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.
Tues. 8/19 Diagnostic Sentence Structure and Re-Writes Test
Wed 8/27 All Contracts must have been collected ***Wednesdays after school Make-Up********
* see me*
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 from Interactive Workbook and complete the side notes by 8/27
Read "The Battle With Grendel" complete Active Reader Skillbuilders, Alliteration and Vocabulary
Charts due 8/28 in class.
Read "Grendel's Mother" and "The Battle with Grendel's Mother"
Complete "Thinking Through Lit" assignment p.51, Fri. 8/29
Read "Beowulf's Last Battle " and "Mourning Beowulf" due 9/2 Tuesday
Complete "Thinking through the Literature" Ex. #1-6 p.63 Wed. 9/3 and
Vocab in action Ex A and Ex B Word Meaning p. 65
Review all on Thursday 9/4
Sentence structure work:
Fragments/RO/ Writing & Grammar workbook
Writing&Grammar (hardbound), Editing and Revising
p.497 Ex.29, and P.503 (1-5
Also complete cartoon hero (time in class)
Test Beowulf, Friday 9/5
*****Beowulf Project***As specified*** due 9/5 for period 2 (was distributed and explained 8/28)
and Monday 9/8 for periods 3 and 4
THE CANTERBURY TALES
Read "the Prologue" Start Wed. 9/9
Chart character oulines daily as we read.
complete all Literary analysis charts and vocabulary from handouts
and the Interactive Reader, as well as notes due Tues. 9/16
Continue reading in Language of Literature
pp. 120-127 from the merchant to the Parson
Complete "The Prologue Groupings by Chaucer, lesson 3
handout 10, as well as active reading skillbuilder Wed.9/17
Read pp.127-136 from(the miller to the host) for Mon.
Quiz from the Prologue
Next reading:
"The Pardoner's Tale" Complete the Critical thinking on p 152 for Thurs., 10/2 ______________________________________________
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***Character Analysis*** Writing assignment
Writing Assignment Character Analysis
From Prologue
Use TAG formula, transitions, *see sample
All Due Wednesday 10/1
"Wife of Bath's Tale" Complete skillbuilders, vocab etc. for both tales.
Complete study questions p.167 #1-5 Fri. 10/3
Quiz Pardoner and Wife of Bath Tues. 10/7
Romance by The Gwain Poet...from Sir Gwain and the Green Knight
Friday, 3/14
Read and complete vocabulary skillbuilders and literary analysis Tues.10/7--10/8 * Reply to Questions from
Sir Gwain and the Green Knight p.223 # 1-9
Romance by Sir Thomas Malory from...Le Morte d'Arthur 
Read Tues. 10/14th and 10/15th. Complete vocabulary work, skillbuilders and study questions according
to literary analysis graphic organizers given in class.
Parallel Structure work from Writing and Grammar review
pp. 502, 508 Mon.10/20
Misplaced Modifyers work from Writing and Grammar
pp.501-504 Tues. 10/21
********Senior Portfolio******* Due Nov. 12th**************
Including the following:
information sheet, resume, letter of recommendation prep. form, letters of recommendation
from two teachers and an application essay
*********Quote Notebooks********* Due 10/16 and 10/17******
***Midterm Exams *** October 22nd. and 23rd.
***NEW MARKING PERIOD STARTS ***
Mon. Oct. 27th.
ELIZABETHAN TIMES WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
General background, period, traditions and history,
A&E video presentation with interactive sheets( interactive ) (cloze procedure) Mon. 10/27
The Tragedy of Macbeth 
Click on second link. (all for More Info.)
* Read act I scenes i and ii Tues. 10/28
Complete side notes from active reader skillbuilder up to scene iii
Complete side notes for scenes 4 through 7 (all of act I) for Friday, 10/31
*Complete Active Reading Skillbuilder, Expanding Vocabulary, Foreshadowing in Shakespeare,
and Literary Analysis with solliloquys and asides, Plus Vocabulary, Checked Mon. 11/3
*Quiz Act I Wed.10/6
*Read Act II Holinshed Chronicles, Thurs. 10/7
Complete Literary Analysis and Novel Road Guide to Success questions for Act. II
*complete study questions and skillbuilders Wed. 11/12
*Read Act III Thurs. 11/13
complete skillbuilders, vocab and characterization by Fri. 11/14
Gender Stereotypes/Drawing Comparisons and Character Analysis charts.
Review acts II and III with Novel Road Map to Success study questions Mon& Tues 11/17,18
*Quiz Acts II and III Thurs. 11/20
*Read Act IV Fri. 11/21-22
complete skillbuilders and analysis Tues. 11/25
Critical Thinking questions for act IV Tues. 11/25
*Read Act V Mon.-Tues. 12/1,2
complete guide to success questions Wed. 12/3
Quiz acts IV & V plus total review
Big Test for Macbeth Thurs. 12/4
****Writing Assignment***Macbeth--A Tragic Hero 12/4 12/5
See guidelines on board and handout with specific instructions
(Computer cart in class for typing, editing etc.)
From the Restoration and Enlightenment...The Age of Reason
Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" (satire) 
Read together 12/9
Interactive Workbook 12/8
re-read, complete side-notes, Active Reader skillbuilder and Literary Analysis skillbuilder
along with Vocabulary
Review all and test 12/11
Selected Short Stories.............
The Victorian Period Leo Tolstoy "What Men Live By"pp.914-928
complete Literary analysis, Interpret 12/16
idioms, active reading skillbuilder and If/Then complex sentences
Quiz 12/17
Emerging Modernism
"The Rising of the Moon" p.994 Lady Isabella Augusta Gregory
Skillbuilders and Critical Questions
D.H. Lawrence
"The Rocking Horse Winner"pp.1006-1019
suspense/short story
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.
"The Demon Lover" pp.1157-1164 Elizabeth Bowen
T.S. Eliot
"Preludes"
"The Hollow Men"
"The Naming of Cats"
Final Exams:
1/14 1/15
