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12 May:

--Read "The Mark on the Wall" for Thursday (2424);
--NEXT:  "The Waste Land";
--Reading Check "The Dead" on Friday.






FINAL STRETCH:

--Read "The Dead" for Thursday;
--Reading Check:  "The Dead" on Friday;
--Test:  The Victorians:  Monday, 12 May

DETAILS:

--Browning, Hopkins, Tennyson, Stevenson (more details TBA)









Week of 21 April:


--Read Chapter Nine of LBH for Tuesday
--Recognizing Fallacies Quiz on Thursday (191 in LBH)
--Bring NA and LBH next week











31 March through 11 April


Due Dates:
04/03--be prepared to discuss sections 4 and 5 of BR
04/04--Vocabulary 14 Quiz
04/07--BR character analysis essay assigned:  due 04/14  OTHER POSSIBLE TOPICS
04/09--be prepared to discuss end of BR
04/10--BR Test
04/11--Vocabulary 15 Quiz

Literature:  Browning, Tennyson, and Hopkins

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 : 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"
"Felix Randal"
"The Windhover"













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WEEK OF 24 March:


--Continue Romantic poetry

--Sections 2 and 3 of BR should be read by Friday

--Quiz over Section 1 of BR on Tuesday

--Romanticism Test on Thursday

--Vocabulary 13 Quiz on Friday








NOTE:  Please obtain a copy of BRIGHTON ROCK.  You are to have read the first section by the time you return from Spring Break.  



10 March 2014


Monday:  Quiz over Romanticism:  Wordsworth and Coleridge
Thursday:  Vocabulary 12 Quiz

Discussion:  Romantic Poets:


BYRON:
Don Juan
"Written After Swimming . . ."
"She Walks in beauty"
"So, we'll go no more a roving"


SHELLEY:
“Ozymandias”
“Adonais”  (opening lines only)



CLARE:
TBA but possibly to include:
"Pastoral Poesy"
"A Vision"
"I Am"

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”





NOTE:

Wednesday, 5 March, is the last day to complete missed work.



WEEK OF 3 March:

Monday:  Holiday

Tuesday:  RAM

Wednesday:  In-class essay assigned

Thursday:  In-class essay

Friday:  RAM;  no vocabulary quiz


































WEEK OF 24 FEBRUARY



Monday:


Please have read pages 1497-1498, 1506, and 1664 in NA;
Also read "Tintern Abbey"


Monday-Friday:


Wordsworth, Wordsworth, Wordsworth and Romanticism


Friday:
Vocabulary 11 Quiz







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WEEK OF 17 February


--Donne Presentations continue
--Read "A Modest Proposal" (and be prepared for a reading check) for Wednesday (1114)

COMING NEXT:

Romanticism!!!


Complete SJ Library Quiz and earn extra points on the Renaissance Poets test; it's on Moodle.



WEEK OF 10 February
Poetry of Donne.
FRANKENSTEIN essay due Tuesday.
TEST:  Renaissance Poets on Thursday.



Detective fiction suggestions . . .
for my money, The Woman in White is better than The Moonstone



Week of  3 February

MONDAY:

--Sonnet Essay due;
--Vocabulary Unit 10 assigned;
--Discuss FRANKENSTEIN.

Tuesday:

--FRANKENSTEIN Volume 3 Quiz;
--Essay assigned, due 11 February.  SUGGESTED TOPICS

Wednesday:

--NA:  Herrick and Marvell (669, 677)

Thursday:

--NA:  Jonson (640, 641, and "To Celia")

Friday:

--Vocabulary 10 Quiz;
--NA:  Herbert (660-661)



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Week of  27 January


Hope you had a warm, safe, and happy snow day!

UPDATE:


The essay will now be due on Monday, 3 February for all students.
Be prepared for the vocabulary quiz on Thursday and continue 
with other assignments as posted.


Monday:  FRANKENSTEIN Quiz, Volume 2
Wednesday:  Sonnet Analysis Essay due:  Having completed your explication and paraphrase, write an essay in which you discuss how the theme of the sonnet is conveyed.  You may discuss words, images, devices, emphasis, and/or structure.  The essay will not be a paraphrase.  Instead of restating the ideas of the sonnet, you will focus on how the main idea is presented.  
Thursday:  Vocabulary 9 Quiz


Volume 3 of FRANKENSTEIN should be due next week.


Late passes for the third quarter are available, and those of you participating in this round of junior retreat will have the appropriate time to complete the essay.





Week of 20 January 2014

--Bring NA every day;
--Sonnet Analysis due Tuesday;
--Sonnet Paraphrase due Thursday;
--Frankenstein Volume 2 Quiz Friday.

Poetry to be read and discussed this week in class:
--Astrophil and Stella,  Sir Phillip Sidney, Sonnet 31 (449-451, 453)
--"The Passionate Shepherd to His Love," Marlowe (459) and "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd," Ralegh (448)
--"To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time," Herrick (669) and "To His Coy Mistress," Marvell (677)


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13 January 2014


MONDAY:
--Poetry Terms assigned; quiz Friday;
--Sonnet Analysis assigned; due 21 January.


