Dc ENGLISH 12 - 1st block
Dc ENGLISH 12 - 1st block
Fall, 2026
Fall, 2026
WEEK THIRTEEN
Monday, 11/2/26
Vocabulary List Seven.
British Author Paper topic choices due.
Work on research for the British Author Paper and/or reading A Tale of Two Cities.
Wednesday, 11/4/26
Quiz and selected readings, A Tale of Two Cities Book II, Ch. 13-24.
Book III due next Wednesday.
First block club meetings.
Thursday, 11/5/26
Read Housman (Online Resource).
Vocabulary Exercise Seven.
Continue research and drafting for the British Author Paper and/or reading A Tale of Two Cities.
Friday, 11/6/26
Vocabulary Quiz Seven.
Continue research and drafting for the British Author Paper and/or reading A Tale of Two Cities.
Reminders:
A Tale of Two Cities Book III due Wednesday.
Research annotations for the British Author Paper are due one week from Monday.
WEEK TWELVE
Monday, 10/26/26
Field trip to the Barter Theatre for the Young Playwrights' Festival.
Tuesday, 10/27/26
YPF feedback returned.
Quiz and selected readings, A Tale of Two Book II, Ch. 1-12.
Read Book II, Ch. 13-24, by next Wednesday.
Reminder: Frankenstein Compare & Contrast Paper due tomorrow.
Wednesday, 10/28/26
Frankenstein Compare & Contrast Paper due by the end of the day.
Read Arnold, Norton Vol. 2 pp. 823-824.
First block club meetings.
Thursday, 10/29/26
Turn in copies of Frankenstein.
British Author Biography Paper & Oral Presentation assigned.
Topic Choice Due Monday, 11/2.
Five Annotations Due Monday, 11/16.
Final Draft, Slideshow, and Oral Presentation Due Monday, 11/30.
Read Rosetti, Norton Vol. 2 pp. 862-874.
Friday, 10/30/26
Video: The French Revolution, Parts I & II.
Reminders:
British Author Paper topic choices due Monday.
A Tale of Two Cities Book II, Ch. 13-24, due Wednesday.
WEEK ELEVEN
Monday, 10/19/26
Distribute YPF permission form.
Vocabulary List Six.
Continue working on the Frankenstein Compare & Contrast Paper and/or reading A Tale of Two Cities, Book I (due tomorrow).
Tuesday, 10/20/26
Quiz and selected readings: A Tale of Two Cities, Book I.
9 AM - Senior meeting in the library.
Read Book II, Ch. 1-12, due next Tuesday.
Continue working on the Frankenstein Compare & Contrast Paper and/or reading A Tale of Two Cities, Book II.
Wednesday, 10/21/26
Read E. B. Browning, Norton Vol. 2 pp. 582-589.
Continue working on the Frankenstein Compare & Contrast Paper and/or reading A Tale of Two Cities, Book II.
First block club meetings.
Thursday, 10/22/26
Vocabulary Exercise Six.
Read R. Browning, Norton Vol. 2 pp. 774-775.
Read Tennyson, Norton Vol. 2 pp. 618-620.
Continue working on the Frankenstein Compare & Contrast Paper and/or reading A Tale of Two Cities, Book II.
Friday, 10/23/26
YPF permission forms due.
Vocabulary Quiz Six.
Continue working on the Frankenstein Compare & Contrast Paper and/or reading A Tale of Two Cities, Book II.
Reminders:
A Tale of Two Cities Book II, Ch. 1-12, due Tuesday, 10/27.
Frankenstein papers due Wednesday, 10/28.
WEEK TEN
Monday, 10/12/26
Midterm Exam.
Introduction slides and worksheet: The Victorian Period.
Reminder: Frankenstein Ch. 13-24 due tomorrow.
Tuesday, 10/13/26
Distribute copies of A Tale of Two Cities.
Distribute and review copies of the Dracula study guide.
Quiz, selected readings, and scholarship: Frankenstein Ch. 13-24.
Assign Research Paper Two: Frankenstein Compare and Contrast (due Wednesday, 10/28).
Wednesday, 10/14/26
Read Dickens biography.
Assign A Tale of Two Cities Book I, due next Tuesday.
First block club meetings.
Thursday, 10/15/26
Barter Theatre field trip: Dracula.
Friday, 10/16/26
Dracula quiz.
Work on reading A Tale of Two Cities and/or the Frankenstein Compare & Contrast Paper.
Reminder: A Tale of Two Cities Book I is due on Tuesday, 10/20.
WEEK NINE
Monday, 10/5/26
Distribute Voice of Democracy E.C. prompts.
Senior Meeting in the library.
Open-note quiz: The Pre-Romantics & Wordsworth.
Read Coleridge, Norton Vol. 2 pp. 258-276.
Read Byron, Norton Vol. 2 pp. 341 & 343.
Read Byron (“Growing Old,” excerpt from Don Juan) - Online Resource.
