From Legend to History

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1 COMMON CORE Unit 1 Table of Contents From Legend to History The Old English and Medieval Periods (a.d. 449 to 1485) Multiple Perspectives on the Era Snapshot of the Period instructional essay and graphics 2 Historical Background instructional essay 4 Essential Questions Across Time: The Old English and Medieval Periods instructional essay 6 Recent Scholarship Burton Raffel England s Green, Fertile Land essay 14 Integrate and Evaluate Information 16 Part One: Earthly Exile, Heavenly Home Comparing Literary Works: Elegy Burton Raffel, Translator The Seafarer ANCHOR TEXT 20 The Literature of Exile world literature connection 22 Charles W. Kennedy, Translator The Wanderer 26 Ann Stanford, Translator The Wife s Lament 30 Part Two: the epic Extended Study: The Epic Defining Epics 34 from Gilgamesh epic 35 THEMES ACROSS CENTURIES: Translator s Insights Burton Raffel Introduces Beowulf essay 36 Burton Raffel, Translator from Beowulf ANCHOR TEXT epic 40 Battling Demons in the Ramayana world literature connection 52 Anglo-Saxon Metalwork science connection 54 THEMES ACROSS CENTURIES: Translator s Insights Seamus Heaney Discusses Beowulf essay 68 Reading for Information: Analyzing Functional and Expository Texts Online Encyclopedia Article English Literature expository text 71 Wikipedia Article Davy Crockett expository text 73 Contemporary Connection: Beowulf: From Ancient Epic to Graphic Novel Gareth Hinds from Beowulf graphic novel 77 x Contents informational text highlighted *

2 Unit 1 Part Three: A National Spirit Bede from A History of the English Church and People history 84 Atlas Page: The British Isles literature in context 87 Extended Study: Geoffrey Chaucer Literary History: Chaucer s World instructional essay 90 Meet the Author: Geoffrey Chaucer biography 92 Geoffrey Chaucer from The Canterbury Tales The Prologue EXEMPLAR 96 The Literature of Social Observation the british tradition 116 from The Pardoner s Tale 124 The Wife of Bath s Tale ANCHOR TEXT 138 Selfsame Sovereignty literature in context 146 Comparing Frame Stories Across Cultures Gallery of Frame Stories illustrated literary history 155 Giovanni Boccaccio from The Decameron: Federigo s Falcon tale 158 Part four: Perils and Adventures Marie Borroff, Translator from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 170 Sir Thomas Malory from Morte d Arthur ANCHOR TEXT romance 185 Research Project: Primary Sources Margaret Paston Letters of Margaret Paston letters 201 Four Folk Ballads cultural connection 205 Writing Workshop: Autobiographical Narrative 214 Speaking and Listening: Evaluate Persuasive Speech 222 Language Study: Using Dictionaries and Other Resources 224 Text Set Workshop: From Text to Understanding 226a Common Core Assessment Workshop: Test-Taking Practice 226 Common Core Assessment Workshop: Performance Tasks 230 Independent Reading 232 Contents xi

3 COMMON CORE Unit 2 Table of Contents Celebrating Humanity The English Renaissance Period (1485 to 1625) Multiple Perspectives on the Era Snapshot of the Period instructional essay and graphics 236 Historical Background instructional essay 238 Essential Questions Across Time: The English Renaissance Period instructional essay 240 RECENT SCHOLARSHIP Sir Frank Kermode Life in Elizabethan and Jacobean England essay 248 Integrate and Evaluate Information 250 Part One: Lovers and Their Lines Comparing Literary Works: Sonnet Sequences Edmund Spenser Sonnet 1 ANCHOR TEXTS 254 Sonnet Petrarch, Father of the Sonnet world literature in context 254 Sonnet Sir Philip Sidney Sonnet Sonnet Comparing Literary Works: Universal Themes Christopher Marlowe The Passionate Shepherd to His Love 266 Sir Walter Raleigh The Nymph s Reply to the Shepherd 268 William Shakespeare Sonnet Sonnet Sonnet The Mystery of the Sonnets world literature in context 277 Sonnet xii Contents

