English 12: British Literature

Course Overview

Ms. Tolley tolleye@lynnschools.org

B305 Monday Night Back

Required Material

Text or novel, notebooks, writing materials, other materials as the course dictates

Grades

Your grade for the quarter will be based on:

1. 20% Quizzes (vocabulary, surprise quizzes on reading, etc.)

2. 20% Homework and class participation

3. 60% Tests, Essays, Projects, Presentations

My Expectations

You are ending your high school career. For you, this is a very important year. I can help you with the stresses of college. We will work on your essays. For many of you, I will be writing recommendations. You are seniors. I expect you to act like the mature, responsible young adults you are. In terms of your behavior, I expect you to act in a mature, responsible manner. That means you must follow the school rules as well as my classroom rule: the Magic Door. This class can be as fun or as horrible as you make it. So plan to make it a good year.

Cheating and plagiarism will not be tolerated. If I catch you, I will give you a zero. There may be other consequences as well, up to and including removal from the class. All rules as outlined in the Student/Teacher handbook are in effect.

Overview for the Year

1^st Quarter – Mythology, Legend, and Folklore/Poetry

Week One: Summer Reading Assessment, College Essay

Week Two: Anglo-Saxon Notes, Introduction to Beowulf

Week Three: Selections from Beowulf

Week Four: Beowulf Essay , Ballads, Anglo-Saxon Poetry

Week Five: Middle Ages Notes, Introduction to Chaucer

Week Six: Canterbury Tales – General Prologue

Week Seven: Canterbury Tales – The Tales

Week Eight: Canterbury Tales Projects or Catch-up week

Week Nine: Arthurian Legend/Myth, New Essay or revision

Week Ten: 1^st quarter assessment, Finish legend/myth

2^nd Quarter – Drama/Poetry

Week One: Renaissance Notes, Introduction to Shakespeare and MacBeth

Week Two: MacBeth (Is is possible to complete MacBeth in fewer weeks and use time to catch-up)

Week Three: MacBeth, Essay 1

Week Four: MacBeth

Week Five: MacBeth

Week Six: MacBeth, Essay 2

Week Seven: Poetry (Sonnets and Metaphysical poetry)

Week Eight: Poetry (Romantics and Victorian poetry)

Week Nine: Poetry, Essay or revision 3 (Modern poetry)

Week Ten: 2^nd quarter assessment (midterm), midterm review

3^rd Quarter – Novel and Research Paper

Week One: Introduction to the novel & background material, Introduction to research paper

Week Two: Work on novel reading, research paper basics

Week Three: Work on novel reading, research paper basics, Short Essay on novel

Week Four: Work on novel reading, research paper (working thesis)

Week Five: Work on novel reading, research paper (research articles)

Week Six: Work on novel (thesis revision, outline)

Week Seven: Finish novel, Research paper (note-taking)

Week Eight: Research paper (pulling it all together)

Week Nine: Research paper (finishing it up)

Week Ten: 3^rd quarter assessment, Pass in research papers

4^th Quarter – Nonfiction/Short Story

Week One: One short story, one nonfiction work

Week Two: One short story, one nonfiction work, short essay 1

Week Three: One short story, one nonfiction work

Week Four: One short story, one nonfiction work, short essay 2

Week Five: Finish up fiction/nonfiction, catch-up week

Week Six: 4^th quarter assessment (final)