This week in English III:
Cycles 8, 9, and 10: Victorian Poetry/Great Expectations
Bring NA(E) every day for reading/discussion of Victorian Poetry.
GE Assignments/Reading Schedule:
--Conclude Part One by 1 May
----5 Journals due at tii.com 2 May (1/2 Major Grade) Guidelines
----Part One Reading Quiz 3 May
--Conclude Part Two by 13 May
----5 Journals due at tii.com 14 May (1/2 Major Grade)
--Conclude Part Three by 20 May
----Essay due at tii.com 23 May
GE Essay
Please select and read any unabridged version of this book, online or in print. The Penguin edition is recommended.
Links to resources (and on-line texts) are at the Dickens Resource Page tab at left.
VOCABULARY GE LIST 1 QUIZ: Friday, 26 April (List on resources page)
VOCABULARY GE LIST 2 QUIZ: Tuesday, 7 May
VOCABULARY GE LIST 3 QUIZ: Wednesday, 15 May
VOCABULARY GE LIST 4 QUIZ: Wednesday, 22 May
CYCLE 7: 9 April - 18 April
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
--Bring NA(E) to class every day
--Students with tests or quizzes to complete should plan to meet in 803 on Thursday during the activity period
--Submit journal entries from "Lucy" poems to tii.com if you have not done so
Day 2:
Introduction to Victorian Era reading assignment (1017-26):
--Create a quiz over the reading: 10 matching, 5 multiple choice, 3 short answer;
--Provide a complete key
--Submit to tii.com
Daily Quiz over Tennyson biography
Day 4:
Tennyson poems and study questions
Victorian Era Assignment due
Day 5:
Unit 3 Vocabulary Quiz Lists 3 and 4
Day 7:
Tennyson poems Quiz
In Memoriam
Day 8/Day 1:
In Memoriam poem analysis
CYCLE 6: 28 March - 8 April
Day 2: Conclude conferences; submit journal entries to tii.com
Day 4: Discuss Byron (Don Juan) and Shelley ("Ozymandias")
Day 5: Discuss Keats ("Ode on a AGrecian Urn") and Review for Test
Day 7: Test (short answer, poem analysis, matching): The Romantic Era, Romanticism, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Shelley, Byron, Keats
Day 8 and Day 1:
Vocabulary Quiz unit 1 (Day 8)
Vocabulary Quiz unit 2 (Day 1)
Link to lists: (Vocabulary List 1 and 2)
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Day 2:
"Elegy" WS due
Day 4:
Romanticism Video WS and Journal Entries due
Day 5:
RAM
Day 7:
Vocabulary Quiz
RAM
Days 8/1:
WW poetry (see list below)
Essay revision: bring a polished draft to class
Day 2:
WW poetry
Essay due
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ESSAY ASSIGNMENT:
--Sonnet Essay assigned: due 6 March:
-----Read, paraphrase, analyze one of the following sonnets
--Sonnets (344-8)
----"Composed Upon Westminster Bridge"
----"It Is A Beauteous Evening"
----"The World Is Too Much With Us"
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LITERATURE: Wordsworth
Read the following; be prepared for reading checks and discussion; bring NA(D) every day.
FOR DISCUSSION :
--"I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud" (334) MEMORIZE THIS POEM FOR QUIZ GRADE
--"My Heart Leaps Up" (335)
--The "Lucy" Poems (305-7)
----"Strange Fits of Passion Have I Known"
----"She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways"
----"Three Years She Grew"
----"A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal"
----"I Travelled Among Unknown Men"
Day 2: Conclude conferences; submit journal entries to tii.com
Day 4: Discuss Byron (Don Juan) and Shelley ("Ozymandias")
Day 5: Discuss Keats ("Ode on a AGrecian Urn") and Review for Test
Day 7: Test (short answer, poem analysis, matching): The Romantic Era, Romanticism, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Shelley, Byron, Keats
Day 8 and Day 1:
Vocabulary Quiz unit 1 (Day 8)
Vocabulary Quiz unit 2 (Day 1)
Link to lists: (Vocabulary List 1 and 2)
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Day 2:
"Elegy" WS due
Day 4:
Romanticism Video WS and Journal Entries due
Day 5:
RAM
Day 7:
Vocabulary Quiz
RAM
Days 8/1:
WW poetry (see list below)
Essay revision: bring a polished draft to class
Day 2:
WW poetry
Essay due
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ESSAY ASSIGNMENT:
--Sonnet Essay assigned: due 6 March:
-----Read, paraphrase, analyze one of the following sonnets
--Sonnets (344-8)
----"Composed Upon Westminster Bridge"
----"It Is A Beauteous Evening"
----"The World Is Too Much With Us"
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LITERATURE: Wordsworth
Read the following; be prepared for reading checks and discussion; bring NA(D) every day.
