English IV- Lisa Darnell 1 st Nine Weeks Syllabus Texts: Holt: Elements of Literature Elements of Writing Skyward Website address:https://sis-greene.tnk12.gov/scripts/wsisa.dll/wservice=wsgrestu/seplog01.w Strand Standard Literature Key Ideas and Details 1. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain. 2. Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text. 3. Analyze the impact of the author s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed). Craft and Structure 4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful. (Include Shakespeare as well as other authors.) 5. Analyze how an author s choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact. 6. Analyze a case in which grasping point of view requires distinguishing what is directly stated in a text from what is really meant (e.g., satire, sarcasm, irony, or understatement). Integration of Knowledge and Ideas 7. Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem (e.g., recorded or live production of a play or recorded novel or poetry), evaluating how each version interprets the source test. (Include at least one play by Shakespeare and one play by an American dramatist.) 8. (Not applicable to literature) 9. Demonstrate knowledge of eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and early-twentieth-century foundational works of American literature, including how two or more texts from the same period treat similar themes or topics. Range of Reading and Level of Text 10. By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of the grades 12 CCR text complexity band independently and proficiently Writing/Grammar: Literary Research Paper/Clauses/ Topics included/ Descriptive Essay/ Ballad Analysis/ Character Analysis/ Persuasive Research Paper/: Analysis of Macbeth/ Literary Analysis ***Note: All assignments are due on the assigned day. No late work accepted unless you have a doctor s note (excused) or a death in the immediate family. No exceptions. ******* The biggest problems in English IV class are failure to read and class absences/tardies. Whenever possible, you should not schedule appointments that keep you from attending this class. If you have a computer/ and or printer problem that keep you from meeting a deadline, please bring a hand-written copy of the assignment that you will turn in to keep your work from being late. Then when the problem is corrected, turn in the typed copy. You will find that this course required extensive reading and writing; you may not be used to this. Be prepared to give extra time to this reading; this course requires more reading that most courses require. Be ready. Be organized. Week 1- Intro to Course/Period/ PowerPoint on the Anglo-Saxon Period/Read pgs 1-17 and do Intro Study Guide/ Journal Writing - Anglo-Saxon Poetry- The Seafarer (pp 87-91), The Wife s Lament (pp. 92-93) / Grammar-The Clause/Adjective Clause 576-581- Ex. 1 and 2 - Check Voc. 1 WS/ Take up yesterday s grammar -Study epic and epic hero: Joseph Campbell/ Hero With the Thousand Faces read pg 55 in text on features of an epic / begin epic Beowulf pp. 18-26 - Review Beowulf pt. 1/ continue Beowulf pp 27-37Read pgs 43-49 for HW/ - Read material on Descriptive Essay pp. 96-103/ and go over material/ Grammar- Noun Clauses Begin Descriptive Essay on Beowulf as an Epic Hero/ Finish essay for HW (Include Bubble Map prewriting with essay).
