Perception

The overall theme of the Sophomore World Literature curriculum is Perception. We will be exploring this theme throughout the year, but this page is where we will define it in the beginning of the year.

Framing the Story TEDtalk Radio Hour For this, we will be practicing listening skills and note-taking skills (which involves paraphrasing and the use of Cornell notes). For a template reviewing the Cornell notes process, download the document below.

"The Allegory of the Cave" by Plato For this, we will be practicing active reading strategies. For a review of the active reading strategies, please refer to the page on the right. We will also be working in the following google documents: 2015-16 pd 2 2015-16 pd 5-6 2015-16 pd 10 2015-16 pd 11

"The Body Ritual Among the Nacirema" by Horace Mann

In order to assess your understanding of "The Allegory of the Cave" and "The Body Ritual Among the Nacirema", we are going to take a practice Keystone exam based on excerpts (parts) of those essays. In order to do so: 1. Open the excerpts by clicking here. 2. Open the questions by clicking here for periods 2 and 5-6 and clicking here for periods 10 and 11. 3. Adjust the size of the windows for each of them so they are side-by-side. 4. Follow the directions in the questions portion.
 * PRACTICE KEYSTONE EXAM **

"Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan