English IV British Literature ( with an emphasis in writing/elaboration/support )
First week of school as follows:
Diagnostic grammar and writing as well as journal writing ( Quote notebooks will be collected for a writing assignment grade before the end of a marking period.
Class began January 23rd. 2012
Diagnostic Grammar Test Pre-Test 1/23---1/24
Distribution of Class Contracts ,
***Wednesdays after school Make-Up******** * see me*
Sentence Structure ReWrites and Corrections from pre-test 1/25 -1/26
From Writing and Grammar Workbook
Fragments plus Run-Ons ReWrites pp. 61-64 1/27- 1/28
Higher order Vocabulary Workshop Sadler-Oxford Level G, with an emphasis on strategies and context
will take place weekly in addition to the words from the literature.
Vocab Unit I Twenty words per unit. Tuesday, 1/24
Synonyms & Antonyms Practice
Sentence Completion
Words in Context
Quiz Unit 1 Friday, 1/27
Unit II
Words in Context
Syn.Ant.
Sentence Completion
Quiz Unit II Tuesday, 2/7
Unit III
Words in Context
Syn.Ant
Sentence Completion
Quiz 2/21 Friday 1/2 Units 1,2.3 Test Tuesday, 3/6
Use the following websites:
http://www.heorot.dk/ (click) http://www.heorot.dk/beo-links.html
http://csis.pace.edu/grendel/proj1b/beowulf.html http://www.alcyone.com/max/lit/beowulf/ (complete text)
http://homepage.mac.com/mseffie/assignments/beowulf/beowulf.html
Read " Grendel"pp.33-39 Mon.1/30
Be prepared for class review and discussion.
Active Reading vocabulary skillbuilder, and Literary Analysis in addition to
exercise on Words with multiple meanings
Thinking Through the Literature (study questions)
p.44 # 1-4 and p.51 3 1-5
Read "Grendel's Mother" and "The Battle with Grendel's Mother"
Class discussion and explanations Wed. 2/1
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Read "Beowulf's Last Battle " and "Mourning Beowulf"
Complete "Thinking through the Literature" Ex. #1-6 p.63
Vocab in action Ex A and Ex B Word Meaning p. 65, Mon. 2/6
From Writing and Grammar (workbook)
Pronoun Reference exercises all period pp. 87-90 Tues. 2/7
*Test Beowulf * Wed. 2/ 8
THE MIDDLE AGES
note taking exercise including major and minor details on Medieval times.
Watch and listen to three professors from three universities explain it. All your notes will be
collected and returned. Thurs. 2/9
THE CANTERBURY TALES
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The Prologue"
Chart character oulines daily as we read, begin, Mon. 2/13
Complete all Literary analysis charts and vocabulary daily plus Reading Questions
Part I from Knight to Sailor
************Project Based Learning Component**********************
Two parts Distributed 2/12, Tues.
Research based on ten question guidelines and craft project
Title: Topics of the Middle Ages (twelve choices)
Ex: Black Death, Crusades, Church in Middle Ages, Monks, Robin Hood, Food, Village Life,
Knights and Tournaments, Medieval Clothing, King Arthur, Castles and Feudal System, Women
in the Middle Ages, etc. Specific guidelines in packet.
On alternate days work completed using class laptops
Packet with all guidelines and rubric distributed
Two weeks to complete. Bring your Crafts and presentations in groups of two will follow alternating
with our readings and other work.
Continue reading in Language of Literature
Daily recap and explanation of each character
Complete "The Prologue Groupings by Chaucer" and graphic organizers as we go
Read all characterizations up to the Miller
Finish reading and understanding characterizations
From the Prologue
Read from the Miller p.127 to the Host p.136
Review and complete
Study Questions p.136 Thinking Through the Literature
# 1-6
Read from the Miller to the Host and conclusion of the Prologue
(Wed. 3/29) All study guides and exercises due before the test.
Test on the Prologue Thursday, 3/1
*****Project ****** Due Thurs. 3/1 to 3/7 (second half of period) for presentations to begin************
Grammar- appositive and adjective phrases from Grammar pp.33-38(workbook Mon.3/5)
Vocabulary Unit 4 ( Tues. 3/20)
Words in Context
Syn./Ant.
Sentence Completion
Quiz Unit Friday, 3/23
Read The Pardoner's Tale (Wed. 3/7)
Complete study questions # 1-6 p. 152
Read "Wife of Bath's Tale" Complete skillbuilders, vocab etc. for both tales.
Complete study questions p.167 #1-5 (Thurs. 3/8)
**********Quote Notebooks/Journals due as follows:*************
Period 2 (Mon. 3/19)
Period 3 (Tues. 3/20)
Period 4 (Wed. 3/21)
Complete mechanics review, view pps.
w/the semicolon, Writing and Grammar
pp135,136 Write all. (Fri. 3/23, after Voc.)