--Sonnets for analysis:  Shakespeare's 12, 18, 55, 73, 94, 106, or other sonnet with instructor approval.
--Sonnets 29 and 30, which were discussed in class, are not included in the list of sonnets to analyze.

TUESDAY:
--Work on Sonnet Analysis;
--Continue reading Frankenstein.
NO IPADS IN CLASS FOR THESE ASSIGNMENTS.

WEDNESDAY:
--Discuss Frankenstein.

THURSDAY:
--Quiz:  Frankenstein, Volume 1.

FRIDAY:
--Poetry Terms Quiz.


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Welcome back!


We are going to read and discuss Renaissance poetry in class.
You will be reading FRANKENSTEIN outside of class.


Quick notes about this week:
--Sonnet information
--Bring NA every day
--FRANKENSTEIN reading check on Thursday
--Vocabulary 8 Quiz on Friday


More details to come . . .






















Please read through Chapter 3 of Volume I of Frankenstein before classes resume.



Remember to obtain the 1831 (third edition) of the book.  We recommend the Penguin Classics version (ISBN:  978-0-14-143947-1)





Homestretch!

Read The Tempest.
Vocabulary Unit 7 Quiz on 5 December
Essay on The Tempest (assignment details TBA) due 11 December
Tempest Vocabulary Quiz on 12 December

Final Exam Information (Under English III tab at left)


DEADLINE FOR MISSED/INCOMPLETE WORK
End of Lunch 11 December











Happy Thanksgiving!
Have a great Freshman Retreat!


WEEK OF 18 November

 Macbeth


--Discuss Macbeth, Acts IV and V this week;
--STUDY QUESTIONS.

WEDNESDAY:  Peer Review/Essay revisions in class

THURSDAY:  TEST

FRIDAY:  Essay due


UP NEXT:  The Tempest



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WEEK OF 11 November

 Macbeth


TUESDAY  ---  Quiz:  Acts II and III;

--Read Macbeth, Acts IV and V this week;
--STUDY QUESTIONS.

--Vocabulary Macbeth List 2 assigned.  QUIZ on Friday
--Here's a link to definitions
--You only need to study the ones on this week's list.

--TEST:  21 November
--Essay due:  22 November


UP NEXT:  The Tempest



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WEEK OF 4 November

 Macbeth


TUESDAY  ---  Quiz:  Act I;

--Read Macbeth, Acts II and III this week;
--STUDY QUESTIONS.
--Vocabulary Macbeth List 1 assigned.  QUIZ on THURSDAY!!
--Here's a link to definitions
 
--You only need to study the ones on this week's list.








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28 October - 1 November

Ballads and Macbeth


--Read Act I of Macbeth; Quiz on Act I on Friday
--Middle Ages Test on Monday
--Ballad group work/presentations Tuesday and Wednesday (quiz grade)
--Macbeth Thursday and Friday.






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21 October - 25 October

--Vocabulary Unit 6 assigned; quiz Friday;
--Read Malory for Wednesday (299-318).


TEST:  SGGK, Chaucer, and Malory:  28 October.
AND BALLADS.


Thursday and Friday


--discuss ballads;
--ballad analysis assigned; group presentations will be Tuesday and Wednesday next week;
--evaluation. 

--Lord Randall
--The Wife of Usher's Well
--The Bonny Earl of Murray
--Get Up and Bar the Door
--Bonny Barbara Allan 
--Bonnie George Campbell
--Sir Patrick Spens
--The Unquiet Grave

Readings this quarter:


Macbeth (Folger Shakespeare Library)  Please bring $5.83 to class if you ordered a book.
The Tempest  (Folger Shakespeare Library)
Frankenstein (1831 edition) -- Penguin edition

Renaissance Poets:  Norton Anthology of English Literature


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Harvard's Chaucer Page




Monday, 7 October
--Conclude discussion of "The General Prologue";
--Homework:  Read: "The Pardoner's Tale" for 10/09; questions here. 


Tuesday, 8 October


--SGGK Essay due (Major Grade)


Wednesday, 9 October


--Discuss "The Pardoner's Tale';



Thursday, 10 October


--Discuss "The Pardoner's Tale';

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



Friday, 11 October

--Quiz: Middle Ages notes and "The General Prologue."
--Read: "The Wife of Bath's Tale" for 10/14; questions here.

Monday, October 14

--Vocabulary Unit 5 assigned; quiz Thursday; 
--Discuss "The Wife of Bath's Tale";

Tuesday, October 15 

--Discuss "The Wife of Bath's Tale";
--Homework:  Read "The Nun's Priest's Tale"; questions here and here

Wednesday, October 16 

--Classes do not meet.

Thursday, October 17

--Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 5
--Discuss "The Nun's Priest's Tale";
--Early English and Scottish Ballads assigned. 

Friday, October 18, 2010
Day 6 - PM Pep Rally Order 


--"The Nun's Priest's Tale"
--Character Analysis Due.






