English III Honors Academic Library (2nd Semester)

Completing this junior level course in second semester students will find interwoven throughout the lessons activities that encourage students to strengthen their oral language skills, research and critically analyze sources of information, and produce clear, coherent writing. To round out the course, students will read a range of short but complex texts, including Henry David Thoreau’s essay "Civil Disobedience,” Floyd Dell’s drama King Arthur’s Socks, and works by Emily Dickinson, Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Martin Luther King, Jr., F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sandra Cisneros, Amy Tan, and Dave Eggers.

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english iii honors

Unit 7: ​Modern Drama Study

1. Trifles: The Rise of Modern Feminism on the Stage, Part 1 Guided Notes
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson. 
   2. Instruction - How do stage directions and characterization set the scene for a murder mystery?
   3. Assignment - Read the first half of Trifles by Susan Glaspell and analyze its stage directions.
   4. Instruction - How do stage directions and characterization set the scene for a murder mystery?
   5. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   6. Quiz Answers
2. Trifles: The Rise of Modern Feminism on the Stage, Part 2 Guided Notes
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
   2. Instruction - How does Glaspell use symbols and irony to reinforce feminist themes in Trifles?
   3. Assignment - Read part two of Trifles by Susan Glaspell to notice symbols.
   4. Instruction - How does Glaspell use symbols and irony to reinforce feminist themes in Trifles?
   5. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   6. Quiz Answers
3. Interpreting a Source Text: A Production of Trifles Guided Notes
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
   2. Instruction - How do different forms of media interpret Glaspell’s Trifles?
   3. Assignment - Explore different versions of Trifles.
   4. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   5. Quiz Answers
4. Nonrestrictive Elements and Parallel Structure Guided Notes
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
   2. Instruction - How can you use punctuation and parallel structure to improve your writing?
   3. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   4. Assignment - Practice using parallelism and nonrestrictive elements in writing.
   5. Quiz Answers
5. Writing Workshop: Exploring Argument
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
   2. Instruction - How do you organize and develop an effective argument?
   3. Pre-Writing - Plan to write your argumentative essay.
   4. Instruction - How do you organize and develop an effective argument?
   5. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   6. Assignment - Write an argumentative essay.
   7. Drafting - Draft your argumentative essay.
   8. Assignment - Revise writing for style and logic.
   9. Revising - Revise your argumentative essay.
   10. Assignment - Evaluate the revision of your argumentative speech.
   11. Quiz Answers
6. Unit Test 
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Unit 8: ​Victory and Despair: The Roaring Twenties, Modernism, and Postwar Outlooks

1. Fitzgerald and the Roaring Twenties
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson. 
   2. Instruction - How does Fitzgerald use setting to help the reader gain deeper insight into a story?
   3. Assignment - Read chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald to examine the setting of the story. 
   4. Instruction - How does Fitzgerald use setting to help the reader gain deeper insight into a story?
   5. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   6. Quiz Answers
2. Japanese American Internment Guided Notes
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
   2. Assignment - Read Executive Order 9066 by President Roosevelt to determine its purpose.
   3. Instruction - How can a reader analyze different texts to understand a historically significant event?
   4. Assignment - Read “In Response to Executive Order 9066. . .” by Dwight Okita and summarize the theme.
   5. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   6. Quiz Answers
3. Remembering and Reflecting on the Holocaust Guided Notes
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
   2. Instruction - How do genre and point of view contribute to the power of Holocaust literature?
   3. Assignment - Read an excerpt from All Rivers Run to the Sea to analyze point of view.
   4. Instruction - How do genre and point of view contribute to the power of Holocaust literature?
   5. Assignment - Read an excerpt from Maus to analyze the genre and point of view.
   6. Instruction - How do genre and point of view contribute to the power of Holocaust literature?
   7. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   8. Quiz Answers
4. Southern Gothic Guided Notes
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
   2. Instruction - How does Flannery O’Connor use literary techniques to influence characterization?
   3. Assignment - Read "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" to analyze Southern gothic characters.
   4. Instruction - How does Flannery O’Connor use literary techniques to influence characterization?
   5. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   6. Quiz Answers 
5. Correct Modifiers and Concise Wording Guided Notes
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
   2. Instruction - How can you correct wordiness, redundancy, and modifier errors to improve your writing?
   3. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   4. Assignment - Practice correcting modifier errors, wordiness, and redundancy.
   5. Quiz Answers
6. Writing Workshop: Comparing Texts
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
   2. Instruction - How do you write a literary analysis comparing two works through a central topic?
   3. Pre-Writing - Plan to write your analytical essay.
   4. Instruction - How do you write a literary analysis comparing two works through a central topic?
   5. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   6. Assignment - Write a five-paragraph literary analysis essay.
   7. Drafting - Draft your analytical essay.
   8. Assignment - Evaluate your literary analysis essay.
   9. Revising - Revise your analytical essay.
   10. Assignment - Evaluate your revision.
   11. Quiz Answers
7. Unit Test
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Unit 9: ​I, too, Am America: The Harlem Renaissance and the Civil Rights Movement

