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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

Essential Questions:

  • What forces influence individuals to cross borders and cultures?
  • How does what we know about the world shape the way we view ourselves?
  • What are the benefits and detriments of crossing borders?
  • How does the experience of crossing borders and experiencing diverse cultures affect an individual’s identity?

Literary Texts:

  • Bless Me, Ultima
  • Things Fall Apart

Independent Reading Choices:

Frankenstein, Into Thin Air, Metamorphosis, Life of Oloudah Equiano, Obasan, Annie John, The House on Mango Street, Sold, The Things They Carried, The Joy Luck Club, OR A Long Way Gone  

 

 

Week of 2 August

  • student information 
  • introduction to voice through art (PPT)
  • Vocabulary Workshop Lesson 1
  • review of course policies (PPT
  • 8/6/10 summer reading assignment DUE (instructions)
  • 8/6/10 self-portrait and expository paragraph DUE 
  • alliterative adjective introduction & summer reading activity (instructions, personality trait adjectives)

 Week of 9 August

Week of 16 August

  • 8/16/10 summer reading novels Socratic seminar (essential question)
  • 8/18/10 Vocabulary Lessons 1 & 2 review: cartoon creation DUE (instructions 
  • 8/18/10 TEST:  summer reading novels timed-writing essay 
  • 8/20/10 QUIZ: Vocabulary Workshop Lessons 1 & 2
  • 8/20/10 Bless Me, Ultima chapters 1-7 analysis and vocabulary DUE (instructions, double-entry journal)

Week of 23 August

Week of 30 August

Week of 6 September

  • 9/8/10 independent reading assignment 2 DUE (instructions, double-entry journal
  • 9/10/10 QUIZ: Vocabulary Workshop Lessons 3 & 4
  • timed-writing AP Literature Exam essay prompt  

Week of 13 September

  • Vocabulary Workshop Lesson 5 
  • 9/14/10 Things Fall Apart Part One (chapters 1-13) DUE (portfolio assignment

Week of 20 September

Week of 27 September

  • 9/28/10 Things Fall Apart Part Three (chapters 20-25) DUE (portfolio assignment 
  • 9/30/10 QUIZ: Vocabulary Workshop Lessons 5 & 6
  • 9/30/10  Unit 1 Socratic seminar 

Week of 11 October 


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