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THE
WEEK AT A GLANCE . . .
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Quotation of the
Week: “Strengthen
the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind
obedience.” ~Mary Wollstonecraft (born 4/27/1759).
UNIT #6: Gothicism and Romanticism
Essential Questions:
Why are humans fascinated with the supernatural?
What is the power of imagination?
What value does nature offer to the human
experience?
What is beauty? What is
the purpose of art? What is the purpose of suffering?
NOTE: Fourth-quarter
independent essay and project on Victorian Novel due Wednesday, May 23rd
(window to Friday, June 1st). Change reflects “pay-back” snow
days on May 24th and 29th. Paper will not be accepted
unless the MLA parenthetical documentation records page numbers and the
length is a minimum of 600 words. The date that counts is the date of
submission on turnitin.com. Include a Work Cited page (it’s OK to list it on
last page to save paper).
Monday, April 23, 2012:
DUE: Progress with
fourth-quarter independent novel (about half-way through).
.
*Introduction to
William Wordsworth.
*“My Heart Leaps Up” by
William Wordsworth.
*Introduction to
David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens.
HOMEWORK: Read and
study summary of David Copperfield and be ready for a quiz on it on
Thursday. Be reading your fourth-quarter independent Victorian novel.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012:
DUE: Progress with
fourth-quarter independent Victorian novel. Reading of David Copperfield
summary by Thursday.
* In-class reading of
Wordsworth’s “Intimations Ode.”
HOMEWORK: Read and
study summary of David Copperfield and be ready for a quiz on it on
Thursday. Be reading your fourth-quarter independent Victorian novel.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012:
DUE: Progress with
fourth-quarter independent Victorian novel. Reading of David Copperfield
summary by Thursday.
* Continued in-class
reading and “unpacking” of Wordsworth’s “Intimations Ode.”
HOMEWORK: Read and
study summary of David Copperfield and be ready for a quiz on it on
tomorrow. Be reading your fourth-quarter independent Victorian novel.
Thursday, April 26, 2012:
DUE: Progress with
fourth-quarter independent Victorian novel. Preparation for a reading quiz
on the David Copperfield summary.
*Reading quiz on
David Copperfield summary.
*Selected poems by
Wordsworth from The Lyrical Ballads.
HOMEWORK: Be reading
your fourth-quarter independent Victorian novel.
Friday, April 27, 2012:
DUE: Progress with
fourth-quarter independent Victorian novel.
*DVD clip from David
Copperfield.
HOMEWORK: Read
introductory material on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Be
reading your fourth-quarter independent Victorian novel.
Happy Weekend!
Link
for Jan. '10 Mid-Term Study Guide
English
12 Independent Reading List
First-Quarter Independent Reading Assignment
Second
Quarter Independent Reading Assignment
Third Quarter Independent Reading Assignment
Fourth Quarter Independent Reading Assignment
UNITS (work in
process):
Anglo-Saxon
Period in British Literature, including Beowulf
HAMLET, by William Shakespeare (click for vocabulary assignments, cumulative
vocabulary, study guide packet, and other resources)
Le
Morte d'Arthur, by Sir Thomas Malory
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Canterbury Tales, by
Geoffrey Chaucer
Early Modern Period
Link
for Study Guide for Literary Terms
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