S+Wadsworth,Alyssa+Gabrielle

**Office: 006 Education Center** **Office Phone: (207) 515 5055** **Office Hours: 3-5:00 P.M. Tues. Thurs.** ** E-mail: alyssa.wadsworth@maine.edu **
 * Teacher: Miss Wadsworth**

=Summary of Unit= Welcome to English literature and analysis class! After reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, my students will understand that: literary texts connect ideas, arguments, and different perspectives; a variety of strategies can be used to comprehend, analyze, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate literary texts; and why a variety of strategies can be used to comprehend essential ideas and arguments, //and// interpret and analyze literary texts. My students will know literary terms from Brave New World, such as: fretsawyers, florid, bouillon, viviparous, burgeon, boskage, bunk, and soma. They will know the facets: explanation, interpretation, application, perspective, empathy, and reflection. Having read Huxley's book, they will also know how literary devices are used and how to use literary devices such as: voice, tone, narration, atmosphere, genre, theme, pathos, logos, ethos, diction, and figurative language. My students will be capable of synthesizing the conflicts of characters in a literary text, evaluating the theme or themes of a literary text, analyzing how poetry conveys meaning, and considering the use of genre in relation to the intended audience within a text. We'll have a few Type II technology projects to interactively experience literary devices and discuss them, and I promise we'll have lots of fun together this semester!

=Establish Goals= Maine Learning Results: English Language Arts-A. Reading A2 Literary Texts Grades 9-Diploma //Brave New World// Students read text, within a grade appropriate span of text complexity, and present analyses of fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry using excerpts from the texts to defend their assertions.

= = =Students will understand that=

• literary texts connect ideas, arguments, and different perspectives. • a variety of strategies can be used to comprehend, analyze, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate literary texts. • a variety of strategies can be used to comprehend essential ideas and arguments, //and// interpret and analyze literary texts.

= = =Essential Questions= • how do literary texts connect ideas, arguments, and different perspectives? • how can a variety of strategies be used to comprehend, analyze, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate literary texts? • Why is a variety of strategies used to comprehend essential ideas, arguments, //and// interpret and analyze literary texts?

= = =Students will know= • literary terms: fretsawyers, florid, bouillon, viviparous, burgeon, boskage, bunk, soma • the facets: explanation, interpretation, application, perspective, empathy, reflection • the use of literary devices: voice, tone, narration, atmosphere, diction, genre, pathos, logos, ethos, and figurative language.

= = =Students will be able to= • synthesize the conflicts of characters in a literary text. • evaluate the theme/themes of a literary text. • use and analyze different forms of narration in literary texts. • analyze how poetry conveys meaning. • consider the use of genre in a literary text in relation to the intended audience. • reflect on literary devices used in literary texts.

**Performance Task Overview** Perennial Classics has invited you as a book cover artist to compete against other artists in creating a new book cover for Aldous Huxley's book //Brave New World//. You must portray what you think of as the major theme or themes of the book. You will present your book cover to the editors of Perennial Classics (the class) and Aldous Huxley (me), using a Glogster. After the product is finished, you will present your product to explain why your book cover is the best representation of the major theme of the book and should win the 1000 dollar prize and the free round trip to New York City to see Huxley's book reprinted with your cover on it. In order to do this, you need to develop a true sense of the book so that when others read the book, they understand why you put on the cover what you did. Unfortunately, you cannot research Aldous Huxley's personal view on what the major theme of the book is, except through the use of the book.

=Expectations= Assignments need to be turned in on time. Assignments should be taken seriously. If you need help or have questions, I am available during my office hours. You should consider assignments deeply so that you and I can benefit from the results of what you write or do for an assignment. Assignments can sometimes act as informal formative assessments on what you are learning in my class and I will not receive accurate data on what you have learned if you do not take your time to complete assignments and turn them in on time. You do not need to stress about them, but do not brush them off lightly.

You need to be prepared for class before class starts. Coming to class without the appropriate books or materials and then taking our class time away to get them is not acceptable. You need to come to class with everything you think you need, or what I have told you to bring. Should you arrive to class early and find that you do not have all of your materials, it is acceptable to quickly get them and come back before class starts or late by seconds, as long as I know that you are not wasting class time and you will definitely be attending class.

Should you find yourself in extenuating circumstance,find a way to communicate with me. I cannot help you if you do not take the prerogative; I am neither your guardian nor your conscience. If you do not come to me because you have a problem, I most likely will not know about it because I also cannot read your mind. I do not gossip, so I would not know your home problems, etc., if you do not tell me. Even if you do not entirely spell them out to me, tell me that you think you need to compromise on something because of extenuating circumstances. Most likely I will ask for or need more details but I will understand.

All written work should be in font Times New Roman, font size 12. This is true for all work unless I state otherwise; I do not like illegible writing or script that make your writing longer or larger, and I do not have super sight so I also do not want something that is so small I cannot read it and grade it. **All written work should be in font Times New Roman, font size 12.**

I adhere to the plagiarism policy of this school. Using works that are not your own and not citing the source will not be accepted in this school. To be clear, plagiarism is //–"noun// 1. the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work." plagiarism. (n.d.). // Dictionary.com Unabridged //. Retrieved September 28, 2010, from Dictionary.com website: @http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/plagiarism

Late/Absent work makeup. If you are not absent, and assignments are late, I reserve the right to take away ten points for every day that they are not on my desk. If you are absent, I expect you to see me about work the day you return to school, whether it is the day you have my class or not. You will be given an extra day to turn in your assignments if you were absent for illness. However, if you have an excused absence (i.e. college visits, doctor/dentist appointments) that you expect before class, I expect you to see me about work before you miss the class work. You will be expected to turn it in on time along with everyone else.

=Benchmarks= • Podcast: Students will create a podcast on Garageband in order to discuss the uses of genre in literary texts. They can use a genre of radio show, music, et cetera in their podcast to understand how to use genre as a literary device, but they will be required to discuss the uses of genre in literary texts. 200 pts. • Blog: Students will create and use a blog to discuss the meaning of poetry and how it is conveyed so that others may see it. They will be encouraged to experience conveying meaning through poetry by writing a short poem, but the main idea of the blog is to talk about how poets convey meaning through their works. . 250 pts. • Digital story: Students will create a digital story of their own in which they will be required to use literary devices learned in class to prove understanding of the literary devices they have learned and seen in literary texts. This is completely experiential learning, where they are using literary devices rather than analyzing how they are used. This means that there is not really a choice to avoid the experience of using the literary device, unlike most of the other projects, but it is also broader so they have the choice of which literary devices to use. 150 pts. • iMovie: Students will use at least two different types of narration in an iMovie to prove understanding of the uses of narration, both in literary texts and outside of the classroom. 200 pts. • Glogster: Students will create a Glog that displays the theme or themes used in a literary text to show understanding of what theme is and how it is used in literary texts. They do have the option of relating the theme or themes they choose to their personal lives, which helps them to better understand the book and Aldous Huxley, and what theme they use is entirely optional, as long as it is a major theme of //Brave New World//. 250 pts. • Powerpoint: Students will make a Powerpoint slideshow and present it to their peers to show synthesis of character conflicts in a literary text. Creativity is a big part of this project because although they are synthesizing character conflicts, they want the presentation to be engaging and interesting. 150 pts. Total points for unit is 1,200. =Grading Scale= **A** (93 -100), **A-** (90 - 92), **B+** (87 - 89), **B** (83 - 86), **B-** (80 - 82), **C+**(77 - 79), **C** (73-76), **C-** (70 - 72), **D+**(67 - 69), **D** (63 - 66), **D-** (60 - 62), **F** (0 - 59).