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American Literature 1 Colonialism through the Rise of Realism 1615 to 1900 Course Emphasis • Study and Organization Skills Notebook Requirements • Daily Class Participation Attendance (Learning Log) Cooperative Learning • Vocabulary Development • Reading Comprehension and Literary Analysis Outside extended reading requirement • Writing Skills • Research Skills and Multi-media Presentations Movie Project Author Speech Key Concepts • American Cultural Literacy • Literary History • Literary Terminology Glossary p. 1189 • Literary References Course Anthology MacCambridge, Patricia (ed.).Elements of Literature, 5th course: Literature of the United States. New York: Holt Rhinehart and Winston, 1997. The Colonial Period (2 weeks) • • • • • • William Bradford William Byrd Anne Bradstreet Jonathan Taylor Jonathan Edwards Cotton Mather The Crucible by Arthur Miller (3 weeks—CORE work) • Private Vs public morality • Industrial morality and materialsm • Family loyalty Vs individual integrity • Courageous nonconformity in face of community violence and hysteria The American Revolution and the Age of Reason (1 week) • Benjamin Franklin • Patrick Henry • Thomas Paine American Romanticism (1 week) • • • • • Washington Irving William Cullen Bryant Henry W. Longfellow John G. Whittier Oliver W. Holmes The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (EXTRA CREDIT) • Personal integrity Vs religious hypocrisy • Effects of guilt on the human spirit • Woman’s role in society The American Renaissance (4 weeks) • • • • • Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry David Thoreau Edgar Allan Poe Walt Whitman Emily Dickinson The Rise of Realism (2 weeks) • • • • Kate Chopin Mark Twain Jack London Chief Joseph The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain • Picaresque novel • Irony, sarcasm, satire • Civlization vs. natural instinct • Prejudice and civil rights • Pretense vs. reality • Intellect vs. heart The Narrative of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave (4 weeks) • Related to excerpts from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain S.D.A.I.E. Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English • Reading and Study Guides, Outlining • Interactive Communication Strategies • Advanced Organizers • Graphic Organizers 9-Square Story Charts Quote Graphics • Socratic Seminars • Group Presentations • Thematic/Dramatic Interpretations Ways to contact Ms Gebet: • From 10:02 A.M. to 11:03 A.M. or before and after school (925) 461-6600 x5804 • E-mail [email protected]
