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English 9A V2 — Foundations of Narrative, Rhetoric and Argument
Curriculum
4 Sections
34 Lessons
10 Weeks
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Unit 1: Foundations of Narrative Craft & The Hero’s Journey
10
1.1
Introduction
2 mins
1.2
The Epic Tradition, Invocation, and In Medias Res
45 mins
1.3
Hospitality and the Rules of the Guest: Xenia in Books 5-8
45 mins
1.4
Language Lab — Semicolons, Conjunctive Adverbs, and the Analytical Sentence
40 mins
1.5
Seminar — Arete or Hubris? Odysseus in the Apologoi (Books 9-12)
50 mins
1.6
Disguise and Recognition as Structure: Books 13-16
45 mins
1.7
Writing Workshop — Thesis, Topic Sentence, and the Embedded Quotation
50 mins
1.8
Dramatic Irony in the Hall: Books 17-20
45 mins
1.9
Key Assignment — Heroic Archetype Analytical Essay (Books 21-24)
150 mins
1.10
Ithaca Under Siege: Epic Craft in The Odyssey
15 mins
Unit 2: Dualities of Human Nature & Gothic Allegory
10
2.1
Introduction
2 mins
2.2
Setting as Psychological Mirror — Fog, Doors, and Victorian London
45 mins
2.3
The Murder as Turning Point: Chapters 3-4
45 mins
2.4
Seminar — Biology or Repression? Emerson, Stevenson, and the Source of Hyde
50 mins
2.5
Framed Narrative, Point of View, and the Colon
45 mins
2.6
Unreliable and Withheld Narration: Chapters 5-6
45 mins
2.7
Climax and the Pace of Dread: Chapters 7-8
45 mins
2.8
Writing Workshop — Claim, Counterclaim, and the Concession Paragraph
50 mins
2.9
Key Assignment — Symbolic Duality Argument Essay (Chapters 9-10)
150 mins
2.10
Fog, Doors and the Mirror of London: Jekyll and Hyde
15 mins
Unit 3: Rhetorical Appeals & The Art of Argument
7
3.1
Introduction
2 mins
3.2
The Rhetorical Triangle — Ethos, Pathos, and Logos in Pericles
45 mins
3.3
Language Lab — Parallel Structure, Anaphora, and Rhetorical Cadence
45 mins
3.4
Listening Lab — Evaluating a Speaker’s Reasoning and Naming Fallacies
50 mins
3.5
Writing Workshop — The Four-Sentence Rhetorical Precis
50 mins
3.6
Key Assignment — Rhetorical Analysis and Audience Rewrite
150 mins
3.7
Pericles Speaks: Ethos, Pathos and Logos in Athens
15 mins
Unit 4: Synthesis, Research, and Comparative Defense
7
4.1
Introduction
2 mins
4.2
Inheritance and Argument — How an Author Transforms Source Material
45 mins
4.3
Research Lab — Source Credibility, Signal Phrases, and MLA Citation
50 mins
4.4
Media Lab — The Same Subject in Different Mediums
50 mins
4.5
Writing Workshop — Synthesis as Braiding, Not Reporting
50 mins
4.6
Key Assignment — Synthesis Research Paper and Digital Presentation
200 mins
4.7
The Research Library: Inheritance, Sources and Mediums
15 mins
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