English IV
Course Syllabus
2015-16
Teacher: Pam Seay
Room: 2
Contact: 2:00 – 3:30 each day
Phone: 260-4888, ext. 124
Email address: pamelaseay@anderson5.net
Web page: http://alternativeschool.anderson5.net/
A. Description
English IV students are introduced to the major influences of British
literature. From the songs of the ancient heroes to the literature of the
Renaissance, students will learn the impact that this literature has had on
the development of our own modern literature.
B. Organization
English IV is an independent study. English IV students study literature,
reading comprehension, vocabulary, and functional text. Through the
study of British literature covering the period from 449 to the present,
students analyze literary elements and devices, text structure, author’s
purpose, and historical significance. Students develop strategies for
reading comprehension and vocabulary acquisition through explicit
instruction, teacher modeling, and apply these strategies to complex texts.
Students write a variety of essays with an emphasis on responding to
literature through analysis and synthesis.
C. Course Objectives, Common Core Standards E4 – 1 through E3 – 7
1. The student will read and comprehend print and nonprint literary texts
from a variety of cultures and eras.
2. The student will read and comprehend print and nonprint informational
texts.
3. The student will use word analysis and vocabulary to read fluently.
4. The student will write with a clear focus, use coherent organization,
and include sufficient detail.
5. The student will write using standard English conventions.
6. The student will write for a variety of purposes and audiences.
7. The student will access and use information for a variety of purposes.
D. Yearly Pacing Guide
1st Nine Weeks
 Anglo-Saxon 449 – 1066
 Medieval 1066 – 1485
nd
2 Nine Weeks
 English Renaissance 1485 – 1625
Macbeth
 Seventeenth Century 1625 – 1660
3rd Nine Weeks
 Restoration 1660 – 1798
 Romantic 1798 – 1832
 Victorian 1833 – 1901
th
4 Nine Weeks
 Modern 1901- 1950
 Contemporary 1951 – present
Heart of Darkness
E. Text and Required Supplies
Holt Elements of Literature Sixth Course
Compass Learning Program
F. Grading Plan
70 %
 Quizzes
 Notes
 Writing Assignments
30%
 Chapter Tests
G. Classroom Rules and Procedures
 All rules in the ACAS handbook will be followed.
 Come into the room quietly. Wait for directions.
 Restroom – Students must be accompanied by a TA or teacher.
 No sleeping during class time. This will result in a loss of seat hours
 Computer use
o Do not go into games or any type of music.
o Do not go into other student’s work.
o Do not go into internet sites unless they are approved by me.
o Do not go into your home emails.
o Do not download any programs from the internet.
o Do not change any programs on the computer.
o Do not use other student’s passwords.
o Do not change any settings on the computer – this includes
the display settings.
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All letters and drawings will be taken up and given to the proper person for
discipline.
Practice your Four Promises in my classroom.
My class is a Love and Logic classroom. Please follow the procedures of
Love and Logic.
H. Emergency Procedures
1. Evacuation Procedures – see instructions posted in the classroom
2. First Aid Kit – located under green file boxes. You may use band aids
in box when needed.
3. Let me know when you need to see the nurse, guidance office, Ms.
Tarallo, or Ms. Moore. I will email the information to them.
I. State Standards and State Testing
 Course objectives are the major headings for the English IV state
standards.
 .English IV standards are posted on my page on the school’s website.
 Students who have not passed their HSAP test will take the test again 1 st
semester.
J. Communicating with Parents
 Parent letter will be sent home with each student outlining
expectations, book policy, and computer work at home.
 As necessary, parents will be contacted by phone, email, or
conferences concerning student progress or lack of progress.
