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12B
BRITISH
LITERATURE
AND
COMPOSITION
COURSE SYLLABU-S
CROSSROAJDS HS/MS
wr<JTTiEN BY:
GAIL JOHNSON AND KA YE RAWLS
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY:
KATHY CARTER AND SHERRJ GIlLIAM
UB British Literature
Unit One
The Novel
Lord of the Flies by William GOlding
Directions:
I) Sign out copy of book from teacher.
2) Preview book packet.
3) Read book both in class and at home.
4) Complete book packet in class only.
5) Upon completion of packet, see teacher for test.
Writing Assignment
Essay Writing
Directions:
1) See teacher for approved essay topics jist.
2) Choose one topic and 'vvrite a well-developed essay following essay guidelines.
3) \Vrite first draft and turn in for editing.
4) Revise and turn in both dra fts.
12 B Unit Two
The Romantic Period
Selection One
Blake Poetry
Directions:
I) Read History of the Romantic Period, pgs. 652-660.
2) Create a Pro-Con chart in which you name five things you like about this period
and five things you do Hal like.
3) Read '"Before You Read," pg. 662-663.
4) Read the poems.
5) Create Active Reading Guide \vorksheet.
6) Copy and answer questions J -13, pg. 667.
Name
Active READING
A Poison Tree
(page 628),
The Lamb
Date
(la55
GUICE
(page 629), and
The Tyger (page 630) by William Blake
These three poems by Blake contain gnkrng language and Images that make them especially vivid. After you read,
dloose two images from each selection; explain what the images are and how they relate to the theme of the poem.
"A Poison Tree"

Explanation
Image
"The Lamb"
Explanation
Image
'The Tyger
lT
Image
Explanation
Adive Reading Guide
British Literature, Unit Four. Theme 7 S9
12 B Unit Two
Selection Two
Wordsworth Poetry
Directions:
1) Read "Before You Read:' pg. 686-687,
2) Read Wordsworth poems.
3) Complete Active Reading Guide worksheet.
4) Copy and answer questions 1- J 2, pg. 690.
Name
Date
Actipe READING
C1ass
GUIDE
The World Is Too Much with Us (page 651), It Is a Beauteous Evening,

Calm and Free, and My Heart Leaps Up (page 653) by William Wordsworth
All three poems deal with nature, but each of the poems expresses a diHerent idea about nature and
the speaker's relationship to it. In the spaces provided below, list information about each speaker's age,
idenlity, attitude, and ideas about nature,
'The World Is Too Much with Us"

Speaker:
Nature:
"It Is a Beauteous Evenin&t Calm and Free"

Speaker:
Nature:
"My Heart Leaps Up"

Speaker:
Nature:
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Active Reading Guide
Name
Active READING
Date
C1ass
GUIDE
Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey

by William Wordsworth (page 655)
In thIS poem, the poet shares reasons why Tlntern Abbey IS pecial for him and, he hopes, for his
companion. In the center square below, briefly summarize the main message of thIS poem. In the
outer circles, write some of the reasons why the abbey IS specIal to the poet.
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Poem's Message
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12 B Unit T""o
Selection Three
Samuel Taylor Coleridge Poetry
Directions:
1) Complete Activity pg. 708.
2) Read "Before You Read," pg. 709-710.
3) Read the "Kubla Khan."
4) Complete Active Reading Guide.
5) Copy and anS'vver questions 1-4, pg. 713.
6) Read "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner."
7) Copy and answer questions I-10, pg. 736.
8) Complete Performance Assessment 'vVorksheet.
Name
Date
Active READING
Kubla Khan
C1ass _ _- -
GUIDE
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (page 615)
Much of the Impact of "Kubla Khan" comes from Its contrasting images_ Coleridge weaves together images of
Ii ht and dark to create a mysterious palace and grounds. USing the web below, list some of the Images of light
and dark that describe Kubla Khan's pleasure dome.
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C1ass
Active READING
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
GUIDE
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (page 678)
The RIme of the AnCIent Manner is a narrative poem that moves through a sequence of events. As you read,
trace the plot from when the wedding guest encounters the mariner to the mariner's profound message at
the end of the poem. Add major plot points to the diagram below. Some events hav already been included.
The wedding guest meets the mariner on

