Honors English IV: Period 3
Mrs. Krueger
GP 1.4
September 15 – 19
This is a tentative assignment sheet for the week. Please note due dates for assignments and plan accordingly.
As per school policy, you only have five class days to turn in a missing assignment that is not considered long
term. (Long-term assignments are assignments given at least one week ahead of time.) When you do miss
class, make sure to check the class webpage and pickup any handouts in the Make-up Work file.
COMMON CORE STANDARDS: http://www.rt3nc.org/objects/standards/cclitmap/acre/ela.html
Date
Classwork:
Assignments
The End of Romanticism & The Beginning of Modernism
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9/15
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Assignment Due: Victorian Essay Test Grade
Vocabulary Warm-up: Complete the Sentence.
 Small groups
Fin de siècle Literature (Teacher Lecture Notes)
Lit Book: Thomas Hardy (966-967)
 Close reading of “The Darkling Thrush” (971-972)
 Critical Reading (972), questions 2, 3, and 4
Art for Art’s Sake Movement
 Oscar Wilde (Teacher Lecture Notes)
Begin The Importance of Being Earnest
 Farce genre
 Triviality and social criticism
Wrap-up: Take notes during the movie, identifying moments of
farce.
Vocabulary Warm-up: Identifying Parts of Speech
Finish The Importance of Being Earnest
Writing Reflection: Write one, well-developed paragraph,
discussing how The Importance of Being Earnest functions as a
farce.
 Handout: Structure of a Paragraph
 Turn in, along with movie notes. Classwork Grade.
20th Century Characteristics of Literature:
 Rejection of tradition
 Nihilism
 Fragmentation
 Individual
 Psychological realism
 Experimentation w/ new forms
 Time
War Poetry: WWI
 Pro Patria & Dulce et Decorum est
 Close Reading: Two groups
Wrap-up: Compare how the two poems approach the idea of
fighting for one’s country.
Prepare for a discussion seminar about
the two examples of war poetry from
today.
 You may use your annotated poems.
 You may write questions on your
poetry handout.
 How does the Roman poet, Horace,
relate to both poems?
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Finish any work not completed in class
today. Homework Grade.
Study for Vocabulary Quiz #1 tomorrow.
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Vocabulary Warm-up: Identifying Accented Syllables
War Poetry Discussion Seminar (30-ish minutes)
 Turn in annotated handout. Quiz Grade
Lit. Book:
 Symbolism (1023)
 “The Second Coming” (1029-1030)
 Handout for annotation
Wrap-up: Answer Critical Reading Questions 2, 3, 4, and 5 on
page 1030. Use the verbiage from the question to set up the
verbiage of the answer. Complete sentences.
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Vocabulary Warm-up: Spelling & Review
Assignment Due: Critical Reading Questions 2, 3, 4, & 5 (1030)
HW
 Discussion
Lit. Book: Silent Reading & Reading Notes
 “Modernism and Beyond” (1036-1037)
 T.S. Eliot (1038)
 Literary Analysis (1039)
 Pre-Reading for “The Hollow Men” (1044-1046)
Wrap-up: Start reading “The Hollow Men” (1047-1050)
Warm-up: Study for vocabulary quiz.
Vocabulary Quiz #1
Five Small Groups:
 Finish annotating “The Hollow Men” (1047-1050)
 Groups randomly assigned sections of poem to present.
Wrap-up: What is being presented? How is it being presented?
Why is it being presented?
Lit. Book Reading Assignment
 W. H. Auden (1054)
 Literary Analysis: Theme (1055)
Optional Extra Credit Revision & Editing
Assignment: Victorian Essay.
 I will take the higher grade
 Extra Credit Revision of Victorian
Essay submitted to turnitin.com by
Monday, 9/22.
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