Unit Sequencing: Arcanum-Butler School District Grade/Content: English 12 Tim DeBrosse Unit: 5. Literature Block Victorian Period 3 Weeks Essential Questions/ How has the religious, cultural, historical elements effected the Goal Statements: subject and purpose of this literary period and genres? How do an their writing. How can the study authors’ fundamental beliefs impact of literature affect the quality of What were the readers’ lives? essential features of Victorian literature Key Terms and Concepts: The elements of literature. Victorianism Assessment Strategies Formative: Students will use The Method or Notice and Focus (Formative and Summative): techniques to understand selected pieces of literature. Summative: Students will read Victorian period of literature from a list of options. Students will write a Definition essay based on the text’s theme. Related Activities and Hard Times (Dickens) Resources: Crossing the Bar (Tennyson) Pied Beauty (Hopkins)Jabberwocky (Carroll) My Last Duchess (Browning) Oliver Twist (Dickens) :Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave” (Hardy) Cross-Curricular Connections: The history of the U.S. begins with the British and so does its literature. The reflection of its literature stems from the period, the culture, the faith, and the sense of humanity. Beyond issues of how history is reflected in the prose and poetry of the day, students can use their analytical skills used to understand the literature of the periods with similar skills used in history, math, and science.
Unit Sequencing: Arcanum-Butler School District Grade/Content: English 12 Tim DeBrosse Unit: 5. Literature Block Victorian Period 3 Weeks Essential Questions/ Goal Statements: How has the religious, cultural, historical elements effected the subject and purpose of this literary period and genres? How do an authors’ fundamental beliefs impact their writing. How can the study of literature affect the quality of readers’ lives? What were the essential features of Victorian literature Key Terms and Concepts: The elements of literature. Victorianism Assessment Strategies (Formative and Summative): Formative: Students will use The Method or Notice and Focus techniques to understand selected pieces of literature. Summative: Students will read Victorian period of literature from a list of options. Students will write a Definition essay based on the text’s theme. Related Activities and Resources: Hard Times (Dickens) Crossing the Bar (Tennyson) Pied Beauty (Hopkins)Jabberwocky (Carroll) My Last Duchess (Browning) Oliver Twist (Dickens) :Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave” (Hardy) Cross-Curricular Connections: The history of the U.S. begins with the British and so does its literature. The reflection of its literature stems from the period, the culture, the faith, and the sense of humanity. Beyond issues of how history is reflected in the prose and poetry of the day, students can use their analytical skills used to understand the literature of the periods with similar skills used in history, math, and science.
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