English Assignments

Biography Notes Romantic Poets: Blake p.534, Wordsworth p. 550, Coleridge. 573, Byron p. 609, Shelly p. 617, Keats p.640 ( 1 notes per paragraph = 33 total)

START OF 3RD QUARTER
Cornell notes, Romantic Period pp.522-533
(1 note per blue section)

Final Test Essay: 5 Elements of Satire final draft with rough draft and notes.

I.R. pp. 126-138 "Modest Proposal"
(22 questions total)
vocabulary (71 words)
Satire Board Notes

Cornell Notes (13), Restoration Period, pp. 412-426 text

Quickwrite: What would you do if the world was running out of food?

p. 888 text "Shakespeare's Sister"- read
Interactive Reader pp. 270-7, label and answer all margin questions.

In-class essay," Shakespeare's Sister", prompt on page 895 text

p. 369-84 text Cornell Notes: "Paradise Lost" (1 note per 10 lines)

Paradise Lost Vocab Part I, II, III

p. 361 Milton biography
14 Cornell Notes

Shakespeare sonnet deconstruction
(line by line interpretation of sonnet)
Oral presentation with group in front of class

Literary Analysis Essay, p. 390-97 text

Renaissance Poets: Literary Response and Analysis
p. 262 #1-4
p. 272 # 1-5
p. 279 #1-5
2-3 complete sentences for each question.

pp. 258-264 Text "Renaissance Period"
Poet Biographies:
p. 258 Christopher Marlow (4 notes)
p. 260 Sir Walter Raleigh (4 notes)
p. 264 Robert Herrick (5 notes)
p. 266 Andrew Marvell (4 notes)
p. 272 Shakespeare (`10 notes)
Read each biography. Write 1 Cornell note for each paragraph in each biography.

START SECOND QUARTER
p. 238-253 Text Cornell Notes (16 notes)
Renaissance Period

Cornell notes (1 per every 10 lines) 44 notes total
"Wife of Bath's Tale"

Quickwrite: What one thing do all women want?

Read Wife of Bath's Tale
write Reading Check p. 166 (#1-13)

Devise a character for the Canterbury pilgrimage. Wirte 20 line fo iambic pentameter poetry describing his/her appearance and behavior. Then make a class presentation: Read you 20 line of iambic pentameter to the class, show your illustration. Turn in.

3 appearance notes + 3 behavior notes for each character in the Cantebury Tales Prologue

p. 120 Text: Canterbury Tales
pick two characters, use bullet points to describe his/her appearance and behavior. label your paper, Use 1 side for 1 character, the other side for the other.
Present in class.

Quickwrite: What are the Canterbury Tales about?

Read pp. 108-110 Ballads
Reading Check p. 110 #1-9 / 3 complete sentences each.

Cornell Notes; Middle Ages pp. 94-107 text (12 notes)

Final draft Reflective essay due

Reflective Essay Rough Draft due

Read Reflective Essay pp. 656-663 text
Thinking map Graphic Organizer for Reflective Essay

p. 54 "Gilgamesh" Reading check #1-9
3 complete sentences for each question

Read "Gilgamesh"
Cornell notes 1 per every 10 lines

p. 42 text Kennings
copy 15 kennings from "Beowulf"
write 5 of your own/ present 2 in class

"Beowulf" part 2 vocabulary
Read "Beowulf" part 2
Cornell notes: 1 per 10 sentences (13 total)

Read "Beowulf" p. 25-8
Cornell Notes; 1 per each section (10 notes)
Both sections of Cornell notes due today

Read "Beowulf" p. 21-25
Cornell Notes: 1 per each 10 lines (18 total)

Turn in presentation notes
Turn in Qualities of a Hero Lists (10, 3, 1)

Quickwrite: "What is a hero?
pp. 6-19 text: Anglo-Saxons
1 Cornell note per blue section (13 total)

Read Presentation; "What is a Hero?" aloud in class.