Own”
/ Thurs 3-9
and
Fri 3-10 / Thurs 3-9 / Fri 3-10 / Fri 3-10 / Thurs 3-9
and
Fri 3-10
Tutorials
are required. / There are questions to be answered after you have read all the textbook information. I do not have electronic copies of these questions, so you will have to come visit me in tutorials to get these questions. / Thurs 3-9
and
Fri 3-10 / Thurs 3-9 / Fri 3-10 / Fri 3-10 / Thurs 3-9
and
Fri 3-10
Tutorials
are required. / Present your chosen short story to the class. / Mon 3-20 / Mon 3-20 / Tues 3-21 / Tues 3-21 / Mon 3-20
Weight / Work Assigned
During this Unit / 1AB / 2A / 2B / 4B / 5AB
60% / Up to 50 pts.: Written answers to questions
Up to 15 pts.: “Picture This”
Up to 35 pts.: Presentation to an audience of 10+ people / Mon 3-20
and
Tues 3-21 / Mon 3-20 / Tues 3-21 / Tues 3-21 / Mon 3-20
and
Tues 3-21

The information listed in the TEKS table on the next page is for administrative purposes only.

You are welcome to read it if you are a student or parent, but there is nothing in it that you are responsible for.

Reading
TEKS / (9) Comprehension of Informational Texts/Expository
  • draw conclusions
  • make inferences
  • summarize
  • inductive vs. deductive
  • defend conclusions
  • synthesize and connect with other literature
/ (15 cont’d) Expository/Procedural Interpretation
  • clear thesis
  • quotations
  • analyze author’s use of stylistic devices
  • identifies ambiguities, nuances, complexities
  • anticipates conflict
/ (21) Gathering Sources
  • gather evidence
  • evaluate source reliability
  • organize using outlines, concept maps, etc.
  • determine between fact and opinion in sources
  • paraphrase and summarize
  • determine between primary and secondary sources

(1) Vocab Development
  • determine meaning
  • draw conclusions
  • understand nuance
  • infer through word relationships
  • use dictionaries, thesauri, glossaries, etc
/ (10) Comprehension of Informational Texts/Persuasive
  • analyze effects of purpose and audience on tone
  • rhetorical strategies and logical fallacies
/ (15 cont’d) Expository/Procedural Multimedia
  • clearly stated purpose
/ (22) Synthesize Information
  • modify research question to refocus research plan
  • evaluate theories and evidence for applicability to and support of a cogent argument
  • critique steps to implement change as needed

(2) Comprehension of Literary Texts/Theme and Genre
  • relationship to human condition
  • relate historical texts to modern texts
  • relate main ideas to PSD in historical and cultural setting
/ (11) Comprehension of Informational Texts/Procedural
  • evaluate logic of the sequence of presented info
  • interpret graphs, diagrams, charts, maps
/ (16) Persuasive Texts
  • clear thesis or position
  • support position
  • accurate and honest representation of divergent views
  • organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, and context
  • wide range of relevant perspectives
  • consider source reliability
  • rhetorical strategies used to move a disinterested audience
/ (23) Organizing/Presenting
  • provide analysis that supports and develops personal opinions
  • use rhetorical strategies to argue thesis
  • provide for discrepancies in sources
  • anticipate and refute counter-arguments
  • use style manual
  • sufficient length

(3) Comprehension of Literary Texts/Poetry
  • analyze elements of poetry
/ (12) Media Literacy
  • evaluate effect of society and culture on media in ways different from traditional texts
  • evaluate media techniques
  • evaluate bias
  • evaluate tone
/ Oral/Written Convention
TEKS / Listening/Speaking TEKS
(4) Comprehension of Literary Texts/Drama
  • analyze elements of drama
/ Writing
TEKS / (17) Conventions/Sentence Structure
  • use and understand clauses and phrases
  • use and understand a variety of sentence structures
/ (24) Listening
  • listen attentively
  • listen responsively
  • evaluate speaker’s impact on an audience

(5) Comprehension of Literary Texts/Fiction
  • how literary elements shape plot
  • analyze characters
  • narrative point of view
  • familiarity with time periods in Amer Lit
/ (13) Writing Process
  • plan
  • draft
  • organize
  • employ rhetorical devices to add meaning
  • revise drafts
  • edit for conventions
  • revise final drafts after feedback
/ (18) Handwriting, Capitalization, Punctuation
  • write legibly
  • use appropriate capitalization
  • use appropriate punctuation
/ (25) Speaking
  • speak clearly and to the point
  • give presentation that exhibits logical structure, smooth transition, accurate evidence, details, rhetorical devices
  • maintain eye contact, appropriate volume, purposeful gestures

(6) Comprehension of Literary Texts/Literary Nonfiction
  • analyze effects of rhetorical techniques
/ (14) Literary Texts
  • write engaging story with full plot, conflict, mood, tone, etc.
  • write poem with awareness of poetic devices
  • write script with theme
/ (19) Spelling
  • spell correctly using various resources to check spelling
/ (26) Teamwork
  • offer ideas
  • ask relevant questions
  • tolerate a range of positions
  • evaluate group work based on agreed upon criteria

(7) Comprehension of Literary Texts/Sensory Language
  • analyze effects of sensory language
/ (15) Expository/Procedural Essay
  • write analytical essay with intro and conclusion
  • rhetorical devices
  • transitions
  • thesis/controlling statement
  • organizational schema
  • evidence and details
  • resources and varying perspectives
/ Research
TEKS /
(8) Comprehension of Informational Texts/Culture and History
  • analyze effects of author’s culture and history on the writing
/ (15 cont’d) Expository/Procedural Resume or Manual or College App
  • clearly stated purpose
  • appropriate format
  • relevant questions that engage readers
  • accurate technical language
  • organization with facts and details
/ (20) Planning
  • formulate guiding research question
  • formulate plan for multi-faceted project