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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 |
| Beowulf First Epic Hero in English Lit. Epic Poem |
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 , ************** 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
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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 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 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.)
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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) |
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 ***
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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 |
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***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
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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
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Selected Short Stories............. The Victorian Period
complete Literary analysis on the folk tale plus study questions
Quiz 5/4 Friday
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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 suspense/short story Complete Literary analysis assignment 5/9
Virginia Woolf "The Duchess and The Jeweller" pp.1046-1054 Literary analysis assignment collected on the same day 5/14
"The Demon Lover" pp.1157-1164 Elizabeth Bowen _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 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
"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 p Senior Final Exams: May Wednesday 23rd. and Thursday May 24th., 2012
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