English Language 20-1
Facing the Challenge
As grade 11 students prepare for a challenging year ahead with life decisions that pertain to post-secondary education, livelihoods, and identity, a deeper and critical look at literary works can enlighten and inform the path to facing this challenge. Through the use of reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing, and representing, students will
Tools to face the challenge
Students will start with a brief overview of different paradigms to analyze future literary works In addition, a deeper look at the Hero's Journey will allow students to consider themselves as a hero and what challenges lie on their path.
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Taking on the Challenge: Paradigms and Literary Meanings notes
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Ka Mate Paradigm Study readings
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Socratic Seminar activity sheet
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Link to further reading - Theoretical Perspectives
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Body Paragraph model
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Phrase Fridays model
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Challenging the Truth: Altering Voice and Tone to take Another Point of View notes
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Flash Fiction assignment task sheet
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Flash Fiction Character Voice model
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Link to helpful website on Literary Devices
Short Stories
Overcoming Challenges
Students will analyze in detail the characters of various short stories and comment on the different way each hero overcomes their challenge. The moral can then be applied to their own understanding while they create their own protagonists and stories.
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The Challenge of Characters: Using the Hero's Journey as a Lens to Study Characterization notes
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The Hero's Journey readings
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Hollywood Deconstructed activity sheet
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Link to further reading - Hero's Journey
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I Can Be Your Hero assignment task sheet
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Readers Cafe assignment task sheet
Novel
Changing due to Challenges
Students will take a closer look at the journey a challenge brings to a character and the changes that come with that development. A critical look at Elie Wiesel's Night will be used to generate insight into this process while studying character development.
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Meet Thy Author activity sheet
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Annotating 101 lecture notes
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Literature Circle activity sheet
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Night Chapter 1 notes
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Night at the Museum assignment task sheet
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Night Chapter 2-3 notes
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Night Chapter 4 notes
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Connecting to Poetry Assignment task sheet
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Night Chapter 5 notes
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Night Chapter 6-9 notes
Shakespeare Study
Failing to Overcome Challenges
Students will apply the skills gained in character and thematic analysis to gain a greater appreciation of Shakespearean literature in the study of the Tragedy of Macbeth. Using Macbeth as a cautionary tale, one understands that the internal conflict is the ultimate challenge, and how overcoming it is our main crucible.
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Theme Tracker activity sheet
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Macbeth Act 1 notes
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Macbeth Act 2 notes
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Macbeth Act 3 notes
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Macbeth Act 4 notes
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Macbeth Act 5 notes
Reading Comprehension
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Strategies for Reading Comprehension handout
Writing Assignments
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Rubric for -1 Writing Assignments
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Challenging What We Know About Writing lecture notes
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Example Thesis Statements
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Critical/Analytical Essay outline
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Challenging Others with Your Writing lecture notes