CURRICULUM MAP: 10002.map
English Senior Elective: Adventure Literature (SCP) 127
Overview
TIME FRAME: 9 weeks
GRADE: 12
CONTACT:
MAP LEVEL:
23.1 LANGUAGE ARTS - READING AND RESPONDING
23.1.1.9.3
-- Students will select and organize relevant information from text to summarize.
23.1.1.9.5
-- Students will draw conclusions and use evidence to substantiate them by using texts heard, read and viewed.
23.1.2.9.1
-- Students will generate and respond to questions.
23.1.2.9.3
-- Students will distinguish between fact and opinion.
23.1.2.9.4
-- Students will make, support and defend judgments about texts.
23.1.2.9.5
-- Students will discuss and respond to texts by making text-to-self, text-to-text and text-to-world connections.
23.1 LANGUAGE ARTS - READING AND RESPONDING
23.1.2.9.6
-- Students will identify and discuss the underlying theme or main idea in texts.
23.1.3.9.4
-- Students will develop vocabulary through listening, speaking, reading and writing.
23.1.4.9.1
-- Students will respond to the ideas of others and recognize the validity of differing views.
23.1.4.9.2
-- Students will persuade listeners about understandings and judgments of works read, written and viewed.
23.2 LANGUAGE ARTS - EXPLORE AND RESPOND TO LITER
23.2.1.9.1
-- Students will identify the various conventions within a genre and apply this understanding to the evaluation of the text.
23.2.1.9.2
-- Students will identify and analyze the differences between the structures of fiction and nonfiction.
23.2.1.9.3
-- Students will explain and explore their own and others’ aesthetic reactions to texts.
23.2.1.9.4
-- Students will analyze literary conventions and devices an author uses and how they contribute meaning and appeal.
23.2.2.9.1
-- Students will develop and defend multiple responses to literature using individual connections and relevant text references.
23.2.2.9.2
-- Students will develop a critical stance and cite evidence to support the stance.
23.2 LANGUAGE ARTS - EXPLORE AND RESPOND TO LITER
23.2.3.9.1
-- Students will discuss, analyze and evaluate how characters deal with the diversity of human experience and conflict.
23.2.3.9.2
-- Students will compare/contrast and evaluate ideas, themes and/or issues across classical and contemporary texts.
23.2.3.9.3
-- Students will create responses to texts and examine each work's contributions to an understanding of human experience across cultures.
23.2.4.9.1
-- Students will analyze and evaluate the basic beliefs, perspectives and assumptions underlying an author's work.
23.2.4.9.2
-- Students will discuss how the experiences of an author influence the text.
23.2.4.9.4
-- Students will analyze and evaluate themes and connections that cross cultures.
23.2 LANGUAGE ARTS - EXPLORE AND RESPOND TO LITER
23.2.4.9.5
-- Students will interpret, analyze and evaluate the influence of culture, history and ethnicity on themes and issues in literature.
23.2.4.9.6
-- Students will evaluate the effectiveness of the choices that authors, illustrators and filmmakers make to express political and social issues.
What does it take to survive in the wild?
How does being out in the wild change a person?
How are man versus man and man versus nature conflicts different?
How does nature provide a reflection/insight into what is good or bad in humanity?
Why is there a need for humans to test themselves against nature?
Through a series of reading and video experiences, students will study a wide array of adventures in nature. Students will also respond in writing, both analytically and creatively, to the adventures and scenarios they read and view.
Students will display the ability to:
-- Analyze the author's purpose beyond that of entertaining,
-- Read for comprehension and appreciation,
-- Demonstrate an understanding of the material under study through the planning and writing of a number of formal essays or other appropriate writing assignments,
-- Exercise and improve effective writing techniques through the editing and revision of writing assignments,
-- Attack problems of grammar, usage, spelling and punctuation as they occur in his/her writing,
-- Confer with his/her teacher on a regular basis on the processes of writing and revision,
-- Identify the elements of a well-organized, well-written essay,
-- Recognize and rationalize the differing approaches a writer has toward a contemporary topic/theme,
-- Use a variety of forms of expression (such as: computer, oral, written, art, music an performance) to successfully communicate to varying audiences,
-- Address a small or large group appropriately,
-- Recognize, identify and employ appropriate non-verbal communication,
-- Demonstrate the organizational skills necessary to express themselves,
-- Alter the method of communication in order to effectively enhance the desired outcome.
All students will:
-- Be instructed in active, critical reading strategies and skills
-- Be instructed in the literary terms, devices, and structures necessary for reading comprehension of various materials,
-- Be given the opportunity to respond to literature both orally and in written formats,
-- Be taught the numerous skills required for successful research and research writing,
-- Write a researched paper in MLA format,
-- Write a minimum of 3 papers following the complete writing process from the following modes: description, narration, exposition, persuasion, literary analysis, creative,
-- Complete 10 pages of written material (excluding tests and journals) by the end of the semester,
-- Deliver a speech/debate/dramatic reading/presentation in front of the class,
-- Be instructed in effective techniques and skills for public speaking,
-- Be guided in effective discussion strategies for circle/double circle discussions and Socratic seminars,
-- Be instructed on the skills and strategies necessary for interpreting, analyzing, and evaluating a visual communication.
-- Be instructed on audience decorum and appropriate responses.
Assessment of student performance will include such activities as journal responses, essay tests, essay assignments focusing on persuasive and critical/thematic topics, circle discussions, Socratic seminars, independent literary projects, and researched papers/projects and presentations. Students will also write a Mystery narrative (7-10 pages), and give a dramatic presentation of an excerpt from a mystery stage play.
Texts:
Wild Stories of Survival from the World's Most Dangerous Places
Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
Call of the Wild (Jack London)
Selected Short Stories (Jack London)
Dove
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Videos:
The Edge
The Perfect Storm
Cast Away