FOR DISCUSSION :
--"I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud" (334) MEMORIZE THIS POEM FOR QUIZ GRADE
--"My Heart Leaps Up" (335)
--The "Lucy" Poems (305-7)
----"Strange Fits of Passion Have I Known"
----"She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways"
----"Three Years She Grew"
----"A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal"
----"I Travelled Among Unknown Men"
CYCLE 3 + GW: 2-20 February
Renaissance Poets
Day 2:
Herbert: "The Altar," "Easter Wings"
Donne: "Meditation 17"
Johnson: "On My First Son," "Song: To Celia"
Day GW:
Discuss Ren Poets/Test Review
Day 4:
Test
Day 5:
In-class assignment: The Restoration (bring NA(C))
Pope, Swift, Grey
Day 7:
Vocabulary Quiz 21-22
Restoration
Day 8/1:
Romanticism: Please bring NA(D) every day to class
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Test Review: Renaissance Poets:
Authors: Be able to identify major works, contributions, and biographical details discussed in class for the following authors.
--Wyatt --Raleigh --Shakespeare
--Herrick --Petrarch --Marvell
--Spenser --Herbert --Donne
--Sidney --Milton --Jonson
--Marlowe
Concepts/Terms/Periods
--Sonnets: English/Shakespearean sonnet; Italian/Petrarchan sonnet; Spenserian sonnet;
--Poem analysis
--conceit, apostrophe, paradox, and other poetry terms/devices/conventions
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CYCLE 2: 23 January-1 February
The Sonnet: Petrarchan, Spenserian, and Other Sonnets
Day 2:
Vocabulary 19-20 Quiz
English Sonnet Essay due at 8:00 p.m.
Day 4:
Presentation outline due from all groups
Sonnet discussions: Groups A and B
Day 5:
Sonnet discussions: Groups C and D
Day 7:
Renaissance Poetry Terms Vocabulary Quiz
Day 8/1
BH Workshop
Renaissance Poets
Day 2:
Herbert: "The Altar," "Easter Wings"
Donne: "Meditation 17"
Johnson: "On My First Son," "Song: To Celia"
Day GW:
Discuss Ren Poets/Test Review
Day 4:
Test
Day 5:
In-class assignment: The Restoration (bring NA(C))
Pope, Swift, Grey
Day 7:
Vocabulary Quiz 21-22
Restoration
Day 8/1:
Romanticism: Please bring NA(D) every day to class
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Test Review: Renaissance Poets:
Authors: Be able to identify major works, contributions, and biographical details discussed in class for the following authors.
--Wyatt --Raleigh --Shakespeare
--Herrick --Petrarch --Marvell
--Spenser --Herbert --Donne
--Sidney --Milton --Jonson
--Marlowe
Concepts/Terms/Periods
--Sonnets: English/Shakespearean sonnet; Italian/Petrarchan sonnet; Spenserian sonnet;
--Poem analysis
--conceit, apostrophe, paradox, and other poetry terms/devices/conventions
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CYCLE 2: 23 January-1 February
The Sonnet: Petrarchan, Spenserian, and Other Sonnets
Day 2:
Vocabulary 19-20 Quiz
English Sonnet Essay due at 8:00 p.m.
