Unit: The English Literary Tradition (Pgs. 24-27)
HCPSS English 12 Essential Curriculum (2009)
- Sonnet Unit--Class Notes, A Study of Poetry Through the Sonnet, Great Sonnets (Ed. by Paul Negri, Dover Thrift Editions, 1994) Excerpts
- Merrill Moore Sonnets
- HW--7 Sonnets About Sonnets: Burns 24, Wordsworth 25 & 26, Rossetti 55, Watts-Dunton 59, Symonds 61, Lee-Hamilton 69
- HW--P&P Presentations Paper due Jan. 5th: Self-Analysis (assessment of your role and your group's performance) and Class Analysis (objective highlights of other groups in your class); two typed, double-spaced pages of thoughtful, specific analysis (use presentation rubric for ideas about what categories to evaluate) (100)
- Per. 2--8 groups; Per. 3--6 groups; Per. 4A--6 groups
- Extra Credit Blog Photo due this week--Winter Wonders
- HW--Review for Midterm Exam:
- Sonnet Materials
- Style/literary elements, themes, research info: Thomas Hardy, Jane Austen
- The Victorian Age 1832-1901 & Tennyson
- 1st Generation of British Romantic Poets: Wordsworth, Coleridge, Blake
- 2nd Generation of British Romantic Poets: Byron, Shelley, Keats
- POETS.org site: Romanticism & British Romantic Poets & Poems
- Study Guide--The English Romantic Period 1798-1832
- Happy New Year, Class of 2011!
English 12 Honors~Period 4B~Literary Analysis of British and American Literature, Application of the Reading Apprenticeship Model, Collegiate Writing with 6+1 Writing Traits, Creative Writing, Senior Writing Project, Vocabulary Study, Preparation for the SAT and the AP Language and Composition Exam, Independent Rhetorical Analysis and MLA Research
Unit: The English Literary Tradition (Pgs. 24-27)HCPSS English 12 Essential Curriculum (2009)
- HW--Independent reading of Wuthering Heights (1847) by Emily Bronte due with completion of Study & Discussion Guide Questions for detailed, in-class discussion
- Wuthering Heights Online
- Preview vocabulary from the last section of the novel
- Survey Four Poems by Emily Bronte
- Revisit the "Stairways" poem by Colleen M. Webster; write a new version of her poem, adding "Name" to the "Fall" and "Hold" sections; write from the point of view of one of the second generation of children (Hareton Earnshaw, Cathy Linton, or Linton Heathcliff) in Wuthering Heights as he/she reflects upon her/his own childhood experiences and parent(s) (100).
- Extra Credit Blog Photo due this week--Winter Wonders
- HW--Review for Midterm Exam: Style/literary elements, themes, vocabulary, research info, notes from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Poem and PowerPoint; "The Poison Tree," "Stairways," and Wuthering Heights
- Happy New Year, Class of 2011!
