1. "Back to School Night"Ms. Maria MirceaSurvey of British Literature and Composition

2. Course Layout: Chronological Study of Literary Movements in British Literature AD 449-1066 Anglo-Saxon/Old English Period AD 1066-1485 Medieval/Middle English Period AD 1485-1660 The Renaissance Beowulf, Works by Bede Le Morte d'Arthur, The Canterbury Tales William Shakespeare, Metaphysical poets, Cavalier poets

3. Chronology continued: Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift, Samuel Johnson Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, William Wordsworth, Lord Byron, Samuel Taylor Coleridge Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, Oscar Wilde, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Charlotte Bronte, Robert Browning AD 1660-1798 Restoration/Neoclassical Period AD 1798-1832 Romantic Period AD 1832-1900 Victorian Period

4. Learning and Innovation Skills: Creativity and Innovation 21st Century Skill: Use a wide range of idea creation techniques Create new and worthwhile ideas Elaborate, refine, analyze, and evaluate their own ideas in order to improve and maximize creative efforts Application within my Class: Brainstorming, pre-writing, researching articles in databases, conferencing, composing reaction papers, drafting process

5. Learning and Innovation Skills:Creativity and Innovation 21st Century Skill: Develop, implement, and communicate new ideas to others effectively Be open and responsive to new and diverse perspectives; incorporate group input and feedback into work Application within my Class: Persuasive papers, research papers, peer review, edit, and critique

6. Learning and Innovation Skills: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving 21st Century Skill: Effectively analyze and evaluate evidence, arguments, claims, and beliefs Analyze and evaluate major alternative points of view Synthesize and make connections between information and arguments Application within my Class: Mock trials (literary figures on trial), essays that incorporate critical responses from databases along with student's own critical analysis

7. Learning and Innovation Skills:Critical Thinking and Problem Solving 21st Century Skill: Interpret information and draw conclusions based on the best analysis Reflect critically on learning experiences and processes Identify and ask significant questions that clarify various points of view and lead to better solutions Application within my Class: Self-evaluation, facilitated "whole class discussion"

8. Learning and Innovation Skills:Communication and Collaboration 21st Century Skills: Articulate thoughts and ideas effectively using oral, written, and nonverbal communication skills in a variety of forms and contexts Listen effectively to decipher meaning, including knowledge, values, attitudes, and intentions Use communication for a range of purposes(inform, instruct, motivate, persuade) Application within my Class: Formal speech presentations, Socratic seminar and symposium, "fishbowl" discussions

9. Learning and Innovation Skills:Communication and Collaboration 21st Century Skills: Demonstrate ability to work effectively and respectively with diverse teams Exercise flexibility and willingness to be helpful in making necessary compromises to accomplish a common goal Assume shared responsibility for collaborative work and value individual contributions Application within my Class: Group projects in which students teach a "mini unit," debates, "noteshares"

11. Provide questions in order to facilitate discussion

12. Answer each others' queries

13. Support or refute peers' contributions with their own ideas and thoughts, textual evidence

14. Monitor their own participation

15. Own ideas, creativity

16. Responsiveness, listening to peers

17. Analyze and evaluate peers' arguments, statements

18. Practice articulation of thoughts, communicate to persuade