English 12

Final Week

Monday, 5/6/24

• Reminders:

  1. 1. • Make-up work due Wednesday.

        • Final exam review questions posted in Classroom.

Tuesday, 5/7/24

• Work on make-up work, as necessary.

Wednesday, 5/8/24

• Make-up work due.

• Exam exemptions granted.

Thursday, 5/9/24 

• Review for the final exam.

Friday, 5/10/24

• English 12 Final Exam.

Week Seventeen

Monday, 4/29/24

• Turn in copies of The Hobbit.

• Read Eliot, Mirrors & Windows pp. 735-745.

• Read Animal Farm Ch. 9.

• Review missing assignments and work on make-up work, as necessary.

Tuesday, 4/30/24

• Read Animal Farm, Ch. 10.

• Quiz, Animal Farm Ch. 8-10.

• Turn in copies of Animal Farm.

• Read Churchill & Gandhi, Mirrors & Windows pp. 747-756.

Wednesday, 5/1/24

• Review for Unit Test:  Modern Poets & Animal Farm.

• Read Orwell, Mirrors & Windows pp. 785-792.

• Read Greene, Mirrors & Windows pp. 816-821.

Thursday, 5/2/24

• Unit Test:  Modern Poets & Animal Farm.

• Begin watching Animal Farm.

Friday, 5/3/24

• Finish watching Animal Farm.

Week Sixteen

Monday, 4/22/24

• Review Tennyson, Mirrors & Windows pp. 636-646.

• Read the Brownings, Mirrors & Windows pp. 583-588 and E195-196.

• Quiz, Animal Farm, Ch. 4 & make-up quizzes, Ch. 3.

• Read Animal Farm, Ch. 5.

Tuesday, 4/23/24

• Read Arnold and Housman, Mirrors & Windows pp. E239-242 and 649-652.

• Review for Unit Test on the Victorian poets.

• Read Animal Farm, Ch. 6.

Wednesday, 4/24/24

• Unit Test:  Victorian Poets.

• Read Animal Farm, Ch. 7.

Thursday, 4/25/24

• Read Yeats, Mirrors & Windows pp. 704-709.

• Quiz, Animal Farm Ch. 5-7.

• Read Animal Farm, Ch. 8.

Friday, 4/26/24

• Youth Government Day.

• The Hobbit Review Paper due.

Week Fifteen

Monday, 4/15/24 to Wednesday, 4/17/24

• Senior Trip to Pigeon Forge, TN.

• Any student not on the trip should work on The Hobbit Review Paper and/or make-up work.

Thursday, 4/18/24

• Quiz, Animal Farm Ch. 3.

• Slideshows:  The Victorian and the Modern & Postmodern Periods.

• Read Tennyson, Mirrors & Windows pp. 636-646.

• Work on The Hobbit Review Paper.

Friday, 4/19/24

• Read Animal Farm  Ch. 4.

• Work on The Hobbit Review Paper (due next Friday) and/or make-up work.

Week Fourteen

Monday, 4/8/24

• Read The Hobbit, Ch. 16-17.

Tuesday, 4/9/24

• Quiz, The Hobbit Ch. 14-17.

• Assign The Hobbit Review Paper (due Friday, 4/26).

• Read The Hobbit, Ch. 18-19.

Wednesday, 4/10/24

• Quiz, The Hobbit, Ch. 18-19.

• Work on The Hobbit review paper.

Thursday, 4/11/24

• Review for Unit Test:  The Hobbit.

• Slideshow:  Introduction to Animal Farm.

• Read Animal Farm Ch. 1-2.

• Work on The Hobbit Review Paper.

Friday, 4/12/24

• Unit Test:  The Hobbit.

• Quiz on Animal Farm Ch. 1-2. 

• Read Animal Farm Ch. 3.

• Work on The Hobbit Review Paper.

Week Thirteen

Tuesday, 4/2/24

• Quiz, The Hobbit Ch. 7-9.

• Read The Hobbit, Ch. 10-11.

Wednesday, 4/3/24

• Vocabulary List # 8.

• Vocabulary Exercise # 8.

• Read The Hobbit, Ch. 12.

Thursday, 4/4/24

• Read The Hobbit, Ch. 13. 

• Writing Exercise:  Adventure.

Friday, 4/5/24

• Vocabulary Quiz # 8.

• Quiz, The Hobbit Ch. 10-13.

• Read The Hobbit, Ch. 14-15.

Week Twelve

Monday, 3/25/24

• Quiz, The Hobbit Ch. 5-6.

• Read The Hobbit, Ch. 7.

• Persuasive Argument Paper due.

Tuesday, 3/26/24 & Wednesday, 3/27/24

• Oral presentations of the Persuasive Argument Paper.

• Read The Hobbit, Ch.8-9.

• Reminder:  quiz next Tuesday on The Hobbit, Ch. 7-9.