Week 2- Beowulf essay due/ Read and do pp. 104-109- Skills Review 1 Journal Writing 2/ incorporate designated foreign Phrases - Complete Iliad excerpt pp. 74-78/ See pgs. 80-81- Chart out on Learning Map a Comparison and Contrast of Hector and Beowulf-Begin essay (to be completed in class tomorrow) (Include Double Bubble Map with essay). See Grammar book pp 121-22 for extra help. - Complete compare/contrast essay in class- due today/review for Anglo-Saxon test Tomorrow /Grammar Adverb and Elliptical Clause - Review and check Voc 2 WS/ Check grammar from yesterday/anglo-saxon Test - Read p. 111-129- Finish reading and Study guide for HW Week 3- Journal Writing Take up study guide-read pp. 130-131 Ballads Lord Randall, Barbara Allen (on Handout) Do questions in book pg. 133- nos. 4 and 5 /modern ballad to analyze) Ex- The Devil Went Down to Georgia -Charlie Daniels, Hotel California -Eagles, Bohemian Rhapsody -Queen, Tears in Heaven -E. Clapton, Imagine J. Lennon, Yesterday -The Beatles, Time After Time -C. Lauper, Come Monday - J. Buffett - Canterbury Tales- pp. 135-139/ PowerPoint on Chaucer and Canterbury Tales Begin Prologue pp. 141-151- Hw Read Pgs. 152-158 /Fill out SG as you read - Finish Prologue- pp 159-164 Do Questions pp. 165 nos. 3,4,5,6,7,8,10 / Holt Reader pp.53&68 (HW) - Check Voc. 3 WS/ Check Holt Reader Begin Pardoner s Tale pp. 169-175 pp/ 176 Questions nos. 7,8,9,10 and Writing /Character Analysis do circle map- be ready to write analysis tomorrow - Write Character Analysis of The Knight or the Wife of Bath- due tomorrow with Week 4- Character Analysis due from yesterday/king Arthur- Day of Destiny - pp. 216-222/ Discuss and Read about archetypes p. 223 no 5- Journal Wriiting - Sir Gawain and the Green -Knight - pp/ 229-237/ Discuss Romance theme p. 237- questions 4,5,7 - Take-Home Test Medieval period due tomorrow -Take up Take-home test-mla Literary/Historical Research Paper In library for three days- Rough Draft due on last day in lab- NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!!- See guidelines and lists for help. ( Be sure you show your rough outline to the instructor before you begin writing.) Be sure you have Internet form signed so you can use the computer. NO WIKIPEDIA/ NO WORLDBOOK! Week 5 Journal Writing The Renaissance- Intro- pp. 270-292& Study Guide - Intro to Shakespeare Sonnets pp. 311-313- Read sonnets 29, 116, 130 /Grammar-Usage Problems - Worksheet on sonnet forms/ Read soliloquies from Hamlet, MacBeth and The Tempest Holt Reader pp. 92-95- Finish for HW - Corrections of Literary Research Paper - John Donne- Valediction Forbidding Mourning ; Meditation 17, Death, Be Not Proud pp. 340-345/ Holt Reader pp. 106-109 Week 6 Journal Writing -Elizabeth I Speech/ King James Bible/ Psalms 23, 137/ Holt Reader pp. 111-112 Grammar- Double Negative/Non-Sexist Language pp. 780-783- Ex 9,10 -Vocabulary 4 WS/ Intro to the Globe Theater/ Intro to Macbeth pp. 426-437;p. 521/ Read Act 1 finish for HW/ Memory Work Assignments - WS for Act I / Begin Act II Grammar- Faulty Coordination and Parallel Construction - Finish Act II/ Extra Credit crossword/ WS for Act II/ Take up grammar from yesterday - Check Voc 4/ Quiz on Acts I and II for Macbeth/ begin act III pp. 472-488 Week 7 - Journal Writing Voc. 4 Test/ Complete Act III / WS for Act III/ Grammar Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices pp. 434 and worksheet for HW - Take up Act III SG-Voc.5 WS/ Act IV pp. 490-506 / Check grammar from previous class - Finish Act IV/ WS for Act IV/ Quiz on Acts III and IV tomorrow
- Quiz on Acts III and IV/ Begin Act V/ Grammar- Combining Sentences- - Finish Act V pp. 508-520 / WS for Act V/ Check Voc.5/ Week 8 Journal Writing Voc.5 Test/ Final Paper/ on Macbeth-in class - Macbeth Final Test/ / Review APA - APA Persuasive Research Paper- library- Rough Draft due on Day 4- NO EXCEPTIONS (4Days) Rubric explained Week 9- John Milton- from Paradise Lost pp. 397-410 -Correct research papers/ Literary Analysis- pp. 542-549 (2 Days) (chose poem from list) - Nine Weeks Test Review - Nine Weeks Test
