American Scholars A Secondary Course in American Literature

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1 Scholars A Secondary Course in Literature Course Outline Scholars is a course designed by Amy Edwards and is the sole property of San Diego Liberal Arts Academy. Use without written permission is unlawful. For information on obtaining and using full curriculum contact San Diego Liberal Arts Academy at sdliberalartsacademy@gmail.com

2 Scholars eading Selections Available online Of Plymouth Plantation, Bradford Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, Edwards Excerpts from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Give Me Liberty, Henry The Scholar, Emerson The aven, Edgar Allen Poe To Build a Fire, Jack London Poetry selection, T.S. Eliot Poetry selection, obert Frost In Another Country, Ernest Hemingway A ose for Emily, illiam Faulkner orks to purchase Common Sense, Thomas Paine Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau The Scarlett Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne The Legend of Sleepy Hallow, ashington Irving The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee Education of a andering Man, Louis L Amour Objectives & Key Assignments - Students will read selections of Literature, from major literary movements of Literature, from the colonies to 20 th -Century, and learn how history is reflected in and affected by literary classics. - Students will read different genres of impactful writing, including: speeches, sermons, journals, biographies, essays, short fiction, novels, and dramas. - Students will analyze authors use of literary devices to enhance and deepen their theme or message, and compose essays analyzing the use of literary devices in selected works. - Students will write analytical, synthetical, and persuasive essays - Students will create and present a multi-media presentation based on a chosen poem. - Students will perform a recitation from any piece from Literature poem, speech, essay, or excerpt from a story or novel and recite it for the class, with dramatic interpretation. - Students will participate in blue book final exams at the end of each semester. - More experienced students will student-mentor by planning and conducting book discussions and designing and leading activities. Scholar Project Students will complete an Scholar Project, which can be any project reflecting the traits of: initiative, ingenuity, allegiance, integrity, commitment, passion, pioneer spirit and leadership. Examples of Scholar Projects include: creating a detailed model based on a literary work and presenting it to the class, making a short film based on a literary work or movement, filming and presenting a mock-interview with a literary figure, running a 5K, learning a new skill, organizing and completing a service project inspired by an literary classic, reading and completing a reflections journal on a core book within the time frame of the course.

3 Semester Period Authors & orks Key Concepts & Assignments Colonial, New orld illiam Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation Journal riting: Compose a week s worth of journal entries as a member of Plymouth Plantation oad to Independence 700s 800s omanticism Dark omanticism ealism & egionalism Jonathan Edwards, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God Benjamin Franklin, excerpts from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Thomas Paine, Common Sense Patrick Henry s Address to the Second Virginia Convention, March 20, 775 Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience alph aldo Emerson, The Scholar ashington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Edgar Allen Poe, The aven Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn rite & deliver a sermon, using ethos, logos, and pathos Analysis of: structure, purpose, & style Analytical Essay form rite & deliver a persuasive speech, using ethos, logos, and pathos Essay: Compose persuasive essay based on Thoreau s ideas presented in Civil Disobedience Analyze Emerson s definition of an Scholar. hat makes an scholar different from other scholars? Discuss Scholar Project to be completed all year and presented at end of course. Synthesis Essay Form Essay: Synthesis essay on The Power of Darkness as represented in Dark omantic works of Irving, Poe, and Hawthorne Analysis Essay eview Analysis of structure, purpose & style Essay: Analytical literary essay based on Huckleberry Finn

4 Life in the new world Colonialism Time period Authors characteristics Author s goals/message Effect on culture/history Bradford Edwards Sermons eligion in the colonies (creating utopia) Life in the new world Journals They wanted to get their own people excited about new society they were building Promote righteousness New ideas epentance ebellion Movement Chart oad to Independence Late 700s early 800s Franklin Paine Henry Persuasive essays Political essays Autobiography Promote freedom Create new form of government Formed a new gov t and nation Inspired people to fight and die for liberty omanticism Dark omanticism egionalism & ealism Thoreau Emmerson Individualism Nature Optimism Know yourself Society is too restrictive Find truth about human nature Freedom for all (blacks and women) was promoted and ideas began to seed Hawthorne Poe Irving Elements of horror Mystery No happy endings Power of darkness Insanity Explored the dark side of human nature And power of darkness Foundation of Science Fiction and Mystery genres Lose of faith in basic goodness of humans C I V I L A Twain riters portrayed the traits of particular areas of the U.S. & Portrayed ordinary life Emphasized setting Shed light on different regional groups eveal the tension between old and new and encourage people to stop being oldfashioned Show problems that readers would recognize from their daily lives Uniquely identity emerged The struggle of the individual got more attention

5 Semester 2 Period Topics, Authors & orks Assignments Naturalism 80-0 Jack London, To Build a Fire eview Elements of Style for London s story eview Synthesis Essay Poetry 0-30 Fiction 0-30 eturn to ealism & egionalism T.S. Eliot & obert Frost, poetry selections Ernest Hemingway, In Another Country F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men illiam Faulkner, A ose for Emily Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird Essay: Synthesis essay based London s To Build a Fire and at least additional source: either Time Magazine s A orld ithout Bees or Bill McKibben s The End of Nature (TLOC pg 8) Multi-media presentation on poetry Elements of Style: Figurative Language Synthesis Essay: Fitzgerald s Gatsby, Hemingway s In Another Country, and -2 non-fiction sources - show how each author reflects modernism and which elements of ism do we see in our current Pop Culture? eview Synthesis Essay eview Elements of Style in Hemingway & Fitzgerald ecitation (any literary work) Narrative & Theme 20 th -Century & Contemporary Literature Louis L Amour, Education of a andering Man Finish & present Scholar Projects

6 Movement Chart eturn to Naturalism Poetry Fiction egionalism Time period O O Jack T.S. Eliot Ernerst Hemingway John Steinbeck Authors London obert Frost F. Scott Fitzgerald illiam Faulkner L L D D characteristics Author s goals/message Effect on culture/history Conflict is man vs. nature and nature wins Power of nature Superiority of instinct over intellect Futile struggle of the individual against brutal society or an indifferent universe ounded Knee Massacre Spanish- ar Famine in India Major conflicts in eastern Europe A I 4 8 Broke away from flow & rhyme of traditional poetry. Used symbolism, metaphor, blank verse. Manifestos of the individual. Eliot Many allusion; Frost remained traditional in form; lyric poetry Emptiness of life Alienation Eliot-disillusionment; inability to find meaning in life Frost isolation; loneliness.5 million southern blacks move to cities 7 million immigrants from Europe 2 Act limits immigration Everyday settings Plots with a clear climax or resolution Understatement Irony Stream of consciousness Antiheroes Instability & lose Alienation & Isolation Effect of war on individuals I killed 07,000 s 0 million total 20 omen s Suffrage Assembly line factories A II Characters are ordinary people Ordinary heroes Imagery, especially from nature Figurative language Impossibility of Dream Bad side to humanity Tradition vs. change Loneliness End of II US drops atomic bomb on Japan United Nations Korean ar