British Literature

Syllabus

2009/2010

 

All standards for 11/12 in Language Arts are emphasized

 

Literature:  

Beowulf, Anglo-Saxon riddles and poems, Medieval ballads, The Canterbury Tales (excerpts), Le Morte D’Arthur, Sir Gawaine and the Green Knight, Macbeth, Elizabethan sonnets, A Modest Proposal, Gulliver’s Travels (excerpts), Samuel Pepys’ diary (excerpts), Romantic poetry, Frankenstein (excerpt), short stories, Brave New World, Pride and Prejudice

 

Composition:

All four forms of discourse (narration, description, exposition, argumentation) as well as resumes and letters of application. All composition should be saved to the student’s Novell account. A portfolio of all compositions is due at the end of the year.

Compositions

Personal narrative (college admission narrative)

1. Personal Narrative
2. Essay on Beowulf
3. Essay on Canterbury Tales
4. Essay on Macbeth
5. Research paper
6. CSU essay 1
7. CSU essay 2
8. CSU essay   3
9. Poem analysis
10. Descriptive essay
11. Essay on Brave New World or Pride and Prejudice or other classic British novel
12. Student choice essay
13. Letter of application
14. Resume
15. Mandatory Monday essays

 

Vocabulary and Grammar: Standards based vocabulary study. Grammar is prescriptive with an emphasis on style.

Technology: PowerPoint, electronic based research, word processing, web production

 

Class schedule

 

 

Week of Aug. 10-14

 

Mon.

Intro to class and policies

 

Big Questions PowerPoint and Handout

HW: signed letter home

 

Block 1

Vocab list 1 packet assigned- due Aug. 14/15th

Britons, Picts, and Scots- [Autosaved].ppt

Cornell_Note_Paper.doc 

Timeline- 8 major life events on a timeline- titles only

HW: finish timeline

 

Block 2

 Review literary terms with song lyrics

 OSR assigned- Book selection by 8/24

 outside reading.doc

500 pages and synopsis by 10/10

 Personal Narrative assigned- rough draft due 8/20/21

 

Start Beowulf 1-6

 

 

Week of 8/17-8/21

Mon.

Mon. Mandatory

Vocab work time

 

Block 1

Beowulf 5-7

Active/passive voice activity

Personal narrative work time

 HW: vocab packet #1 and rough draft

 

Block 2

active/passive voice

Grade vocabulary packet

Beowulf 8-12

peer edit personal narrative

HW: study for vocab quiz #1 on Mon. and outside reading book to class

 

Week of 8/24-8/28

Mon

Monday Mandatory

Vocab Quiz #1

 

Block 1

Vocab list #2 assigned

active/passive voice

Beowulf 8-11

Work time on CD cover

HW: Final draft personal narrative

 

Block 2 

turn in personal narrative

parallel contruction

Read 13-17

Finish beowulf CD cover

Beowulf essay assigned rough draft due 9/8 or 9/9

HW: CD cover due Mon. 8/31

 

Week of 8/31-9/4

Mon.

Beowulf Test

Mon. Mandatory

 

Block 1

parallel construction

Read "The Seafarer"

Write or analyze an elegy

work on Beowulf essay

HW: vocab 2 due block 2

 

Block 2

Grade vocab packet #2

Parallel construction

Middle Ages Cornell notes on pp. 74-87

work on Beowulf essay- rough draft due 9/10 or 9/11

HW:vocab quiz block 1 next week

 

Week of 9/7-9/11

No school Mon.

 

Block 1

vocab Quiz #2

Vocab packet #3 assigned- due 9/17 or 9/18

Beowulf rough draft writing time

HW:Beowulf Rough Draft

 

Block 2

Peer Edit Rough Draft beowulf essay- Final draft due 9/15 or 9/16

Parallel construction Quiz

Begin Canterbury Tales

HW: Final draft Beowulf essay due Block 2

 

Week of 9/14-9/18

 

Mon.

Monday Mandatory 

Read Canterbury Tales

 

Block 1

Sentence Fragments

Read Canterbury Tales

Start CSU- Value of Life

Value-of-Life-Student-Version1.1.doc

HW: vocab packet #3 and final draft of Beowulf essay

 

Block 2

Grade vocab    #3

Comm Splices

Read Canterbury Tales

finish Prologue handout

HW: vocab quiz #3 Mon

 

Week of 9/21-9/25

 

Mon.