Day 4:
Presentation outline due from all groups
Sonnet discussions: Groups A and B
Day 5:
Sonnet discussions: Groups C and D
Day 7:
Renaissance Poetry Terms Vocabulary Quiz
Day 8/1
BH Workshop
CYCLE 1: 9-22 January
The Sonnet: Introduction and English Sonnets
Day 2:
Read BH chapters 19-20 and complete all exercises for Day 5
Sonnets
Day 4:
Sonnet 30, Sonnet 29, "Whoso List to Hunt," Wyatt
Essay assigned:
--Read all of the sonnets listed below
--Use the poem analysis WS and sonnet information to explore
the theme of one of the following sonnets: 12, 18, 55, 73, 94, or 106
--Paraphrase conferences are worth 30 percent of the final essay grade
Day 5:
BH exercises due, review
Sonnets
Day 7:
Sonnet paraphrase due; student conferences
Day 8/1:
Sonnets
Student original sonnet assigned (see below)
CYCLE 2: 23 January-1 February
The Sonnet: Petrarchan, Spenserian, and Other Sonnets
Day 2:
Vocabulary 19-20 Quiz
English Sonnet Essay due at 8:00 p.m.
Day 4:
Presentation outline due from all groups
Sonnet discussions: Groups A and B
Day 5:
Sonnet discussions: Groups C and D
Day 7:
Renaissance Poetry Terms Vocabulary Quiz
Day 8/1
BH Workshop
SONNET POETRY GROUPS:
GROUP A: Spenser: "Like as a Ship," and "One Day I Wrote Her Name Upon the Strand"
GROUP B: Sidney: "With How Sad Steps" and "Come, Sleep"
GROUP C: Donne: "Batter My Heart," "Death Be Not Proud," and "At Earth's Imagined Corners"
GROUP D: Milton: "When I Consider How My Light is Spent" and "I Thought I Saw My Late Espoused Saint"
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. All students are to have read the poems prior to class and should come with questions.
2. Student leaders assigned to each group will guide the discussion providing:
A. Brief and pertinent biographical information
B. Brief explication (all students have read; you are merely highlighting what is most notable or significant)
C. Clear statement of theme and explanation of how the poem develops it
D. EXPERT knowledge about every word, footnote, image to facilitate discussion and questions
3. Presentation Outlines due from all groups on 25 January
RUBRIC
Know these terms for Poetry Terms Quiz:
Know these terms:
alexandrine, allegory, alliteration, allusion, analogy, apostrophe, assonance, ballad, blank verse, bucolic, cacophony, carpe diem, conceit, concrete poetry, consonance, couplet, dialect, diction, dramatic poetry, elegy, elision, euphony, figurative language, figure of speech, folk ballad, foot, free verse, hyperbole, iambic pentameter, iambic heptameter, idyll, imagery, incremental repetition, inversion, irony, lyric poetry, metaphor, meter, metonymy, narrative, octave, onomatopoeia, parallelism, paradox, pastoral, personification, quatrain, refrain, repetition, rhyme (end, approximate, internal), rhyme scheme, rhythm, sestet, shaped (concrete) poem, simile, sonnet, stanza, symbol, trochee, volta
The Sonnet: Introduction and English Sonnets
Day 2:
Read BH chapters 19-20 and complete all exercises for Day 5
Sonnets
Day 4:
Sonnet 30, Sonnet 29, "Whoso List to Hunt," Wyatt
Essay assigned:
--Read all of the sonnets listed below
--Use the poem analysis WS and sonnet information to explore
the theme of one of the following sonnets: 12, 18, 55, 73, 94, or 106
--Paraphrase conferences are worth 30 percent of the final essay grade
Day 5:
BH exercises due, review
Sonnets
Day 7:
Sonnet paraphrase due; student conferences
Day 8/1:
Sonnets
Student original sonnet assigned (see below)
CYCLE 2: 23 January-1 February
The Sonnet: Petrarchan, Spenserian, and Other Sonnets
Day 2:
Vocabulary 19-20 Quiz
English Sonnet Essay due at 8:00 p.m.