Reminders:
Dracula forms and payment due by Friday.
Frankenstein Letters & Ch. 1-12 due tomorrow.
YPF final drafts and the Macbeth Analysis Papers are due Wednesday.
Tuesday, 10/6/26
Open-note quiz, Shelley Biography and Frankenstein Letters 1-4 & Ch. 1-12.
Selected readings, through Ch. 12.
Finish Frankenstein, Ch. 13-24, by next Tuesday.
Video: The Experiments that Inspired Frankenstein.
Wednesday, 10/7/26
YPF final draft and Macbeth Analysis Paper due by the end of the day.
Special Games Day.
First block club meetings.
Continue reading Frankenstein.
Thursday, 10/8/26
Collect copies of Macbeth.
Read Shelley, Norton Vol. 2 pp. 395-398.
Read Keats, Norton Vol. 2 pp. 478, 480-481, 485-486, 503-505.
Distribute review questions on the Romantic Poets.
Continue reading Frankenstein.
Friday, 10/9/26
Unit Test: The Romantic Poets.
Distribute review questions for the Midterm Exam. The exam is scheduled for Monday.
Homework: study for the Midterm Exam and continue reading Frankenstein.
WEEK EIGHT
Monday, 9/28/26
Vocabulary List Five.
Unit Test Four.
Distribute copies of Frankenstein.
Distribute permission forms for the Barter Theatre fieldtrip to see Dracula on 10/15. Forms and payment due no later than 10/9.
When finished, work on Macbeth Analysis Paper research and drafting.
Reminder: Macbeth thesis and annotations due Wednesday at class time.
Tuesday, 9/29/26
Slideshow and worksheet: Unit Five, The Romantic Period.
Read Mary Shelley biography.
Begin reading Frankenstein Letters 1-4 & Ch. 1-12, due next Tuesday.
Wednesday, 9/30/26
Vocabulary Exercise Five.
Macbeth thesis and annotations due.
Read Gray, Norton Anthology pp. 1466-1469.
When finished, continue reading Frankenstein or drafting Macbeth Analysis Papers.
Thursday, 10/1/26
Read Blake, Norton Anthology Volume Two, pp. 50-52, 54, 57-58, and 62.
Read Burns, Norton Anthology Volume Two, pp. 81-84 and 93-94.
Read Wordsworth, Norton Anthology Volume Two, pp. 188-190.
When finished, work on Macbeth Analysis Paper drafting and/or reading Frankenstein.
Friday, 10/2/26
Vocabulary Quiz Five.
When finished, work on Macbeth Analysis Paper drafting and/or reading Frankenstein.
Reminders:
Open-note quiz Monday on the Pre-Romantics & Wordsworth.
Frankenstein through Ch. 12 due Tuesday, 10/6.
YPF final Drafts and Macbeth Analysis Papers due Wednesday, 10/7.
WEEK SEVEN
Monday, 9/21/26
YPF drafts due.
Vocabulary List Four.
Test, Units Two & Three.
YPF draft workshop x 1.
Reminders:
Macbeth Thesis & Annotations due Wednesday, 9/30.
YPF final drafts and Macbeth Papers due Wednesday, 10/7.
Tuesday, 9/22/26
YPF draft workshop x 1.
Unit Four Introduction slides & worksheet.
Read Swift, My Perspectives pp. 471-482.
Wednesday, 9/23/26
Vocabulary Exercise Four.
YPF draft workshop x 1.
Read Swift, My Perspectives pp. 491-496.
First block club meetings.
Thursday, 9/24/26
YPF draft workshop x 1.
Read Pope, Norton Anthology pp. 1295, 1297-1298, and 1304-1305.
Friday, 9/25/26
Vocabulary Quiz Four.
YPF draft workshop x 1.
Review for Unit Four Test.
Reminders:
Macbeth Thesis & Annotations due Wednesday, 9/30.
YPF final drafts and Macbeth Papers due Wednesday, 10/7.
WEEK SIX
Monday, 9/14/26
Assign Research Paper One (Macbeth Analysis)
Annotations due Wednesday, 9/30.
Paper due Wednesday, 10/7.
Senior fundraiser meeting at 8:45.
Open-note quiz, Macbeth Act I.
Read Macbeth Act II.
Tuesday, 9/15/26
Open-note quiz, Macbeth Act II.
Read Donne, Norton Anthology pp. 697-698 and 710.
Read Macbeth Act III.
Wednesday, 9/16/26
Open-note quiz, Macbeth Act III.
Read Lanyer, Norton Anthology pp. 719-721.
Read Macbeth, Act IV.
First block club meetings.
Thursday, 9/17/26
Open-note quiz, Macbeth Act IV.
Read Herrick, Norton Anthology pp. 763-764.
Read Marvel, Norton Anthology pp. 772-773.
Read Suckling (Canvas - Online Resource).
Read Macbeth, Act V.
Friday, 9/18/26
Open-note quiz, selected scenes, and scholarship on Macbeth, Act V.
