Horizontal Curriculum Map by 3-Week Block COURSE:__American Literature__

Block / Common Core Standard(s) / Topic(s)/
Essential Question(s) / Content/Materials / Assessments / Academic Vocabulaty
1A / RI 11.1
RI 11.3
RI 11.4
W 11.2
SL 11.1
RL 11.1
RL 11.2
RL 11.4
L 11.1
L 11.4
L 11.5
W 11.2.a / What does it mean to be an American? How do our stories reflect who we are? What does it mean to read closely? Why do we annotate? What makes for good writing? How do stories reflect where we come from? / Washington Post – Santa Barbara Shootings: Role of Sexism in American Society – Annotating, Close reading, discussion Conventions
Writing on Theme – focusing on writing introductions
Historical Introduction (textbook) – summarizing key ideas, how to read textbooks
Native American Writing – Traditional stories
Poems by Sherman Alexi,
Museum Indians
Comparing Cultural identities
Grammar – Subject Verb Agreement, Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement / Commentaries, Rhetorical Precis, Class discussion, Small Group Annotation, Poster of key ideas,
Essay on Theme, independent
Annotation with Commentary / Theme, Claim, Rhetoric, Precis,
Annotation, Agreement, Conventions, origin myths, protruded, confederate, disposition, oral tradition
1B / RI 11.1
RI 11.3
RI 11.4
W 11.2
SL 11.1
RL 11.1
RL 11.2
RL 11.4
L 11.4
W 11.2.b
L.4.1f
L 8.1.d / Where does America Begin? How does fear influence who we are? How do we read poetry as a reflection of cultural values?
Annotating complex text Introduction to Rhetoric. / Current Event Discus: Growth of Fundamentalism: Discover the authors claims
Puritan Poetry: Housewifery, To My Dear and Loving Husband
Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God: Ethos, Pathos and Logos
Writing: Choosing supporting evidence, refining argument
Revision: How to strengthen your argument
Editing: Focus on Run-ons and Incomplete sentences, active vs. passive voice / Commentaries, Rhetorical Precis, Class discussion, Small Group Annotation, Poster of key ideas,
Essay on Theme, independent
Annotation with Commentary
Essay: Thematic Reflection on Fundamentalism
Essay: Comparing Early American Writing / Ethos, Pathos, Logos, Rhetoric, argument, puritanism, recompense, manifold, persevere, paraphrase, omnipotent,
1C / RI 11.1
RI 11.3
RI 11.4
W 11.2
SL 11.1
RL 11.1
RL 11.2
RL 11.4
L 11.1
L 9.1
L 11.5
L 11.4.C
W 1.1
RI 11.6
RI 11.8
RI 11.9 / How do we persuade people? How do we use language to create particular results on others?
Use of rhetorical devices, rhetorical effects Persuasive writing, Speaking, / Historical Period introduction: Textbook
Aphorisms: Benjamin Franklin. Declaration of Independence, John Henry Give me Liberty or Give me Death
Franklin’s Convention Speech Obama’s First Acceptance speech
Write Speech – argument writing
Rhetorical Devices
Parallelism
Revision: Audience
Editing: parallelism / Commentaries, Rhetorical Precis, Class discussion, Small Group Annotation, Poster of key ideas,
Essay on Theme, independent
Annotation with Commentary, Grammar Exercise, annotation poster, Speech / Audience, Rhetorical Devices, parallelism, analogy, repetition, hyperbole, address, sermon, aphorism, disposition, arduous, unalienable, impious, redress, restatement, antithesis, rhetorical question
2A / RI 11.1
RI 11.3
RI 11.4
W 11.2
SL 11.1
RL 11.1
RL 11.2
RL 11.4
L 11.1
SL 11.4
SL 11.3 / Should we have hope or not? What are the philosophical ideas that dominate American Thought?
Breaking down complex text, Literary Devices / Complete Speeches
Historical Introduction: Textbook
Fall of the House of Usher, Narrative pacing, Symbolism, Irony, Unreliable narrator,
The Minister’s Black Veil- anti-transcendentalism: Allegory
Root Words / Commentaries, Rhetorical Precis, Class discussion, Small Group Annotation, Poster of key ideas,
Essay on Theme, independent
Annotation with Commentary, Grammar Exercise, annotation poster, speech, short story / Irony, symbolism, allegory, transcendentalism, anti-transcendentalism, philosophy, gothic, single effect, equivocal, craven, sentient
2B / RI 11.1
RI 11.3
RI 11.4
W 11.2
SL 11.1
RL 11.1
RL 11.2
RL 11.4
L 11.1
RI 11.7
RI 11.10
RL 11.3
W 11.1 / Is America a hopeful place? What are our contributions to the world? What does it mean to live a useful life? Allegories. Transcendentalism / Historical Introduction
Minister’s Black Veil, Current event review, Emerson, Walden,
NPR: Surf family
Analysis of Philosophical ideals
Revision: Using examples to prove your point,
Editing: Punctuation / Commentaries, Rhetorical Precis, Class discussion, Small Group Annotation, Poster of key ideas,
Essay on Theme, independent
Annotation with Commentary, Grammar Exercise, Writing response to prompt, Essay: Transcendentalism
Transcendentalism project / Transcendentalism, anti-transcendentalism, parable, allegory, sagacious, symbolism, chaos, aversion, suffrage, radiant, tumultuous, bastion, sublime, superfluous, inevitable, magnanimity, expedient, posterity, alacrity, metaphor, style
2C / RI 11.1
RI 11.3
RI 11.4
W 11.2
SL 11.1
RL 11.1
RL 11.2
RL 11.4
L 11.1
W 11.1
W 11.7 / How does style influence theme? What does it mean to be an individual? Is there a shared American Identity? / Complete Transcendentalism, Emily Dickenson, Walt Whitman,
Write Critical Essay of poems
Write: Philosophical Statement: allegory
Revision: Supporting thesis
Editing: Language revision / Commentaries, Rhetorical Precis, Class discussion, Small Group Annotation, Poster of key ideas,
Essay on Theme, independent
Annotation with Commentary, Grammar Exercise, Writing response to prompt / Simile, metaphor, personification, oxymoron, rhyme, alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, oppresses, surmised, finite, infinite, free verse
3A / RI 11.1
RI 11.3
RI 11.4
W 11.2
SL 11.1
RL 11.1
RL 11.2
RL 11.4
L 11.1
W 11.1
L 7.3. a / How do we write to persuade?
