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James Bryson SEC 300 January 24, 2014

Curriculum Plan 1. Pick one grade: _11 grade_______ Pick a course you want to teach. ____English Literature__ 2. Pick a textbook you will use _______Literature The American Experience______________ 3. State Standards: Find the corresponding North Carolina curriculum standards at: http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/ccss2010-english/7015 4. Calendars Then download the traditional calendar and testing calendar from New Hanover Schools. http://www.nhcs.net/calendars.htm Assume you were hired for New Hanover County Schools this past year. a. How many grading periods do you have? _Two_________ b. How many instructional days per grading period? ______86 (plan for 75)________ c. How many days are reserved for teacher work days and testing? _7 or 8 or 9 or 10___ 5. Curriculum Mapping (pre-knowledge, present learning, and future stuff to know) a. What the students have been expected to learn during their past school years? Exposure to classical texts, myths, and the philosophical ideas from the ancient world enables students to address universal human themes and gain a better insight to the influence of traditional Western expansion. b. What the students are to learn during the present school year? Students consider religious, generational, and cultural conflicts and the impact of modernization and political struggles, among other themes common to many literary works. Students also recognize how not all literary works make explicit political or cultural statements and must be approached on their own terms c. What they are going to be required to learn in future grades? Students will gain understanding of the early Enlightenment and its conception of reason, with an emphasis on human emotion, irrationality, and paradox. They will consider how certain works express tension or conflict between emotion and reason while others present reason and emotion as complementary and interdependent.

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Week One Unit One: Argumentation vs. Persuasion What is persuasion? How do writers persuade their audience? Can you be persuaded? Jonathan Edwards Biography Textbook Page 85 Writing Exercise- write your own sermon/advertisement Edwards, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God sermon text book page 86-91 Arthur Miller page 1120-1121 The Crucible Arthur Miller Act 1 Text book page 1124-1157 Think about commentary questions page 1121 Week Two What is argumentation? How does argumentation differ from persuasion? Reihani Why I Hate Cell Phones Text analysis Writing Exercise- compose argumentative statements The Crucible Arthur Miller act 2 Textbook page 1161-1181 Plot exercise page 1130 Week Three How has the power of words changed the world? Kennedy, Inaugural Address speech Rhetoric exercise- identification Angier, Drugs, Sports, and Body Image and GI Joe Writing exercise-create your own political speech or magazine article The Crucible Arthur Miller act 3

Essential Standards Covered RL 11-12.7 Analyze multiple interpretations. RL 11-12.1 Cite strong/thorough text evidence to support analysis of what text says explicitly & inferentially. RL 11-12. 4 Determine meaning of words and phrases, including figurative, connotative & analyze impact of specific word choices on meaning/tone.

Essential Standards Covered RI 11-12.1 Inferences/Evidence RI 11-12.4 Vocabulary/Word Choice RI 11-12.5 Text Structure/ Organization W11-12.1 Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts.

Essential Standards Covered SL 11-12.1 Academic Discourse/ collaboration SL 11-12.2 Content in Diverse Media SL 11-12.4 Present Findings SL 11-12.6 Adapt speech/Command of formal English L 11-12.1 Standard English grammar L 11-12.2 Standard English mechanics L 11-12.5 Use media SL 11-12.1 Academic Discourse/ collaboration

Textbook page 1187-1219 Historical look on The Crucible Critical readings

SL 11-12.2 Content in Diverse Media SL 11-12.4 Present Findings SL 11-12.6 Adapt speech/Command of formal English L 11-12.1 Standard English grammar L 11-12.2 Standard English mechanics L 11-12.5 Use media Essential Standards CoveredRL 1112.2 Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text. RL 11-12.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative, connotative, specific word choices on meaning/tone. RL 11-12.7 Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem evaluating how each version interprets the source text. RI 11-12.4 Vocabulary/Word Choice RI 11-12.5 Text Structure/ Organization Essential Standards Covered RI 11-12.6 Point of View/ Purpose W 11-12.2 Write informative/ explanatory texts to examine/convey complex ideas/concepts/info. clearly. W 11-12.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. W 11-12.8 Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print/digital sources, use advanced searches, locate strengths and limitations of

Week Four The Crucible Arthur Miller act 4 Textbook page 1217-1233 Courtroom quiz Unit Two: Language How does an authors choice of point of view affect the story? Fulghum, All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Writing exercise- memoir writing/ voice/ poetry The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain chapters 1-10 Hughes, I, Too, Sing America Textbook page 904 Begin compare and contrast writing exercise Week Five How do syntactic choices, such as use of active vs. passive verbs, subordination, or other choices affect meaning? Annotating exercise Steve Martin, Writing is Easy Compare and contrast exercise/ voice/ humor The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain chapters 11-20 Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening Robert Frost textbook page 877 The Mending Wall Frost text book page 878 Writing exercise/ analysis- tone and mood Annotate exercise

each source, and integrate information into the text. Week Six The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain chapters 21-43 The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe text book page 3312 Annotate exercise Character analysis Writing exercise- character and creation what goes into it Week Seven Unit Three: Identity, Race, and Gender What is the difference between sex and gender? When do gender roles become stereotypical? What forces define gender roles? The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne chapters 1-7 American Romanticism Arthur's choice exercise Writing exercise Essential Standards Covered SL 11-12.3 Point of View L 11-12.1 Standard English grammar L 11-12.2 Standard English mechanics L 11-12.4 Vocabulary Strategies

