English 2

  
 


DESCRIPTION

Continues the study and development of skills in literature, composition and grammar through active reading and ongoing writing. Students read essays, short stories, biographies, drama and poetry. Study of the parts of speech, sentence structure, standard usage are integrated into writing assignments. This course is 1 unit of credit.

OBJECTIVES

After completing the course, students will be able to:

  • Read with more skill and more confidence.
  • Recognize more vocabulary words and know where to find the meaning of words the student does not understand.
  • Name the characteristics of various types of literature and give examples of each.
  • Recognize some basic elements of literary genres.
  • Identify the basic rules of grammar.
  • Identify the steps in clear, logical writing.
  • Use the rules of good grammar and logical writing to produce written opinions about the literature read.
 
 

Course Outline, First Semester

  1. THE ELEMENTS OF A SHORT STORY
    1. Plot
    2. Character
    3. Theme
    4. Point of View and Tone
    5. Setting
    6. Symbol
    7. Irony and Satire
    8. Punctuating Dialog
    9. Analyzing and Responding to a Story

  2. ELEMENTS OF POETRY

    1. Figurative Language - Imagination
    2. Using Language: Similes, Metaphor, Personification
    3. Figurative Language - Symbols
    4. Paraphrasing a Poem
    5. Using Symbols
    6. Imagery in Poetry
    7. Using Imagery
    8. Comparing and Contrasting Poems
    9. The Sounds of Poetry - Rhythm, Meter, Rhyme, Alliteration and Onomatopoeia
    10. Tone
    11. Writing a Poem

  3. ELEMENTS OF NONFICTION

    1. Journals and Travel Literature
    2. Distinguishing Between Subjective and Objective Details
    3. Informal Essays
    4. Using Vivid Adjectives
    5. Autobiography
    6. History

Course Outline Second Semester

  1. ELEMENTS OF DRAMA

    1. Three Plays
    2. Recognizing Sentence Fragments
    3. Developing a Logical Argument

  2. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

    1. "Julius Caesar"
    2. Analyzing and Evaluating Persuasion

  3. ELEMENTS OF A NOVEL

    1. "A Separate Peace"
    2. Developing a Thesis Statement
 
 

TEXTBOOK: Elements of Literature, Anderson, et al., 1993