English IV- J. Smith 2nd Nine Weeks Syllabus Texts: Holt: Elements of Literature Elements of Writing The Holt Reader Novels- And Then There Were None or By the Pricking of My Thumbs (Christie) Animal Farm- Orwell or 1984 The Metamorphosis- Kafka Mythology- Hamilton Week 10- Collection 3-Skills Review pp. 552-557-Finish for HW/ Begin reading Restoration intro.-pp.558-571- Fill out Study guide as you read- Voc 6 - Complete Restoration reading and SG/Read Swift s A Modest Proposal / - Finish for HW/ - Begin Christie s And Then There Were None or By the Pricking of My Thumbs- Chps 1&2 /Fill out Study Guides as You Read / - ATTWN Chps 3-4/ Thomas Gray pp. 677-681/ Voc test 6 - ATTWN- Quiz Chps 1-4 /Skills Review pp. 694-699 Week 11 - Romantics Intro pp. 701-710/ ATTWN Chps. 7-8 Finish for HW- Voc 7 - Romantic Intro complete pp 711-717/ Holt Reader pp. 161-167 - ATTWN- Chps. 9-10 / Poetry Analysis W Shop/ William Blake pp. 718-733 - Wordsworth Tintern Abbey, Westminster Bridge, The World Is Too Much.. / ATTWN Read Epilogue and Message in the Bottle/ Voc 7 Test - ATTWN Final Test / Write Reflective essay by being one of the characters in the Christie novel Week 12- Coleridge 757-787/ Kubla Khan, Rime of the Ancient Mariner ( 3 Days) Voc 8 -Shelley- Ozymandias, Ode to the West Wind - Keats- Ode to a Grecian Urn, Ode to a Nightingale / Voc 8 Test Weeks 13-14- Byron/ Byronic Hero- She Walks in Beauty, Childe Harold s Pilgrimage - Voc 9 - Test on Romantic Poetry - Mythology- Edith Hamilton (next ten days) / Voc 9 Test on last day of week Mythology Reading/Tests: Mythology Readings- English IV- Edith Hamilton s Mythology Introduction- pp. 13-23 The Gods- pp. 24-35 Lesser Gods- pp. 36-46 Quiz 1- The Gods and Lesser Gods The Early Heroes- Prometheus and Io- pp. 75-78 Cyclops Polyphemus- pp. 81-84 Flower Myths-Narcissus, Hyacinth and Adonis pp. 85-91 Love and Adventure- Cupid and Psyche-pp. 92-100 Eight Tales of Lovers- Pyramis and Thisbe- pp. 101-103 Pygmalion and Galatea- pp. 108-111 Daphne- pp. 114-115
Quiz 2- Early Heroes, Love and Adventure, Eight Tales The Quest of the Golden Fleece- pp. 117-130 Four Great Adventures: Pegasus and Bellerophone- pp. 134-137 Daedalus-pp. 139-140 Perseus- pp. 141-148 Theseus- pp. 149-158 Hercules- pp. 159-172 Quiz 3- Golden Fleece, Four Adventures, Perseus, Theseus, Hercules The Trojan War- pp. 178-192 The Fall of Troy- pp. 193-201 The Adventures of Odysseus- pp. 209-219 Quiz 4- Trojan War, Fall of Troy, Odysseus -Powerpoint Projects- See handout for topics- 2 test grades ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Week 15- Mythology Presentation - Victorian Period- Intro. pp. 873-893 / Correct Memo Format- Voc 10 - Tennyson- Lady of Shallott, Ulysseus / Formal Resume - Brownings- Holt Reader pp 211-215; 216-218; 234/ Poetry Analysis of - Short Stories Intro./SS Terms / The Bet Chekhov- Voc 10 Test Week 16- Araby Joyce- Voc 11/Begin The Metamorphosis (Outside Reading) The Horse Dealer s Daughter - Lawrence -Continue The Metamorphosis The Demon Lover -Bowen -Complete The Metamorphosis The Doll s House - Mansfield- - Dylan Thomas- Fern Hill, Do Not Go Gentle.. Holt Reader pp. 324-328- Voc 11 Test - Write Literary Analysis about The Metamorphosis (Alienation in the Novel) Week 17 - Great Leaders: Desmond Tutu pp. 1321-1324- Voc 12 W. Churchill- pp. 1066-1067- Analysis of Non-fiction p. 1159 HW M. Gandhi- pp. Non-violence Speech/ Skills Review pp. 1356-1361 - Animal Farm-Russian Revolution Overview -Orwell (2 Days- 5 days total)- Voc 12 T Week 18- Complete Animal Farm (3 Days) - Test/ Essay on Animal Farm -Nine Weeks Test/ Semester Exam