Day 1

Reading 3.5c Evaluate the philosophical, political, religious, ethical, and social influences of the historical period that shaped the characters, plots, and settings. 3.2 Analyze the way in which the theme or meaning of a selection represents a view or comment on life, using textual evidence to support the claim. 3.1 Analyze characteristics of subgenres (e.g., satire, parody, allegory, pastoral) that are used in poetry, prose, plays, novels, short stories, essays, and other basic genres. 3.7c Evaluate the philosophical, political, religious, ethical, and social influences of the historical period that shaped the characters, plots, and settings. 3.9 Analyze the philosophical arguments presented in literary works to determine whether the authors' positions have contributed to the quality of each work and the credibility of the characters. (Philosophical approach) Reading 3.7b Relate literary works and authors to the major themes and issues of their eras. Reading 3.3 Analyze the ways in which irony, tone, mood, the author's style, and the "sound" of language achieve specific rhetorical or aesthetic purposes or both. Writing 1.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the elements of discourse (e.g., purpose, speaker, audience, form) when completing narrative, expository, persuasive, or descriptive writing assignments. Students will be able to… – Identify and discuss the relationship between a time period and the literature produced during that time. Analyze how literature shapes or reflects a society. Identify and evaluate the use of satire, irony, and sarcasm. Create original works using satire, irony, and sarcasm.

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Group work: You will be assigned a section to become experts on. As a group you will create a thinking map that organizes the information. Everyone should have this on your paper as these will become your notes for this unit. Once finished we will “stay and stray” through the other groups to get all the information.

Video What is the relationship between place and literature? How does literature shape or reflect a society? What is the relationship of the writer to tradition? By the end of this unit you should be able to answer these questions.

Read through the historical background and take notes using a concept map. Concept map: Topic Main idea Sub-idea

When reading “A Modest Proposal” take notes that analyze the meaning “below the surface.” What is Swift criticizing? How is he criticizing it? What is he really saying? Basically what is he really saying, what does it really mean, and what does it matter?