Honors British Literature (Period 5, 6) Assignments
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- 2012-13 School Year
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- English
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- 307
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This year-long honors course is a survey of British literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the present day, emphasizing a study of major literary works and periods through critical formalist readings, through an understanding of historical and cultural context, and though the lenses of various literary theories. As accelerated students in a college-preparatory class, students are expected to read and complete assignments on seven independently read novels as well as The Heart of Darkness, come to class with the level of preparation required for a seminar course, incorporate research into two presentations, one historical research paper, and one critical analysis of a poet’s work, and continue to develop their writing through vocabulary work, a refined understanding of literary terms, and various timed and process papers.
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Due: "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (handout) and "Do Not Go Gently" (941-942). Quiz.
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Last day to turn in War Poem Worksheet.
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Portfolio Due!
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Due: Grammar Tune-up
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Vocab L17 Exam
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Due: Read "Bread" (966-968) Quiz.
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Due: Read "A Room of One's Own" (993-997). Quiz.
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Bring Arms and the Man to class for the next three days.
Final Novel Assignment Due! Turnitin.com by 8am.
Final Novel Assignment Due! Turnitin.com by 8am.
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Grammar Tune-up Due
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Vocab L15-L16 Exam.
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Due: "Pied Beauty," "God's Grandeur" (832-835). Quiz.
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Due: Nicholas Nickleby Worksheet
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Due: Victorian Women Poets Worksheet
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Potential Quiz on second set of presentation poems. TBA.
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Victorian Poetry Discussion Starts
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Heart of Darkness Essay due to turnitin.com by 8am.
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Bring Heart of Darkness all week
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Heart of Darkness Exam. Bring Scantron and book.
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Tues: RP Final Draft. Turnitin.com by 8am.
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Due: "Ulysses" (784-788). Quiz.
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Due: "Tintern Abbey" (696-699). Quiz.
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Tuesday: Research Paper Rough Draft Due. 5-7 Pages, typed, double spaced, in class.
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Due: Grammar Tune-up. Read "Ode to the West Wind" (714-717) and "Ode on a Grecian Urn" (730-733). Quiz.
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Vocab L13-L14. Bring Scantron.
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Due: Read "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." MegaQuiz.
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Due: Thesis and Annotated Bibliography due. Due to turnitin.com by 8am.
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Due: Vindication of the Rights of Woman" (736-739). Quiz.
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Due: Robert Burns Worksheet.
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Due: 6th Novel Assignment to turnitin.com by 8am.
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead assignment due at the end of film.
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Due: Poetry Explication due to turnitin.com by 8am.
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Due: "Elegy in a Country Churchyard" (664-669). Quiz.
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Bring Big Book -->
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Hamlet Exam. Know characters, themes, symbols, and motifs (as indicated in introductory powerpoint and subsequent lectures). Know theories introduced by your classmates and how to apply them to Hamlet. It is all short answer: Five quote analyses, four questions from me, and four theory questions from your classmates. Bring a blue book.
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Hamlet Presentations Begin. Notes due to turnitin.com by 8am.
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Due: Fifth Novel Project to turnitin.com by 8am. Also, bring an article on Hamlet and theory.
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Vocab L11-L12.
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Finish Act IV. Quiz
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Due: Act IV, through scene iv. Quiz.
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Grammar Tune-up Due.
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Due: Through Act III, scene ii. Quiz.
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Due: Grammar Tune-up and Hamlet Act II, scene i. Quiz.
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Vocab L9-L10 Exam. Bring Scantron.
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Due: Hamlet through Act I, scene 3. Quiz.
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Bring Hamlet indefinitely
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Fifth Novel Sign-up
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Due: Find and print out an article about your literary theory (not as is pertains to Hamlet--just in general), that is over two pages. Make sure you have all necessary information for an accurate MLA citation.
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Final Essay. Bring Essay Scantron.
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Bring Study Guide.
(Tom Jones worksheet will be due in class.)
(Tom Jones worksheet will be due in class.)
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Due: Fourth Novel Project to turnitin.com by 8am.
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Due: Grammar Tune-up #4
Bring FInal Study Guide
Bring FInal Study Guide
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Vocab L7-L8 Exam
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Due: Oronooko (607-611). Quiz.
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Due: Addison Essay to turnitin.com by 8am.
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Due: "Beau's Head" and "Coquette's Heart" (handout). Quiz.
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Due: She Stoops to Conquer. Open Book Exam. Scantron.
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Due: "Meditation 17" (502-503). Quiz.
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Due: Itinerary Project.
Novel SIgn-up 4.
Novel SIgn-up 4.
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Tuesday: Grammar Tune-up. Pilgrim's Progress (524-530). Quiz. Seminar.
