English IV Course Documents:

Course Description

Literary Terms

Ian Johnston on "Oedipus"

PDF of Beowulf

Boast Handout

                                        Prologue to The Canterbury Tales

                                       "The Wife of Bath's Tale"

                                       "The Pardoner's Tale" 

                                       "Lady Windermere's Fan" - Excerpt by Brooks and Heilman 

                                        Critical Stances PDF 

                                        AP Central 

                                        Full Text of Hamlet

"On the Edge of an Abyss:  The Writer as Insomniac"

Sample Poetry Prompts for Portfolio

Annotation Assignment - Friday, April 19

Upcoming Dates:

"The World is too much With Us"

"London, 1802"

"Westminster Bridge"

"How Do I love Thee?"

"Nuns Fret Not at their Narrow Rooms"

"To Sleep" & notes from class discussion

"The Lamb" and "The Tyger" - May use a combined thesis

"Ozymandias" and "One Collosal Leg of Stone"

March 4 - Begin Frankenstein - bring 1831 version to class. 

March 4 - 8 - Read Chapters 1-4 in class and for homework. 

March 10 - 15 - Spring Break :  NO HOMEWORK!!

March 17 - 22 - Frankenstein and Poetry  

March 23 - April 2 - Frankenstein and Poetry - See attached reading schedule

March 25 - Chapter 10/11 Reading Quiz - Now posted in parent portal

March 27 - "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Quiz - Now posted in parent portal

April 2 - Frankenstein Test - Now posted in parent portal

April 3 -5:  Keats' "Bright Star" and "Ode to Autumn"

April 8 - 12:  Byron's "She Walks in Beauty" and other poems

April 12 - Vocabulary Test, Units 10-12

April 15 - Begin Conrad's Heart of Darkness

April 17 - End of Six Weeks

Heart of Darkness Reading Schedule - Weekend of April 18 and Week of April 22

• Weekend of April 18 - Read from "The Chief of the Inner Station" to the beginning of Part II
• Monday, April 22 - Read Part II – 34 to the paragraph that begins “The current was more rapid now…”
• Tuesday, April 23 - Read pages 34-40 to the paragraph that begins “When I was looking down…”
• Wednesday, April 24 - Read pages 40-47 to the paragraph that begins “The manager stood by…”
• Thursday, April - Read pages 25 47 – 54 to the paragraph that begins “Suddenly round the corner”
• Friday, April 26 - Read pages 54 – 62 to the paragraph that begins “The brown current ran”
• Weekend: No new pages – catch up days…
• Monday, April 29 - Catch up day – Holiday!
• Tuesday, April 30 - Read pages 62 to the end of the novel.
• Wednesday, May 1 - Review
• Thursday, May 2 - AP-style test
• Friday, May 3 - AP Review

English II, Pre-AP Course Documents
 

• Pride and Prejudice Flipchart - Goals, introductory notes, class notes, etc.

• P and P Study Guide for Book 1 - Detailed questions for those who need reading support...

• P and P Timed Writing Notes - Brief reminder of today's class discussion

• P and P Study Guide for Book 2 through Chapter 14

•  P and P Vocabulary, Volume 2

• P and P Study Guide for Book 2 - contains all chapters but begin with chapter 15 

• P and P Vocabulary, Volume 3 

• Volume 3 Study Guide 

• Mind Map Assignment 

• Link to Ebsco Databases (Get username and password from teacher or librarian)

• Link to Gale Databases (Get username and password from teacher or librarian)

• NEW:  Final Exam Review Sheet

• Research Packet, 2013

• Research Calendar, 2013

• Short Story List for Research LinkClick.aspx 

• Bibliographic Essay

• Citation Style

• Parenthetical References

• Grammar and Usage

• Outline Sample

• Structure 

• Introductions and Conclusions

• Turnitin.com instruction

• Sample Paper with notes

• Sample Works Cited with Notes

• Rubric for Grading

 

Upcoming Dates and Assignments:                                          

January 8                     Introduction to ATOTC – Goals, History, Dickens, Etc.

                                   Hw: Read/annotate Chapter 1 for Wednesday

January 9                     Continue introduction, if needed

                                   Discuss Chapter 1

                                   Read Chapter 2 for Thursday

January 10                   Reading, discussion, and analysis of Chapters 2

                                   Read Chapter 3 for Friday

January 11                   Reading, discussion, and analysis of Chapter 3

                                   Read Chapter 4 for Monday

January 14                   Reading Quiz – Chapters 1-4

                                   Read Chapter 5 for Wednesday

January 15                   Funky Testing Schedule – Vocabulary Unit 4 due

January 16                   Discussion and Close Reading Practice of Chapter 5

January 17                   Funky Testing Schedule Reading Day – Chapter 6

January 18                   Discussion through Chapter 6

January 21                   Holiday

January 22                   Test: Book 1; Begin reading Book 2

January 23                   Read through Book 2, Chapter 2

January 24                   Vocabulary 4 Quiz

                                   Read through Book 2, Chapter 4

January 25                   Read through Book 2, Chapter 6

January 28                   Read through Book 2, Chapter 8

January 29                   Read through Book 2, Chapter 10

January 30                   In-Class Essay

January 31                   Read through Book 2, Chapter 12

February 1                   Read through Book 2, Chapter 14

February 4                   Read through Book 2, Chapter 16

February 5                   Read through Book 2, Chapter 19

February 6                   Book 2 Reading Quiz (through Chapter 19)

February 7                   Read through Book 2, Chapter 21

February 8                   Read through Book 2, Chapter 23

February 11                 Read through Book 2, Chapter 24

February 13                 Read through Book 3, Chapter 2

February 14                 Late Arrival – Vocabulary 5 due; Read through Chapter 4

February 15                 Read through Chapter 6

February 18                 Vocabulary 5 Quiz

February 19                 Read through Chapter 8

February 20                 Read through Chapter 10

February 21                 Read through Chapter 12

February 22                 End of Six Weeks; Read through Chapter 13

February 25                 Read through end of novel (Chapter 15) for class

February 26                 Practice STAAR (9th & 10th)

February 27                 Vocabulary 6 due

February 28                 Practice STAAR (9th & 10th)

March 1                       Book 3 Test - NEW

March 4                       Vocabulary 6 Quiz

March 5 - 8                   Persuasive Writing for the STAAR Exam

March 8                        Practice STAAR Essay - Quiz Grade

March 11                      Holiday-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          March 26, 27, 28           Library for research

March 29                      HOLIDAY – Good Friday

April 1                          3 critical sources with full source information in class (minimum 15 pages total) in class. Workday.

April 2                          Annotated sources due (minimum of 3, at least 15 pp. total) DAILY GRADE.

April 8 - 10                    Bibliographic essays, works cited, and using quotes (see hyperlinks above) 

 

April 10                         BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAYS due with CORRECT BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATIONS. One-page response to, and            

                                    analysis of each of the three sources.  TEST GRADE

   

 

                  

Of the Summer                                  Of the Fall:                         Old Favorites         

The Great Santini                            A Light Between Oceans           Pride and Prejudice         

he Hunger Games                           The Invisible Bridge                 A Tale of Two Cities

Shanghai Girls                                The Art of Hearing Heartbeats   Frankenstein

Unbroken                                      American Dervish

Wide Open                                    Beautiful Ruins                         Under Consideration

The Book Thief                                                                                 Flight Behavior

The Things We Cherished

The Glass Room

The Cat's Table

State of Wonder