Seniors
New Town High School
Senior English 2009-2010
Teacher: Ms. Anderson
Contact: www.msanderson.net
elizabeth.anderson@sendit.nodak.edu
Grading scale: standard, see student handbook
Classroom expectations: see student handbook and classroom
contract
Scope: World Literature, Native American Literature, Literary
Analysis, Composition and Rhetoric
Major works of Literature:
Instructor Goals:
Senior English 2009-2010
Teacher: Ms. Anderson
Contact: www.msanderson.net
elizabeth.anderson@sendit.nodak.edu
Grading scale: standard, see student handbook
Classroom expectations: see student handbook and classroom
contract
Scope: World Literature, Native American Literature, Literary
Analysis, Composition and Rhetoric
Major works of Literature:
 | The Epic of Gilgamesh (Sumerian hero/creation story) | |
| A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare | |
| The Ancient Child by N. Scott Momaday | |
| Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller | |
| The Death of Jim Loney by James Welch |
Instructor Goals:
- To engage students in the process of interpreting and
analyzing literature from a variety of historical and cultural
contexts.- To help students gain confidence in their abilities to
understand, interpret and respond to a variety of texts.- To prepare students for college-level reading and writing
experiences.
Please note that the following schedule is subject to change
throughout the year. Units may be shortened or lengthened
and projects/assignments may be added, removed or altered
based on the needs and interests of each group of students.
Daily:
Bell work: Students will write journal responses to
questions/prompts written on the board.
Grammar Time: The class will spend five to ten minutes per day
discussing/practicing the formal grammar required for writing in
standard American edited English. Activities will include sentence
diagramming, writing class sentences, and focus on specific
grammatical issues as determined by instructor.
Weekly:
Genres: Each week, students will be asked to read one
contemporary essay and compose a written response evaluating the
author’s use of literary and/or rhetorical devices.
Quarter 1:
Week 1: Personal introductions, negotiation of classroom contract,
introduction to daily activities, review of syllabus
Week 2: History of the written language, introduction to narrative
writing, introduction to the Epic of Gilgamesh
GILGAMESH STUDY GUIDE
Week 3: Reading Gilgamesh, using literary terms in analysis
Week 4: Reading Gilgamesh, using literary terms in analysis
Week 5: Reading Gilgamesh, write literary analysis essay
Week 6: History of the English language, introduction to
Shakespeare and Elizabethan English
Video: selections from History of the English Language (PBS
documentary)
Week 7: Introduction to Fairy stories and similar stories from cultures
around the world, including local tradition.
Video: The Fairy Faith (documentary)
Begin reading A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Week 8: Read A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Week 9: Read A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Quarter 2:
Week 1: Read A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Video: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Week 2: Student choice: compose fictional narrative stemming from
an historical/cultural tradition or compose a literary analysis essay
about the role of the supernatural in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Week 3: Introduction to magical realism and additional literary terms.
Brief history of Native American literature. Begin reading The Ancient
Child by N. Scott Momaday.
Week 4: Read The Ancient Child, use literary terms in analysis.
Week 5: Read The Ancient Child, use literary terms in analysis.
Week 6: Read The Ancient Child, compose persuasive essay in the
form of a book review using standard rhetorical devices
Week 7: Students will prepare persuasive speeches/presentations
using Microsoft Powerpoint and/or Windows Moviemaker.
Week 8: Students will prepare informational speeches/presentations
using Microsoft Powerpoint and/or Windows Moviemaker.
Week 9: Students will prepare entertaining speeches/presentations
using Microsoft Powerpoint and/or Windows Moviemaker.
Quarter 3:
Week 1: Introduction to Realism and literature as a critique of
modern society. Begin reading Death of a Salesman.
Week 2: Read Death of a Salesman, use literary terms in analysis.
Week 3: Read Death of a Salesman, use literary terms in analysis.
Video: Death of a Salesman
Week 4: Introduction to critical analysis using compare/contrast
analysis. Begin reading The Death of Jim Loney.
Week 5: Read The Death of Jim Loney, use literary terms in analysis.
Week 6: Read The Death of Jim Loney, use literary terms in analysis.
Week 7: Read The Death of Jim Loney, use literary terms in
analysis. Compose literary analysis paper comparing/contrasting
Salesman and Loney.
Week 8: Compose literary analysis paper comparing/contrasting
Salesman and Loney.
Week 9: Contemporary essay writing: genres, purposes, examples,
citations (APA)
Quarter 4:
Week 1: Brainstorming topics and subtopics for term papers.
Week 2: Researching term papers.
Week 3: Researching term papers.
Week 4: Researching term papers.
Week 5: Organizing research in term papers.
Week 6: Writing transitions and composing first drafts of term papers.
Week 7: Reviewing first drafts of term papers, citations, APA
formatting, etc.
Week 8: Completing final drafts of term papers.
Week 9: Conclusions, wrap up, etc.
- To help students gain confidence in their abilities to