Medieval Romance by The Gwain Poet...from Sir Gwain and the Green Knight
From Sir Gwain and the Green Knight reply to the following:
p.222 # 1-8 and complete literary skillbuilders and analysis
Use all vocabulary given for sentences, also complete Vocab. in Action p.224 (Mon. 3/26)
Romance by Sir Thomas Malory from...Le Morte d'Arthur 
Read Complete vocabulary work, skillbuilders and study questions according
to literary analysis graphic organizers given in class. (Tues., 3/27)
***Midterm Exams *** March 28th and 29th (2012)
Periods 1 & 2
Periods 3 & 4
***NEW MARKING PERIOD STARTS ***
ELIZABETHAN TIMES WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
General background, period, traditions and history, Mon. 4/2
From English Renaissance Unit Introduction pp. 276-282
and William Shakespeare, English Renaissance Theater and the Shakespearean Tragedy pp.314-322
Outline main ideas and major details... Due end period
Watch pps. Elizabethan times, The Globe Theater and Mr. Shakespeare
View A&E video presentation with interactive sheets( interactive ) (cloze procedure) ..notes as you watch
***We continue with vocabulary units***Higher Order Words
Unit 5 words (Tues. 4/3)
Distribute
Complete Words in Context
word wall assignment
Syn. / Ant.
Sentence Completion
**Unit 5 Test** (Thurs. 4/5)
Unit 6 Words 4/17
Distribute
Words in Context
Word wall assignment
Syn./Ant.
Sentence Completion
**Unit 6 Quiz** 4/20
Unit 7 Words 5/8
Words in Context
Syn./Ant.
Sentence Completion
**Unit 7 Quiz**
Unit 8 Words 5/15
Words in Context
Syn./Ant.
Sentence Completion
**Unit 8 Quiz**
Unit 9 Words 5/22
Words in Context
Syn./Ant.
Sentence Completion
**Unit 9 Quiz**
The Tragedy of Macbeth 
Click on second link. (all for More Info.)
Watch A&E Bio. and complete Cloze Procedure (Mon. 4/2)
Unit Intro to Renaissance, and Shakespeare's theater
Afterwards, complete Notes/Outline Due
* Begin Reading act I Scenes 1&2 (Wed. 4/4)
*Understand the "paradox" established scene 1
*see study questions distributed in class
** Literary analysis skillbuilders with solliloquy and asides and
Thinking Through the Literature p.346 # 1-6 * all stapled together
*Read Act II and Holinshed Chronicles
Complete Literary Analysis and Novel Road Guide to Success questions for Act. II as we read
Act II 4/11
*complete study questions and skillbuilders
*Read Act III 4/18
complete skillbuilders, vocab and characterization by
Gender Stereotypes/Drawing Comparisons and Character Analysis charts.
Review acts II and III with Novel Road Map to Success study questions
*Read Act IV 4/23
complete skillbuilders and analysis
Critical Thinking questions for act IV
*Read Act V 5/26
complete guide to success questions
Complete Literary Analysis for acts IV & V and Study questions p.420 #1-7
plus total review Everything due by 5/2
**Attention 3rd period.**
****Writing Assignment***Macbeth--A Tragic Hero
*See criteria for a tragedy pp. 321-322 In class Writing Assignment
See guidelines on board and handout with specific instructions 5/2
**** Big Test for Macbeth ******* 5/2 Wednesday
****Writing Assignment***Macbeth--A Tragic Hero 5/2 Wednesday
*See criteria for a tragedy pp. 321-322
See guidelines on board and handout with specific instructions
Selected Short Stories.............
The Victorian Period Leo Tolstoy "What Men Live By"pp.914-928
complete Literary analysis on the folk tale
plus study questions
Quiz 5/4 Friday
Emerging Modernism
Read "The Rising of the Moon" p.994 Lady Isabella Augusta Gregory
Literary Analysis, Critical Questions and Dialect 5/7
D.H. Lawrence
"The Rocking Horse Winner"pp.1006-1019
suspense/short story
Complete Literary analysis assignment 5/9
Virginia Woolf
"The Duchess and The Jeweller" pp.1046-1054 Read at home and complelte Literary analysis work.
Literary analysis assignment collected on the same day 5/14
"The Demon Lover" pp.1157-1164 Elizabeth Bowen 5/11
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Poetry
William Butler Yeats "The Second Coming" and "Sailing to Byzantium" 5/18-
Read Complete all literary skillbuilders
Dylan Thomas "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night'' and " In My Craft or Sullen Art"
Read Complete all literary skillbuilders and study questions
Compare and contrast to 5/21
Octavio Paz "Writings" or "Escritura"
Compare and contrast to Dylan Thomas, complete guidelines for assignment
T.S. Eliot 5/22
"Preludes"
"The Hollow Men"
"The Naming of Cats"
***Attention*** Quote Notebooks will be due as follows: 
*period 2 Monday 5/15
* period 3 Tuesday 5/16 and period 4 *Wednesday 5/17
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Senior Final Exams:
May Wednesday 23rd. and Thursday May 24th., 2012
