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Composition/British Literature
TITLE
Composition/British Literature
TEXTBOOK
Adventures in English Literature, Editor, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1996
Warriner’s English Grammar and Composition, Warriner, Harcourt Brace Jovanovick,
1977
Hamlet, Shakespeare, Washington Square Press, 1958
DESCRIPTION
This is a required class which meets five days a week at forty-four minutes per
session. This class emphasizes college reading, thinking, and writing skills
(research, analysis). It also serves as an introductory survey of British
literature from the Eighth Century to the Twentieth, in the forms of short
story, poetry, drama, and novel.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. Students will review English usage (12.2.1).
2. Students will use critical and creative thinking skills (12.1).
3. Students will use critical and creative reading skills (12.1).
4. Students will use critical and creative writing skills (12.2).
5. Students will use research skills (12.2).
6. Students will use test-taking strategies (12.1 and .2).
7. Students will study chronologically British history, politics,
socio-economics, etc.
8. Students will read and analyze chronologically British literature (12.1).
9. Students will use the Six-trait Method of Analytical Writing (12.2).
10. Students will formulate self-generated questions.
WRITING ACTIVITIES
1. Students will use note-taking.
2. Students will use outlining.
3. Students will use critical analysis using the Six-trait Method of Analytical
Writing.
4. Students will use essay test taking.
5. Students will write research.
MULTICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
1. Students will learn to understand the concept of mixed heritage of English
and its problems (Celts, Romans, Anglo/Saxons, Normans).
2. Students will learn to understand the concept of intolerance to others of
17th/18th Centuries (Catholics, Puritans).
3. Students will learn to understand the situation and the conditions of the
"Slave Triangle: (London-West Africa-New World).
4. Students will learn to understand the feeling of ostracism (the Ancient
Mariner, Byron, Shelley).
5. Students will appreciate the contributions of Commonwealth writers (South
Africa, West Indies, Indian, etc.)
