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English B Course Outline INTERMEDIATE LITERATURE B Intermediate Literature B sharpens reading comprehension skills, engages readers in literary analysis, and offers a variety of literature to suit diverse tastes.

Through a varied selection of stories, plays, and poems, many of which highlight exemplary virtues, students develop skills of close reading and literary analysis while considering important human issues and challenging ideas. They come to appreciate the writer'

s craft as they consider the feelings, thoughts, and ideas of characters, and make connections between literature and life. Students also learn to read for information in nonfiction texts. Literary Analysis and Appreciation ? Identify defining characteristics of a variety of literary forms and genres ? Understand elements of plot development ? Identify cause and effect relationships ? Identify conflict and resolution ? Understand elements of character development ? Identify character traits and motivations ? Recognize stereotypes ? Describe characters based on speech, action, and interactions with others ? Make inferences and draw conclusions ? Recognize effect of setting and culture on a literary work ? Compare and contrast works from different time periods ? Identify and interpret specific literary techniques ? Understand and interpret point of view ? Understand use of language to convey mood ? Understand use of dialect ? Interpret symbolism ? Recognize and analyze use of irony ? Recognize and explain poetic devices ? Identify and discuss theme ? Compare and contrast literary selections and characters Reading Comprehension/Reading Process ? Establish and adjust purpose for reading ? Predict outcomes ? Articulate an opinion and support it with evidence ? Skim for facts, and take notes ? Recognize author'

s purpose and devices used to accomplish it ? Use reading skills and strategies to understand a variety of informational texts ? Differentiate between fact and opinion in informational texts ? Recognize author'

s attitude ? Analyze appropriateness of text for purpose Readings include: The Heart'

s Deep Core ? Chura and Marwe, a West African folktale retold by Humphrey Harman ? The Tiger'

s Whisker, a Korean folktale retold by Harold Courlander ? Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, by Robert Frost ? The Story of Scarface, a Blackfoot Indian legend ? Sympathy, by Paul Lawrence Dunbar ? The Happy Prince, by Oscar Wilde ? Psalm of Life by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Bible Characters and Stories ? Belshazzar'

s Feast ? How Queen Esther Saved Her People ? The Story of Jonah Narrative Poems ? Casabianca, by Felicia Hemans ? The Inchcape Rock, by Robert Southey ? The Listeners, by Walter de la Mare ? Casey at the Bat, by Ernest Lawrence Thayer ? The Cremation of Sam McGee, by Robert Service ? The Highwayman, by Alfred Noyes Required Novel (choice of one) ? Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson ? The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien Stories of Scientists ? Michael Faraday'

s World, by Nancy Veglahn ? Marie Curie and the Discovery of Radioactivity, by Mara Rockliff ? Nikola Tesla, Inventor, by Shawn Lake ? Healing a Wounded Heart: Daniel Hale Williams, by William Orem ? Enrico Fermi: The '

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by Dorothy Haas Irony ? Charles, by Shirley Jackson ? The Gift of the Magi, by O. Henry ? The Necklace, by Guy de Maupassant ? The Necklace, retold as a play Favorites from Famous Books: A Christmas Carol ? A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens (abridged) ? The Boy of the London Streets, by R.S. Holland