English 4 CP -- Syllabus
Semester 1Unit 1: Comparison
Main Text: Summer Reading - The Things They Carried- Tim O'Brien Unit Literary Terms Focus: simile, metaphor, allusion, shift, allegory, flashback Unit 2: Irony Main Text: Oedipus/Antigone - Sophocles Unit Literary Terms Focus: diction, irony (dramatic, verbal, situational) Unit 3: Characterization Main Text: Beowulf Unit Literary Terms Focus: six methods of characterization, conflict, stereotype, archetype, epic, epic hero Unit 4: Point of View/ Narration Main Text: Night - Elie Wiesel Unit Literary Terms Focus: 1st person, 3rd person Term Paper |
Semester 2Unit 1: Style / Syntax
Main Text: Canterbury Tales - Geoffry Chaucer All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Remarque Unit Literary Terms Focus: diction, sentence structure, connotation, denotation, syntax, frame story, voice, tone Unit 2: Tragedy Main Text: Macbeth / Hamlet - William Shakespeare Unit Literary Terms Focus: tragic hero, social commentary, political commentary Unit 3: Setting Main Text: Lord of the Flies- William Goldberg Unit Literary Terms Focus: imagery, mood Unit 4: Comedy / Satire Main Text: Gulliver's Travels Unit Literary Terms Focus: irony, hyperbole, understatement, juxtaposition, exaggeration |