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    English Literature - Senior 5 Syllabus: Instructor Course Overview

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    The English Literature senior 5 syllabus covers 3 genres: drama, prose, and poetry. Students will read, analyze, and evaluate texts to develop an understanding of literal and deeper meanings. The goals are for students to enjoy reading literature, understand texts from different periods and cultures, communicate informed responses, appreciate how writers achieve effects, and explore how literature relates to human concerns. Required texts include August: Osage County, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, and a poetry booklet. Assessments will evaluate students' knowledge of content, understanding of meanings and contexts, recognition of language use, and personal responses to texts.

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    The English Literature senior 5 syllabus covers 3 genres: drama, prose, and poetry. Students will read, analyze, and evaluate texts to develop an understanding of literal and deeper meanings. The goals are for students to enjoy reading literature, understand texts from different periods and cultures, communicate informed responses, appreciate how writers achieve effects, and explore how literature relates to human concerns. Required texts include August: Osage County, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, and a poetry booklet. Assessments will evaluate students' knowledge of content, understanding of meanings and contexts, recognition of language use, and personal responses to texts.

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    The English Literature senior 5 syllabus covers 3 genres: drama, prose, and poetry. Students will read, analyze, and evaluate texts to develop an understanding of literal and deeper meanings. The goals are for students to enjoy reading literature, understand texts from different periods and cultures, communicate informed responses, appreciate how writers achieve effects, and explore how literature relates to human concerns. Required texts include August: Osage County, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, and a poetry booklet. Assessments will evaluate students' knowledge of content, understanding of meanings and contexts, recognition of language use, and personal responses to texts.

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    English Literature - Senior 5 Syllabus: Instructor Course Overview

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    The English Literature senior 5 syllabus covers 3 genres: drama, prose, and poetry. Students will read, analyze, and evaluate texts to develop an understanding of literal and deeper meanings. The goals are for students to enjoy reading literature, understand texts from different periods and cultures, communicate informed responses, appreciate how writers achieve effects, and explore how literature relates to human concerns. Required texts include August: Osage County, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, and a poetry booklet. Assessments will evaluate students' knowledge of content, understanding of meanings and contexts, recognition of language use, and personal responses to texts.

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    English Literature – senior 5 Syllabus

    Instructor Course Overview

    Matías Cancino The course will be divided into three main literary genres: Drama, Prose, and Poetry.
    The syllabus enables learners to read, interpret and evaluate texts through the study
    of literature in English. Learners develop an understanding of literal meaning,
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    relevant contexts and of the deeper themes or attitudes that may be expressed.
    [email protected] Through their studies, they learn to recognise and appreciate the ways in which
    writers use English to achieve a range of effects, and will be able to present an
    informed, personal response to the material they have studied. The syllabus also
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    encourages the exploration of wider and universal issues, promoting learners’ better
    Martín Y Omar understanding of themselves and of the world around them.

    Timetable General Expectations and Goals

    Mondays & Fridays The aims are to develop learners who:


    11-12 hrs.
     enjoy the experience of reading literature
     understand and respond to literary texts in different forms and from different
    periods and cultures
     communicate an informed personal response appropriately and effectively
     appreciate different ways in which writers achieve their effects
     experience literature’s contribution to aesthetic, imaginative and intellectual
    growth
     explore the contribution of literature to an understanding of areas of human
    concern.

    Required Text

    Unit I:
    August: Osage County, Tracy Letts

    Unit II:
    Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll

    Through the Looking-Glass, And What Alice Found There, Lewis Carroll

    Unit III:

    Poetry Booklet, AA. VV.


    Resources: set text editions

    Unless otherwise stated, candidates may use any edition of the set text, as long as it
    is not an abridged or simplified version. There are many editions of set texts
    available, with newer editions sometimes including notes (often displayed on facing
    pages), illustrations, activities and further resources which make these texts
    particularly useful and user-friendly.

    Homework Policy

    All literary works will be read in class. Students will not read the texts for the first time at home. Nevertheless,
    they will have to hand in assessments where they will have to provide a deeper analysis of the texts. The
    objectives of these assessments are as follow:

    Assessment objectives

     AO1 Show detailed knowledge of the content of literary texts in the three main forms (drama, poetry and
    prose), supported by reference to the text.
     AO2 Understand the meanings of literary texts and their contexts, and explore texts beyond surface
    meanings to show deeper awareness of ideas and attitudes.
     AO3 Recognise and appreciate ways in which writers use language, structure and form to create and
    shape meanings and effects.
     AO4 Communicate a sensitive and informed personal response to literary texts

    Additional Information

    The assessment criteria or “Rúbrica de evaluación” will be attached as well as the reading schedule.

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