Day 4:
Presentation outline due from all groups
Sonnet discussions: Groups A and B
Day 5:
Sonnet discussions: Groups C and D
Day 7:
Renaissance Poetry Terms Vocabulary Quiz
Day 8/1
BH Workshop
SONNET POETRY GROUPS:
GROUP A: Spenser: "Like as a Ship," and "One Day I Wrote Her Name Upon the Strand"
GROUP B: Sidney: "With How Sad Steps" and "Come, Sleep"
GROUP C: Donne: "Batter My Heart," "Death Be Not Proud," and "At Earth's Imagined Corners"
GROUP D: Milton: "When I Consider How My Light is Spent" and "I Thought I Saw My Late Espoused Saint"
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. All students are to have read the poems prior to class and should come with questions.
2. Student leaders assigned to each group will guide the discussion providing:
A. Brief and pertinent biographical information
B. Brief explication (all students have read; you are merely highlighting what is most notable or significant)
C. Clear statement of theme and explanation of how the poem develops it
D. EXPERT knowledge about every word, footnote, image to facilitate discussion and questions
3. Presentation Outlines due from all groups on 25 January
RUBRIC
Know these terms for Poetry Terms Quiz:
Know these terms:
alexandrine, allegory, alliteration, allusion, analogy, apostrophe, assonance, ballad, blank verse, bucolic, cacophony, carpe diem, conceit, concrete poetry, consonance, couplet, dialect, diction, dramatic poetry, elegy, elision, euphony, figurative language, figure of speech, folk ballad, foot, free verse, hyperbole, iambic pentameter, iambic heptameter, idyll, imagery, incremental repetition, inversion, irony, lyric poetry, metaphor, meter, metonymy, narrative, octave, onomatopoeia, parallelism, paradox, pastoral, personification, quatrain, refrain, repetition, rhyme (end, approximate, internal), rhyme scheme, rhythm, sestet, shaped (concrete) poem, simile, sonnet, stanza, symbol, trochee, volta
Happy New Year and Welcome back!
Announcements:
--Cycle 1: The Sonnet (details TBA)
--Please bring NA(B) with you to class every day
--EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY (Quiz Grade):
The Strake Jesuit Library and Inkwell Creative Writing Club welcome award-winning writer and editor Sarah Cortez as part of the 2018-2019 Inkwell Speaker Series.
January 10, 2019 9:05-9:50am Lecture Hall
Sarah Cortez, a Councilor of the Texas Institute of Letters, is a widely published, award-winning writer and editor. She has been both a Houston and Texas finalist for poet laureate.
Light snacks provided.
Earn House points!
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LAST UPDATE--The Final Stretch
12/4:
--Essay assigned (See below)
--MACBETH, Act 3 discussion
12/6:
--Thesis development/practice
--MACBETH, Act 4 discussion
--Vocabulary Quiz 17-18
12/7:
--MACBETH, Act 5 discussion
--Outline/drafting
12/11 and 12/12:
--editing/revision
--Quote Quiz is cancelled
MACBETH essay:
--Suggested topics
--this essay will be written entirely in class
--it should be submitted to tii.com on 12/11 or 12/12 in class.
--it should have a thesis that is supported by evidence from the text and your argument
--it should be 4-8 paragraphs long
--it should comport with MLA standards
--it should abide by all information on the editing checklist
Announcements:
--Cycle 1: The Sonnet (details TBA)
--Please bring NA(B) with you to class every day
--EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY (Quiz Grade):
The Strake Jesuit Library and Inkwell Creative Writing Club welcome award-winning writer and editor Sarah Cortez as part of the 2018-2019 Inkwell Speaker Series.
January 10, 2019 9:05-9:50am Lecture Hall
Sarah Cortez, a Councilor of the Texas Institute of Letters, is a widely published, award-winning writer and editor. She has been both a Houston and Texas finalist for poet laureate.
Light snacks provided.
Earn House points!
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LAST UPDATE--The Final Stretch
12/4:
--Essay assigned (See below)
--MACBETH, Act 3 discussion
12/6:
--Thesis development/practice
--MACBETH, Act 4 discussion
--Vocabulary Quiz 17-18
12/7:
--MACBETH, Act 5 discussion
--Outline/drafting
12/11 and 12/12:
--editing/revision
--Quote Quiz is cancelled
MACBETH essay:
--Suggested topics
--this essay will be written entirely in class
--it should be submitted to tii.com on 12/11 or 12/12 in class.