4 Unit 2 Part Two: The Influence of the Monarchy Research Project: Primary Sources Queen Elizabeth I Speech Before Her Troops ANCHOR TEXT speech 285 Don Luis de Córdoba Examination of Don Luis de Córdoba eyewitness account 288 Contemporary Connection: Connecting Elizabeth I, Past and Present John Lahr from Disappearing Act, Interview with Cate Blanchett interview 293 Comparing Literary Works: Metaphors, Analogies, and Narratives Commissioned by King James from The King James Bible Psalm 23 scripture 298 Psalm 137 scripture 300 from The Sermon on the Mount scripture 301 from The Parable of the Prodigal Son scripture 302 Parables Around the World world literature connection 302 Part three: Drama Extended Study: Shakespearean Drama Defining Drama 308 William Shakespeare from The Tragedy of Hamlet EXEMPLAR drama excerpt 309 Literary History: Shakespeare s World instructional essay 310 Themes Across Centuries: Author s Insights Sir Frank Kermode Introduces Macbeth essay 314 Meet the Author: William Shakespeare biography 316 William Shakespeare The Tragedy of Macbeth drama Act I ANCHOR TEXT 322 Act II 343 Act III 361 Act IV 379 Act V 401 Comparing Tragedy Past and Present The Changing Tragic Hero illustrated literary history 420 Sophocles from Oedipus the King drama 423 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe from Faust drama 430 Contents xiii

5 Reading for Information: Analyzing Functional and Expository Texts Designing a Globe Theatre for the 21st Century functional text 437 The Scottish Play, Told With Sound and Fury and Puppets expository text 439 Writing Workshop: Argumentative Essay 442 Speaking and Listening: Deliver a Persuasive Speech 450 Language Study: Words from Mythology 452 Text Set Workshop: From Text to Understanding 454a Common Core Assessment Workshop: Test-Taking Practice 454 Common Core Assessment Workshop: Performance Tasks 458 Independent Reading 460 xiv Contents

6 COMMON CORE Unit 4 Table of Contents Rebels and Dreamers The Romantic Period (1798 to 1832) Multiple Perspectives on the Era Snapshot of the Period instructional essay and graphics 716 Historical Background instructional essay 718 Essential Questions Across Time: The Romantic Period instructional essay 720 Recent Scholarship Elizabeth McCracken Creating a Legend essay 728 Integrate and Evaluate Information 730 Part One: Fantasy and Reality Comparing Literary Works: Mood Robert Burns To a Mouse 734 To a Louse 737 The Literature of Scotland the british tradition 738 Joanna Baillie Woo d and Married and A 741 Comparing Literary Works: Archetypes William Blake The Lamb 748 The Tyger 749 The Chimney Sweeper 751 Infant Sorrow 752 THEMES ACROSS CENTURIES: Author s Insights Elizabeth McCracken Introduces Frankenstein essay 756 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Introduction to Frankenstein ANCHOR TEXT introduction 760 Contemporary Connection: Frankenstein Past and Present Saturday Night Live The Curse of Frankenstein transcript 769 xviii Contents

7 Unit 4 Part Two: Lyric Poetry Extended Study: William Wordsworth and Lyric Poetry Elements of Lyric Poetry 774 Pablo Neruda Ode to My Suit EXEMPLAR 775 William Wordsworth biography 776 William Wordsworth Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey 780 The Evolution of the Self the british tradition 783 from The Prelude 786 The World Is Too Much With Us 790 London, Comparing Lyric Poetry From Around the World The Muse s Children illustrated literary history 796 Alexander Pushkin I Have Visited Again 799 Charles Baudelaire Invitation to the Voyage 802 Arthur Waley, Translator Thick Grow the Rush Leaves 805 Tu Fu Jade Flower Palace 806 Priest Jakuren, Ki Tsurayuki, Ono Komachi Three Tanka s 807 Reading for Information: Analyzing Functional and Expository Texts Traffic Management, Lake District expository text 811 Exploring Lancashire and the Lakes functional text 814 Comparing Literary Works: Sound Devices Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Rime of the Ancient Mariner 820 Kubla Khan 846 Comparing Literary Works: Figurative Language George Gordon, Lord Byron She Walks in Beauty ANCHOR TEXTS 854 from Childe Harold s Pilgrimage 856 from Don Juan 860 Byron s Influence on World Literature world literature connection 862 Contents xix

8 Comparing Literary Works: Imagery Percy Bysshe Shelley Ozymandias 868 Ode to the West Wind 870 To a Skylark 873 Shelley and Science literature in context 877 Comparing Literary Works: Conflict John Keats On First Looking into Chapman s Homer 882 When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be 885 Ode to a Nightingale 886 Pablo Neruda s Odes world literature connection 888 Ode on a Grecian Urn EXEMPLAR 890 Part Three: The Reaction to Society s Ills Research Project: Primary Sources Lord John Russell Speech in Favor of Reform parliamentary debate 899 Sir Robert Peel Speech Against Reform parliamentary debate 902 Thomas Babington Macaulay On the Passing of the Reform Bill letter 904 Government Terms vocabulary connection 906 Comparing Literary Works: Persuasive Techniques Jane Austen On Making an Agreeable Marriage ANCHOR TEXT letter 912 Mary Wollstonecraft from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman ANCHOR TEXT social commentary 916 The Literature of Protest the british tradition 917 Writing Workshop: Multimedia Presentation of an Argument 920 Speaking and Listening: Analyze a Non-Print Political Advertisement 928 Language Study: Etymology of Scientific, Medical, and Mathematical Terms 930 Text Set Workshop: From Text to Understanding 932a Common Core Assessment Workshop: Test-Taking Practice 932 Common Core Assessment Workshop: Performance Tasks 936 Independent Reading 938 xx Contents

