Course Outline
Course Outline - 12th New
12th
Course Outline English IV
Elements of Literature – Text Additional Information
Collections – Supplemental Text ***Historic background, author information, literary devices, and other . . .
Close Reader - Work Booklet for reading ***Glossary of Academic Vocabulary - R86
***Chromebook ***Glossary of Critical Vocabulary - R87-R89
The Anglo-Saxon Period 449-1066
Taking Risks
August Historic Background
Anglo-Saxon Riddles, p. 75 -78
Beowulf, p. 409-424, Collections
September from Beowulf’s Last Battle, p. 87-91, Close Reader
The Death of Beowulf, p. 92-96, Close Reader
Mourning Beowulf, p. 97, Close Reader
Rebecca
The Medieval Period 1066-1485
Gender Roles
October Historic Background
The Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, p. 120-124
The Pardoner’s Tale from The Canterbury Tales, p. 19-32, Close Reader
The Wife of Bath’s Tale from The Canterbury Tales, p. 77-88, Collections
Rebecca - Finish
November from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, p.196-202
from Le Morte d’Arthur, p. 208-213
The Renaissance 1485-1660
Seeking Justice, Seeking Peace
November . . . Historic Background
Shakespearean Drama, p. 231 – 234, Collections
The Tragedy of Hamlet, p. 235 – 353, Collections
from The Tragedy of Hamlet, Act I. Scenes 1-2, p. 55 – 73, Close Reader
Film versions of Hamlet (1980) & (2009), p. 357-358,Collections
Hamlet’s Dull Revenge, p. 361 – 365, Collections
Hatred, p. 395 – 396, Collections
December Background – pg. 267 - 270
Sonnet 29, p. 392, Shakespearean
Sonnet 42, p. 400, Petrarchan
Sonnet 75, p.274, Spenserian
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love, p. 278
The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd, p. 279
Hamlet - Finish . . . continue>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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January Finish remainder of December Unit
Research Unit
Begin February Unit
The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century 1660-1800
Voices of Protest
February Historic Background
from Gulliver’s Travels, p. 566-576
A Modest Proposal, p. 581 - 587
from The Rape of the Lock, p. 622-628
Cartoon, p.1466
A Tale of Two Cities
The Romantic Period 1798-1832
March Historic Background
To a Mouse, p. 722-723
from Ode, Intimations of Immortality, p. 758-759
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, p. 775-798
from Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto IV, p. 814-815
To a Skylark, p. 830-834
When I Have Fears, p. 845
Frankenstein - Close Reading/Plot Analysis
A Tale of Two Cities
The Victorian Period 1832-1901
April Historic Background
Porphyria’s Lover, p. 947-948
Sonnet 43, p. 954
The Darkling Thrush, p. 974-975
The Modern World 1900 to the present
Finding Ourselves in Nature
April . . . Historic Background
The Demon Lover, p.1118-1123
The Hollow Men, p.1190-1193
The Lake Isle of Innisfree, p.1206
A Tale of Two Cities - Finish
May The Autobiography of W.B. Yeats, p.1217-1219
Fern Hill, p.1230-1231
When You Are Old (Ronsard), p. 520
When You Are Old (Yeats), p. 520
The Return of the Native - Video Quiz