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-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, 4 October, over "Prologue". 
NO VOCABULARY QUIZ.




Monday, 22 September
Regular Order 1


--SGGK
--Journals due TOMORROW
--Vocabulary Unit 4 assigned.

Tuesday, 23 September
Regular Order 2

--SGGK;
--SGGK Essay assigned.

Wednesday, 24 September
Regular Order 3

--Test:  The Anglo Saxon Period and SGGK

Thursday, 25 September
Regular Order 4

--The Middle Ages:  Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales

Friday, 26 September
Regular Order 5


--Vocabulary 4 Quiz;
--Chaucer.

UPDATE:  --SGGK Essay assigned (due 8 October);


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ANNOUNCEMENT:


If you missed a quiz on Friday, you may report to room 807 at the 
beginning of lunch on Tuesday to complete the assignment.
Wi-fi issues at present require the use of the classroom to access Socrative.

Thank you.

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Monday, 16 September
Regular Order


--conclude discussion of Beowulf; 
--discuss “The Seafarer” and Riddles;
----be prepared to answer these questions;
--Vocabulary Unit 3 assigned.

Tuesday, 17 September
Morning Assembly Order


--ESSAY DUE:  in class and at tii.com;
--discuss “The Seafarer”; 
--read biographical information about 
        Bede and “Caedmon's Hymn.” 

Wednesday, 18 September
Morning Assembly Order with Late Start


--Discuss Bede;
--Conclude discussion of Anglo Saxon Literature;
--Read and complete four journal entries on Sir Gawain 
         and the Green Knight
 lines 1-710  (114-129)  and 1750-1892 (150-152) for Monday
 --reading guide. 

INFORMATION ON JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT:
Sample/explanation. (You do not have to use the column format.)
ATTENTION:  Also check "Reading Journals" Tab under "Resources";
 

Thursday, 19 September
Regular Order


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

Friday, 20 September
Regular Order


--Vocabulary 3 Quiz;
--SGGK.



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Update:

Course Expectations Form


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Monday, 9 September
Day 3 -- Regular Order

--Beowulf essay assigned;
-----thesis due Thursday, 12 September; 
-----due Tuesday, 17 September; 
--read pages 41-49 (up to line 883) and summaries; read 83-97; 
--Beowulf quiz FRIDAY.

Tuesday, 10 September
Day 4 -- Regular Order


--discuss Beowulf.

Wednesday, 11 September
Day 5 -- Regular Order


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

Thursday, 12 September
Day 6 -- Regular Order


--Thesis due/drafts and editing.


Friday, 13 September
Day 1 -- Morning Assembly Order


--Quiz:  Beowulf.

PLEASE BRING NA TO CLASS EVERY DAY THIS WEEK.

Monday, September 2

--Holiday

Tuesday, September 3

--Discuss Beowulf;  Study Questions
--Vocabulary Unit 2 assigned;
--Paper revisions accepted.

Wednesday, September 4

--Paper revisions due;
--Read through page 49 for Friday (NA);
--WS.

Thursday, September 5

--Discuss Beowulf

Friday, September 6

--Vocabulary Unit 2 Quiz
--Beowulf

Monday, 26 August
Day 6 --  Regular Order

--Vocabulary Unit 1 assigned:  due Wednesday; quiz Thursday;
--Homework due (see Friday 8/23).

Tuesday,  27 August
Day 1 --  Regular Order

--Peer Review/Essay Revision in class.


Wednesday, 28 August
Day 2 --  Regular Order


--Essay due;
--Vocabulary review;
--Discuss epic poetry/Anglo-Saxons.

Thursday,  29 August
Day 3 --  Morning Assembly Order


--Vocabulary 1 quiz.

Friday, 30 August
Day 4 --  Morning Assembly Order


--Anglo Saxons.

Monday, 19 August
Day 1 --  Regular Order

--Course expectations;
--Plagiarism form;
--Essay due;
--Submit essay to TurnItIn.com:  
----Section 23184:  Class ID is 6763453; Password is Benvolio
----Section 23105:  Class ID is 6763457; Password is Benvolio
----Section 23106:  Class ID is 6763458; Password is Benvolio
--Grendel Vocabulary assigned:  due Thursday; quiz Friday.

Tuesday,  20 August
Day 2 --  Regular Order


--Discuss Summer Reading;
--Plagiarism;
--Homework:  Epic Poetry/Anglo Saxon Terms in Grendel.


Wednesday, 21 August
Day 3 --  Regular Order


--Homework due;
--Discuss epic poetry terms; Grendel.

Thursday,  22 August
Day 4 --  Regular Order


--Vocabulary due, review.

Friday, 23 August
Day 5 --  Regular Order


--Grendel Vocabulary Quiz;
--Essays returned; 
--Essay revision assigned:  
----Peer Editing in class 9/27 as time allows;
----Essay Revision due 9/28 in class and at TII.com.

HOMEWORK:  Read and take notes in NA (1-7, 19-21) for Monday.
Guidelines.



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