1. Poetry of Langston Hughes Guided Notes
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
   2. Instruction - How does Hughes use imagery, repetition, rhythm, and speaker to convey theme?
   3. Assignment - Read "Harlem" and "The Weary Blues" to analyze how imagery reveals theme.
   4. Instruction - How does Hughes use imagery, repetition, rhythm, and speaker to convey theme?
   5. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   6. Quiz Answers
2. Zora Neale Hurston’s Strong Voice Guided Notes
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson. 
   2.  Instruction - How does Hurston use nonstandard English and voice to convey cultural experiences? 
   3. Assignment - Read chapter 16 of Their Eyes Were Watching God to examine the use of dialect.
   4. Instruction - How does Hurston use nonstandard English and voice to convey cultural experiences?
   5. Assignment - Explore the dialects of your region.
   6. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   7. Quiz Answers
3. Richard Wright's Struggles with Racism Guided Notes
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson. 
   2. Instruction - How does Richard Wright’s Black Boy reflect societal and cultural influences?
   3. Assignment - Read a selection from Black Boy by Richard Wright to analyze anecdotes.
   4. Instruction - How does Richard Wright’s Black Boy reflect societal and cultural influences?
   5. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   6. Quiz Answers
4. Brown v. Board of Education Guided Notes
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
   2. Instruction - How can background knowledge be used to analyze and evaluate Supreme Court opinions?
   3. Assignment - Read Brown v. Board of Education and apply background knowledge to the text.
   4. Instruction -How can background knowledge be used to analyze and evaluate Supreme Court opinions?
   5. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   6. Quiz Answers
5. Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Disobedience Guided Notes
   1.  ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson. 
   2. Instruction - How does King use text structure and allusions to support his purpose?
   3. Assignment - Read “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr. to analyze purpose.
   4. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   5. Quiz Answers
6. Choosing Language for Context and Purpose Guided Notes
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
   2. Instruction - How can you use language to understand and convey meaning, style, and tone?
   3. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   4. Assignment - Practice determining how language functions in different contexts.
   5. Quiz Answers
7. Writing Workshop: Argumentative Essay
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
   2. Instruction - How do you use research, organization, and revision to write a clear argumentative essay?
   3. Pre-Writing - Plan to write your argumentative essay.
   4. Instruction - How do you use research, organization, and revision to write a clear argumentative essay?
   5. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   6. Assignment - Write your argumentative essay.
   7. Drafting - Draft your argumentative essay.
   8. Assignment - Evaluate your argumentative essay draft.
   9. Revising - Revise your argumentative essay.
   10. Assignment -Evaluate the revision of your argumentative essay.
   11. Quiz Answers
8. Unit Test
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Unit 10: ​Cultural Rebellion: Mid-Twentieth Century Voices