Course Content
English VI
1st Nine Weeks
Anglo-Saxon: 449-1066
Historical Overview: 449-1066
e4001 Anglo-Saxon: 449-1066
e4501 Odyssey Writer 1: Analyze historical
impact on literature
Lesson Quiz: Historical Overview: 449-1066
Beowulf Excerpt: Part 1
e4002 Beowulf, Excerpt, Part 1
e4502 Odyssey Writer 2: Analytical essay
Lesson Quiz: Beowulf Excerpt: Part 1
Beowulf Excerpt: Part 2
e4003 Beowulf, Excerpt, Part 2
e4503 Odyssey Writer 3: Analyze changes in
English language
Lesson Quiz: Beowulf Excerpt: Part 2
Movie - Beowulf
Vocabulary: Word Choice and Personal Style
e4006 Vocabulary: Word Choice and Personal
Style
e4506 Odyssey Writer 4: Creative writing: focus
on personal style
Lesson Quiz: Vocabulary: Word Choice and
Personal Style
Chapter Test: Anglo-Saxon: 449-1066
Medieval: 1066-1485
Historical Overview: 1066-1485
e4007 Medieval: 1066-1485
e4507 Odyssey Writer 5: Analyze historical
impact on literature
Lesson Quiz: Historical Overview: 1066-1485
"Robin Hood and Allen-a-Dale"/"Fair Rosamond"
e4008 "Robin Hood and Allen-a-Dale" and "Fair
Rosamond"
e4508 Odyssey Writer 6: Analyze author's purpose
Lesson Quiz: "Robin Hood and Allen-a-Dale"/"Fair
Rosamond"
Le Morte d'Arthur, Excerpt
e4009 Le Morte d'Arthur, Excerpt
e4509 Odyssey Writer 7: Creative writing with
archetypes
Lesson Quiz: Le Morte d'Arthur, Excerpt
Movie – King Arthur or Robin Hood
The Canterbury Tales: The Prologue
e4010 The Canterbury Tales: The Prologue
e4510 Odyssey Writer 8: Analytical response to
literature
Lesson Quiz: The Canterbury Tales: The Prologue
The Canterbury Tales: 3 Tales
e4011 Canterbury Tales: 3 Tales
e4511 Odyssey Writer 9: Analytical response to
literature
Lesson Quiz: The Canterbury Tales: 3 Tales
Paston Letters
e4012 Paston Letters
e4512 Odyssey Writer 10: Analytical response to
literature
Lesson Quiz: Paston Letters
Story Weaver: Tapestries of the Middle Ages
e4013 Story Weaver: Tapestries of the Middle
Ages
e4513 Odyssey Writer 11: Historical significance
of tapestries
Lesson Quiz: Story Weaver: Tapestries of the
Middle Ages
Vocabulary: Analogies and Word Relationships
e4014 Vocabulary: Analogies and Word
Relationships
Lesson Quiz: Vocabulary: Analogies and Word
Relationships
Chapter Test: Medieval: 1066-1485
2nd Nine Weeks
English Renaissance: 1485-1625
Historical Overview: 1485-1625
e4015 English Renaissance: 1485-1625
e4515 Odyssey Writer 13: Analyze historical
impact on literature
Lesson Quiz: Historical Overview: 1485-1625
The King James Bible: A Brief History Excerpt
e4017 The King James Bible: A Brief History
Excerpt
e4517 Odyssey Writer 14: Analyze nonfiction text
Lesson Quiz: The King James Bible: A Brief
History Excerpt
Macbeth: Act I
e4018 Macbeth: Act I
e4518 Odyssey Writer 15: Analyze historical
context
Lesson Quiz: Macbeth: Act I
Macbeth: Act II
e4019 Macbeth: Act II
e4519 Odyssey Writer 16: Analyze characters
Lesson Quiz: Macbeth: Act II
Macbeth: Act III
e4020 Macbeth: Act III
e4520 Odyssey Writer 17: Analyze theme
Lesson Quiz: Macbeth: Act III
Macbeth: Act IV
e4021 Macbeth: Act IV
e4521 Odyssey Writer 18: Analyze foreshadowing
Lesson Quiz: Macbeth: Act IV
Macbeth: Act V
e4022 Macbeth: Act V
e4522 Odyssey Writer 19: Analyze drama
Lesson Quiz: Macbeth: Act V
Movie Macbeth
Vocabulary: Denotation and Connotation
e4023 Vocabulary: Denotation and Connotation
e4523 Odyssey Writer 20: Denotation and
connotation
Lesson Quiz: Vocabulary: Denotation and
Connotation
Chapter Test: English Renaissance: 1485-1625
Seventeenth Century: 1625-1660
Historical Overview: 1625-1660
e4024 Seventeenth-Century England: 1625-1660
e4524 Odyssey Writer 21: Analyze historical
impact on literature
Lesson Quiz: Historical Overview: 1625-1660
Shakespeare, Jonson, and Donne Poetry
e4025 Shakespeare, Jonson, and Donne Poetry
e4525 Odyssey Writer 22: Compare and contrast
poetry
Lesson Quiz: Shakespeare, Jonson, and Donne
Poetry
Andrew Marvell and Omar Khayyam Poetry
e4026 Andrew Marvell and Omar Khayyam Poetry
e4526 Odyssey Writer 23: Analyze poetry
Lesson Quiz: Andrew Marvell and Omar Khayyam
Poetry
Paradise Lost, Excerpt
e4028 Paradise Lost, Excerpt; and Andrew
Marvell's Response
e4528 Odyssey Writer 24: Analyze allusions
Lesson Quiz: Paradise Lost, Excerpt
Chapter Test: Seventeenth Century: 1625-1660
3rd Nine Weeks
Restoration/Enlightenment
Historical Overview: 1660-1798
e4029 Restoration and Enlightenment: 1660-1798
e4529 Odyssey Writer 25: Analyze historical
impact on literature
Lesson Quiz: Historical Overview: 1660-1798
"An Essay of Dramatic Poesy"
e4030 "An Essay of Dramatic Poesy"
e4530 Odyssey Writer 26: Analyze author's style
