Week of January 10, 2011

English 12 AP/GT~Periods 2, 3, 4A~Literary Analysis of British and World Literature, Advanced Composition, Creative Writing, Senior Writing Project, Preparation for the AP English Literature and Composition Exam, Independent Literary Criticism and MLA Research

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--Reading & annotating of Shakespearean sonnets due Mon./Tues. for discussion
• HW--SWP Reflection (Analytical/Persuasive Writing) for Quarter 2 due Tues. 1/18 (100)
  

• HW--Review for Midterm Exam:

1. Sonnet Materials
   
2. Style/literary elements, themes, research info: Thomas Hardy, Jane Austen
3. The Victorian Age 1832-1901 & Tennyson
   
4. 1st Generation of British Romantic Poets: Wordsworth, Coleridge, Blake
   
5. 2nd Generation of British Romantic Poets: Byron, Shelley, Keats
6. POETS.org site: Romanticism & British Romantic Poets & Poems
7. 12AP Midterm Study Guide (Updated 1.11.11)
8. English12AP Midterm Quote Review--January 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
• HW--Due Mon.--Write a new version of "Stairways" poem by Colleen M. Webster, 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) (200).
• HW--SWP Reflection (Analytical/Persuasive Writing) for Quarter 2 due Friday (100)

• HW--Review for Midterm Exam:

1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Poem and PowerPoint
3. "The Poison Tree" and "Stairways" Poems
4. Wuthering Heights Matching & Quotes for Chapters 21-34
5. 12H Midterm Review 2011