Vocab Quiz #3

Mon. Mandatory

 

Block 1

Vocab 1-3 review

Comma splices

Read "The Pardoner's Tale"

Illustrate an Irony

 

 

Block 2

Vocab 1-3 review

Make 15 flashcards from packets 1-3

The Value of Life - Read Hamlet's soliloquy and complete

marking the text, paraphrasing, questions, and charting the text

 

Week of 9/28-10/2

Mon.

Monday Mandatory

Pictionary to review for test

 

Block 1

Vocab test 1-3

 

pass back Beowulf essays

assign list #4

Read "The Wife of Bath's Tale"

 

 

Block 2

"Be" verbs

Value of Life- Lance Armstrong excerpt:

marking the text, characterizing, text structure, and characterizing

HW: REMINDER- OUTSIDE READING DUE 10/9 or 10/10 and Beowulf essay rewrites due 10/5

 

Week of 10/5-10/9

Mon.

Collect essay rewrites

Monday Mandatory

Canterbury Tales open-book test

 

Block 1

Proofreading #1

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Sir+Gawain+and+the+Green+Knight.doc

HW: vocab packet #4 and outside reading 500 pages

 

Block 2

Fill out OSE sheets

Grade vocab #4

Proofreading #1 (cont.)

Finish Sir Gawain

HW: vocab #4 quiz Mon.

 

Week of 10/12-10/16

 

Mon.

Vocab #4 Quiz

Monday Mandatory

 

Block 1

Vocab #5 assigned (due 10/22 or 10/23)

Proofreading #2

Armstrong value of life

 

Block 2

Proofreading 2 (cont.)

Ripley Value of Life

 

Week of 10/19-10/23

Mon.

Monday Mandatory

Value of Life Essay- Topic in packet

All questions and packet due by end of the period.

HW: outside reading book selection due block 1

 

Block 1

Check outside reading book selection for 2nd quarter

Misplaced and dangling modifiers

Backgound on Renaissance and Shakespeare

open-note quiz on video

HW:vocab #5 due

 

Block 2

Grade vocab #5

Misplaced and dangling modifiers

Give one. get one- fun facts about Macbeth

Begin Act 1

HW: Vocab #5 due

 

Week of 10/26-10/30

 

Mon.

Vocab Quiz #5

Monday mandatory #9 or #10

 

Block 1

Modifier review

Vocab #6 assigned- due 11/5

Start Act 1

 

Block 2

Modifier quiz

Act 1 Quiz

Begin Act 2

HW: Song Lyrics

 

Week of 11/2-11/6

Mon.

Monday Mandatory

Vocab #6 work time

 

Block 1

Sentence combining exercise #1

Read Act 2

Watch act 2

HW: vocab #6 due 11/6

 

Block 2

Sentence combining #2

Act 2 quiz

Read Act 3

Review vocab 4-6

HW: test over lists 4-6 Tues.

Week of 11/9-11/13

 

Mon.

Watch Act 3

Act 3 quiz

 

Tues. (all classes Veterans Day Schedule)

Vocab Test 4-6

 

(Thurs./Fri)

Vocab 7 assigned- due 11/19 or 20 (quiz 19/20)

Read Act 4

ACT 4 active reading guide

HW: Tra

 

Week if 11/16-11/20

Mon.

Watch Act 4- Act $ reading guide due

Act 4 reading quiz

 

Block 1

Read Act 5 and reading guide

Watch Act 5

Act 5 quiz

HW: Vocab #7

 

Block 2

Grade vocab #7

Vocab #7 Quiz

Macbeth Motif project

Trace a Motif through Macbeth.docx

HW: none!

 

Week of 11/30-12/4

Mon.

Finish Macbeth Motif Project 

HW: Project due block 1

 

Block 1:

Vocab #8 assigned- due 12/10

Macbeth essay assigned -final draft due 12/10

macbethessay.docx

 

Block 2

Finish Macbeth rough draft and peer edit

Start Shakespeare comedy- class vote.

HW: final draft Macbeth essay due 12/10

500 pages outside reading for 2nd quarter due 12/10

 

Week of 12/7-12/4

No school Mon. or Tues.

 

Wed/Thurs Block

Pass back Macbeth rough drafts

Make any changes necessary and return rough drafts Fri.

No final draft due to snow days.

Watch A Midsummer Night's Dream (AMND)

HW: Vocab 8 and outside reading

any late work due Fri.

 

Fri. (Modified schedule- all classes)

Macbeth essay due (modified rough draft)

Vocab 8 graded- quiz Mon

Outside reading sheets completed

Finish  AMND

Study guides distributed

semester1studyguide.doc

HW: vocab quiz Mon,