Week Eleven

Monday, 3/18/24

• Vocabulary List # 7.

• Review Tolkien Biographies.

• Read The Hobbit, Ch. 1.

Tuesday, 3/19/24

• Review for Unit Test:  The Romantics.

• Read The Hobbit, Ch. 2.

Wednesday, 3/20/24

• Unit Test:  The Romantics.

• Quiz, The Hobbit Ch. 1-2.

• Read The Hobbit, Ch. 3.

• Research notes for the Persuasive Argument Paper due.

Thursday, 3/21/24

• Read The Hobbit, Ch. 4.

• Vocabulary Exercise # 7.

• When finished, work on drafting the Persuasive Argument Paper.

Friday, 3/22/24

• Vocabulary Quiz # 7.

• Quiz, The Hobbit, Ch. 3-4.

• Read The Hobbit, Ch. 5-6.

• Reminder:  the Persuasive Argument Paper is due on Monday, 3/25.

Week Ten

Monday, 3/11/24

• Vocabulary List # 6.

• Read Byron, Mirrors & Windows pp. 541-545.

• Assign Paper # 3:  Persuasive Argument and Call-to-Action + Oral Presentation, due Monday, 3/25.

Tuesday, 3/12/24

• Read Shelley, Mirrors & Windows pp. 547-552.

• Vocabulary Exercise # 6.

• Work on Persuasive Paper research and drafting.

Wednesday, 3/13/24

• Persuasive Paper Thesis Statement due.

• Vocabulary Quiz # 6.

• Midterm exam review.

Thursday, 3/14/24

• Read Keats, Mirrors & Windows pp. 555-562.

• Persuasive Paper research and drafting, continued.

• Reminder:  study the review questions for tomorrow's exam.

Friday, 3/15/24

• Midterm exam.

• When finished, work on Persuasive Paper research and drafting.

• Distribute copies of The Hobbit.

Week Nine

Monday, 3/4/24

• Read Pepys and Defoe, Mirrors & Windows, pp. 444-462.

• Answer questions 1-5 A & B on p. 462.

Tuesday, 3/5/24

• Review answers to p. 462.

• Read Pope, Mirrors & Windows pp. 431-441.

• Answer questions 1-5 A & B on p. 442.

Wednesday, 3/6/24

• Review answers to p. 442.

• Review for Unit Test:  The Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries.

• Slideshow and worksheet:  Introduction to the Romantic Period.

• Read the introduction to the Romantics, Mirrors & Windows, pp. 487-492.

Thursday, 3/7/24

• Read Burns, Mirrors & Windows, pp. 493-497.

• Read Blake, Mirrors & Windows, pp. 499-503.

• Unit Test: The Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries.

• Creative or Informative Writing, p. 504.

Friday, 3/8/24

• Read Wordsworth, Mirrors & Windows, pp. 507-509

• Read Coleridge, Mirrors & Windows, pp. 514-538.

• Creative or Narrative Writing, p. 539.

Week Eight

Monday, 2/26/24

• Read pastoral poetry, Mirrors & Windows, pp. 211-213.

• Read excerpts from "The King James Bible," Mirrors & Windows, pp. 216-221.

• Review for Unit Test:  The English Renaissance.

• Continue working on the Macbeth Review Paper.

Tuesday, 2/27/24

• Unit Test: The English Renaissance.

• Slideshow and worksheet:  Introduction to the Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries.

• Read the Introduction to the Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries, Mirrors & Windows pp. 363-368.

• Continue working on the Macbeth Review Paper.

Wednesday, 2/28/24

• Read Donne, Mirrors & Windows pp. 223-228

• Read the Carpe Diem Poets, Mirrors & Windows pp. 369-370, 379-382.

• Assignment:  write a carpe diem poem.

• Continue working on the Macbeth Review Paper.

Thursday, 2/29/24

• Read excerpts from Milton and Genesis, pp. 385-403.

• Continue working on the Macbeth Review Paper (due tomorrow).

Friday, 3/1/24

• Read Swift, Mirrors & Windows pp. 407-420.

• Macbeth Review Paper due.

Week Seven

Monday, 2/19/24

• Dramatic scenes due.

• Open note quiz, Macbeth Act II.

• Read and take notes on Macbeth, Act III.

Tuesday, 2/20/24

• Open note quiz, Macbeth Act III.

• Read and take notes on Macbeth, Act IV.

Wednesday, 2/21/24

• Open note quiz, Macbeth Act IV.

• Read and take notes on Macbeth, Act V.

Thursday, 2/22/24

• Read Elizabeth I, Mirrors & Windows, pp. 187-192.

• Open note quiz, Macbeth Act V.

• Assign Macbeth Review Paper, due Friday, 3/1.

Friday, 2/23/24

• Read sonnets, Mirrors & Windows, pp. 197-207.