--it should have a thesis that is supported by evidence from the text and your argument
--it should be 4-8 paragraphs long
--it should comport with MLA standards
--it should abide by all information on the editing checklist
After Thanksgiving Due Dates:
--Read and Take Notes on Shakespeare Introductory Information in NA(B)
--Use the timeline (in resources below) to complete the worksheet below by 11/26
--Read Act I of MACBETH by 11/26
--Vocabulary Quiz 11/27
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BRING THE BEDFORD HANDBOOK TO CLASS EACH DAY THIS WEEK!
This week in English III
--Punctuation Test on 11/15
--Conclusion of Arthur discussion
--Books are in! $5.83 each
--Introduction to MACBETH; read Act I by 11/26
Upcoming:
--Vocabulary 15-16 Quiz 11/27
RESOURCES:
STUDY QUESTIONS
Vocabulary Macbeth List 1 TBA
--Here's a link to definitions
Vocabulary Macbeth List 2 TBA
--Here's a link to definitions
Shakespeare biographical information
Shakespeare WS
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--Upcoming dates:
Complete Punctuation Mastery WS by 11/5
Read SGGK by 11/6 (NA 183)
SGGK Presentations on 11/6
Vocabulary 13-14 Quiz on 11/8
Read Malory by 11/9 (NA 482)
Vocabulary 15-16 on 11/15--CANCELLED
Coming soon: MACBETH
Complete Punctuation Mastery WS by 11/5
Read SGGK by 11/6 (NA 183)
SGGK Presentations on 11/6
Vocabulary 13-14 Quiz on 11/8
Read Malory by 11/9 (NA 482)
Vocabulary 15-16 on 11/15--CANCELLED
Coming soon: MACBETH
Update 10/24
10/25--Vocabulary 11/12; study synonyms and antonyms
10/30-31--Bring draft of essay to class for editing/conferences/peer review
11/1--Character Analysis essay due at 7:55 at tii.com
10/22-29: The Canterbury Tales
Please read "The Pardoner's Tale" by Monday, 29 October and "The Wife of Bath's Tale" by 1 November:
--use the links below;
--read the tales only (not the prologues/epilogues)
--make use of the study questions provided
--be prepared for reading check/quiz
"The Wife of Bath's Tale" (a romance); questions here
"The Pardoner's Tale" (an exemplum); questions here.
--Alternate link to PT here.
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EXTRA CREDIT: Receive a quiz grade of 100 for watching the SJ Play:
Friday, October 26th @ 7 PM
Saturday, October 27th @ 7 PM
Thursday, November 1st @ 7 PM
Friday, November 2nd @ 4 PM
Saturday, November 3rd @ 2 PM
Bring stamped program to class.
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Week of 15 October
Monday: Bede (in class); "The Dream of the Rood" (in class).
Wednesday:
Vocabulary Quiz: 9-10
Introduction to Chaucer:
--Read: Chaucer Introduction in NA and Lines 1-40 of GP in text at link below
--View: "The Feudal Order," Episode 20 of The Western Tradition by class on Thursday here
--Complete: WS on Chaucer by Thursday
Thursday (Section 8)/Friday (Section 1):
--WS due
--Discuss GP/Character analysis
CHAUCER LINKS:
Harvard's Chaucer Page
You will want to read the texts at the links below. NA contains Middle English texts. We will discuss the texts available at the links in class.
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. Summoner k. Prologue;
--Study Guide: here and here; background on Becket;
10/25--Vocabulary 11/12; study synonyms and antonyms
10/30-31--Bring draft of essay to class for editing/conferences/peer review
11/1--Character Analysis essay due at 7:55 at tii.com
10/22-29: The Canterbury Tales
Please read "The Pardoner's Tale" by Monday, 29 October and "The Wife of Bath's Tale" by 1 November:
--use the links below;
--read the tales only (not the prologues/epilogues)
--make use of the study questions provided
--be prepared for reading check/quiz
"The Wife of Bath's Tale" (a romance); questions here
"The Pardoner's Tale" (an exemplum); questions here.