Week Eight How do gender roles hinder individual choices? How does use of language contribute to and reinforce societys understanding of gender roles? Barbie Doll, Marge Piercy Men, Maya Angelo Women, Alice Walker The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne chapter 8-14 Writing exercise- journal about yourself Week Nine The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne chapter 15-22 Freaks and Geeks (TV show 90s) Writing exercise- school

Essential Standards Covered RL 11-12.2 Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text. RL 11-12.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative, connotative, analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone. RL 11-12.5 Analyze how an authors choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text. Essential Standards Covered RI 11-12.2 Central ideas/themes/ summary RI 11-12.3 Individuals/events/ ideas RI 11-12.4 Vocabulary/ word choice

Essential Standards Covered RI 11-12.6 Point of view/ purpose W 11-12.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences. W 11-12.5 Develop and strengthen

characters versus reality Style and aesthetic Kinds of drafts: Why the first is never enough "Ain't I a Woman" Sojourner Truth The Men we Carry in our Minds by Scott Russell Sanders Writing exercise compare Style/ Effective Language Choices Week Ten Unit Four: Politics and Oppression What is the nature of patriotism in a democracy? The Things They Carried Tim OBrien (selection of stories varies) An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Thoreau) Text book page 388 Week Eleven The Things They Carried Tim OBrien (selection of stories varies) Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln textbook page 538 Writing exercise- what time period would you prefer to live in and why? Week Twelve The Things They Carried Tim OBrien(selection of stories varies) Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson textbook page 112

writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting. L 11-12.3 Style/ Effective Language Choices

Essential Standards Covered RL 11-12.3 Analyze the impact of the authors choices RL11-12.6 Analyze a case-distinguishing what is directly stated from what is really meant. RL 11-12.7 Analyze multiple interpretations of text. RL 11-12-10 Read & comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, & poems.

Essential Standards Covered RI 11-12.3 Individuals/ events/ideas RI 11-12.5 Text Structure/ Organization W 11-12.6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products. Essential Standards Covered W 11-12.7 Conduct short/sustained research projects W 11-12.8 Gather relevant info. multiple sources, effectively & assess strengths/limitations W 11-12.9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. W 11-12-10 Write routinely over extended time frames for a range

of tasks/ purposes. Week Thirteen Essential Standards Covered Writing exercise- how does SL 11-12.2 Content in diverse history effect writing and media perceptions? SL 11-12.4 Present Findings I Will Fight No More L 11-12.5 Figurative Language/ Forever movie Word Relationships Writing exercise- movie critic L 11-12.6 Adapt speech/ formal (use everything you have learned command of English so far) Week Fourteen Essential Standards Covered Unit Five: Popular Culture RL 11-12.6 Analyze a case in How does something become which grasping a point of view part of popular culture? requires distinguishing what is directly stated in a text from what Does popular culture represent is really meant. all segments of the population? Monster Walter Dean Myers Journal entries 1-4 Point of view, speaker and narrator Week Fifteen Popular Culture in the Aftermath of September 11 is a Chorus without a Hook, a Movie without an Ending Teresa Wiltz Writing exercise- Compare pop culture and patriotism One Day, Now Broken in Two by Anna Quindlin Writing essay- where were you on 9/11 Essential Standards Covered RL 11-12.10 By the end of grade 11, read & comprehend literature-- stories, dramas, and poems.

Week Sixteen Does pop culture respect its roots? What is the relationship between pop culture and commerce? Monster Walter Dean Myers

Essential Standards Covered RI 11-12.3 Individuals/events/ideas RI 11-12.4 Vocabulary/word choice

chapter 5-8 Week Seventeen What can we predict about our future by examining popular culture? Narcissism on the Internet isnt risk-free by Eric Gwinn writing exercise- write your own advice column Excerpts from Fight Club (analyzing societal values) Writing exercise- what do you value, and why Week Eighteen Do commercial interests control what is offered to the public, or does the public ultimately have its own say? Monster Walter Dean Myers chapter 9-12 Godzilla vs. The Giant Scissors: Cutting the Heart Out of a Classic by Brent Staples Writing exercise- rewrite a draft Essential Standards Covered RI 11-12.10 Complex text choices. SL 11-12.5 Use variety of media.

Essential Standards Covered L 11-12.5 Figurative Language/Word Relationships L 11-12.6 Adapt speech/command of formal English

9. What standards are not covered well by your textbook choice? Any standard that deals with technology seems to be lacking in the textbook. I am also disappointed with how the textbook covers writing essays. Literary concepts are mere definitions, and need to be further explored as well. What other materials and resources do you plan on using? (list a minimum of 5) Novels: The internet for articles and poetry: Why I Hate Cell Phones; Godzilla vs. The Giant Scissors: Cutting the Heart Out of a Classic; Narcissism on the Internet isnt risk-free; One Day, Now Broken in Two; Popular Culture in the Aftermath of September 11 is a Chorus without a Hookwithout an Ending; The Men we Carry in our Minds; "Ain't I a Woman"; Barbie Doll,; Men,; Women,; Writing is Easy; All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten; Drugs, Sports, and Body Image and GI Joe I will be using my writing books for the writing exercises: On Writing Well, by William Zinsser; Creative Writer's Handbook by P. K Jason; Text and Context, by Steve Lynn; The Art of the Personal Essay, by Phillip Lopate; and The Poet's Companion, by Ki Addonizio and Dorianne Laux