MONA HIGH SCHOOL

DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

COURSE OUTLINE
CHRISTMAS TERM
Term 1: September –December 2021

YEAR: SECOND FORM

FACILITATOR: MS. D. HAYE

COURSE: ENGLISH LITERATURE

DURATION: ONE TERM

1.0 Course Rationale – Engaging with the discipline of Literature is integral to the holistic
development of students. When students arrive at the secondary level of education, further
exposure to, and interaction with Literature become even more crucial. Honing and developing
more critical thinking skills, understanding their world and the world at large, are what will
enable students to interact with the world/literature on a far more meaningful and substantial
level. They also begin to develop the necessary skills for undertaking the CSEC Examination
four years later.

This term, students will be given the opportunity to focus on the analysis of prose fiction as a
discrete literary mode through reading the novel The Wooing of Beppo Tate. Through
engagement with Literature and the novel, students will come to appreciate and be conversant
with ideas about themes, the use of literary devices, and numerous other terms that will “impress
[them] with the life-giving power of literature. [And help them to] gain a sense of [themselves]
in the world…” — Maya Angelou.

2.0 Course Objectives –

1. Read for meaning, fluency and enjoyment of text, using a variety of strategies and
resources to gain information and identify ideas and events.
2. Reflect on and respond to Literature on paper and on screen.
3. Use appropriate digital tools and resources to plan and conduct Literature based
research.
4. Demonstrate mastery of text by using critical thinking skills in discussions.
5. Recognize and comment on the elements of literature in its different genres.
6. Connect experiences and ideas in texts to their own lives.

Prescribed Text for Term

 The Wooing of Beppo Tate by C. Everard Palmer
Sunsong Bk 2 by Pamela Mordecai; Grace Gordon

3.0 COURSE SCHEDULE

Weeks Dates Topics Method/Strategies Student

Assignment
1-2 September 7- Revision/ Oral
16 Diagnostic Testing Review the elements
of prose.

Review Literary Defining Literary

Elements Class discussions Elements

1 .Plot (sequence of Quiz Create a

related events based poem/song/role play
on a conflict) Presentations on literary elements
and literary devices.
a. Sequence of events Videos
( Exposition, Explore poems with
Rising Action, varying literary
Climax, Falling devices.
Action,
Resolution/
Solution/
Denouement
b. Conflict- Types of
Conflict- Internal
and External
c. Characters/
Characterization
Major/ main characters
versus Minor characters.

Protagonist versus
antagonist.

d. Themes
e. Setting

Literary Devices

Review- Simile,
metaphor,
personification,
 onomatopoeia,
alliteration.

2-3 September The Wooing of • Research

20-30 Beppo Tate by • Power point
C. Everald presentations 1. Writing
Palmer • Video biography
(Background presentations
to the Novel • Anticipation 2. Choosing the
and Author) Guide Best/ Most
• monitoring- Relevant Details
Focus: Reading and
clarifying in describing
Research
• questioning author
• Explore the life 3. Creating
and work of C. prediction
Everald Palmer. charts.
• Describe the cover 4. Explore poems
of the novel with vivid
• Discuss the blurb imagery.
at the back of the
novel
• Predict events in
the novel

• Explain the
different ways in
which
separation/divorce
can affect
children.
• State the
importance of a
father in the
home.
• Examine father
and son
relationships.
 Poetry
Elements of Poetry

Poetry
Imagery
• Olfactory
• Visual
• Auditory
• Tactile
• Gustatory

Define Visual Imagery

Identify examples of the

different types of Imagery.