--Alternate link to PT here.
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EXTRA CREDIT: Receive a quiz grade of 100 for watching the SJ Play:
Friday, October 26th @ 7 PM
Saturday, October 27th @ 7 PM
Thursday, November 1st @ 7 PM
Friday, November 2nd @ 4 PM
Saturday, November 3rd @ 2 PM
Bring stamped program to class.
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Week of 15 October
Monday: Bede (in class); "The Dream of the Rood" (in class).
Wednesday:
Vocabulary Quiz: 9-10
Introduction to Chaucer:
--Read: Chaucer Introduction in NA and Lines 1-40 of GP in text at link below
--View: "The Feudal Order," Episode 20 of The Western Tradition by class on Thursday here
--Complete: WS on Chaucer by Thursday
Thursday (Section 8)/Friday (Section 1):
--WS due
--Discuss GP/Character analysis
CHAUCER LINKS:
Harvard's Chaucer Page
You will want to read the texts at the links below. NA contains Middle English texts. We will discuss the texts available at the links in class.
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. Summoner k. Prologue;
--Study Guide: here and here; background on Becket;
CYCLE 4 + GW: 26 September - 5 October
Anglo Saxon Literature; Beowulf; Writing/Editing; Vocabulary; Outside Novel
Study Questions for Beowulf
24-5 September
--Reading Day/Conference Day
--Bring print-out of final essay for brief conference with me
--Bring NA to continue reading Beowulf or DG to read/complete journal entries
26 September
--DG Journal entries for Chapters 1-11 due at tii.com by 10:00 a.m.
--Beowulf
28 September
--Vocabulary 5-6 Quiz (Quiz)
--Beowulf
1/2 October
--Beowulf
--UPDATE: essay revision due
--Beowulf essay assigned: suggested topics
3 October
--Beowulf
4/5 October
--DG Journal entries for final chapters due at tii.com by 10:00 a.m.
--Beowulf
9 October
--Vocabulary 7-8 Quiz
Beowulf reading sections:
1. 41-5 (Rise, Attack)
2. 45-51 (Hero)
3. 51-5 (Feast)
4. 55-8 (Fight)
Read summaries; read Beowulf (95-108)
Anglo Saxon Literature; Beowulf; Writing/Editing; Vocabulary; Outside Novel
Study Questions for Beowulf
24-5 September
--Reading Day/Conference Day
--Bring print-out of final essay for brief conference with me
--Bring NA to continue reading Beowulf or DG to read/complete journal entries
26 September
--DG Journal entries for Chapters 1-11 due at tii.com by 10:00 a.m.
--Beowulf
28 September
--Vocabulary 5-6 Quiz (Quiz)
--Beowulf
1/2 October
--Beowulf
--UPDATE: essay revision due
--Beowulf essay assigned: suggested topics
3 October
--Beowulf
4/5 October
--DG Journal entries for final chapters due at tii.com by 10:00 a.m.
--Beowulf
9 October
--Vocabulary 7-8 Quiz
Beowulf reading sections:
1. 41-5 (Rise, Attack)
2. 45-51 (Hero)
3. 51-5 (Feast)
4. 55-8 (Fight)
Read summaries; read Beowulf (95-108)
Journal Ideas: Peruse this list of essay topics if you would like some ideas about journal entries.
The Picture of Dorian Gray Journal Assignment:
--Complete one journal entry per chapter
--Submit to turnitin.com (date TBA)
--Write 6-8 sentences per journal entry
--Follow guidelines suggested in the "Reading Journals" section of the Resources Tab at left
The Picture of Dorian Gray Journal Assignment:
--Complete one journal entry per chapter
--Submit to turnitin.com (date TBA)
--Write 6-8 sentences per journal entry
--Follow guidelines suggested in the "Reading Journals" section of the Resources Tab at left
Quick Notes:
1. Bring NA(A) to class every day this cycle.
2. To ensure mastery (class average was a failing one) a second quiz over poetry terms will be given; review the terms and be prepared any day for this quiz.
