The course
Literary theory
Perhaps you want to teach literary theory or critical lenses. This option might be for you. There are at least two different ways you could go about this. First, you might teach a specific theory like...
The course
Single text type
Organizing a non-literary unit of study around a single text type is another possibility. You might create a unit about the promotion of peace and you will include ten speeches over time that have argued...
The course
Concepts
Another popular option will be to have a non-literary unit of study around one or two of the seven concepts from the course. For example, you might create a unit of study around the idea of culture and...
The course
Topics
Another common way to organize a unit is around a “topic.” This will be an extremely popular choice and for good reason. It makes sense! There are so many things you could study in our course, and...
The course
Combining the literary and non-literary
Although you will technically have to make sure you place non-literary units of study “under” an area of exploration, they are very fluid and flexible. One of the most common non-literary units of study...
The course
Area of exploration
The way in which the course is designed, when you create your two-year syllabus, there must be equal weighting to the literary works and non-literary texts that are studied. You will use the areas of...
The course
Types of units
Within each of the three areas of exploration, it is expected that an equal amount of time is spent studying literary works and non-literary texts. But how do you go about creating non-literary units...
Blog
Freedom! Unit Planning in the New Language and Literature Course Free
Before providing different two-year course outlines, I wanted to start with the sheer variety of what you can do in the new course in terms of unit planning. When I think of units, I am normally thinking...
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Part 4 (2020 exams)
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