M: The students will review for the nine weeks test.
T: The students will read Morte D’Arthur, pages 185 – 195.
W: The students will read and turn in the Medieval Romance Literary Analysis assignment over Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Mort D’Arthur.
Th: The students will complete the nine weeks test.
F: The students will complete the SAT-based vocabulary lesson 18.
TEKS covered: 12.01, 12.02, 12.05, 12.12, 12.14
M: The students will make journal entries. Third nine weeks journals are due Friday, March 4th.
T: The students will see a Powerpoint presentation and compile notes on the common characteristics of the archetypal hero. Assignment: Vocabulary Builder WB pg. 41
W: The students will read Knights of Legend, pg. 169 and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, pgs. 171 – 179. Distribute Medieval Romance Literary Analysis graphic organizer, WB pg. 39.
Th: The students will complete Sir Gawain and the the Green Knight, pgs. 180 – 183, and Morte D’Arthur, pgs. 185 – 195.
F: The students will complete and turn in the Medieval Romance Literary Analysis assignment. Journal Due – Test Grade
TEKS covered: ELA 12.01, 12.02, 12.05, 12.12, 12.13
M: The students will be in the Plato lab typing the final draft of their pre-production memo concerning the film version of The Raven.
T: The students will discuss and take notes on Gothic literature, the life and writing influences of Nathaniel Hawthorne, and the allegory.
W: Raven memo due. The students will view a video on the writing style of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Early dismissal for teacher training.
Th & F: The students will read Young Goodman Brown.
TEKS covered: 12.01, 12.02, 12.05, 12.07, 12.13, 12.15
M: School Holiday
T: Students will use elements of the writing process to compose a journal entry.
W & F: The students will be introduced to lesson vocabulary, the life of Jonathan Swift, satire, and will read Gulliver’s Travels, pgs. 604 – 616.
Th: The students will compete SAT-based Vocabulary Lesson 17 Size and Shape.
TEKS covered this week: 12.01, 12.06, 12.13
Gothic Literature
M: The students will complete SAT-based vocabulary Lesson 16 Mystery. Due Friday
T: The students will view a video lecture by Elliot Engel, Ph.D, on how events in the life of Edgar Allan Poe influenced his works and complete its accompanying lesson.
W: The students will discuss and take notes on sound devices and the four recurring themes in the work of Edgar Allan Poe.
Th: The students will read and explicate the poem, Annabelle Lee.
F: The students will read The Raven.
Romantic Poetry
M: The students will complete the English IV Universal Screener and make a one-page journal entry.
T & W: The students read the biographical sketch of William Wordsworth, pages 776 – 778 and be introduced to the unit vocabulary on page 779. The students will read “Tintern Abbey,” pgs. 781 – 785, “The World is Too Much With Us,” pg. 790, and “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge,” handout.
Th: The students will complete Critical Reading questions 1 – 3, page 785, and Grammar & Style Lesson # 194.
F:The students will read and complete Elizabeth McCracken’s contemporary commentary on pages 756 – 757 introducing Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. WB pg. 183
TEKS covered: 12.01, 12.03, 12.14, 12.17
M: The students will complete SAT-based Vocabulary Lesson 16. Raven project and narrative essay explained and assigned (due February 10). The student will research folklore about ravens in different cultures (due Thursday).
T: The students will read and discuss The Tell-Tale Heart.
W: Early Release
Th: The students will report to the class the information they gathered from researching ravens in the folklore of different nations and cultures.
F: The students will discuss and take notes over sound devices and read The Raven.
The Romantic Poets
M & T: The students will read the Percy Bysshe Shelley biographical sketch, pg. 867. The student will complete the selections’ Vocabulary Builder. Read and discuss Ozymandias pg. 869, Ode to the West Wind pgs. 870 – 872, and To a Skylark pgs. 873 – 876. Complete Literary Analysis: Imagery assignment.
W: Early Release
Th: The students will complete a test on the elements of the Romantic era poetry and the elements of lyric poetry.
F: The students will read the John Keats bio sketch, pg. 881 and complete the selections’ Vocabulary Builder. Read and discuss On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer pg. 883 and When I Have Fears pg. 885.
TEKS Covered: ELA 12.01, ELA 12.12
M: School Holiday
T: The students will complete the Critical Reading exercise, pg. 845, for Rime of the Ancient Mariner and begin their journal entries.
W: The students will take the English IV benchmark exam, read pages 725 -726 and 774 – 775, noting the elements of the romantic tradition and its lyric poetry.
Th: The students will read the Lord Byron biographical sketch, pg. 853 and She Walks in Beauty pg. 855, comparing and contrasting opening and closing lines.
F: The students will read the Percy Bysshe Shelley bio, pg. 867 and Ode to the West Wind, pgs. 870 – 872, comparing imagery in the poem, and inferring from it the changes in the speaker’s life.
TEKS covered: ELA 12.05, ELA 12:15, ELA 12.01
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner / Macbeth
M: The students will read pages 837 – 845, identifying literary terms within the selection.
T: The students will complete Critical Review, pg. 845.
W – F: The students will present their Macbeth projects, presenting their posters and explaining the literal and figurative illustrations and meanings of their chosen quote.
TEKS covered this week: ELA 12.01, ELA 12.02, ELA 12.05, ELA 12.07, ELA 12.08, ELA 12.25