Students in English III analyze American literature and its
social and historical significance. Students will analyze texts through
reading, writing, speaking, listening, and using media. Students will be
required to produce a research paper, known as their Junior Paper.
Goals:
Application of correct grammar
Study rigorously Greek/Latin roots and vocabulary
Learn the process for writing a research paper
Unit 1: Native American and Colonial Literature
Unit 2: The Crucible
Unit 3: revolutionary Rhetoric
Unit 4: American Romanticism from Transcendence to the Dark
Side
Unit 5: Slavery, The Civil War, Naturalism, Realism, and
Regionalism
Unit 6: American Realism: The American Dream and
Disillusionment
Research Paper
