[aisle] Help with American lit contemporary pairings

[DAVID WILLIAMS]

Tera,
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Subject: [aisle] Help with American lit contemporary pairings

Good afternoon!

Our English department is considering revamping their English 3 level curriculum that focuses on American literature and I would love to get your ideas. They don't want to get rid of American lit as the foundation, but would like to pair more current reading material that students can connect with. Much of the literature in the current curriculum features marginalized groups with minorities as the victims. They would like to pair American literature with current material where marginalized groups are not represented this way. This is much needed and I'm super excited about it!

I would love to hear what your American lit classes are doing! Are any pairing classic American lit with more current reading material? If so, what are they pairing?

Here is the current American lit course overview:


This course is a journey across and through America via selected American authors representing the major periods, schools, and traditions in American literary history. Our texts will span the pre-colonial eras (before European colonization in the 1600s) to our contemporary era; include multiple genres (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama); and attempt to examine the diversity that has shaped America over time.  In thinking of the uniquely American journey, three central questions will guide our exploration:

  1.  In what ways has America been shaped or impacted by the journeys of individuals?

  2.  In what ways have individual journeys been shaped or impacted by America?

  3.  In what ways is one’s own identity shaped by these journeys?

This is the current required reading and unit sequence:

     *   Unit 1: Native American - Way to Rainy Mountain

        *   Required Writing Component: Point of View Creative Narrative

        *   Required Speaking & Listening Component: Oral Recitation of POV Narrative

     *   Unit 2: The Crucible

        *   Required Writing Component: Persuasive Researched Paper

        *   Required Speaking & Listening Component: Analysis of Scene

     *   Unit 3: Of Mice and Men

        *   Required Writing Component: Art Analysis

        *   Required Speaking & Listening Component: Presentation

     *   Unit 4: A Raisin in the Sun

        *   Required Writing Component: Argumentative Response Letter

        *   Required Speaking & Listening Component: Group Research Presentation

     *   Unit 5: The Great Gatsby

        *   Required Writing Component: Researched Paper

        *   Required Speaking & Listening Component: Socratic Discussion

     *   Unit 6: The House on Mango Street

        *   Required Writing Component: Creative Personal Narrative

        *   Required Speaking & Listening Component: Dramatic Reading

Sorry for the lengthy email! Your ideas are greatly appreciated!
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Tera Hafermann

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Normal Community West High School

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