11-12.RL.2-DETERMINE two or more themes or central ideas of a text and ANALYZE their development over the course of the text, including how they INTERACT and BUILD on one another to produce a complex account; PROVIDE an objective summary of the text.

11-12.RI.2-DETERMINE two or more central ideas of a text and ANALYZE their development over the course of the text, including how they INTERACT and BUILD on one another to provide a complex analysis; PROVIDE an objective summary of the text.

11-12.RI.7-INTEGRATE and EVALUATE multiple sources of information presented in different media or formats as well as in words in order to address a question or solve a problem.

●        Theme

●        Central Idea

●        Objective Summary

●        Point of View

●        Progression of events

●         Purpose 

●        How does one man’s word start a war?

●        How does the modern world isolate people from each other?

●        How does a writer us a variety of strategies to advance an theme?

Introductory Powerpoint on objectives, concepts, and literary and historical background

Cornell style notes for the power point

“The Egg” by Sherwood Anderson text

Questions for “The Egg”

“Richard Cory” by Edwin Robinson and “The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot texts

Venn diagram for “Richard Cory” and “Prufrock”

Robert Frost poems and questions

Comic strip version of “The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliott

“A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner text

Questions for “A Rose for Emily” – class is be divided into two groups to answer assigned questions and then report out to the class

Multiple Choice questions for “A Rose for Emily”

“I Hear America Singing” and “I Too Sing America” venn diagram

Group assignment with poems included t to analyze an assigned poem from the Harlem Renaissance. Students will present their findings to the class.

Harlem Renaissance research project

Multiple Choice common assessment of a Langston Hughes poem

A Raisin in the Sun handout to go along with the movie version of the play

Introductory Powerpoint on objectives, concepts, and literary and historical background

“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman text

Multiple Choice questions for “The Yellow Wallpaper on theme development

“In Another Country” by Ernest Hemingway text

Questions to compare “The Yellow Wallpaper” and “In Another Country” on theme

“A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner text

“A Rose for Emily” stem questions for students to create their own multiple choice questions

“The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot text to be annotated for figurative language, tone, and theme

The Love Song of Prufrock

Power point version of poem with imagery

Anchoring activities for “The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock”

Robert Frost poems and analysis

“Birches” poem by Robert Frost with multiple choice questions for a common assessment

“A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell text with discussion questions by Prestwick

“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thruber text with test questions

Group assignment with poems included t to analyze an assigned poem from the Harlem Renaissance. Students will present their findings to the class.

Harlem Renaissance research project

A Raisin in the Sun handout to go along with the movie version of the play

Analyzing student writing assignment that goes with A Raisin in the Sun

Our Town Introductory Activity – creating a map of Grover’s Corner

Our Town group writing assignments – choice of different thematic prompts

Our Town discussion questions

An article about the play Our Town  

Journal response to the article on Our Town

Our Town concluding research and writing assignment

Modernism power point

Cornell style notes for Modernism power point

Frost poem with questions about imagery and meaning

“I Hear America Singing” and “I Too Sing America” by Whitman and Hughes poems and venn diagram

“A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner text

“A Rose for Emily” multiple choice questions