✔ To help student understand the importance of historic context in literary analysis.
✔ To expose students to a variety of literary genres to further their appreciation of literature.
✔ To develop students’ vocabulary-building skills through the use of context clues and word origin/structure analysis.
✔ To help students recognize and understand the use of a variety of literary elements (terms and techniques).
✔ To enable students to respond to literature in a way that reflects intelligent and thoughtful analysis.
✔ To develop students’ reading, writing, speaking, listening and critical thinking skills so that they may function effectively in any course at university level.
✔ To provide a wide range of learning opportunities, including daily and longer-term projects, in order that students of all ability levels may be able to reach their respective potentials and be successful.
✔ To foster a classroom atmosphere that emphasizes the importance of respect for others’ opinions, beliefs and ways of being
Writing:
sentence structure
creative writing
analysis essays
Speaking and Listening:
presentations
Language Usage:
writing and editing strategies parts of speech
Objectives:
The student will review and practice grammar and punctuation.
The student will develop vocabulary. • The student will practice different types of essay writing.
The student will read critically, informatively, and for pleasure.
Reading literature and informational texts:
vocabulary
poetry
short stories
epics: The Odyssey and Beowulf
drama: Macbeth, Oedipus Rex and Antigone
novel: The Great Gatsby, The Scarlet Letter, and The Awakening