Welcome to British Literature II!
Here are the plans for the future:
1/21: 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.
1/22: We will begin our last part of the Elizabethan/Renaissance era- the Sacred and the Secular. Students will be given a handout on its background and characteristics.
1/23: We will begin to read and discuss "Eve's Apology." In small groups, students will complete a handout on argument and drawing conclusions by citing evidence from the text.
1/24:We will focus on the concept of METAPHYSICAL POETRY." Students will be given a handout on its background and characteristics. We will continue discussing Metaphysical Poetry and the contributions of John Donne.
1/27-1/28: NO SCHOOL DUE TO THE EXTREME COLD!
1/29: We will read and discuss John Donne's "Song." Students will be given a sheet of study questions to complete on the four works of John Donne that we will cover together in class.
1/30: We will read and discuss " A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" and "Death Be Not Proud."
1/31: We will finish up our discussion of the works of John Donne with "Meditation 17."
2/3: We will finish discussing 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.
2/4: Collect Meter packets. We will begin Cavalier Poetry and an introduction to Ben Jonson.
2/5: Finish up yesterday's discussion. We will discuss the handout "Tribe of Ben." With a partner, students will transcribe the rules that governed the followers of Ben Jonson into the language of today. We will also discuss the 10 precepts of Ben Jonson and their significance.
2/6: We will read "On My First Son" and "Song: To Celia." Students will be given a set of study questions to accompany the discussion.
2/7: We will finish up yesterday's lesson. Students will be given a writing assignment in which they are to use the internet to find 10 memorable epitaphs. They will then create an epitaph for 5 specific people in their lives. This will include a best friend, a favorite movie star, a favorite teacher or coach, a famous political or social activist, and himself or herself. This will be due Monday.
2/10: We will share our epitaphs. We will read and discuss Robert Herrick's "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time," analyze the Roman poet Horace's "Carpe Diem," and discuss the the carpe diem concept of seizing the day.
2/11: 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. The study questions for the poems of Jonson and Herrick will also be due then. Students will be given a writing assignment to create their own "Bucket List." The assignment will be due next Tuesday, February 18th.
2/12: Collect worksheets given out yesterday along with the study questions. Review for tomorrow's test on 17th Century Poets.
2/13: Test on 17th Century Poets. Your Bucket List is due next Tuesday, 2/18!
2/14: NO SCHOOL - INSTITUTE DAY!
2/17: NO SCHOOL- President's Day!
2/18: We will share our bucket lists and then follow up our Carpe Diem theme by watching the film "Dead Poets Society."
2/19: We will continue watching "Dead Poets Society." Students will be given the writing assignment to accompany the film.
2/20: We continue watching the film.
2/21: We conclude our watching of the film. Remember your essay is due Monday!
2/24: Essays will be collected. We begin our unit on Romanticism. We will look at the historical background of the period. 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.
2/25: We will 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." With remaining time, we will begin reading the poem.
2/26: We will continue reading and discussing the poem. Students will complete the reading for homework along with finishing the study guide which will be due tomorrow.
2/27: We will go over the study guide questions from yesterday's class. We will focus on exposition, tone, and the literary terms of alliteration and assonance. Gray's use of sensory imagery will also be analyzed. We will continue reading the poem together in class. Students will finish reading the poem for homework and complete the study guide packet. This will be collected at the start of class tomorrow.
2/28: The study guide packet from "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" will be collected. We will the 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 of it.
3/3: We will continue our discussion of Robert Burns by reading and discussing "To a Mouse" and "Auld Lang Syne."
3/4: We will finish up our poems from yesterday. Study questions for those poems will be collected. We will then 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.
3/5: We continue William Blake by reading and discussing "The Lamb" and "The Tyger."
3/6: We will finish up our discussion from yesterday and then read our next work by William Blake, "London."
3/7: We continue our study of William Blake by reading and discussing "The ChimneySweeper (Songs of Innocence)." and "The Chimney Sweeper (Songs of Experience)." We will compare/contrast the 2 approaches to the subject matter. We will then listen to the song "The River" by Bruce Springsteen and draw comparisons to the theme of the loss of innocence. If time remains, we will also listen to and discuss the lyrics to the songs "Carefully Taught," "Children Will Listen," and "Bless the Beasts and the Children." For homework: Read the excerpt from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, pp.770-776. Be prepared for a reading quiz on it on Monday. Your study questions for the poems of William Blake are also due tomorrow.
3/10: We will finish up our discussion and activities from Friday's class. For homework: Read the excerpt from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, pp.770-776. Be prepared for a reading quiz on it tomorrow. Your study questions for the poems of William Blake are also due tomorrow.
3/11: Reading quiz on Pride and Prejudice excerpt. We will then discuss the piece by focusing on characterization-direct and indirect, dialogue, point of view, and satire. We will look at a clip from the film "Pride and Prejudice."
3/12: We will finish up William Blake and Jane Austen. Students will be given an assignment on characterization and character analysis and complete for tomorrow's class.
3/13: Collect assignment from yesterday and review for tomorrow's test on the Pre-Romantic/Transitional Unit.
3/14: Unit Test on Pre-Romantic/Transitional Writers.
3/17: We begin Part II of our Unit on Romanticism. Numerous handouts will be given along with the lecture notes. We will focus on the dominant theme of the individual vs. society, and also look at the historical background of the time. This will also include the writers of the period, their "schools of thought", and the qualities of romantic poetry itself. We will begin our first author- Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Students will be given a biographical sheet on the author along with background information on "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." This will include major themes, terms, and characters. The characteristics of the ballad stanza will be discussed. Students will be given study questions for the poem and a chart to fill in plot events from each section of the poem.
