ABOUT THIS COURSE
This course is centered around the study of the major authors, poets, and playwrights who contributed to the development of a truly World literature. This course will also include intensive evaluation of nonfiction and informational text. Students will employ critical thinking skills in evaluating the literature and nonfiction pieces selected for Honors English III. This course also includes a thorough review of grammar skills, extensive writing, and the continuing mastery of vocabulary. Sophistication of content and instructional pace will be increased for the honors level of instruction.
This course is centered around the study of the major authors, poets, and playwrights who contributed to the development of a truly World literature. This course will also include intensive evaluation of nonfiction and informational text. Students will employ critical thinking skills in evaluating the literature and nonfiction pieces selected for Honors English III. This course also includes a thorough review of grammar skills, extensive writing, and the continuing mastery of vocabulary. Sophistication of content and instructional pace will be increased for the honors level of instruction.
Summer Reading Texts 2020:
Book of student's choice
Summer Assignment
Book of student's choice
Summer Assignment
PLANNED UNITS
Unifying Theme: The Struggle for Power
Societal Struggles / Role of Women in History and Contemporary Society
Essential Questions:
How has the role of women changed across space and time?
What obstacles prevent individuals from gaining power?
Possible Texts: Passing, Kindred, "A Doll's House," "Barbie Doll," "Ain't I a Woman?," The Yellow Wallpaper"
Essential Questions:
How has the role of women changed across space and time?
What obstacles prevent individuals from gaining power?
Possible Texts: Passing, Kindred, "A Doll's House," "Barbie Doll," "Ain't I a Woman?," The Yellow Wallpaper"
The Social Other / Loyalty
Essential Questions:
What social forces create and maintain the ¨other?¨
What encourages and discourages loyalty?
At what point does loyalty become detrimental - to the self or to a group?
Possible Texts: Shakespeare’s Othello OR Julius Caesar; "Ozymandias”; Henry VIII excerpt; “Traveling through the Dark” (William Stafford); “A Contribution to Statistics” (Wislawa Szymborska); “An Ideal for Which I Am Prepared to Die” (Nelson Mandela); “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” (MLK); Animal Farm excerpt (Old Major Speech); "Black Men in Public Spaces"
Essential Questions:
What social forces create and maintain the ¨other?¨
What encourages and discourages loyalty?
At what point does loyalty become detrimental - to the self or to a group?
Possible Texts: Shakespeare’s Othello OR Julius Caesar; "Ozymandias”; Henry VIII excerpt; “Traveling through the Dark” (William Stafford); “A Contribution to Statistics” (Wislawa Szymborska); “An Ideal for Which I Am Prepared to Die” (Nelson Mandela); “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” (MLK); Animal Farm excerpt (Old Major Speech); "Black Men in Public Spaces"
Heroes and The Quest / The Role of Satire
Essential Questions:
Essential Questions:
- How do archetypes inform our understanding of literature and the world?
How are the Hero, his/her quest, and his/her ideals still valid and useful in today’s world?
How are parody and satire used in various works of literature?
How effective are parody and satire in communicating an author’s point of view?
How is satire used to influence society’s view on a topic? - Possible Texts: Beowulf excerpts; “The Canterbury Tales” (choose from The Prologue, The Wife of Bath, The Pardoner’s Tale); Brave New World; Assorted contemporary and classic satirical pieces (Twain’s “A Presidential Candidate,” ¨Tips For Improving Education¨)
The Dark Side / The World Around Us
Essential Questions:
Essential Questions:
- What aspects of humanity and culture are common across space and time?
How do cultures clash?
What creates dark impulses?
What forces can temper evil?