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Content/Performance Standards Addressed

Benchmark for Student Achievement

Students will be able to:

Assessment

1

Defining Self

Novel:  Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte

Assorted types of literary criticism relating to

Jane Eyre

Non-fiction:  Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, 

                      Jacobs

analyze several pieces of literature from various critical stances (archetypal, psychological, new criticism, etc.

A.P. essay writing practice

Drafts for college application essays

2

Connecting Through Relationships

Epic Poem:  Odyssey, Homer (Fitzgerald translation) and critical response over time

Novel:  Their Eyes Were Watching God, Hurston

Drama:  As You Like It, Shakespeare

practice identifying, synthesizing a variety of advanced  placement key passages.

More A.P. essay writing practice

Research Paper

3

Family

Novel:  Beloved, Morrison

Research Paper

Short Stories:  “Good Country People”, O’Connor

“A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings”, Marquez

“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”, Bierce

“Use of Force”, Williams

“Where Are You Going?  Where Have You Been?”, Oates

“A Rose for Emily”, Faulkner

Form a literature based thesis and prove it through the rigors of writing a research paper.

Student presentations

4

Poems:  “Kayak”, Merriam, “Call It a Good Marriage”, Graves, “When I Was One and Twenty”, Houseman, “Never Give All the

Prepare for the future by reading more college level material in an independent, inventive manner.

CD Rom

AP practice