Review for Test on Units Two & Three.
Reminders:
YPF drafts due Monday at class time.
Units Two & Three Test scheduled for Monday.
WEEK FIVE
Tuesday, 9/8/26
Collect copies of Hamlet and distribute copies of Macbeth.
Open-note quiz, selected scenes, and scholarship on Hamlet, Act V.
Visit from UVA.
Reminder: YPF drafts due one week from Monday, on 9/21.
Wednesday, 9/9/26
Finish reading Hamlet scholarship.
First block club meetings.
Thursday, 9/10/26
Formal senior pictures.
Work on drafting YPF plays, due one week from Monday.
Friday, 9/11/26
Watch Hamlet, V.2.
Read Macbeth, Act I.
Reminder: YPF drafts due one week from Monday, on 9/21.
WEEK FOUR
Monday, 8/31/26
Vocabulary List Three.
Read Hamlet Act I.
Tuesday, 9/1/26
Open-note quiz, Hamlet Act I.
Senior meeting at 8:45.
Read Hamlet Act II.
Wednesday, 9/2/26
Vocabulary Exercise Three.
Open-note quiz, Hamlet Act II.
Hollins visit at 9:00 a.m.
Read Hamlet Act III.
Thursday, 9/3/26
Open-note quiz, Hamlet Act III.
Read Hamlet Act IV.
Friday, 9/4/26
Vocabulary Quiz Three.
Open-note quiz, Hamlet Act IV.
Read Hamlet Act V.
Reminder: YPF drafts due two weeks from Monday on 9/21.
WEEK THREE
Monday, 8/24/26
Vocabulary List Two.
Unit One Test.
Review online textbook access.
Assign YPF Playwrighting Assignment:
Drafts due Monday, 9/21.
Final plays due Wednesday, 10/7.
Begin play drafting.
Tuesday, 8/25/26
Slideshow and worksheet: Introduction to Units Two & Three.
Read excerpts from The English Bible, Norton pp. 399-403.
Read Elizabeth I, Norton pp. 403 and 407-408.
Continue play drafting.
Wednesday, 8/26/26
Vocabulary Exercise Two.
Beta Club meeting.
Read pastoral poetry:
Marlowe, Norton p. 513.
Ralegh, Norton p. 502.
Continue play drafting.
Thursday, 8/27/26
Open-note quiz on the introduction to Units Two & Three, The English Bible, Elizabeth I, Marlowe, and Ralegh.
Slideshow and worksheet: Introduction to Shakespeare.
Distribute copies of Hamlet.
Continue play drafting.
Friday, 8/28/26
Vocabulary Quiz Two.
Read Shakespearean sonnets:
Sonnet 18, Norton p. 556.
Sonnet 29, Norton p. 558.
Sonnet 73, Norton p. 561.
Sonnet 106, Norton p. 564.
Sonnet 116, Norton p. 564.
Sonnet 130, Norton p. 565.
Continue play drafting.
WEEK TWO
Monday, 8/17/26
Vocabulary List One.
Senior meeting.
Finish reading “Beowulf,” My Perspectives pp. 35-43.
Read “The Seafarer,” My Perspectives pp. 768-771.
Tuesday, 8/18/26
Open-note quiz on Beowulf.
Read “The Wife’s Lament,” Norton pp. 113-114.
Read “Lord Randall” and "The Twa Corbies" (Online Resources).
Begin reading "Prologue to The Canterbury Tales," My Perspectives pp. 133-138.
Wednesday, 8/19/26
Vocabulary Exercise One.
Finish reading "Prologue to The Canterbury Tales," My Perspectives pp. 138-152.
Thursday, 8/20/26
Finish The Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, pp. 152-158.
Open-note quiz on The Prologue to The Canterbury Tales.
Read "The Wife of Bath's Tale," My Perspectives pp. 171-182.
Friday, 8/21/26
Vocabulary Quiz One.
Read "The Pardoner's Tale" (Online Resource).
Review for Unit Test One.
WEEK ONE
Tuesday, 8/11/26
Access and bookmark the course website and VHCC Canvas page.
Review the English 245 course syllabus.
Senior Meeting @ 9:15.
Begin reading Norton Anthology Unit One Introduction, “The Middle Ages to ca. 1485," pp. 3-4.
Wednesday, 8/12/26
Review the VCCS Avoiding Plagiarism resource.
Slideshow & Worksheet: Unit One, The Middle Ages (to ca. 1485).
Continue reading Norton Anthology Unit One Introduction, “The Middle Ages to ca. 1485," pp. 4-9.
Thursday, 8/13/26
Read Bede, Norton pp. 30-33.
Read “The Dream of the Rood,” Norton pp. 33-37.
Finish reading Norton Unit One Introduction, “The Middle Ages to ca. 1485," pp. 10-26.
Friday, 8/14/26
Quiz: Introduction to Unit One.
Begin reading excerpts from "Beowulf," My Perspectives pp. 19-35.