Welcome to British Literature II!
Here are the plans for the future:
1/17: Introduction to the second semester. Students will be given a course outline which we will read together. We will preview the works to be covered during this semester. Be sure to bring your textbook to class tomorrow.
1/18: We will begin our last part of the Elizabethan era- the Sacred and the Secular. We will read and discuss Psalm 23 and Eve's Apology. Students will complete a handout on argument and drawing conclusions by citing evidence from the text.
1/19: We will begin discussing Metaphysical Poetry and the contributions of John Donne.
1/20: We will read and discuus John Donne's "Song." Students will be given a sheet of study questions tc complete on the four works of John Donne that we will cover together in class.
1/23: We will read and discuss " A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" and "Death Be Not Proud."
1/24: We will finish up our discussion of the works of John Donne with "Meditation 17." Students will complete the John Donne worksheet and hand it in during class.
Students will also be given a packet on Meter, Analyzing Figures of Speech, Metaphysical Conceits, and Making Inferences. They will complete this for homework and turn it in at the start of class tomorrow.
1/25: Collect Meter packets. We will begin Cavalier Poetry and the works of Ben Jonson.
1/26: Finish up Ben Jonson. Introduce "Cavalier Poetry."
1/30: We will read Robert Herrick's "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time."
1/31: We will analyze the Roman poet Horace's "Carpe Diem." We will discuss the the carpe diem concept of seizing the day and students will be given 2 worksheets on marking meter, evaluating argument, and making inferences as found in the works of Ben Jonson and Robert Herrick. These worksheets will be collected tomorrow at the start of class.
2/1: Collect worksheets given out yesterday. Students will be given a writing assignment to create their own "Bucket List." The assignment will be due next Tuesday, February 7th. We will spend the rest of our clas time reviewing for tomorrow's test on 17th century poetry.
2/2: Unit Test on 17th Century Poetry.
2/3: We begin our unit on Romanticism. We will look at the historical background of the periiod.
2/6: We will focus on the major characteristics of neo-classicism and romanticism.
Students will be given a handout requiring them to place a list of terms in their proper category- as either a neoclassical or romantic element. REMINDER: Your "Bucket List" is due tomorrow.
2/7: Collect and share our "bucket lists." We will then focus on our first transitional poet- Thomas Gray. Students will be given a biography sheet and a set of study guide questions for our next poem "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard."
2/8: Students will read and work with partners to complete the first 15 questions of their study guide. We will discuss their answers tomorrow.
2/9: We will go over the study guide questions from yesterday's class. We will focus on exposiition, tone, and the literary terms of alliteration and assonance. Gray's use of sensory imagery will also be analyzed.
2/10: We will finish up the poem. We will discuss the major themes and ideas. Students are to complete the study questions for Monday.
2/13: Study questions for "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" will be collected. We will begin our next poet, Robert Burns. Students will be given a biographical sheet on both Robert Burns and William Blake. They will also be given a set of study questions for the next 3 poems by Robert Burns. We will read and analyze "John Anderson, My Jo." Emphasis will be placed on the literary term "dialect"and Robert Burns' usage.
2/14: We will continue our discussion of Robert Burns by reading and discussing "To a Mouse" and "Auld Lang Syne." Study questions will be collected at the end of class.
2/15: We begin the works of William Blake. Students will be given study questions to guide them through the next 6 poems. We will look at the impact his life had on his writing and then read and discuss "A Poison Tree." Students will explore his use and placement of the terms "innocence" and "experience." Students will be asked to identify which poems fall under which category and why.
2/16: We continue William Blake by reading and discussing "The Lamb" and "The Tyger."
2/21: We conclude William Blake by reading "London" and "The Chimney
Sweeper."
2/22: We will finish up our discussion of the works of William Blake. For homework: Read the exerpt from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, pp.770-776. Be prepared for a reading quiz tomorrow on it.
2/23: Reading quiz on Pride and Prejudice exerpt. We will then discuss the piece by focusing on characterization-direct and indirect, dialogue, point of view, and satire. If time, we will look at a clip from the film.
2/24: We conclude our section on Transitional Writers.
2/27: Review for tomorrow's Unit Test on Transitional writers.
2/28: Unit Test on Transitional Writers.
3/1: We begin Part II of our Unit on Romanticism.
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