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Vocab L5-L6. Bring Scantron.
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Due: Read Paradise Lost (511-519). Quiz.
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Due: Read "To Althea" and "To Lucasta" (533-535, 552). Quiz. Seminar.
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Due: Macbeth Act IV Reading Questions.
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Due: Shakespeare's Sonnets (318-319, 323). Quiz. Seminar.
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Due: Research Paper Final Draft to turnitin.com by 8am.
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Due: Act II. Quiz.
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Bring Big Book.
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Due: Read "With How Sad Steps" (292-293) and "Loving in Truth" (website). Quiz. Seminar.
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Due: Read Macbeth through Act I. Quiz.
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Passionate Shepherd to His Love" (301-303) and "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" (306-307). Quiz. Seminar.
Novel Project #2 due to turnitin.com by 8am.
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Due: Utopia (334-339). Quiz. Seminar.
Also due: 3rd novel sign-up.
Also due: 3rd novel sign-up.
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Tuesday: Rough Draft Due, turnitin.com @ 8am.
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Due: "Book of Margery Kempe" (211-213). Quiz. Seminar.
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Due: Canterbury Tales Presentation and paragraph due. Paragraph due on turnitin.com by 8am.
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Due: "Sir Patrick Spens" (168-168) and "Twa Corbies" (262). Quiz. Seminar.
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Due: "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" (187-196). Quiz. Seminar.
Due: 2nd Novel Sign-up.
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Due: Topic Question, Thesis, and Working Outline. Turnitin.com@ 8am.
Vocab L3-L4 Exam.
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Bring Art Supplies.
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Tuesday: Note cards due! You need:
- 1 card with name and period
- 10 bibliography cards (at least 3 books)
- 40 information note cards
*You can earn five points extra credit if you come between 7:30-7:50 to have me check your note cards*
Also due: Read "Honeysuckle: Chevrefoil" (182-184). Quiz. Seminar.
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Due: Read Le Morte D'Arthur (200-207). Quiz. Seminar.
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Due: "Robin Hood" (6-10). Quiz. Seminar.
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Read "Ubi Sunt" and "I Sing of a Maiden" (175-179). Choose one of the poems and type a thesis statement discussing how it uses imagery to support its theme. (To do this, you must state the theme.) Seminar.
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Grammar Tune-up #1 Due
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Vocab Exam L1-L2. Bring a Scantron.
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Due: Read Beowulf, Cantos 20-end (pages 127-140). Quiz. Two Seminars.
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Due: Read Beowulf, Cantos 1-19 (pages 112-127). Quiz.
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Due: Bring Code of the Woosters.
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Due: Topic Question and Working Outline. Turnitin.com by 8am.
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Due: Read "The Seafarer" (Handout). Quiz. Seminar.
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Due: Bring Great Expectations
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Tuesday: Read Bede passages (90-98). Quiz. Seminar.
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Due: Riddles due on turnitin.com by 8am. Put the answer at the bottom of the page.
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Due: "Wife's Lament" (101-104), "Wulf & Eadwacer" (144). Quiz. Seminar.
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Bring Pride and Prejudice and big book.
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Due: Notebook Check, Contract. Also:
How Have You Changed Since Freshman Year?
Due by 8am on turnitin.com
As an introduction to you and your writing style, I am asking you to consider how you have changed since your freshman year. (You may also, inversely, describe how you have managed to stay the same. Or some combination of the two.) I am looking for creativity, a compelling narrative voice, and prose that shows rather than tells.
There are no limits that I am imposing on what you write, except length (no more than two pages double spaced) and the necessity of a creative title; however, I do ask you to follow all Writing Packet rules for heading and setting up your paper.
RUBRIC:
Title - 2 points
Follows assignment guidelines – 6 points
Creativity within guidelines – 6 points
Mechanics of good writing – 6 points
Word choice and lack of cliché – 5 points
How Have You Changed Since Freshman Year?
Due by 8am on turnitin.com
As an introduction to you and your writing style, I am asking you to consider how you have changed since your freshman year. (You may also, inversely, describe how you have managed to stay the same. Or some combination of the two.) I am looking for creativity, a compelling narrative voice, and prose that shows rather than tells.
There are no limits that I am imposing on what you write, except length (no more than two pages double spaced) and the necessity of a creative title; however, I do ask you to follow all Writing Packet rules for heading and setting up your paper.
RUBRIC:
Title - 2 points
Follows assignment guidelines – 6 points
Creativity within guidelines – 6 points
Mechanics of good writing – 6 points
Word choice and lack of cliché – 5 points
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Summer Reading Exam - Bring Essay Scantron
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Seminar Sign-up
Due: Turnitin.com test
Due: Turnitin.com test