his way to a wedding. and the mariner
begins to tell his tale.
The mariner shoots the albatross.
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The mariner prays and the dead rise.
Message of poem:
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Adlve Reading Guide
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t2 B Uujt Two
Selection Four
Percy Shelley Poetry
Directions:
I) Read 'Ozymandias."
3) Copy and answer questions 1-4, pg. 769.
4) Read "Ode to the West Wind" and "To a Skylark."
Name
Active READING
Date
Class
GUIDE
J
Ozymandias
by Percy Bysshe Shelley (page 731)
One of the most important elements of Shelley's "Ozymandlas" is Irony-the discrepancy b tween what IS
expected and what happens. As you read, seled three descriptions of the present condition of the statue
and wnte them in the left-hand column, In the nght-hand column, explain the irony.
Present Condition of the Statue
How the Condition Is Ironic
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Adive Reading GUide
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Name
Active READING
Ode to the West Wind
(page 734) and
Date
C1ass
GU
To a Skylark
(page 737)
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Both selections reflect the speakers' awe and admiration of the subject and its particular power or spirit To
enhance the meanrng of his work, Shelley uses apostrophe, personification, alliteration, assonance, and
sensory Imagery As yOLl read, note examples of these devices on the chart below.
"Ode to the West Wind"
liTo a Skylark"
Apostrophe
Personification
Alliteration
Assonance
Sensory Imagery
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British Literature. Unit Four, Theme 8
12 B Unit Two
Writing Assignment
Poetry Proj eet
Directions:
I) Choose three poems by an English Romantic author. Consider the theme, tone
and style. Write updated version for each of the three poems, which reflect their
handling of these three }jterary elements.
2) Tum in first drafts for editing.
J) Revise and tum in both drafts.
UNIT TEST
See teacher for 12B Unit 2 Test.
12 B Unit Two
Selection Five
John Keats Poetry
Directions:
2) Read "La Belle Dame Sans Merei" and "When r I-lave Fears That I May Cease
To Be."
3) Copy and ans'vver questions 1-7, pg. 785.
4) Read "Ode On a Grecian Urn" and "To Autumn."
Name
Actipc READING
.
J
Date
C1ass
GUIDE
La Belle Dame sans Merci (page 746) and When I Have Fears That I
May Cease To Be (page 748) by John Keats
These poems represent the broad scope of Keats's Writing, from a ballad based on a medieval work
to a contemplative sonnet. As an aid to comprehension, complete the organizer by paraphrasing the
lines excerpted.
ULa Belle Dame sans Merci"
Paraphrase
"0 what can ail thee, knight-at-arms,
So haggard, and so woe-begone7
The squirrel's granary is full,
And the harvest's done."
"I met a lady in the meads,
Full beautiful-a fairy's child,
Her hair was long, her foot was light,
And her eyes were wild."
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'When I have Fears That I May Cease To Be"
Paraphrase
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"When I have fears that I may cease to be

Before my pen has gleaned my
teeming brain,"
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" ., on the shore

Of the Wide world I stand alone, and think
Till love and fame to nothingness do Sink,"
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Name
Active
Ode on a Grecian Urn
READ)
(page 750) and
Date
C1ass
G GUIDE
To Autumn
(page 752) by John Keats
In these selections, Keats deals with differing manifestatiOns of beauty: that found in art-in the images
on the Grecian urn-and that found in nature-in th particular qualities of autumn, As you read, look for
images of beauty in "Ode on a Grecian Urn" and "To Autumn," List them in the appropriate spaces below.
'To Autumn"
"Ode on a Grecian Urn"
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12B Unit Three

