Survey+of+Lit+-+Comp+Curricululm

=**The table below outlines the current freshmen curriculum. The following links also lay out the** process writing topics and the grammar scope and sequence for the course .=

Process Writing Topics

Grammar Scope and Sequence

Plot – exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
 * **Unit I: Short Story** ||  ||
 * Declarative Knowledge || Procedural Knowledge ||
 * Elements of the short story -

conflict – internal person v. self conflict – external person v. outside world person v. person person v. nature person v. society person v. technology etc....

Inference Foreshadow

Characterization – direct / indirect – flat /round – static / dynamic

Irony - Situational - Dramatic - Verbal

Symbolism – public / personal

MLA format - header; heading,works cited page - work cited entries:hanging indent || Quoting prose / dialog / narration / both / block

Paragraph development – TSM

Essay development – Intro / Body / Conclusion / MLA format. ||
 * **Unit II: Romeo and Juliet** ||  ||
 * Declarative Knowledge || Procedural Knowledge ||
 * Life of William Shakespeare

Drama – Tragedy / Comedy Pun Character Foil iambic pentameter blank verse speech sonnet light / dark motif Irony - Situational - Dramatic - Verbal Comic Relief Simile Metaphor Personification Oxymoron Soliloquy Monologue aside || Quoting verse


 * Reinforce paragraph development – TSM**


 * Reinforce essay development – Intro / Body / Conclusion / MLA format.** ||
 * **Unit III:** //**The Odyssey**// **by Homer** ||  ||
 * Declarative Knowledge || Procedural Knowledge ||
 * Reinforce knowledge of the Olympian Gods

The Life of Homer

Background of the epic Written approx. 700 BC - Trojan War: 10 years 1200 BC - Wanderings: 10 years - Offense to Poseidon

epic poem begins with an invocation to the muses epic hero myth alter ego epic simile / Homeric simile epithet rhapsodes medias res


 * Reinforce:** protagonist / antagonist, conflict (internal / external)

metaphor / archetype – students are to study how different stories from the epic are metaphors for the struggles we encounter in life. || **Reinforce the following:**


 * Quoting verse**


 * Expository paragraph development**

Propaganda Techniques Bandwagon, Name-calling, Testimonial, Glittering Generality, Plain-folks, Transer, Emotional Words, Faulty Reasoning, Fear
 * Reinforce essay development – Intro / Body / Conclusion / MLA format.** ||
 * **Unit IV:** //**Animal Farm**// **by George Orwell** ||  ||
 * Declarative Knowledge || Procedural Knowledge ||
 * Allegory – Russian Revolution

Major plot elements

Satire Allegory Allusions

dramatic) protagonist / antagonist ||  ||
 * Reinforce the following:** inference, direct / indirect characterization, irony (situational, verbal,