1. Individualism, Modern Capitalism, and Dystopian Visions Guided Notes
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
   2. Instruction - How does Ayn Rand use fictional elements and themes to develop her philosophical ideas?
   3. Assignment - Read chapters 11 and 12 of Anthem by Ayn Rand to analyze how Rand develops theme.
   4. Instruction - How does Ayn Rand use fictional elements and themes to develop her philosophical ideas?
   5. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   6. Quiz Answers
2. Beat Poetry Guided Notes
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
   2. Instruction - How does Allen Ginsberg’s choice of structure, style, and allusions contribute to meaning?
   3. Assignment - Read “A Supermarket in California” by Allen Ginsberg to analyze style and structure.
   4. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   5. Quiz Answers
3. Beat Movement Spontaneous Prose Guided Notes
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
   2. Instruction - How does Jack Kerouac use words to capture experiences and spontaneous thoughts?
   3. Assignment - Read an excerpt from “The Railroad Earth,” and monitor your comprehension as you read.
   4. Instruction - How does Jack Kerouac use words to capture experiences and spontaneous as thoughts?
   5. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   6. Quiz Answers
4. Experiencing and Reliving Vietnam Guided Notes
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
   2. Instruction - How can authors use structure to recreate the experience of being in and reliving Vietnam?
   3. Assignment - Read the short story "Ambush" by Tim O’Brien to identify structure.
   4. Instruction - How can authors use structure to recreate the experience of being in and reliving Vietnam?
   5. Assignment - Read the poem "Facing It" by Yusef Komunyakaa to analyze structure.
   6. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   7. Quiz Answers
5. Critiques of American Society in Science Fiction Guided Notes
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
   2. Instruction - What techniques does Vonnegut use to develop his critique of American society?
   3. Assignment - Read "Harrison Bergeron" to analyze how Kurt Vonnegut uses irony and satire.
   4. Instruction - What techniques does Vonnegut use to develop his critique of American society?
   5. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   6. Assignment - Practice planning for and review a collaborative discussion.
   7. Quiz Answers
6. Using Resources and Reference Materials for Editing Guided Notes
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
   2. Instruction - How can using references and resources about language usage improve your writing?
   3. Assignment - Read excerpts from Strunk’s The Elements of Style to understand usage and conventions.
   4. Instruction - How can using references and resources about language usage improve your writing?
   5. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   6. Assignment - Practice using reference materials to review and edit student writing.
   7. Quiz Answers
7. Writing Workshop: Visual Media Analysis
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
   2. Instruction - How do you write to analyze media messages?
   3. Pre-Writing - Plan to write your analytical essay.
   4. Instruction - How do you write to analyze media messages?
   5. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   6. Assignment - Write a five-paragraph essay that evaluates the effectiveness of an advertising campaign.
   7. Drafting - Draft your analytical essay.
   8. Assignment - Evaluate your draft.
   9. Revising - Revise your analytical essay.
   10. Assignment - Evaluate your revision.
   11. Quiz Answers
8. Unit Test
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Unit 11: Heritage and Multicultural American Identities: Contemporary Voices

1. Latin American Magic Realist Voices Guided Notes 
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
   2. Instruction - How do magic realism and text structure shape Cristina García’s fiction?
   3. Assignment - Read excerpts from Dreaming in Cuban to examine elements of magic realism.
   4. Instruction - How do magic realism and text structure shape Cristina García’s fiction?
   5. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   6. Quiz Answers
2. Latina Poetry as an Expression of Cultural Heritage
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
   2. Instruction - How do Judith Ortiz Cofer and Aurora Levins Morales express cultural identity with poetry?
   3. Assignment - Read “The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica” and “Child of the Americas” to explore cultural identity.
   4. Instruction - How do Judith Ortiz Cofer and Aurora Levins Morales express cultural identity with poetry?
   5. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   6. Quiz Answers
3. Exploring Cultural Identity through Language Guided Notes
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson. 
   2. Instruction - How do authors use voice and rhetoric to express a clear purpose in their essays?
   3. Assignment - Read Anaya’s essay “Take the Tortillas Out of Your Poetry” to analyze elements of voice.
   4. Instruction - How do authors use voice and rhetoric to express a clear purpose in their essays?
   5. Assignment - Read Nye’s essay “Speaking Arabic” to analyze her voice and rhetorical techniques.
   6. Instruction - How do authors use voice and rhetoric to express a clear purpose in their essays?
   7. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   8. Quiz Answers
4. Asian American Voices Guided Notes
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson. 
   2. Instruction -How can inferences help readers analyze central ideas in “Mother Tongue”?
   3. Assignment - Read Amy Tan’s essay “Mother Tongue” to make inferences about language and writing.
   4. Instruction - How can inferences help readers analyze central ideas in “Mother Tongue”?
   5. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   6. Quiz Answers
5. Choosing Language Guided Notes
   1.  Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
   2. Instruction - How can you use word choice to convey purpose and affect topic and theme in a text?
   3. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   4. Assignment - Practice evaluating the impact of word choice on purpose, audience, and topic.
   5. Quiz Answers
6. Writing Workshop: Evaluating Sources That Support a Claim
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
   2. Instruction - How do you evaluate two different sources to determine what makes an effective argument?
   3. Pre-Writing  
   4. Instruction - How do you evaluate two different sources to determine what makes an effective argument?
   5. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   6. Assignment - Write a compare-and-contrast essay.
   7. Drafting
   8. Assignment - Write a compare-and-contrast essay.
   9. Revising
   10. Quiz Answers
7. Unit Test
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Unit 12: ​Globalization and the Information Age: Postmodernism into the Twenty-First Century