9 COMMON CORE Unit 5 Table of Contents Unit 5 Progress and Decline The Victorian Period (1833 to 1901) Multiple Perspectives on the Era Snapshot of the Period instructional essay and graphics 942 Historical Background instructional essay 944 Essential Questions Across Time: The Victorian Period instructional essay 946 Recent Scholarship James Berry Growing Up in Colonial Jamaica essay 954 Integrate and Evaluate Information 956 Part One: Relationships Comparing Literary Works: Speaker Alfred, Lord Tennyson from In Memoriam, A. H. H. 960 The Lady of Shalott 963 A Crisis of Faith the british tradition 966 from The Princess: Tears, Idle Tears 969 Ulysses 970 Comparing Literary Works: Types of Poetic Lines Robert Browning My Last Duchess ANCHOR TEXTS 979 Life in a Love 981 Porphyria s Lover 982 Elizabeth Barrett Browning Sonnet 43 ANCHOR TEXT 986 Part Two: The Novel Extended Study: Charles Dickens and the Novel Defining the Novel 990 Fyodor Dostoyevsky from Crime and Punishment EXEMPLAR novel excerpt 991 Literary History: Dickens s World instructional essay 992 Meet the Author: Charles Dickens biography 994 Charles Dickens from Hard Times novel excerpt 998 The Nineteenth-Century Novel world literature connection 1000 Comparing Social Criticism in Fiction The Novelist as Social Critic illustrated literary history 1010 Anton Chekhov An Upheaval short story 1013 Contents xxi

10 Reading for Information: Analyzing Functional and Expository Texts Charles Dickens Museum Andalusia: Home of Flannery O Connor Charlotte Brontë from Jane Eyre ANCHOR TEXT expository text 1023 functional text 1025 novel excerpt 1030 Part Three: The Empire and Its Discontents Comparing Literary Works: Mood Matthew Arnold Dover Beach ANCHOR TEXT 1042 Rudyard Kipling Recessional ANCHOR TEXTS 1045 The Widow at Windsor 1048 essay 1052 From Lucy: Englan Lady 1055 Freedom 1057 Time Removed 1058 song 1061 newspaper article 1065 literature in context 1067 advertisement 1068 THEMES ACROSS CULTURES: Author s Insights James Berry Introduces Three Poems Contemporary Connection: Connecting Victorian Themes Colin Meloy Eli, the Barrow Boy Research Project: Primary Sources Sydney Smith Thomas Cook xxii Contents Progress in Personal Comfort Technological Advances in the 19th Century Cook s Railroad Advertisement

11 Unit 5 Part four: Gloom and Glory Comparing Literary Works: Theme Emily Brontë Remembrance 1075 Thomas Hardy The Darkling Thrush 1078 Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave? 1081 The Greek Anthology world literature connection 1082 Comparing Literary Works: Theme Gerald Manley Hopkins God s Grandeur ANCHOR TEXTS 1088 Spring and Fall: To a Young Child 1090 A. E. Housman To an Athlete Dying Young ANCHOR TEXTS 1092 When I Was One-and-Twenty 1093 Writing Workshop: Historical Investigation Report 1096 Speaking and Listening: Analyze and Evaluate Entertainment Media 1108 Language Study: Idioms 1110 Text Set Workshop: From Text to Understanding 1112a Common Core Assessment Workshop: Test-Taking Practice 1112 Common Core Assessment Workshop: Performance Tasks 1116 Independent Reading 1118 Contents xxiii

