In Context

Friday, December 26, 2008

Week of January 5, 2009

UNIT: The English Literary Tradition Objectives
Analysis of a literary text by:
• Exploring the way writers in the English tradition reveal a personal view of their lives and culture while exploring universal themes• Exploring a writer’s individual style and technique• Exploring the author’s use of language and how it relates to the literary work as a whole• Evaluating the effectiveness of the elements of fiction and poetry

English 12 AP/GT~Periods 3, 4A, 4B~Literary Analysis of British and World Literature, Advanced Composition, Creative Writing, Preparation for the AP English Literature and Composition Exam, Independent Literary Criticism and MLA Research

  • The Romantic Age (1798-1832) in English Literature: William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Jane Austen, Lord Bryon, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, and Mary Shelley
  • Characteristics of The Romantic Age in English Literature (1798-1832), pgs. 455 to 472 in literature anthology
  • Handouts, discussion, and analysis of Pride and Prejudice (1813) by Jane Austen
  • Research Paper conferences (50 pts.) on January 8 & 9: TEN academic sources due
  • Academic sources: primary text; author info; time period info; *literary techniques and themes = MAJOR FOCUS of research
  • High School Semester Exams: January 20-23
  • End of Second Quarter: January 23


English 12 Honors~Period 2~Literary Analysis of British and American Literature, Application of the Reading Apprenticeship Model, Collegiate Writing with 6+1 Writing Traits, Creative Writing, Vocabulary Study, Preparation for the SAT and the AP English Language and Composition Exam, and MLA Research

  • Overview of the AP English Language and Composition Exam
  • Defining rhetoric and identifying rhetorical devices in persuasive writing
  • Characteristics of the Romantic Age in English Literature (1798-1832)
  • Defining the gothic novel, the frame story, symbolic contrasts between Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights, Bronte's use of multiple narrators, and themes
  • Discussion and analysis of Wuthering Heights (1847) by Emily Bronte
  • Continued independent reading of novel
  • In-class objective comprehension test (100 pts.) and completion of questions for Chapters 11-20 scheduled for Friday, January 9
  • High School Semester Exams: January 20-23
  • End of Second Quarter: January 23