3/18: We will read and discuss Parts I - II.
3/19: We will read and discuss Parts III-IV.
3/20: We will read and discuss Parts V - VI. This concludes the poem. There will be a quiz tomorrow on the entire poem. Study guide questions will also be collected at the start of class.
3/24-3/31: Spring Break! Enjoy!
3/31:This concludes the poem. There will be a quiz tomorrow on the entire poem. Study guide questions will also be collected at the start of class. We begin our study of William Wordsworth. We will read and discuss "The World Is Too Much With Us." We will focus on the term "enjambment." Study questions will be given out to accompany the poems of Wordsworth that we will cover.
4/1: Quiz- "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." The study questions for the poem will be collected at the start of today's class. If time remains, we will begin our next poet, William Wordsworth. Students will be given a handout of his biography.
4/2: We continue our study of William Wordsworth. We will read and discuss "The World Is Too Much With Us." We will focus on the term "enjambment." Study questions will be given out to accompany the poems of Wordsworth that we will cover.
4/3: We continue our study of Wordsworth with the poems "It is a Beauteous Evening, Calm and Free" and "My Heart Leaps Up." Study questions for the 4 poems by Wordsworth will be collected at the start of tomorrow's class. Students will be given a worksheet on the literary element "Enjambment" along with the qualities of Romantic writing.
4/4: We will conclude our study of the poems of William Wordsworth by reading and discussing "Composed Upon Westminster Bridge." Students will be given class time to complete the set of study questions for Wordsworth's poems and then they will turn them in before the end of class. Students will be given a descriptive writing assignment which will be due Monday.
4/7:We will begin our final series of Romantic poets- Byron, Shelley, and Keats. Students will be given a handout on the 3rd part of our Romantic Unit- The Search for Truth and Beauty.
4/8: We will look at the concept of the Byronic hero by viewing a power point. Students will be given an essay writing assignment- choose a modern day character and explain in the 5 paragraph essay type of format how he or she possesses the characteristics of a Byronic hero. This assignment will be due next Tuesday, 4/15.
4/9: We will read and discuss "She Walks In Beauty" and from "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage." Students will complete a worksheet on juxtaposition and figurative language as found in the poems.
4/10: We begin our next author- Percy Bysshe Shelley. We will read "Ozymandias."
4/11: We conclude our unit on Romanticism with the wonderful John Keats. We will read and discuss "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" and "When I Have Fears That I May Cease To Be."
4/14: We will read and discuss the poem "When I Have Fears That I May Cease To Be." Students will be given a study guide for Wednesday's test on The Romantic Period- Part II. Your Byronic hero essay is due tomorrow!
4/15: We will review for tomorrow's test. Byronic hero essays will be collected.
4/16: Romantic Unit Test- Part 2.
4/17- 4/21: EASTER BREAK!
4/22: As we move into the Victorian Age, we begin our unit on "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." Students will be given background information on the concept of the Victorian novel, biographical information on the author, and historical and literary background of the novella. Students will participate in a discussion on the subject of "EVIL." We will also discuss the terms "doppelganger" and "duality."
4/23: We will finish up yesterday's class plans. Students will be given their 1st set of study questions for Story of the Door, Search for Mr. Hyde, and Dr. Jekyll Was Quite At Ease, which they are to read for homework for tomorrow's class.
4/24: We will begin discussing The Story of the Door.
4/25: We will continue discussing The Story of the Door, Search for Mr. Hyde, and Dr. Jekyll Was Quite At Ease and go over the study questions. Students will also be given a list of literary terms and vocabulary words which we will begin to work on together in class. For homework(for Monday): Students are to read The Carew Murder Case and complete the study questions.
4/28: Study questions for both sections will be collected. A discussion of the assigned reading will follow. For Wednesday's class: students are to read The Incident of the Letter, The Remarkable Incident of Dr. Lanyon, and The Incident at the Window. Study questions for these sections will be given out in class and are to be completed for Wednesday's class, as well. There will be a reading quiz on Wednesday covering the novella from The Story of the Door through The Incident at the Window.
4/29: In-class vocabulary workshop. Students will be given a list of literary terms and vocabulary words which we will begin to work on together in class. Don't forget to prepare for the reading quiz tomorrow.
4/30: Reading quiz! We will discuss The Incident of the Letter, The Remarkable Incident of Dr. Lanyon, and The Incident at the Window. For homework: Students are to read The Last Night and complete the study questions.
5/1: We will discuss and go over the study questions for "The Last Night." Students are to continue reading "Dr. Lanyon's Narrative." for tomorrow's class,
5/2: We will discuss "Dr. Lanyon's Narrative." The study guide for these last sections will be collected and a new one for the remaining section of the novel will be given out. Students are to read "Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case" for homework.
5/5: We will discuss "Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case." Students will complete the handout on this section of the story. Your vocabulary test is tomorrow.
5/6: Vocabulary test! We will finish up our discussion of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The unit test on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde will be included as part of your semester final exam.
5/7:We will begin watching the film version of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."
5/8: We will continue watching the film.
5/9: Finish watching the film. A discussion will follow on the similarities and differences between the film and the novella.
5/12: We will review for the Final Exam.
5/13: We will read and discuss Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Love Is Not All by Edna St. Vincent Millay. We will compare/contrast the theme of passionate love found in each poem.
5/14: We will conclude our brief study of Victorian literature with 2 poems by A.E. Housman- "To An Athlete Dying Young" and "When I Was One-and-Twenty."
5/15: Review for the final exam. We will read the poem "If" by Rudyard Kipling.
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