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British Literature Class Materials
Objectives:
Week 1, July 27 - 31
Monday: "The Seafarer"
Tuesday: Syllabus
Block: "The Seafarer" Pre-Test
Friday: Intro to Renaissance Poetry
Week 2, August 3 - 7
Monday: Renaissance Poetry
Tuesday: Intro to Shakespeare's Macbeth
Block: Act I.1-3
Friday: I.4-5
Week 3, August 10 - 14
Monday: Macbeth Act II, opening
Tuesday: Macbeth Act II, complete with notes
Block: Macbeth Act III, opening; Act II quiz
Friday: Macbeth Act III, closing complete with notes
Week 4, August 17-21
Monday: Conclude Macbeth Act III
Tuesday: Macbeth Act IV; Act III quiz
Block: Conclude Macbeth Act IV
Friday: Macbeth Act V
Week 5, August 24-28
Monday: Discuss Act V
Tuesday: Conclude Act V
Block: Final Discussion of Macbeth; Final Macbeth Quiz
Friday: Intro to Paradise Lost
Week 6, August 31 - September 4
Monday: Discuss Paradise Lost Book I
Tuesday: Discuss PL I and II
Block: Discuss PL II
Friday: Cumulative Discussion Questions Books I and II
Week 7, September 7-11
Monday: NO SCHOOL
Tuesday: R/A in class PL III.1-302
Block: PL IV Socratic Seminar
Friday: Discuss PL through IV.355, Summary of PL V-VIII
Week 8, September 14-18
Monday: Discuss PL IX
Tuesday: Continue discussion of PL IX
Block: Diagramming Quiz, Conclude discussion of PL IX
Friday: Summary of intervening plot and discussion of PL X
Week 9, September 21-25
Monday: Discuss PL IX and X
Tuesday: Discuss PL X and XII; prep for PL and Grammar Test
Block: Conclude Discussion of PL; Pl and Grammar Test
Friday: (Half-Day) Quarter 1 Recap
Have a wonderful Fall Break!