The Victorian Age
Selection One
Alfred, Lord Tennyson Poems
Directions:
1) Read History of the Ti me, pg. 806-814.
2) List five cultural aspects of the time, and their modern day equivalent in chart
form.
4) Read poems on pgs. 818-826.
5) Complete Active Reading Guide worksheets.
6) Copy and answer questions 1- J 3, pg. 824.
7) Copy and ans\ver questions J -5, pg. 827.
Name
Active READING
Ulysses
Date
Class
GUIDE
by Alfred. Lord Tennyson (page 789)
By portraying Ulysses as an aging king years after his journeys, Tennyson gives readers new insights into
the hero's character. As you read "Ulysses." fill in the character trait web below, indicating four traits
Ulysses exhibits and words or phrases from the poem that support your ideas. Then answer the
question that follows, basing your response on what you've learned about Ulysses from the poem.
Trait
Trait
"Ulysses"
Trait
Trait
1::
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Would you advise Ulysses to go on another journey or to stay home? Why?
0.
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British Literature. Unit Five, Theme 9
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12B Unit Three

Selection Th,ee
Lewis Carroll
Directions:
1) Read "Before You Read," pg. 857.
2) Read" Jaberwock y. "
3) Complete Acti ve Read i ng Guide worksheet.
Name
Active READING
Jabberwocky
Date
Class
GUIDE
by lewis Carroll (page 822)
With avocabulary of actual and nonsense words, Carroll describes In "Jabbervvocky" what seem like fictitious
plants and animals. As you read, pay close attention to the invented verbs, adjectJves, and adverbs, as well
as to context clues, as you try to imagine how these "inventions" might look and/or behave, Then complete
the chart below by writing your description of each indicated plant or animal.
(reatures
Description
Toves
Borogoves
Raths
Jubjub Bird
Bandersnatch
Jabberwock'
.'
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12B Unit Three

Selection Two
Robert Browning Poetry
Directions:
1) Read "Before You Read," pgs. 840-84l.
2) Read "My Last Duchess" and "Porphyria's Lover."
3) Complete Acti ve Read iug G 1I ide 'vvorksheel.
5) Complete Learning for Life Activity, pg. 847.
6) Complete Literary Elements questions 1-2, pg. 847.
Name
Active READING
My Last Duchess
(page 806) and
Class
Date
GUIDE
Porphyria's Lover
(page 808)
bV Robert Browning
Browning's two dramatic monologues about lealousy and murder are comparable In several ways.
After reading, compare the poems in the chari below, focusing on the categorIes mentioned. List words
or phrases from each poem as support
"My Last Duchess"
"Porphvria's Lover"
Speaker's
relationship
to woman
What happens
to woman
Speaker's
attitude
Mood of
poem
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12B Unit Three

Selection Four
Thomas Hardy
Oi rccti ons:
I)
2)
3)
4)
Read "Before You Read," pgs. 868-869.

Read poems pgs. 870-872.
Complete Active Reading Guide worksheet.
Copy and anS'vver questions 1-12, pg. 873.
Name
A,tive READING
Date
C1ass
GUIDE
The Darkling Thrush (page 8]4)1 The Man He Killed

You Digging on My Grave]" (page 836) by Thomas Hardy
(page 8]5), and
61Ah, Are
Hardy's poems each deal with the subJed of death, whether It be the death of a century or that of a person.
While reading each selection, complete the organizer below by writing in the center column each poem's main
message. In the right-hand column, write your interpretation of how each poem portrays death, focusing on
imagery, lone, and Situation,
Poem
Message
How the Poem Portrays Death
"The Darkling Thrush"
"The Man He Killed"
"'Ah, Are You Digging

on My Grave]'"
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12B Unit Three

Writing Assignment
Comparison/Contrast Essay
Directions:
1) Read Writers flv'C, pgs, 202-204.
2) Choose two poems from the Victorian Period, either from your text or aoother
source, and list at least fOUf ways in which they are alike and four ways they are
different. Focus on the literary clem.eots in the text. (pre-writing)
3) Turn in pre-writing as well as copies of the two poems you choose for approvaL
4) Write a comparison/contrast essay about the two poems and turn in for editing.
5) Revise and tum in both drafts,
UNIT TEST
See teacher for Unit 3 Test.
128 Unit Four