Writing to a prompt. SAT/EAP / Historical Introduction, Civil War letters, Segments from Ken Burns documentary Lincoln’s Second Inagural address Writing EAP/SAT prompts
Revision: Integrating outside sources / Commentaries, Rhetorical Precis, Class discussion, Small Group Annotation, Poster of key ideas,
Essay on Theme, independent
Annotation with Commentary, Grammar Exercise, Writing response to prompt / Primary sources, precipitate, aggregation, inscrutable, disdainfully, glade
3B / RI 11.1
RI 11.3
RI 11.4
W 11.2
SL 11.1
RL 11.1
RL 11.2
RL 11.4
RL 11.5
RL 11.3
RL 11.9 / Does how we tell a story influence its meaning? How does storytelling change to reflect the world around us? Can stories serve a political purpose? What is the role of an individual in our society? / Realism/Naturalism: An Episode of War, To Build a Fire
Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Style : Creating tension
Revision: Improving Idea
Editing: Verb tense consistency
Citing sources / Commentaries, Rhetorical Precis, Class discussion, Small Group Annotation, Poster of key ideas,
Essay on Theme, independent
Annotation with Commentary, Grammar Exercise, Realism/naturalism essay, / Stream of Consciousness, etiquette, deference, imperious, dictum, summarily, oscillation, apprised, malign, ineffable, internal/external conflict, dramatic irony, point of view, omniscient, limited, chronological, dictum, oscillation, appraised, malign,
3C / RI 11.1
RI 11.3
RI 11.4
W 11.2
SL 11.1
RL 11.1
RL 11.2
RL 11.4
W 11.8
W 11.5 / How is modern literature different than 19thcentury literature? What is the role of women in society? / The Things they Carry
Writing: Perceptions of War
The Story of An Hour: Irony Surprise Ending,
Editing: Cleaning up confusing text / Commentaries, Rhetorical Precis, Class discussion, Small Group Annotation, Poster of key ideas,
Essay on Theme, independent
Annotation with Commentary, Grammar Exercise Views on Women project, Realism/Naturalism paper, / Dramatic irony, situational irony, credibility, Verbal irony, climax, forestall, repression, elusive,
4A / RI 11.1
RI 11.3
RI 11.4
W 11.2
SL 11.1
RL 11.1
RL 11.2
RL 11.4
W 11.5
W 11.1 / What is modern man? What changes our visions of ourselves? What is real? Modernism?
What shapes our character? Individual vs. archetype
What is style? / Prufrock: Modern Man
Close reading
Historical introduction; Modernism literary criticism
Imagism poetry / Commentaries, Rhetorical Precis, Class discussion, Small Group Annotation, Poster of key ideas,
Essay on Theme, independent
Annotation with Commentary, Grammar Exercise, Prufrock character analysis paper / Allusion, ambiguity, dramatic monologue, insidious, digress, malingers, meticulous, obtuse, imagery
4B / RI 11.1
RI 11.3
RI 11.4
W 11.2
SL 11.1
RL 11.1
RL 11.2
RL 11.4
W 11.3
L 11.4
L 11.5
RL 11.6
RL 11.9 / What role does art play in creating cultural change? How does literature reflect societal change? / Harlem Rennasaince: Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, Music
Marigolds / Commentaries, Rhetorical Precis, Class discussion, Small Group Annotation, Poster of key ideas,
Essay on Theme, independent
Annotation with Commentary, Grammar Exercise, Poetry Comparrision essay, Educational autobiography / Speaker, inferences, societal forces, internalized racism
4C / RI 11.1
RI 11.3
RI 11.4
W 11.2
SL 11.1
RL 11.1
RL 11.2
RL 11.4
L 11.7 / What is the role of an individual in a society? How do identify an allegory? How do you relate a work of art to the politics of today? / The Crucible: Reading Dramatic Literature Examining text for political points
Writing using ideas from outside sources / Commentaries, Rhetorical Precis, Class discussion, Small Group Annotation, Poster of key ideas,
Essay on Theme, independent
Annotation with Commentary, Grammar Exercise, Stage a scene, Essay What is a Crucible? / Dialogue, exposition, stage direction, prediction, dissembling, ingratiating, licentious, avidly, base, theology, blasphemy, anonymity, confounded, incredulously, blanchedpoll