Major Units
First Semester
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Focus
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Core Text
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Unit 1
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Literary analysis and the short story
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Selection of short excerpts or stories:
What is The What by Dave Eggers
Two Kinds by Amy Tan
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Unit 2
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Literary analysis and the novel
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The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
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Unit 3
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Reading and poetry
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Selection of poems and student choice fiction text(s)
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Second Semester
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Focus
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Core Text
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Unit 4
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Creative writing: the short story
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Selection of short stories:
Every Little Hurricane by Sherman Alexie
Eveline by James Joyce
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Unit 5
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Performance
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Translations by Brian Friel
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Unit 6
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Synthesis: Cultural Interactions and the theory of Cultural Relativism
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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Sound and Fury (documentary film)
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Unit 7
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Community Action Project
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Research
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Grade Breakdown
- 55%: Major assignments (1 per unit)
- 30%: Reading assessments (usually 2 per unit + reading quizzes)
- 15%: Unit work (class work, homework, class participation)
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