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Final Exam Information



It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman despise him. 


Bring $8.50 to class on Monday if you had me order a book for you.  

Week of 29 April

Poetry to be discussed this week: 


Browning:
"My Last Duchess"


Tennyson:
”The Lady of Shalott"
“Mariana"
:  as you read, make particular note of time, imagery, and repetition
"Ulysses"
"The Charge of the Light Brigade"

In Memoriam :  final essay:  1, 7, 14, 27, 54, 106, 130


Hopkins:
"God's Grandeur
"Pied Beauty"
"As Kingfishers Catch Fire"
"Spring and Fall:  to a young child"


Week of 22 April

Poetry to be discussed this week:SHELLEY:
“Ozymandias”
“Adonais”  (opening lines only)

KEATS
”Endymion” (first lines only)
“When I have fears that I may cease to be”
“La Belle Dame sans Merci”
“Ode on a Grecian Urn”


Monday:
--Poetry

Tuesday:
--Poetry:  "Don Juan"

Wednesday: Shelley/Keats

Thursday:  Keats

Friday:
--Classes do not meet
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WEEK OF 18 February

Conclude reading of Hard Times.
No vocabulary quiz.
Daily Grammar Quiz Topic:  LBH Chapter 15



Tuesday--DONNE, Holy Sonnets 7, 10, 14, and Meditation 17 (QUIZ???)

Wednesday--Discuss HT; essay assigned, due 27 February
                              suggested topics here and here

Thursday--Discuss HT; Poetry review

Friday--Poetry Quiz (Double Quiz Grade)


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PLEASE OBTAIN A COPY OF Hard Times by Charles Dickens. Any unabridged copy will due. I recommend Penguin or the Norton Critical Edition.


Resources for this novel:  English III/Dickens/HARDTIMESResources.htm

UPDATE:  Daily Grammar Quiz:  LBH Chapter 14




Monday, 28 January

Day 3--Morning Assembly Order with Late Start
--Dickens/HT Quiz;
--Read HT, "Sowing," Chapters 8-16 this week;
--No vocabulary this week.

Tuesday, 28 January
Day 4 – Regular Order

--Renaissance Poetry:  Sidney, Herrick, Marvell, Jonson.

Wednesday, 29 January
Day 5 – Regular Order

--Renaissance Poetry

Thursday, 30 January
Day 6 – Regular Order

--Renaissance Poetry;
--Essay due.

Friday, 1 February

--HOLIDAY

Monday, 21 January

Holiday--Classes do not meet


UPDATE:  Daily Grammar Quiz:  LBH Chapter 14

Tuesday, 22 January
Day 5 – Regular Order

--Dickens;
--Read HT, "Sowing," Chapters 1-7 this week;
--Vocabulary 12 assigned.

Wednesday, 23 January
Day 6 – Regular Order

--Renaissance Poetry
--Spenser; Spenser sonnet essay assigned; information below;
--paraphrase and essay due 31 January.


Thursday, 24 January
Day 1 – Regular Order

--Renaissance Poetry

Friday, 25 January
Day 2 – Afternoon Pep Rally Order

--Vocabulary Quiz.


--Sonnet essay assigned:  
CHOOSE ONE of the following Spenser sonnets for analysis:

*Sonnet 30:  "My Love is like to ice . . ."  (not in book)
*Sonnet 34:  "Lyke as a ship that through the Ocean wyde . . ." (435)
*Sonnet 67:  "Lyke as a huntsman . . ." (436)
*Sonnet 75:  "One day I wrote her name upon the strand . . ." (437)
*Sonnet 79:  "Men call you fayre . . . " (437)

Monday, 14 January
Day 6, Regular Order

--Vocabulary 11 assigned;--Daily LBH Quiz:  CH 13;
--Discuss Wyatt;
--Read Raleigh and Marlowe.

Tuesday, 15 January
Day 1, Regular Order

--Discuss Raleigh, Marlowe;
--Peer review.

Wednesday, 16 January

Day 2, Regular Order

--Essay due.

Thursday, 17 January
Day 3, Regular Order

--Poetry. (TBA)

Friday, 18 January
Day 4, Morning Assembly Order


--Discuss Poetry; (TBA)
--Vocabulary 11 Quiz.


Wednesday, 9 January
Day 3, Regular Order

--Vocabulary 10:  Quiz Friday;
--Daily LBH Quiz:  CH 13;
--Renaissance Poetry:  Read WYATT 348-350.

Thursday, 10 January
Day 4, Regular Order


--Essay assigned; due Wednesday, 16 January;
--Poetry Analysis information;
--Review Vocabulary;
--Poetry.

