Lake Braddock Secondary School - High School English Department

Literature - Themes and Genre

Skills

Read and analyze literature as it reflects traditional themes, motifs, time periods, and genres
Identify and apply literary elements in novels, poetry, short stories and drama
Use writing to interpret, analyze and evaluate ideas.
Critique both professional and peer writing.
Observe, analyze, plan and create written and oral presentations.
Use oral language with an emphasis on small group process.
Proofread and edit finished products for standard English, focusing on clarity of ideas, as well as conventions of spelling, grammar and sentence structure.
Use appropriate vocabulary in the context of writing and speaking.
Read and interpret informational text materials.
Use available technology to access, organize, evaluate and present information.
Use and credit a variety of primary and secondary sources accurately and ethically, avoiding plagiarism.
Apply appropriate style sheet (MLA or APA) for citing secondary sources.

Assessment: Emphasis on performance assessments and rubric scoring comparable to SOLs

Basal Textbooks

Core Reading - All forms are taught but titles may vary.

Novel	To Kill a Mockingbird The Count of Monte Cristo A Separate Peace The Catcher In the Rye Winter Dance The Bean Trees
Drama	The Taming of the Shrew Julius Caesar 12 Angry Men
Non-Fiction	Selected biographies and autobiographies Selected essays
Poetry	Selected poems from literature anthology

Core Writing: