World Literature Database

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This database was set up as a model for students.  Students will continue to update the database to help prepare them for the English II Writing Test.  Each student will bring in a computer disk and I will load the information on it for them and as we read something new the students will add to the database.  The students will then use the database to help review all of the key elements for the English II Writing Test.  The following are the guidelines for the first day.  These guidelines are designed only to help them become familiar with the program and to teach them how to use it.

Student Directions:

  1. Open Access.
  2. Click on Table 1--Students will be able to quickly glance and see Author's Last Name, Author's First Name, Title of Work, Genre, Time, Place, Social Background, Protagonist, Antagonist, Supporting Characters, and Literary Terms.
  3. All works can be seen in this table.  
  4. Students will be instructed to find different things based on the chart.
  5. Click on Forms--This allows students to see all of the above information, but one at a time and more visually pleasing--some students will learn better using this format 
  6. Click on Queries
  7. Answer the following questions by clicking on the appropriate query:
  • Which work contains information over a 6 year period?
  • What are the two works in which the author does not have a first name?
  • Which plays have conflict and irony as literary terms? 

 
To go to database activity click here World Literature--when you get the files to appear click on world_lit.mdb
Advanced Technology Competencies for Teachers:

11.3 Use technology-based tools that are specific to the discipline--This goal is met because students must use the Access program to complete this activity.  Therefore, students must use technology to help them discover their answers

12.2 Use computers and other technologies effectively and appropriately to collect information on student learning using a variety of methods--This goal is met because technology can be used to account for the students learning.
North Carolina Computer Skills Curriculum:

3.3  Select and use technological tools for class assignments, projects, and presentations--This goal is met because students must use the program Access to complete this project
North Carolina Standard Course of Study:

5.01 Read and analyze selected works of world literature by:

  • using effective strategies for preparation, engagement, and reflection.
  • building on prior knowledge of the characteristics of literary genres, including fiction, non-fiction, drama, and poetry, and exploring how those characteristics apply to literature of world cultures.
  • analyzing literary devices such as allusion, symbolism, figurative language, flashback, dramatic irony, situational irony, and imagery and explaining their effect on the work of world literature.
  • analyzing the importance of tone and mood.
  • analyzing archetypal characters, themes, and settings in world literature.
  • making comparisons and connections between historical and contemporary issues.
  • understanding the importance of cultural and historical impact on literary texts.

This goal is met because students will have to understand the literary devices to be able to continue to build on the database.  Students will also have to use prior knowledge to effectively use this database as a review