Friday, 11 January
Day 5, Pep Rally Order


--Discuss Poetry;
--Vocabulary 10 Quiz.



Renaissance/Cavalier/Metaphysical Poets

(This list may be updated or amended.)

--Wyatt     (350-351)                     --Petrarch (349-351)  
--Raleigh (448-449)                     --Sidney  (451-453)  
--Marlowe (459-460)                   --Donne (604, 611, 623, 624, 628)  
--Jonson   (641)                             --Herbert (660-661) 
--Herrick (669)                              --Marvell (677)
--Milton (722-723)                         --Shakespeare sonnets
--Spenser (368-377)                              
                                                                             
Concepts/Terms/Periods
          --Sonnets:  English/Shakespearean sonnet; Italian/Petrarchan sonnet; Spenserian sonnet;
          --Cavalier poets/Tribe of Ben
          --Metaphysical poets
          --carpe diem
          --conceit, apostrophe, paradox, and other poetry terms/devices/conventions 


Students should be able to identify the poet, the poems, and the
biographical/historical/literary information discussed in class.
Students are responsible for information presented in class.

Suggestions:
--take notes and mark your text as you read;
--create an outline of those notes or materials;
--write down everything written on the board in class;
--write down everything repeated or emphasized in discussion or       lecture (by the instructor AND by your classmates);
--make a list of questions to bring to class;
--allow room in your notes for annotations/updates;
--create a study sheet at the beginning of the unit; complete as you go. 
























NO VOCABULARY QUIZ 12/13/12.


Twelfth Night Study Questions.

ESSAY:  Optional Essay.  Standard instructions apply.  Due Thursday.  Some suggestions for exploration:

--analyze Feste's songs
--Choose one to discuss:  The play is a comedy; the play is about the triumph of love; the play is poignant
and elegiac ("youth's a stuff will not endure"); the play is about revenge; the play is elusive ("nothing that is so is so"):
--Choose a character:  
----Orsino:  self-indulgent? in love with idea of love?
----Olivia:  self-denying? proud?
----Malvolio:  proud? critical? ridiculous?
----Viola:  selfless? 
----Sir Andrew?
--Find one of the speeches that deals with the differences between men and women.  Analyze.
--Imagery
--A scene
--A speech
--Dramatic irony
Monday, 12 November 
Day 2, Regular Order 


--Quiz:  Act I;

--Read Macbeth, Acts II, III, and IV this week;
--STUDY QUESTIONS.
--Vocabulary Macbeth List 1 assigned.
--Here's a link to definitions: 
 http://www.paloverde.org/moorea/APLit_Comp/Notes%20Q2/MacbethVocab.pdf
--You only need to study the ones on this week's list.

Tuesday, 13 November 
Day 3, MAO Order 


--Macbeth;--Essay assigned;
Wednesday, 14 November
Day 4, Afternoon Assembly Order 


--Discuss Act II;
--Read Act III;

Thursday, 15 November 
Day 5, Regular Order


--Discuss Act II and Act III;
--Read Act IV;

Friday, 16 November 
Day 6, MAO Order  


--Discuss Macbeth.
--Vocabulary Macbeth List 1 Quiz; 






WEEK OF 5 November:

--Read Act I of  Macbeth;
--Middle Ages Quiz on 8 November;
--Vocabulary Quiz:  Poetry Terms on 9 November.

Macbeth Study Questions


Terms:  alexandrine, allegory, alliteration, allusion, analogy, apostrophe, assonance, ballad, blank verse, cacophony, conceit, concrete poetry, consonance, couplet, dialect, diction, dramatic poetry, elision, euphony, figurative language, figure of speech, folk ballad, foot, free verse, hyperbole, iambic pentameter, iambic heptameter, imagery, incremental repetition, inversion, irony, lyric poetry, metaphor, meter, metonomy, narrative, octave, onomatopoeia, parallelism, personification, quatrain, refrain, repetition, rhyme (end, approximate, internal), rhyme scheme, rhythm, sestet, simile, sonnet, stanza, symbol, trochee
Monday, 29 October 
Day 4 - Regular Order 


--Spenser notes; 
--Discuss ballads;
--Ballad presentations assigned, due Thursday and Friday. 

Tuesday, 30 October
Day 5 - Regular Order 


--Spenser;
--Possible Spenser quiz.

Wednesday, 31 October  
Day 6 - Regular Order 

--Spenser.

Thursday, 1 November 
Day 1 - Morning Assembly Order 


--Ballads; ballad presentations.

Friday, 2 November 
Day 2 – Regular Order  


--Ballads; presentations.



Monday, 22 October
Day 5 -- Regular Order

--Quiz:  "The Pardoner's Tale";
--discussion;
--Vocabulary Unit 8 assigned.

