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Gifted English 10: World Literature and Composition

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Course Information:

 


Travelling Around the World through Literature

I look upon travel as a means of spiritual testing. What gives value to travel is fear. It is the fact that, at a certain moment, we are so far from our country . . . we are seized by an instinctive desire to go back to the protection of old habits. This is the most obvious benefit of travel. At that moment, we are feverish, but also porous, so that the slightest touch makes us quiver to the depth of our being. By exercising our most intimate senses, we understand a culture. It is through travel that we learn about ourselves. (Albert Camus)


Unit 1: Border Crossing and Cultural Clashes

 

Unit 2: The Human Condition and the Search for Meaning


Unit 3

Darkness Within: Man's Inhumanity to Man and Self

Essential Questions:

  •  Is humankind inherently good or evil?
  • What is the relationship between freedom and responsibility? 
  • Do individuals have a moral obligation not to allow their own freedom to negatively impact other human beings?
  •  How do individuals control their dark side and reconcile their dual nature?

Resources:

  • The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde online text

 

Week of 4 January 2010

Week of 11 January 2010

Week of 18 January 2010

Week of 25 January 2010

Week of 1 February 2010

 Week of 8 February 2010

Week of 22 February 2010

  • 02/23/10 Night pages 98-115 discussion [discussion leaders: Tyler] (instructions)
  • viewing and analysis of 1941 film Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (instructions)

Week of 1 March 2010

  • viewing and analysis of 1941 film Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (instructions)
  • discussion of novel choices (The Kite Runner, Les Miserables, Lord of the Flies, The Stranger, Fahrenheit 451, Slaughterhouse-Five)
  • introduction of research project for The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (instructions)
  • reading and analysis of excerpt from An Essay on Man (poem, collage assignment)

Week of 8 March 2010

  • work on research project for The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (instructions)
  • reading and analysis of The Tempest (online text
  • Th 03/11/10 An Essay on Man collage assignment DUE (poem, instructions)

Week of 15 March 2010

  • reading and analysis of The Tempest (online text
  • work on research project for The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (instructions)  

Useful Links:

 

Links to Critical-Thinking Games:


Gifted English 10 Summer Reading:

 

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