1. A Look at the Fast-Food Industry by Eric Schlosser Guided Notes
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
   2. Instruction - How does Schlosser use evidence to develop his claims?
   3. Assignment - Read "Throughput" from Fast Food Nation to evaluate Schlosser’s reasoning.
   4. Instruction - How does Schlosser use evidence to develop his claims?
   5. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   6. Assignment - Practice planning for a group discussion.
   7. Written Response (Project): Group Discussion - Participate in a discussion and write to evaluate it.
   8. Quiz Answers
2. The Poetry of Physics Guided Notes
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
   2.  Instruction - How can you integrate diverse sources to address complex topics?
   3. Assignment - Read “Death by Black Hole” to understand its central ideas and analyze messages.
   4. Instruction - How can you integrate diverse sources to address complex topics?
   5. Assignment - Read “Man Listening to Disc” to understand its central ideas and analyze its themes.
   6. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   7. Quiz Answers
3. David Foster Wallace’s Postmodern Voices Guided Notes 
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
   2. Instruction - How does David Foster Wallace use structure and voice to introduce a complex novel? 
   3. Assignment - Read an excerpt from Infinite Jest to find subjectivity and objectivity in narrative voice.
   4. Instruction - How does David Foster Wallace use structure and voice to introduce a complex novel?
   5. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   6. Quiz Answers
4. A Response to 9/11 by Jonathan Safran Foer Guided Notes
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson. 
   2. Instruction - How does Foer’s use of narration and tone reveal meaning in a fictional work about 9/11?
   3. Assignment - Read part of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close to find assumptions and ambiguities.
   4. Instruction - How does Foer’s use of narration and tone reveal meaning in a fictional work about 9/11?
   5. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   6. ​Quiz Answers
5. Ordering the Chaos of the Contemporary World: An Introduction to Freakonomics Guided Notes
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
   2. Instruction - How do Levitt and Dubner use data to make sense of the world?
   3. Assignment - Read an excerpt from Freakonomics to determine and examine an argument.
   4. Instruction - How do Levitt and Dubner use data to make sense of the world?
   5. Summary -Review and connect what you have learned.
   6. Quiz Answers
6. Research Workshop: Writing and Presenting the Argumentative Essay, Part 1
   1.  Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
   2. Instruction - How do you write an argumentative essay in preparation for a presentation?
   3. Pre-Writing - Plan to write your argumentative essay.
   4. Instruction - How do you write an argumentative essay in preparation for a presentation?
   5. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   6. Assignment - Write your argumentative essay. 
   7. Drafting - Draft your argumentative essay.
   8. Assignment - Evaluate your draft.
   9. Revising - Revise your argumentative essay.
   10. Assignment - Evaluate your revision.
   11. Quiz Answers
7. Research Workshop: Writing and Presenting the Argumentative Essay, Part 2
   1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson. 
   2. Instruction - How can you turn an essay into a clear and visually appealing multimedia presentation?
   3. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
   4. Assignment - Prepare to create a multimedia presentation to deliver a convincing argument.
   5. Project: Multimedia Presentation - Create a multimedia presentation to deliver a convincing argument.
   6. Quiz Answers
8. Unit Test
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​Unit 13: Cumulative Exam

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