2015 LboT

English Literature B

English Lit.

Jr., Sr., CP

Sammy Yi

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The primary goal of this course is to improve students students engagement with literature by employing the SLOW READING
technique to carefully read and critically analyze contemporary English literature.

Through the active reading of selected texts, students will deepen their understanding of the ways writers use the English language to
provide both profound meaning and deep pleasure for readers.
To that end, the secondary goal will be for students to interact more intimately with certain works in order to understand these works
complexities, to absorb their meaning and to analyze how their meaning is conveyed within the context of each works literary form.
Students will also consider these selected works in both a historical and social context, to allow for interpretation, critical analysis and
the understanding and relevance of various critical perspectives in literature through a Christian worldview.
This course will utilize works from both various genres and periods to support an intensive study of representative works of great
literary merit, so that students will be exposed to many varied works. However, it is the goal of this course not only to introduce
students to a wide variety of works, but to ensure that they become intimately familiar with some of the best of the best.

This course will also include a heavy emphasis on discussion and debate, including critical analyses, structured research, readerresponse to text, and creative writing projects, all with the goal to connect the student with texts, their contents and constructs, their
meaning and purpose, their structure and their sturdiness in the long unfolding of literary time all the while working on their English
language skills in an intensive environment.
Maus by Art Spiegelman
SOAR Study Skills by Susan Kruger, Creative Teaching Methods by Marlene LeFever, and various gathered articles and studies
throughout my years of teaching and also progressive teaching methodologies and research found through great and varied resources
throughout the internet.

Maus by Art Spiegelman, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

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Happy Week
Intro week

Day 1 - 5:
Essay Writing Workshop
-Handwriting Workshop

Day 6-10:

Essay Writing Workshop (Cont.)

-Introduction into the mechanics of good and proper essay and also the
techniques involved in writing a good and proper essay

-A Continuation of the essay writing workshop introduced in week 1

SOAR Study Skills Unit 1

Day 11-15:

Chapter 4:
Chapter 5:
Chapter 6:
Chapter 7:

Scheduling
Organizing Papers
Organizing Space
Organizing Time

SOAR Study Skills Unit 1

Day 16-21:

Chapter 8: Interacting with Teachers

Chapter 9: Reading
Chapter 10: Writing

Starting at week 3, The SOAR methodology of study will be introduced and

worked through. SOAR stands for "Set Goals", "Organize", "Ask
Questions", and "Record your Progress. SOAR Study Skills is a
comprehensive system that empowers students to manage their time,
school-work, and extra-curricular interests more efficiently.
The four-step program builds upon each strategy to increase students'
understanding and retention, while decreasing their homework and study
time. SOAR Study Skills is a core program, addressing basic
organizational and strategic learning needs for students. There are some
popular "study strategies" that you will NOT see in SOAR because they do
not meet our criteria for
student-friendly.
All strategies are easy to integrate into an immediate routine.

SOAR Study Skills Unit 2

Day 22-24:

Day 25-26:

Chapter 11: Proper Notes

Chapter 12: Tests
Chapter 13, 14, & 15: Grades, Goals, &
Achievements

Maus Unit 1

Day 27-31:

Maus Lectures 1

Day 32-36:

Maus Research Project Preparation

Mid-Term Exams & Build-Up & Spirit Week

Day 37-41:

Maus Research Project Preparation

Starting at week 6, we will take the next step and go into a more in-depth
examination of Maus. We take a holistic and critical look at the history,
culture, the experience and struggle, and even the humor that is involved
in this graphic novel.

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Maus Unit 2
Day 42-46:

Maus Research Project Preparation

11

Day 47-51:

Maus Presentations

12

Day 52-56:

Maus Presentations and Teacher/Student

Role Reversal

Maus Unit 3

13

14

15

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Day 52-56:

Maus Presentations and Teacher/Student

Role Reversal

Days 57-61:

Maus Discussions 1

Days 62-66:

Maus Discussions 2/Wrap Up

Final Exams