Senior College Prep English Your Year in a Nutshell Class of 2013 Quarter 1 Anglo-Saxon (800 – 1300 AD): Beowulf, Arthur & Braveheart – The Language of Leadership - Epic and Folk Heroes 9 Original epic The Hero’s Journey Archetypes How to boast in style How to speak with passion Traits that count: strength, courage, pride, loyalty, honour, faith, modesty, courtesy, bravery. 9 Personal Statement UC prompts Common Application prompts Getting ready for November 30th! Renaissance (1500 – 1600): Othello – Good vs Evil -The Tragic Hero and The Quintessential Villain 9 Sonnets 9 Othello Literary Analysis homework essay The Hero’s Journey Archetypes Villainy: enter the shadow Quarter 2 Restoration (1600 – 1700): Arguments for Change 9 9 9 9 9 9
Charles I & II and the Restoration Jonathan Swift – “A Modest Proposal” Alexander pope – “An Essay on Man” The Daily Show and Colbert Report Addressing controversial issues Using expository, persuasive and personal writing
Victorian (1800 – 1900): Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, My Last Duchess and The Lady of Shalott – Restriction - Voices for Social Freedom 9 9 9 9
Exploring humanity The darkness continues Social restrictions, social change Book Club – Novel choice and literature circles Great Expectations – Charles Dickens Silas Marner – George Eliot Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll Treasure Island -Robert Louis Stevenson Tess of the D’Ubervilles – Thomas Hardy A Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde The Time Machine – H.G. Wells Kim – Rudyard Kipling
Quarter 3 Modern: Master Harold and the Boys, The Power of One and Warrior – Coming of age, overcoming prejudice and finding redemption 9 Joe Louis – America’s Hero Betrayed 9 If – Rudyard Kipling 9 Invictus – William Ernest Henley 9 Master Harold and The Boys Themes Rites of Passage Hero’s Journey & character analysis Archetypes 9 The Power of One Themes Rites of Passage Hero’s Journey & character analysis Archetypes 9 Warrior Hatred and Anger Personal cages Family relationships The Power of One Overcoming the past
Quarter 4 20th and 21st Century Literature– Star Wars and The Dark Knight Rises – Technology, Heroism and Ambiguity 9 9 9 9
Themes Rites of Passage Hero’s Journey & character analysis Archetypes
Senior Project: The Dragon Talks – Enlightening the world 9 Personal passion 9 Final presentation
