UNITS of STUDY – ENGLISH 4
Six-Weeks
1
Leave as 1 six weeks due
to Beginning year
procedures and team
building
Unit Titles
Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Period
Reading
Epic/Old English Poetry
Focus Piece-Selections from Beowulf and Canterbury Tales
Nonfiction
Investigate Book
Historical background
Current Day Non-fiction text & or documentaries to thematically tie to each unit of study
Writing
SAT/ACT timed writings
College Entrance &
Scholarship Essays
Vocabulary
Anglo-Saxon Vocabulary-Chapter 7
Conventions
Daily Language Practice-Weeks 1-5
English Renaissance
2Writing
2-A
Approx. 3
MLA Research Paper
Reading
Weeks
Research
Shakespearean Drama
2-B
Shakespearean Sonnets
Approx. 3
Metaphysical and Cavalier Poetry
Weeks
Focus Piece-Selections from Shakespeare-Macbeth and or others
Renaissance Literature
Nonfiction
Historical Background-English Renaissance
Current Day Non-fiction text & or documentaries to thematically tie to each unit of study
Writing
Poetry Writing
Vocabulary
Chap 4 Greek 1-12
Conventions
Daily Language Practice-Weeks 6-11
Utopia/Dystopia
3
Reading
3-A
Approx. 3
Epic Poem
Selections from Paradise Lost
Weeks
Utopia/Dystopia
Fiction-Novel
Focus Piece-Deep Reading Unit Brave New World
Literature-BNW
Nonfiction
3-B
Approx 3
Current Day Non-fiction text & or documentaries to thematically tie to each unit of study
Writing/Research
Weeks
Research based paper/or project based on a themes from Brave New World
Research
Vocabulary
Chap 4 Greek 13-25
Conventions
Daily Language Practice-Weeks 12-17
Restoration & Romanticism
4
Reading
4-A
Approx. 2
Fiction-Novel
Focus Piece-Deep Reading Unit Selections -Frankenstein
Weeks
Restoration-Historical
Poetry
Background, Modest
Romanticism-A selection of poems
Proposal, Analysis essay Nonfiction
4-B
Historical Background Restoration & Romanticism
Approx. 2
Current Day Non-fiction text & or documentaries to thematically tie to each unit of study
UNITS of STUDY – ENGLISH 4
Weeks
Romanticism-Historical
Background, Romantic
Literature
4-C
Approx 2.
Weeks
Frankenstein, Script
Writing-2
5
5-A
Approx. 4
Weeks
Victorian Historical
Background, Victorian
Poetry, Poem Writing
Victorian Short Story,
Short Story Writing
5-B
Approx. 2
Weeks
Modern Historical
Background, Modern
Fiction-2
Essay
Focus Piece-Restoration- A Modest Proposal
Writing
Analysis of rhetorical devices used in A Modest Proposal
Script-Short Script with focus on Dialogue
Vocabulary
Chapter 5 Prefixes 1-30 Prefixes
Conventions
Daily Language Practice-Weeks 18-23
Romanticism & Victorianism
Reading
Victorian-A selection of poems
Short Story
Focus Piece- Christmas Storms and Sunshine
Selections from ModernismDrama
Riders to the Sea
Fiction
From Pygmalion
Shooting an Elephant
Rocking Horse Winner
Nonfiction
Historical Background Victorianism & Modernism
Current Day Non-fiction text & or documentaries to thematically tie to each unit of study
Writing
Creative Writing-Poetry and Short Story
Vocabulary
Latin Roots 1-15
Conventions
Daily Language Practice-Weeks 24-29
Modern
6
Leave as 1 six weeks due Nonfiction
to Senior activities and
Current Day Non-fiction text & or documentaries to thematically tie to each unit of study
The Speeches
testing
Words and Behavior
Media Study-Wartime Propaganda
Media Study-Perceptions Shaped by the News
Writing
Media Project
Vocabulary
Latin Roots 16-30
Conventions
Daily Language Practice-Weeks 30-35