In this unit, you will research and read different literary criticism and theory and put them into practice in the reading of your chosen text.
Essential Questions
- How do writers create texts to explore the social and political issues of their time?
- What role does satire and irony play in social critique?
- How do authors and artists reveal their attitudes toward their subject matter?
- What parallels can we draw between these societies and ours?
- How do authors use narration effectively?
- How does the application of a critical lens open up the reading of a text?
Texts
- Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice
- Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre
- Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights
- E.M. Forster’s Howards End
Wed 1/24
In class reflection on Q2
Intro to the unit
Research on terms and individual authors
- Biography
- Time period writing in
- Known style
Reading the first 20 pages
Thurs 1/25
Drop
Fri 1/26
Group discussion about author background
Reading next 30 pages and preparation for first discussion
Mon 1/29
First discussion and reflection
Tues 1/30
Reading day
Wed 1/31
Overview of critical lenses and theories
- Group work on critical lenses
Thurs 2/1
Continue working on critical lenses and reading Day
Fri 2/2
Passage Readings
Reading day and preparation for discussion #2
Mon 2/5
Discussion # 2 and reflection
Tues 2/6
Drop
Wed 2/7
Critical Lense readings
Thurs 2/8
Presenting on critical lenses
HW: Prep Discussion #3
Fri 2/9
Discussion #3 & reflection
Mon 2/12
Reading Day
Tues 2/13
In-class passage response
Wed 2/14
Reading Day and prep for discussion # 4
Thurs 2/5
Discussion # 4 and reflection
HW: finish the book for Tues 2/27
Mon 2/26
Drop
Tues 2/27
In class response # 2
HW: Prep for final discussion
Wed 2/28
Final Discussion & Reflection
HW: reading for next unit
Thurs 3/1
In-class writing day
HW: cont. working on project
Fri 3/2
In-class writing day
HW: cont. working on project
Mon 3/3
In-class writing day and locating images
HW: submit draft by tomorrow’s class
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