• Work on Macbeth Review Paper.

Week Six

Monday, 2/12/24

• Review answers, p. 165.

• Vocabulary List # 5.

• Review for Unit Test Two.

Tuesday, 2/13/24

• Slideshow and Worksheet:  Introduction to the English Renaissance.

• Unit Test Two.

• Read the introduction to Units Three & Four, Mirrors & Windows pp. 181-186 and 247-255.

Wednesday, 2/14/24

• Vocabulary Exercise # 5.

• Read and take notes on Macbeth, Act I.

Thursday, 2/15/24

• Open note quiz, Macbeth Act I.

• Read and take notes on Macbeth, Act II.

Friday, 2/16/24

• Vocabulary Quiz # 5.

• Assignment:  write a dramatic scene containing stage directions, dialogue, and at least one example of dramatic conflict.  Recommended length:  1-2 pages, double-spaced.  Due by class time on Monday.

Week Five

Monday, 2/5/24

• Vocabulary List # 4.

• Finish reading Chaucer, Prologue to "The Canterbury Tales," Mirrors & Windows, pp. 110-116.

• Answer questions 1-5 A & B, p. 117.

Tuesday, 2/6/24

• Review answers to p. 117.

• Quiz, The Canterbury Tales Prologue.

• Read "The Pardoner's Tale, Mirrors & Windows pp. 120-125.

Wednesday, 2/7/24

• Vocabulary Exercise # 4.

• Read "The Wife of Bath's Tale," Mirrors & Windows pp. 126-133.

• Writing exercise:  write an exemplum.

Thursday, 2/8/24

• Exemplum exercise due.

• Read excerpts from "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and "Le Morte d' Arthur," Mirrors & Windows, pp. 140-162.

• Answer questions 1-5 A & B, p. 165.

Friday, 2/9/24

• Vocabulary Quiz, # 4.

• Finish reading Arthurian Legends--> p. 165 questions due by Monday.

• When finished, read the introduction to Unit Three, pp. 181-186.

Week Four

Monday, 1/29/24

• Vocabulary List # 3.

• Review for Unit Test One.

• Read "Unit Two:  Medieval Period," Mirrors & Windows pp. 79-84.

Tuesday, 1/30/24

• Final review for Unit Test.

• Unit Test One.

• Slideshow & Worksheet:  Introduction to the Medieval Period.

• Reminder:  Beowulf Paper due by tomorrow.

Wednesday, 1/31/24

• Vocabulary Exercise # 3.

• Beowulf Paper due.

• Read folk ballads, Mirrors & Windows, pp. 85-94.

• Begin reading Chaucer, Prologue to "The Canterbury Tales, " Mirrors & Windows, pp. 96-103.

Thursday, 2/1/24

• Senior Trip Day # 1.

• Work on make-up assignments as needed.

Friday, 2/2/24

• Vocabulary Quiz # 3.

• Continue reading Chaucer, Prologue to "The Canterbury Tales, " , Mirrors & Windows, pp. 103-110.

Week Three

Tuesday, 1/23/24

• Vocabulary Exercise # 2.

• Finish reading “Beowulf,” Mirrors & Windows pp. 35-40.

Wednesday, 1/24/24

• Finish reading “Beowulf,” Mirrors & Windows pp. 40-43.

• Create an MLA template.

• Assign Beowulf Analysis Paper (due Wednesday, 1/31).

Thursday, 1/25/24

• Beowulf Quiz; line summaries due.

• Beowulf Analysis drafting, continued.

Friday, 1/26/24

• Vocabulary Quiz # 2.

• Beowulf Analysis drafting, continued.

Week Two

Monday, 1/8/24

• Quiz:  Vocabulary List # 1 & Introduction to Unit One.

• Read excerpts from The Exeter Book in Mirrors & Windows, pp. 55-63.

• Complete either the descriptive or informative writing prompt, Mirrors & Windows, p. 64.

• Quiz tomorrow on Bede and The Exeter Book.

Tuesday, 1/9/24

• Quiz:  Bede & The Exeter Book.

• Record Vocabulary List # 2.

• Begin reading and line summaries, “Beowulf,” Mirrors & Windows pp. 17-24. 

Thursday, 1/11/24

• Continue reading “Beowulf,” Mirrors & Windows pp. 24-35.

Friday, 1/12/24

• School dismissed early; work on make-up assignments as needed.

Week One

Wednesday, 1/3/24

• Review course syllabus.

• Register for the online textbook and Google Classroom.

• Record Vocabulary List # 1.

• Read the introduction to Unit One, Mirrors & Windows, pp. 1-6.

Friday, 1/5/24

• Vocabulary Exercise # 1.

• Slideshow and worksheet:  Introduction to the Anglo-Saxon Period.

• Read Bede, Mirrors & Windows, pp. 7-12.