4-5 October 4-15 • Characterization • Chapter Character Web,

in the novel The summaries and
Wooing of Beppo key events Missing person
Tate poster, character
• Define • Discussion impersonation,
characterization character
(direct and • Roleplay interviews, tributes,
indirect) poems, character
• Identify the • monitoring- quizzes, and short
clarifying, paragraphs on
characters in the
characters, use
novel
• questioning, evidence from the
• Differentiate story to describe
between major characters
and minor • searching-
characters, selecting
protagonists and
antagonists • recap and
summarize the
• Classify
main points
the
characters
in the Assigning
novel as chapter
major and review
minor
 characters,
protagonist • Choral
s and reading
antagonists • Discussion
• Describe the • graphic
physical organizer
characteristics and • worksheets
personality traits
of the major
characters

Poetry
Introduce: Pun, Hyperbole,
Irony

Poems that may be used:

“And now” (pg 48)- J.B
Boothroyd

“Over London” (pg 63)

Louise Bennett

6 October 18-22 STANDARDIZED TESTING

7-8 October 25- Setting in the novel The Chapter summaries Directed reading,
Nov 5 Wooing of Beppo Tate and key events
drawings of
• Define Setting Discussing
different settings,
• Identify and Roleplaying
describe the setting maps,
different settings monitoring-clarifying,
in the novel paragraphs
questioning,
• Examine how Describing settings,
different settings searching- selecting
affect the worksheets.
characters in the
novel

• Explain how the

different character
traits are revealed
 in different
settings
Poetry

• Define
Personification
• Identify examples
of personification
in poems
• Use words to
personify objects
in their
environment
• Define Metaphor
• Identify examples
of metaphor in
poems
• Differentiate
between
metaphors that are
explicit and those
that are implicit.

9-11 November 8- Plot and Plot • Analyzing • Create plot

26 Development sequence of diagram
events • Paragraph
Literary Analysis • Predicting writing
• Define Plot • Questioning • Creating
• Describe the • Journaling graphic
elements of the organizers
plot
• Identify the
different elements
of the plot in the
story
• Examine how the
plot affects the
characters
behavior

Poetry Appreciation
 Analyze the following
poems:

The Stone (pg 105)

The Window (pg 76)
12 November 29- • Defining Creating a booklet
December 3 Style: Language style in on idioms or
Literature Jamaican proverbs.
Functions of Dialogue • Explaining
dialogue. Completing
• Used in
characterization • Commenting quizzes.
• Used in plot on idioms,
development irony,
proverbs or
sayings in
the novel

13 December 6- Themes • Lecture Use dictionary to

10 • Discussion find the meaning of
Love and family • Questioning themes and locate
relationship/ Single • Researching examples from
Parenting • Journaling novel.
• Role playing
Family and Community Writing thematic
• Dramatizatio
essay (GRADED
n
Betrayal/ Deception and PROJECT)
Greed
Essay workshop
Friendship

14 December 13- Narrative Perspective Role Play Reenact varying

17 (Point of View) Drama scenes from varying
Questioning perspective.
First Person; Third Quiz Challenge
 Person (Limited Group presentation
&Omniscient), Second on types of
Person narrative
perspective.

Week December 20- REVISION END OF TERM EXAM

15 23

4.0 INSTRUCTIONAL/ LEARNING APPROACHES

• Interactive discussions
• Oral and visual presentations
• Projects
• Directed Reading Thinking Activity
• Anticipation Guide
• Read Aloud

5.0 ASSESSMENT

Course Work:
Classwork 10%
Homework 10%
Project 20%
Mid Term Examination 20%

Final Examination 40%

100%

6.0 TEXTBOOK AND REFERENCES

The Wooing of Beppo Tate by C. Everard Palmer
Sunsong Bk 2 by Pamela Mordecai; Grace Gordon

SUGGESTION FOR SUCCESS

• Set your alarm to allow yourself time to shower, eat breakfast, etc., and arrive at class
fully awake.

• Come to class prepared by reading the unit for the week ahead of time and by completing
all homework and other assignments for class.
 • Participate by asking questions if you are confused and if you know it, feel free to explain
it to your classmates!

• Study with a friend or friends who are serious about their work (that is if it works for
you).

• MAINTAIN A POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE!

GRADING SCHEME
A 80% - 100%

B 70% - 79%

C 60% - 69%

D 50% - 59%

E 0% - 49%

EXCELLENCE NOTHING LESS ☺☺☺