Tuesday, 23 October
Day 6 -- Regular Order


--Chaucer Essay due;
--Discuss Pardoner and Wife of Bath.


Wednesday, 24 October
Day 1 -- Regular Order

--Chaucer;
--Poetry Presentations assigned (Due Tuesday, 30 October).

Thursday, 25 October
Day 2 -- Regular Order


--Ballads;
--Chaucer.

Friday, 26 October
Day 3 -- Regular Order 

--Quiz: Vocabulary 8;
--BRING LBH to class today for class assignment.


UPDATE:  Bring NA.  Read Introduction 
to The Faerie Queene and Book I, Canto 1 
(368-383).


Here are some study questions to guide your reading.


WEEK OF 15 October

Read:  "The Pardoner's Tale" by Tuesday.
Read:  "The Wife of Bath's Tale" by Thursday.
Vocabulary 7 Quiz on Friday.

Chaucer Essay due 23 October.
WEEK OF 8 - 12 October
ALL DAYS -- Regular Order

--Chaucer Introduction;
--Read excerpts from "The General Prologue" of The Canterbury Tales: 
       a. Knight b. Squire c. Yeoman d. Prioress e. Friar f. Franklin 
       g. Wife of Bath h. Plowman i. Pardoner j. Prologue;
--Study Guide: here and here; background on Becket; 
--Quiz Friday, 14 October, over "Prologue". 
NO VOCABULARY QUIZ.



Tuesday, 9 October

--SGGK Essay due (Major Grade)

--CT.

Wednesday, 10 October


Thursday, 11 October

--Character Analysis Essay assigned; due 18 October;
--Please choose one of the following:  
Sailor
Miller
Monk
Parson

Friday, 12 October

--Quiz: Middle Ages notes and "The General Prologue."

Monday, 1 October
Day 3 - Regular Order 


--Vocabulary Unit 6 assigned; 
-----Quiz Friday;
--SGGK;
--SGGK Essay assigned (due 9 October);--Read Malory for Thursday (299-318). 

Tuesday, 2 October 
Day 4 - Regular Order


--Discuss SGGK;
--Homework for Monday:
----Watch and Take Notes on Episode 20,
      of The Western Tradition:  "The Feudal Order."

Wednesday, 3 October 
Day 5 - Morning Assembly Order 


--SGGK.

Thursday, 4 October 
Day 6 - Regular Order


--Malory Reading Quiz.

Friday, 5 October
Day 1 - Afternoon Pep Rally Order

--Vocabulary 6 Quiz;
--Martyrdom of Thomas Becket;
--Next Week:  Canterbury Tales;

More information re:  next week:


--Chaucer Introduction;
--Read excerpts from "The General Prologue" of The Canterbury Tales: 
       a. Knight b. Squire c. Yeoman d. Prioress e. Friar f. Franklin 
       g. Wife of Bath h. Plowman i. Pardoner j. Prologue;
--Study Guide: here and here; background on Becket; 


Monday, 24 September 
Day 4, Regular Order 


--Vocabulary Workshop Unit 5 assigned;
--Read and complete four journal entries on Sir Gawain
         and the Green Knight
 lines 1-710  (114-129)  and 1750-1892 (150-152) for Wednesday
 --reading guide. 
 

Tuesday, 25 September 
Day 5, Regular Order 


--Read SGGK lines 2160-End (158-165);  
--Study Questions. 

Wednesday, 26 September 
Day 6, Regular Order 


--SGGK;
--Review for Quiz.

Thursday, 27 September 
Day 1, Regular Order 


--Literature Test:  Double Quiz Grade  

Friday, 28 September 
Day 2, Regular Order 


--Vocabulary Unit 5 quiz.


Monday, 17 September 
Day 5, Regular Order 

--conclude discussion of Beowulf; 
--discuss “The Seafarer” and Riddles;
----be prepared to answer these questions;
--Vocabulary Unit 4 assigned.

Tuesday, 18 September 
Day 6, Regular Order 

--discuss “The Seafarer”; 
--read biographical information about 
        Bede and “Caedmon's Hymn.” 
--read “The Dream of the Rood” (24-26);
----Complete two journal entries; due 9/20.   

Wednesday, 19 September 
Day 1, 
Morning Assembly Order with Late Start  

--Discuss Bede;
--Discuss “The Dream of the Rood”;  

--Read "Lanval" (98-111).  

Thursday, 20 September 
Day 2, 
Regular Order 

--Discuss "Lanval."

