Collierville Schools English 351 Standard Scope and Sequence Time Major Works And Shorter Texts Standards Learning Targets Writing Prompts 3rd Quarter Weeks 1-3 Required Major Work(s): Required Shorter Texts: “Gatsby Guidebook” “Money Always Talks” “Poor Little Rich Boy” “Girls Will Be Girls” “When Women Rule” “Role of Women in The Great Gatsby” Optional Shorter Texts: “We Wear the Mask” “Winter Dreams: “Jingo Belle” “Women of a Certain Era” Hemingway short story excerpt RL.11.2 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. RL.11.3 Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama. RL.11.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful. RL.11.5 Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact. RL.11.6 Analyze a case in which Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of a text Understand and implement close reading techniques Determine common themes among two or more texts Analyze literary devices in given text(s) Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey how multiple authors treat common themes Write argumentative paragraphs/essays analyzing two or more texts Determine a text’s central ideas and trace their development In an expository essay, explain what the authors suggest about America’s relationship with money and social classes. Your essay must be based on the claims and ideas found in the three given texts. In an argumentative essay, argue whether or not there is a gap of inequality between social classes. Use the three given texts to support your claim. Optional: In an argumentative essay, use the three articles to argue whether or not the traditional role of women within society has changed since Fitzgerald’s day/over time. Optional: In an
grasping point of view requires distinguishing what is directly stated in a text from what is really meant. RL.11.7 Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem, evaluating how each version interprets the source test. RL.11.9 Demonstrate knowledge of eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and early-twentieth-century foundational works of American literature, including how two or more texts from the same period treat similar themes or topics. RL.11.2 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 RL.11.3 Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama. RL.11.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful. explanatory essay, use the three articles to explain how the traditional role of women within society has changed since Fitzgerald’s day/ over time. Weeks 4-6 Required Major Work(s): The Great Gatsby Required Shorter Texts: “Gatsby Guidebook” “Money Always Talks” “Poor Little Rich Boy” “Girls Will Be Girls” “When Women Rule” “Role of Women in The Great Gatsby” Optional Shorter Texts: “We Wear the Mask” “Winter Dreams: “Jingo Belle” “Women of a Certain Era” Hemingway short story Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of a text Understand and implement close reading techniques Determine two or more central ideas of a text and trace their development Write argumentative paragraphs/essays analyzing two or more texts Identify and analyze theme within a complex text Analyze literary devices (irony, figurative language, symbolism) Determine, analyze and evaluate the methods used in a given work to develop characters A symbol in a novel is a concrete object that represents an idea or a set of ideas. Choose three major symbols in The Great Gatsby. Explain what those symbols mean and how they function together to support a central theme.