Scott Leventhal - sleventhal@crsd.org

Continuing development of critical reading strategies for use in analyzing the significance of particular works

•American Literature

•Theme of American Identity

•Social/Historical Context of Literature

Honors English 11

“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”

-Emerson

Literary Eras

Native American PeriodPuritanism 1620-1720Age of Enlightenment 1720-1820Romanticism (and Transcendentalism) 1820-1865Realism 1865-1895Naturalism 1895-1920 Modernism (Harlem Renaissance) 1920-1945Age of Anxiety 1945-

“What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote it.” -E.M. Forster

Literature Novels-The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne-Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain-The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald-Of Mice and Men– John Steinbeck-Their Eyes Were Watching God – Zora Neal Hurston-A Separate Peace (if time allows) - John Knowles -Independent Research Novel – American Author

“Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone…just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” -Nick – The Great Gatsby

Literature continued

Short StoriesHonors English 11

Short Story SelectionsPlay(s) Essays

The Crucible Thoreau Death of a Salesman Emerson

Franklin Literary Criticism

PoetryWhitman Dickinson

Bradstreet Harlem Renaissance Collins

“That you could omit anything if you knew that you omitted and the omitted part would strengthen the story and make people feel something more than they understood” - Hemingway

Writing - Journal Responses - Blue Book Essays: timed writing - Persuasive Essays - Personal Narrative & Creative Pieces - Literary Criticism Paper - Grading of major writings based on

Pennsylvania Writing Assessment Scoring Guidelines

"I may have said the same thing before... But my explanation, I am sure, will always be different." - Oscar Wilde

Research Paper- Completed third marking period - 25% of marking period grade- Self-selected novel - Collect Literary Criticism- Synthesis of personal analysis and

literary critics views into thesis driven paper

- Can be expanded for graduation project- Plagiarism results in zero for

assignment as per student handbook policy

“Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me.” -Zora Neal Hurston

Short Story Presentations

Group Dynamics Public Speaking and Presentation Skills Synthesis of Literary Criticism Class Participation See sales pitches for details

“The dignity of movement of an ice-berg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water. A writer who omits things because he does not know them only makes hollow places in his writing.” – Ernest Hemingway

Grammar / Usage / Mechanics

- Taught formally using multiple resources

- Addresses problems seen in compositions

- The SAT has a writing section containing multiple-choice grammar / usage / mechanics questions as well as an essay “Ignorant people think it is the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating,

but it ain't so; it is the sickening grammar that they use.”  ~Mark Twain

VocabularySadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level G

o Twenty-Two new words per week: parts of speech, definitions, synonyms, antonyms, sentence completion and

word formso Tests- Biweekly and Cumulative o Website with games and iWordso Solid SAT performance enhanced by rich vocabulary

background o Extra Credit flashcards 7 extra points per unito $10.00 to CRHS South Activities - English

Homework and Assessments

- Regularly Scheduled Reading

- Journal Response Writing- Biweekly Vocabulary Tests

- All assessments returned for review; look

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Technology

- Teacher Website – Is it in your favorites?- Promethean Board as a presentation tool