Final Week

12/8  Test 3 Due

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12/10  Research Paper Due


Name
Subject
Date

• 5-7 pages
• 3 Sources
• New Times Roman 
• 12 pt. font, double space
• Spell Check Microsoft Word
• APA: Parenthetical Citations/Works Cited 

11/17

Read: The Canonization & Holy Sonnets by John Donne including Sonnet 14

Write: 1/2 -1 page abstract on possible research project and be ready to discuss

11/12

Read John Donne's Bio pp. 1370

Poems: 1373- 1390

11/10

Read: The Early 17th Century 1603-1630  pp. 1341-1369

• We will watch a couple of short videos that discuss our next author.

Assignment: Complete Test 2
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11/3

Read: "Dressing the Girl/Playing the Boy:.."  by Monique Pittman (under academic articles tab)

We will watch film "She's The Man"

10/29

Twelfth Night: Read Final Acts 4 & 5 and be ready to discuss
We will finish the play and discuss important information relevant to the play

Note: Read or I will start issuing pop quizzes during class.

10/27

Twelfth Night : read acts 2 & 3 and be ready to discuss
pp. 1204 - 1235

10/22

Read:  pp. 1187-1204

William Shakespeare

Twelfth Knight

Take notes and be ready to discuss

Correct version of syllabus has also been uploaded.

10/20

Read following sonnets from William Shakespeare and provide analysis, rhyme, meter for each indicated.

pp,1172 -1186

Sonnets: 18 (analysis/meter/rhyme) ,19, 127, 130, 138 (analysis/meter/rhyme), 144, 147, 152 (analysis/meter/rhyme)

8/15

Read the following:

Shakespeare Introduction pp.1166-1170

Sonnets 1, 3, 12, 15, 18, 19, 20 pp. 1171-1173

• Determine Rhyme Scheme & Meter for Sonnet 1,3,12 
• Provide analysis for each of the above Sonnets as well

10/13

Read: Sir Philip Sidney Astrophil and Stella pp.1084 - 1101

Be ready to discuss

No response paper due, FINISH YOUR ESSAY....

TEST 1

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DUE: 10/13

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10/6 - 10/8

Assignment for 10/6

Read:  Sir Thomas Wyatt
Intro: pp. 646-648
Poems: pp. 648-661

• Provide 3 parenthetical poetic citations
• Choose any poems that you wish

Assignment for 10/8

• Write your own Petrarchan-esque Sonnet
• 8 lines / 10 syllables 
• abbaabba
• Any subject

Part II Video

10/1

The Sixteenth Century  pp. 531-561
Renaissance Love and Desire pp. 1000-1003

Provide 1 page response on reading and video/s.

Watch the following:

9/22

I will be out of town on 9/22
Class will be meeting in the library
Please be on your best behavior.

Assigned Reading:

Geoffrey Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales pp. 238-243
The General Prologue pp. 243-264

1 page response on General Prologue


Homework:
The Miller's Prologue and Tale  pp. 264-280
The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale pp. 301-310

1 page response that includes each section.


BEOWULF FINAL SCENE

9/16

We will finish the film Beowulf next class period.
Please bring your citations on literary devices.

Begin reading Geoffrey Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales
pp. 238-243
pp. 243-264

9/15

I've decided that because of unbeknownst legal precedents; that we will instead watch the film in class.

Beowulf
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis

9/10

Beowulf pp.72-108
Be ready to discuss in groups.
take notes

9/8

Make sure  you have read first half of Beowulf 36-72

Assignment:

• Provide 3 parenthetical citations using in class handout on literary devices
• Make sure that you paraphrase lines (your own words) in the poem
• Make sure that you provide proper citations using ("quotations", #of lines, and authorship)
• Please type assignment and be ready to discuss during class

9/3

Beowulf:

pp. 36-72


Response paper on first half of poem.

9/1

Read the following:

Anglo Saxon Language and Culture

Introduction pp. 3- 26

The Dream of the Rood pp. 32-36

Please think about the CONTEXT in which the Anglo Saxons lived, remember key elements that take into consideration TIME/PLACE/ TECHNOLOGY.  Take NOTES!!

Watch BBC Video Documentary: English Birth of a Language 

*located in the Video Resources Tab

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