12 COMMON CORE Unit 6 Table of Contents A Time of Rapid Change The Modern and Postmodern Periods (1901 to Present) Multiple Perspectives on the Era Snapshot of the Period instructional essay and graphics 1122 Historical Background instructional essay 1124 Essential Questions Across Time: The Modern and Postmodern Periods instructional essay 1126 Recent Scholarship Anita Desai The English Language Takes Root in India essay 1134 Integrate and Evaluate Information 1136 Part One: Forging Modernism William Butler Yeats When You Are Old 1140 The Lake Isle of Innisfree 1141 The Wild Swans at Coole 1142 The Second Coming 1145 Sailing to Byzantium ANCHOR TEXT 1147 Extended Study: T. S. Eliot Literary History: T. S. Eliot s World 1152 Meet the Author: T. S. Eliot biography 1155 T. S. Eliot Preludes 1156 Journey of the Magi 1158 Eliot s The Hollow Men literary history 1160 The Hollow Men 1163 The Literary Magazine the british tradition 1165 Comparing Literary Works: Allegory and Pastoral W. H. Auden In Memory of W. B. Yeats 1172 Musée des Beaux Arts 1177 Louis MacNeice Carrick Revisited 1180 Stephen Spender Not Palaces 1183 Part Two: Modernism in Fiction Extended Study: Virginia Woolf Meet the Author: Virginia Woolf biography 1188 Virginia Woolf The Lady in the Looking Glass: A Reflection short story 1192 from Mrs. Dalloway novel excerpt 1198 Shakespeare s Sister essay 1202 xxiv Contents

13 Unit 6 Comparing Stream-of-Consciousness Narratives Stream of Consciousness illustrated literary history 1208 Juan Rulfo from Pedro Páramo novel excerpt 1211 Rosario Castellanos from The Nine Guardians novel excerpt 1213 Extended Study: Short Story Defining the Short Story 1216 Anton Chekhov from Home short story 1217 Joseph Conrad The Lagoon short story 1220 Joseph Conrad, International Author world literature connection 1229 James Joyce Araby short story 1236 The Irish Tradition the british tradition 1240 D. H. Lawrence The Rocking-Horse Winner ANCHOR TEXT short story 1246 Graham Greene A Shocking Accident short story 1263 Part Three: Conflicts at Home and Abroad Comparing Literary Works: World War I Poetry Rupert Brooke The Soldier 1274 Siegfried Sassoon Wirers 1276 Wilfred Owen Anthem for Doomed Youth 1277 Contemporary Connection: Baghdad Burning Riverbend Iraqi War Blog blog 1281 Research Project: Primary Sources Winston Churchill Wartime Speech speech 1287 English Government Evacuation Scheme memorandum 1291 Elizabeth Bowen The Demon Lover short story 1298 War and Literature the british tradition 1300 Comparing Literary Works: World War II Poetry Keith Douglas Vergissmeinnicht (Forget Me Not) 1310 Alun Lewis Postscript: For Gweno 1312 Henry Reed Naming of Parts 1313 George Orwell Shooting an Elephant essay 1318 Vocabulary of Empire literature in context 1321 Doris Lessing No Witchcraft for Sale short story 1328 Colonial Rhodesia literature in context 1333 Contents xxv

14 Nadine Gordimer V. S. Naipaul history connection short story 1349 world literature connection epic 1362 Follower 1368 Two Lorries 1370 Outside History 1374 The Train from Rhodesia ANCHOR TEXT Apartheid B. Wordsworth Politics and Fiction Derek Walcott from Midsummer, XXIII from Omeros, from Chapter xxviii Seamus Heaney Eavan Boland short story Part four: The Postmodern and Beyond Samuel Beckett Come and Go drama 1380 Harold Pinter That s All drama 1384 Dylan Thomas Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night 1390 literature in context 1391 Fern Hill 1392 The Horses 1396 An Arundel Tomb 1402 The Explosion 1404 Peter Redgrove On the Patio 1407 Stevie Smith Not Waving but Drowning 1408 Dylan Thomas and Poetry in Performance Ted Hughes Comparing Literary Works: Meter and Free Verse Philip Larkin Comparing Literary Works: Elegies Carol Ann Duffy Prayer 1412 Penelope Shuttle In the Kitchen 1414 essay 1416 short story 1420 literary history 1432 short story 1436 essay 1446 Finding a Place in the World the british tradition 1450 Where Is Our Island Home? literature in context 1452 THEMES ACROSS CULTURES: Author s Insights Anita Desai Introduces A Devoted Son A Devoted Son ANCHOR TEXT Contemporary British Fiction Penelope Lively Next Term, We ll Mash You Arthur C. Clarke from We ll Never Conquer Space xxvi Contents

15 Unit 6 Reading for Information: Analyzing Functional and Expository Texts Extra-Terrestrial Relays: Can Rocket Stations Give World-wide Radio Coverage? technical article 1455 Weather in the Palm of Your Hand press release 1457 New British Nonfiction literary history 1460 Nick Hornby from Songbook: I m Like a Bird essay 1464 Writing Workshop: Short Story 1468 Speaking and Listening: Compare Media Coverage of Same Event 1476 Language Study: Cognates and Borrowed Words 1478 Text Set Workshop: From Text to Understanding 1480a Common Core Assessment Workshop: Test-Taking Practice 1480 Common Core Assessment Workshop: Performance Tasks 1484 Independent Reading 1486 Contents xxvii