Saint Joseph School A/Y 2016-2017 ENGLISH 9

First Quarter

UNIT STANDARDS

Content: The learner demonstrates understanding of how Anglo-

American literature and other text types serve as means of
enhancing the self; also how to use processing, assessing,
summarizing information, word derivation and formation
strategies, appropriate word order, punctuation marks and
interjections to enable him/her to participate in a speech choir.

Performance: The learner actively participates in a speech choir through

using effective verbal and non-verbal strategies based on the
following criteria: (1) use of voice, (2) creating a mood/
atmosphere, (3) conveying a message, understanding of the
literary text, and (4) connection and collaboration skills.

Formation: The learner uses his/her communicative competence to

embody the Josephian virtue of empowering the self to have
compassion, wisdom, and integrity.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

1. Why read Anglo-American literature?

2. What makes an effective speech performance?
3. How can one enhance the self through Anglo-American literature?

COURSE OUTLINE

I. The Beginnings of English Literature: The Old English Period

A. The Story of Beowulf
1. Features, structure, and characteristics of an epic poem
2. Values conveyed in an epic poem
Grammar Integration: The Complete Sentence
B. Elegiac Lyrics of the Pagan Age: The Ruined City
1. Imagery
2. Production of Beat and Rhythm to express the Mood
Vocabulary: Using Idiomatic Expressions
C. The Contribution of the Knight and the Priest to Early English
Literature
1. The Code of Chivalry
2. The History of Caedmon
Grammar Integration: Avoiding Sentence Errors
a. Fragments
b. Run-Ons
c. Comma Splices
II. The Middle English Period
A. The Contribution of the Common People to the Middle Ages
1. Characteristics of the Three English Ballads
a. Lord Randal
b. Bonny Barbara Allan
c. Get Up and Bar the Door
2. Use of Prosodic Features of Speech in Poems of the Middle
Period
a. Production of Beat and Rhythm
b. Use of Pitch, Juncture, Stress, Intonation, Rate of Speech,
Volume and Projection
c. Use of Gestures and other Speech Conventions
(Introduction of the Performance Task)
B. Thomas Malory - The Death of Arthur (Arthurian Romance)
1. Knights of the Round Table and other characters
2. Historical and Legendary Arthur
Grammar integration: Subject-Verb Agreement Using the Simple
Past, Past Progressive and Perfect Tenses of the Verb
C. Geoffrey Chaucer - The Canterbury Tales
1. The Prologue
2. The Knight
3. The Pardoner's Tale
4. The Friars Tale
5. The Summoners Tale
6. The Prioress Tale

III. The Renaissance Period: William Shakespeare

A. The New Poetry
1. Songs
a. Who Is Sylvia?
b. Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind
2. Sonnets
a. Sonnet XVII
b. Sonnet XXIX
c. Sonnet CXVI
Grammar Integration: Word and Phrase (Prepositional and
Participial) Modifiers
B. The Plays
1. Romeo and Juliet
2. Hamlet
3. The Merchant of Venice
Grammar Integration: Subject-Verb Agreement Using the Present Tense
of the Verb

REFERENCES: Lapid and Serrano. ECAS 9 (required textbook in

class)
Arkaina et al. Language in Literature 9