Friday, 21 September 
Day 3, Regular Order 


--Discuss "Lanval";
--Conclude discussion of Anglo Saxon Literature;
--Vocabulary 4 Quiz;
--Anglo-Saxon Literature Test announced:  9/25.


Monday, 10 September
Day 6 -- Regular Order

--Beowulf essay assigned;
-----draft due Wednesday, 12 September; 
-----due Friday, 14 September; 
--Vocabulary Unit 3 assigned; quiz THURSDAY.

Tuesday, 11 September
Day 1 -- Regular Order


--discuss Beowulf.

Wednesday, 12 September
Day 2 -- Regular Order


--Draft due; Peer Review in class (?)
--Discuss Beowulf.

Thursday, 13 September
Day 3 -- Regular Order


--Vocabulary Unit 3 quiz;
--read “The Seafarer” and Riddles for Monday; 
----be prepared to answer these questions. 

Friday, 14 September
Day 4 -- Morning Assembly Order


--Essay due;


Monday, 3 September  
Labor Day - School Holiday 
 

Tuesday, 4 September 
Day 2 – Afternoon Pep Rally Order 


--discuss LBH chapters 29, 30, and 31; 
--read: Beowulf (83-97); 
--Beowulf essay assigned;
-----draft due Friday, 7 September (peer review exercise in class); 
-----due Tuesday,  11 September; 
--Vocabulary Unit 2 assigned;

Wednesday, 5 September 
Day 3 - Regular Order 
 

--discuss Beowulf; 
--Vocabulary 2 check;
--final review of punctuation.


Thursday, 6 September
Day 4 - Afternoon Pep Rally Order
 

--Punctuation Test.

Friday,  7 September 
Day 5 - MAO
 

--Discuss Beowulf;
--Vocabulary Unit 2 Quiz;
--Essay Q&A/Peer Review.


Monday, 27 August 
Day 3, Regular Order 


--Vocabulary Unit 1 assigned; due/review Wednesday;  quiz Thursday; 
--Essay due in class; must be at TII.com by 11:00 p.m. to avoid late penalty;
--Discuss Beowulf;
--read/review Chapters 27 and 28 in LBH for Wednesday. 

Tuesday, 28 August 
Day 4, Regular Order 


--Journal entries due; TWO entries due. Sample/explanation. (You do not have to use the column format.)
ATTENTION:  Also check "Reading Journals" Tab under "Resources";
--discuss Beowulf; 
--read pages 41-49 (up to line 883)  and summaries for Tuesday; 
--complete two journal entries (due Tuesday).     

Wednesday, 29 August 
Day 5, Regular Order 


--Discuss LBH: End Punctuation and Comma review;
--LBH: chapters 29, 30, and 31 assigned; due Wednesday;

Thursday, 30 August 
Day 6, Morning Assembly Order with Late Start 

--Vocabulary 1 Quiz; 

Friday, 31 August 
Day 1, 
Morning Assembly Order

--TBA.


Monday, 20 August
Day 4 --  Regular Order


--Discuss MC;
--Essay revision assigned; due Monday, 27 August.

Tuesday, 21 August
Day 5 --  Regular Order


--Essay Revision.
--read/take notes on Introduction to Anglo-Saxon Literature in NA (1-9);  

Wednesday, 22 August 
Day 6, Regular Order 


--Anglo Saxons.

 Thursday, 23 August 
Day 1, Morning Assembly Order with Late Start


--Peer Review in class.  Please bring draft of essay to receive credit for this exercise.

Friday, 24 August 
Day 2, Regular Order 


--Reminder:  Essay due Monday.
-- read Beowulf: Introduction in NA, "Prologue: The Rise of the Danish Nation,"
       “Heorot is Attacked," and "The Hero Comes to Heorot"; complete four reading
        journal entries; use MLA; due 8/28.

Wednesday, 15 August
Day 1 --  Morning Assembly Order

--Course expectations;
--Plagiarism form;
--Summer Reading Test announced;
--Essay due;
--Submit essay to TurnItIn.com:  
----Section 23205:  Class ID is 5351412; Password is Benvolio
----Section 23206:  Class ID is 5351415; Password is Benvolio

Thursday,  16 August
Day 2 --  Regular Order


--Discuss Summer Reading.

Friday , 17 August
Day 3 --  Regular Order


--Summer Reading Test.

NEXT WEEK--more details to come soon:

--Homework: read/take notes on Introduction to Anglo-Saxon Literature in NA (1-9); 
--Essay writing
--Introduction to Anglo-Saxon literature; 
--read Beowulf: Introduction in NA, "Prologue: The Rise of the Danish Nation," “Heorot is Attacked," and "The Hero Comes to Heorot"; complete four reading journal entries; use MLA; due 8/27.



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