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 Byron, 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
- Completion of Research Paper conferences (50 pts.): TEN academic sources due
- Academic sources: primary text; author info; time period info; *literary techniques and themes = MAJOR FOCUS of research
- Midterm Exam Review: The English Romantic Age (anthology readings/handouts--background, characteristics, authors, works and commentary for each); Comparison/Contrast to The English Victorian Age; Pride and Prejudice AP Essay
- High School Semester Exams: January 20-23
- Period 3 Midterm--Wednesday, January 21
- Periods 4A, 4B Midterms--Thursday, January 22
- 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
- Continued 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
- Completion of independent reading of novel
- Completion of Study Guide questions for Chapters 21-34 due January 21
- Midterm Exam Review: The English Romantic Age (The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Wuthering Heights--readings and handouts); Comparison/Contrast to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; Wuthering Heights Essay
- High School Semester Exams: January 20-23
- Period 2 Midterm--Wednesday, January 21
- End of Second Quarter: January 23