3. Please be sure you have properly enrolled in tii.com and PeerGrade.
4. Continue reading DG:
--1-4 due 12 September
--5-11 due 24/5 September
--12-End due 4/5 October
CYCLE 3 + GW: 12-25 September
Anglo Saxon Literature; Beowulf; Writing/Editing; Vocabulary; Outside Novel
Study Questions for Beowulf
12 September
--DG 1-4 due; possible quiz (Quiz);
--Bring print-out of final essay for polishing and editing (Daily).
14 September
--Anglo Saxon Literature and Beowulf: Introduction
17 September
--Essay due at tii.com by 3:00 p.m. (Major)
--Beowulf
19 September
--Vocabulary 3-4 Quiz (Quiz)
--Beowulf
20-1 September
--Beowulf
24-5 September
--DG 5-11 due; possible quiz
Beowulf reading sections:
1. 41-5 (Rise, Attack)
2. 45-51 (Hero)
3. 51-5 (Feast)
4. 55-8 (Fight)
Read summaries; read Beowulf (95-108)
6. 95-101 (Dragon)
7. 101-End (Funeral)
1. Bring NA(A) to class every day this cycle.
2. To ensure mastery (class average was a failing one) a second quiz over poetry terms will be given; review the terms and be prepared any day for this quiz.
3. Please be sure you have properly enrolled in tii.com and PeerGrade.
4. Continue reading DG:
--1-4 due 12 September
--5-11 due 24/5 September
--12-End due 4/5 October
CYCLE 3 + GW: 12-25 September
Anglo Saxon Literature; Beowulf; Writing/Editing; Vocabulary; Outside Novel
Study Questions for Beowulf
12 September
--DG 1-4 due; possible quiz (Quiz);
--Bring print-out of final essay for polishing and editing (Daily).
14 September
--Anglo Saxon Literature and Beowulf: Introduction
17 September
--Essay due at tii.com by 3:00 p.m. (Major)
--Beowulf
19 September
--Vocabulary 3-4 Quiz (Quiz)
--Beowulf
20-1 September
--Beowulf
24-5 September
--DG 5-11 due; possible quiz
Beowulf reading sections:
1. 41-5 (Rise, Attack)
2. 45-51 (Hero)
3. 51-5 (Feast)
4. 55-8 (Fight)
Read summaries; read Beowulf (95-108)
6. 95-101 (Dragon)
7. 101-End (Funeral)
PEER GRADE INFO:
Go to: peergrade.io/join
CODE: 5AEQEY
27 August through 11 September
27/28 August
--Poetry terms assigned; Quiz 9/7
--Close reading assignment
--Ballad group presentations assigned; presentations dates 9/4-9/7
29 August
--Vocabulary Quiz 1-2
--Thesis statement check in class and drafting (for short essay on one theme discussed in DJMH)
--Paragraph Assignment -- UPDATE
30 August
--DJMH short essay/paragraph draft due to PeerGrade by 4:00 p.m. -- UPDATE
4 September
--Presentation Group Work
--PeerGrade assignment due by 4:00 p.m -- UPDATE
5 September
--Presentations
--Poetry Terms Quiz
10-11 September
--Conclude presentations;
--DG chapters 1-4 discussion'
12 September
--Paragraph due at tii.com
POETRY TERMS:
alexandrine, allegory, alliteration, allusion, analogy, apostrophe, assonance, ballad, blank verse, bucolic, cacophony, carpe diem, conceit, concrete poetry, consonance, couplet, dialect, diction, dramatic poetry, elegy, elision, epic poetry, euphony, figurative language, figure of speech, folk ballad, foot, free verse, hyperbole, iamb, iambic pentameter, iambic heptameter, idyll, imagery, incremental repetition, inversion, irony, lyric poetry, metaphor, meter, metonymy, narrative, octave, onomatopoeia, parallelism, paradox, pastoral, personification, quatrain, refrain, repetition, rhyme (end, approximate, internal), rhyme scheme, rhythm, sestet, shaped (concrete) poem, simile, sonnet, stanza, symbol, trochee, volta
17 August through 11 September
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Welcome Back!
Assignments/Updates will be posted here weekly.
--Course Expectations
--Plagiarism form;
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