Tbe Twentieth Century
Selection One
Withams Butler Yeats poetry
) Read History of the Time, pg. 910-918.
2) Make a comparison/contrast chart using five traits of British in the 20 th century
and list their American counterpart.
3) Read "Before You Read," pgs. )022-1 023.
4) Read poems on pg. ]024.
6) Copy and anS'vver questi ons 1-6, pg. 1025.
7) Read poems on pgs. 1026-) 027.
9) Copy and answer questions 1-6, pg. I028.
Name
Date
Class
CAPe READING GUIDE

Th,e Lake Isle of Innisfree
and
When You Are Old
by William Butler Yeats (page 988)
In both poems, the speakers are making conjectures about the future, These conjectures give the reader a
glimpse Into the speakers' desires and feelings. In the chart below, descnbe the future events each speaker is
dreaming about and the desires and feelings he reveals.
"The ake Isle of Innisfree"
CWhen Vou Are Old'::=:>
Future Event
Future Event
I
Desires and Feelings
Adlve Reading GUide
Desires and Feelings
British literature, Unit Six, Theme 11
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Active READING
The Wild Swans at Coole
(page 990) and
GUIDE
Sailing to Byzantium
(page 991) by William Butler Yeats
In ea h of these poems, the speaker expresses a certain attitude towards aging and the passing of time In
the chart below, summanze the speakers' feelings about aging or time passing by. Then list Images, phrases,
or lines from the poems that support your summanes.
Ihe Wild Swans at Coole"

Support
Speaker's Feelings
USailing to Byzantium"
Speaker's Feelings
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Support
Name
Active READlNG
Date
Class
GUIDE
An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
(page 993) and
The Second Coming
(page 994) by William Butler Yeats
World War I was a time of great disillusionment, a time when human kind was appalled by the destruction
and death resulting from this first modern war. Look for words or short phrases in the poems that suggest
the despair Yeats tries to convey. Place the words In the web below.
Despair in
"An Irish Airman
Foresees His Death"
Despair in
''The Second Coming"
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128 Unit Four

Selection Two
"The Rocking Horse \Yinter"
1) Read "Before You Read," pgs. 1034-1035.
2) Read the selection.
3) Complete Active Reading Guide worksheel.
4) Copy and answer questions 1-10 pg. 1048.
5) Complete Internet Connecti on, pg. 1049.
Name
Active READING
The Rocking-Horse Winner
Date
Class _ _.
GUIDE
by D.H. Lawrence (page 1000)
Mapping astory helps you understand Its plot structure, even II the story is based more on lanta y than
reality. As you read '1he Rocking-Horse Winner," fill in the graphic organizer below. In the box labeled
"Characters" be sure to describe rather than merely list the main characters
ISetting
I
Characters
Problem
Events
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t
Resol tion
+-
100
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12B Unit Four

Selt:ction Three
"Araby"
1) Read "Before You Read," 1050-1051.
2) Read Vocabulary Preview on pg. 1051, and \'vTite three sentences lIsing any three
words of your choice.

4) Complete Literary Elements questions 1-2, pg. 1052.
12B linit Four

Selection Four
Dylan Thomas Poetry
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
Read "Before You Read," pgs. 1154-1155.
Read pgs. 1156-1159.
Complete Active Reading Guide worksheet.
Copy and answer questions, 1-15, pg. 1160.
Complete Literary Elements queslions 1-2, pg. J 16].
Name
Date
Active READING
Class
GUIDE
Fern Hill (page 1120), Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night (page 1121),
and The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower
(page 1123) by Dylan Thomas
These poems by Dylan Thomas deal with death, agmg, and the passage of time. For each selection, briefly
summarIZe the message and provide support tor your summary by writing down specific words, phrases,
and lines that you think are especially significant in reinforcing the theme.
"Fern Hill"
"Do Not Go Gentle

into That Good Nighr
"The Force That Through the

Green Fuse Drives the Rower"
Message
Message
Message
Support
Support
Support
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Active
Readlll~
Guide
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128 Unit Four

