English IV

135 – English IV .5 Credit per semester 12

Prerequisite: English III or Honors English III

English IV is a full year course which includes the continued study of advanced composition and English literature.  In this course, students will be required to complete longer writing assignments, such as the research paper. English literature is a survey of the prose and poetry of English from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present. State Course Number 01004A000

English IV Overview- First Semester

Anglo-Saxon Era

Read: Beowulf, Gilgamesh

Writing Assignments: Letter to a Hero 

Middle Ages

Read: Lord Randall, Get Up and Bar the Door, Canterbury Tales, Day of Destiny

Writing Assignments: Pilgrim Poem

Activities: Coat of Arms

The Renaissance 

Read: Carpe diem poems, Shakespearean sonnets, Macbeth, Paradise Lost, John Donne poetry

Activities: carpe diem song

Other Writing Assignments

Goals for senior year

Resume 

Encyclopedia of Me project 

Perhaps a mini-research paper first semester if time allows; otherwise, a larger research essay second semester.

English IV Overview- Second Semester

• The Restoration

  • Mock epics

  • “Modest Proposal” reading and writing activity

• Romantic Period

  • Lots of poetry from Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge

  • “Unexpected Ode” writing activity

• Research Paper

  • British issue/event/person/era             

• Victorian Period

  • Mix of stories and poetry

  • “Lady of Shalott” backstory

  • “Planning a Year Alone” writing

• Animal Farm

• The Modern World (as time allows)