12 Literature 4th Quarter
CLASS ASSIGNMENTS
March 10- Introduction into the English Renaissance period. Background information on the historical events
during this time of English history.
March 11- Study of Renaissance poets. Poems from authors such as Thomas Wyatt, Edmund Spenser, Philip
Sidney, Christopher Marlowe, Sir Walter Raleigh, and William Shakespeare. Whoso List to Hunt.docx Spenser
Sonnet 75.docx Sidney Sonnet 39 Astrophel and Stella.docx Marlowe The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.docx
Raleigh The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd.docx Shakespeare Sonnet 116.docx Shakespeare Sonnet 130.docx
Shakespeare Sonnet 29.docx
March 12- Continue to study Renaissance poets.
March 13- Continue to study Renaissance poets.
March 14- Test on the Renaissance period
March 17-21- Graduation exam week. Limited class time.
March 24-28- Spring Break.
March 31- Analogy Test XIV. Students will be allowed to use dictionaries on the test.
April 1- Review the test. Two selections from the King James Bible. "Genesis" Page 414 and "Psalms 23" Page
421. Read and discuss these two passages. Genesis 1-3.docx Psalm 23.docx
April 2- Read and discuss John Milton's poem "When I Consider How My Light Is Spent" Page 518 and John
Milton's poem Paradise Lost Page 520. Milton When I Consider How My Life Is Spent.docx Milton Paradise Lost
Book 1 Lines 1-263.docx
April 3- English Word Search
April 4- Senior Cap and Gown Picture Day.
April 7- Read and discuss the London Fire portion of the "Diary of Samuel Pepsy." Page 552. Pepys Diary London
Fire.docx
April 8- Read and discuss Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal." Page 563. A Modest Proposal modest
April 9- Review for the test.
April 10- Test on the literary works covered in this unit.
April 11- Analogy Test XV. Students will be allowed to use a dictionary on the test.
April 14- Begin discussion on William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies. Students will be given background
information on the author and novel. William Golding Lord of the Flies
April 15- Discussion of Lord of the Flies Chapter 1. Quiz on the chapter. Daily Oral Language 16-1. Lord of the
Flies Chapter 1
April 16 - Discussion of Lord of the Flies Chapter 2. Quiz on the chapter. Daily Oral Language 16-2.Lord of the
Flies Chapter 2
April 17 - Discussion of Lord of the Flies Chapter 3. Quiz on the chapter. Lord of the Flies Chapter 3
April 18 - Discussion of Lord of the Flies Chapter 4. Quiz on the chapter. Daily Oral Language 17-1.Lord of the
Flies Chapter 4
April 21 - Discussion of Lord of the Flies Chapter 5. Quiz on the chapter. Daily Oral Language 17-2.Lord of the
Flies Chapter 5
April 22 - Discussion of Lord of the Flies Chapter 6. Quiz on the chapter. Daily Oral Language 17-3.Lord of the
Flies Chapter 6
April 23 - Discussion of Lord of the Flies Chapter 7. Quiz on the chapter. Daily Oral Language 17-4.Lord of the
Flies Chapter 7
April 24 - Discussion of Lord of the Flies Chapter 8. Quiz on the chapter. Lord of the Flies Chapter 8
April 25- Analogy Test XVI. Students will be allowed to use a dictionary on the test. Review test.
April 28 - Discussion of Lord of the Flies Chapter 9. Quiz on the chapter. Daily Oral Language 18-1.Lord of the
Flies Chapter 9
April 29 - Discussion of Lord of the Flies Chapter 10. Quiz on the chapter. Daily Oral Language 18-2.Lord of the
Flies Chapter 10
April 30- Discussion of Lord of the Flies Chapter 11. Quiz on the chapter. Daily Oral Language 18-3.Lord of the
Flies Chapter 11
May 1- English Word Search
May 2- May Day Activities.
May 5- Discussion of Lord of the Flies Chapter 12. Quiz on the chapter. Review for Test. Lord of the Flies Chapter
12
May 6- Review for the test on the novel.
May 7- Test on the novel Lord of the Flies. Students' test will be in a short answer format.
May 8- Analogy Test XVII. Students will be allowed to use a dictionary on the test.
May 9- Test Make-Up Day.
May 12- Go over grades for quarter four. Review for semester exam.
May 13-16- Senior Final Exams.
May 20- Senior Night. A light meal will be served at five. The ceremony begins at six.
May 22- Graduation Practice. Practice begins at 10:30. Graduates should be on campus by 10:15.
May 22- Graduation for the class of 2014. The ceremony begins at seven. Graduates should be in the lunchroom by
six.