Selection Five
"Shooting an Elephant"
1) Read "Before You Read," pgs. 1162-1163.
2) Read Vocabulary Preview, pg. 1163, and write three sentences using any three
words of your choice.
3) Read the selection
5) Copy and answer quest ions I-10, pg 1170.
6) Complete Internet Connection, pg. I 171.
late
Name
Active READJNG
Class
GUIDE
Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell (page 1128)

As a representative and employee of the British Empire, Orwell must adhere to certain codes of conduct
regarding Ihe native population. However, he feels conflicted about follOWing those codes. In the diagram
below, Identify situations in the essay that reveal conflict between his oHiclal pOSition and his pnvate opinion.
His Stance as a
British Official
His Private Opinion
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12B Unit Four
Writing Assignment
Critical Analysis
Directions:
1) Read text pgs. 900-903.
2) Choose a selection from 128 literature, and think about the theme or message
how that that theme is expressed. What devices, techniques, etc., the author uses.
3) Write a five-paragraph, tri-part thesis analysis of the incorporation of the theme of
the author's work.
4) Turn in first draft following essay guidelines for editing.
5) Rev ise and turn in both drafts.
UNIT TEST
See teacher for 12B Unit 4 test.
12B Unit Five

Novel
Frankenstein or Wuthering Heights

Directions:
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
Sign out a copy of the book from your teacher.

Preview book packet
Read book (in class and at home).
Complete packet
Turn in packe~ and ask the teacher for your test
12B Unit 6
Senior Project
Even though this assignment is listed as the last unit on the point0 check list for
128 Literature, it is wise to begin working on this project when you start the clas0.
Refer to the Senior Project Handbook for del<1ils on preparing the senior project.
I. Prepilre the portfolio ,IS you work on the product. The portfolio inclllJe~ ,I cover .~heet,
t3ble of content~. teller to the judges, the product work log and pictorial log, and a cleall
copy of the research paper.
L Present your product and portfolio in the Senior Board~. Check lhe Senior Project
Handbook for delails on your presentation.

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GAIL JOHNSON AND KA YE RAWLS

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY:

KATHY CARTER AND SHERRJ GIlLIAM

Lord of the Flies by William GOlding

3) Read '"Before You Read," pg. 662-663.

4) Read the poems.

5) Create Active Reading Guide \vorksheet.

6) Copy and answer questions J -13, pg. 667.

(page 629), and

The Tyger (page 630) by William Blake

"A Poison Tree"

Adive Reading Guide

British Literature, Unit Four. Theme 7 S9

The World Is Too Much with Us (page 651), It Is a Beauteous Evening,

'The World Is Too Much with Us"

"It Is a Beauteous Evenin&t Calm and Free"

"My Heart Leaps Up"

British Literature, Unit Four, Theme 7

Active Reading Guide

Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey

Active Reading Guide

British Literature, Unit Four, Theme 7 63

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (page 615)

British Literature, Unit Four, Theme 7

Active Reading Guide

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (page 678)

The wedding guest meets the mariner on

The mariner shoots the albatross.

The mariner prays and the dead rise.

Adlve Reading Guide

British Literature, Unit Four, Theme 7 67

by Percy Bysshe Shelley (page 731)

Present Condition of the Statue

How the Condition Is Ironic

Adive Reading GUide

British Literature, Unit Four, Theme 8

(page 734) and

by Percy Bysshe Shelley

"Ode to the West Wind"

British Literature. Unit Four, Theme 8

Active Reading Guide

J) Revise and tum in both drafts.

See teacher for 12B Unit 2 Test.

to a contemplative sonnet. As an aid to comprehension, complete the organizer by paraphrasing the

ULa Belle Dame sans Merci"

"0 what can ail thee, knight-at-arms,

So haggard, and so woe-begone7

The squirrel's granary is full,

And the harvest's done."

"I met a lady in the meads,

Full beautiful-a fairy's child,

Her hair was long, her foot was light,

And her eyes were wild."

'When I have Fears That I May Cease To Be"

"When I have fears that I may cease to be

" ., on the shore

Active Reading Guide

British Literature, Unit Four, Theme 8