Lesson Quiz: "An Essay of Dramatic Poesy"
Plague
e4027 Plague
e4527 Odyssey Writer 27: Compare and contrast
accounts
Lesson Quiz: Plague
Gulliver's Travels, Excerpt
e4031 Gulliver's Travels, Excerpt
e4531 Odyssey Writer 28: Analyze theme
Lesson Quiz: Gulliver's Travels, Excerpt
The Journals of Captain James Cook, Excerpt
e4033 The Journals of Captain James Cook,
Excerpt
e4533 Odyssey Writer 29: Response to expository
text
Lesson Quiz: The Journals of Captain James
Cook, Excerpt
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary, Excerpts
e4034 Samuel Johnson's Dictionary, Excerpts
e4534 Odyssey Writer 30: Response to expository
text
Lesson Quiz: Samuel Johnson's Dictionary,
Excerpts
William Blake Poetry
e4035 William Blake Poetry
e4535 Odyssey Writer 31: Write poetry
Lesson Quiz: William Blake Poetry
Chapter Test: Restoration/Enlightenment
Romantic: 1798-1832
Historical Overview: 1798-1832
e4036 Romantic: 1798-1832
e4536 Odyssey Writer 32: Analyze historical
impact on literature
Lesson Quiz: Historical Overview: 1798-1832
William Wordsworth and Lord Byron Poetry
e4037 William Wordsworth and Lord Byron Poetry
e4537 Odyssey Writer 33: Analyze Romantic
poetry
Lesson Quiz: William Wordsworth and Lord Byron
Poetry
Don Juan, Excerpt
e4039 Don Juan, Excerpt
e4539 Odyssey Writer 34: Response to literature
Lesson Quiz: Don Juan, Excerpt
Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats Poetry
e4040 Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats
Poetry
e4540 Odyssey Writer 35: Analyze poetry
Lesson Quiz: Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats
Poetry
Frankenstein
e4041 Frankenstein
e4541 Odyssey Writer 36: Analyze cultural
significance
Lesson Quiz: Frankenstein
Chapter Test: Romantic: 1798-1832
Victorian England: 1833-1901
Historical Overview: 1833-1901
e4043 Victorian England: 1833-1901
e4543 Odyssey Writer 37: Analyze historical
impact on literature
Lesson Quiz: Historical Overview: 1833-1901
"The Signalman"
e4044 "The Signalman"
e4544 Odyssey Writer 38: Analyze plot structure
Lesson Quiz: "The Signalman"
"The Three Strangers"
e4045 "The Three Strangers"
e4545 Odyssey Writer 39: Analyze literary
elements
Lesson Quiz: "The Three Strangers"
Victorian London
e4046 Victorian London
e4546 Odyssey Writer 40: Synthesize information
from various texts
Lesson Quiz: Victorian London
Media: Evaluate Print Media
e4047 Media: Evaluate Print Media
e4547 Odyssey Writer 41: Evaluate print media
Lesson Quiz: Media: Evaluate Print Media
Vocabulary: Resources and Digital Tools
e4048 Vocabulary: Resources and Digital Tools
e4548 Odyssey Writer 42: Resources and digital
tools
Lesson Quiz: Vocabulary: Resources and Digital
Tools
Chapter Test: Victorian England: 1833-1901
Movie Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights
4th Nine Weeks
Modern: 1901-1950
Historical Overview: 1901-1950
e4049 Modern Era: 1901-1950
e4549 Odyssey Writer 43: Analyze historical
impact on literature
Lesson Quiz: Historical Overview: 1901-1950
"The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb"
e4050 "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb"
e4550 Odyssey Writer 44: Analyze literary
elements
Lesson Quiz: "The Adventure of the Engineer's
Thumb"
"The Other Side of the Hedge"
e4051 "The Other Side of the Hedge"
e4551 Odyssey Writer 45: Analyze allegory
Lesson Quiz: "The Other Side of the Hedge"
"The New Dress"
e4052 "The New Dress"
e4552 Odyssey Writer 46: Analyze writing style
Lesson Quiz: "The New Dress"
"The Rocking-Horse Winner"
e4053 "The Rocking-Horse Winner"
e4553 Odyssey Writer 47: Analyze use of irony
and dialogue
Lesson Quiz: "The Rocking-Horse Winner"
Pygmalion, Acts 2 and 3
e4055 Pygmalion, Acts 2 and 3
e4555 Odyssey Writer 48: Summary
Lesson Quiz: Pygmalion, Acts 2 and 3
William Butler Yeats and Dylan Thomas Poetry
e4056 William Butler Yeats and Dylan Thomas
Poetry
e4556 Odyssey Writer 49: Analyze poetry
Lesson Quiz: William Butler Yeats and Dylan
Thomas Poetry
Neville Chamberlain: Speech to Parliament
e4057 Neville Chamberlain: Speech to Parliament
e4557 Odyssey Writer 50: Analyze speech
Lesson Quiz: Neville Chamberlain: Speech to
Parliament
Chapter Test: Modern: 1901-1950
Contemporary: 1951-Present
Historical Overview: 1951-Present
e4058 Contemporary: 1951-Present
e4558 Odyssey Writer 51: Analyze historical
impact on literature
Lesson Quiz: Historical Overview: 1951-Present
Stories in Six Words
e4059 Stories in Six Words
e4559 Odyssey Writer 52: Creative writing
Lesson Quiz: Stories in Six Words
"A Shocking Accident"
e4061 "A Shocking Accident"
e4561 Odyssey Writer 54: Response to literature
Lesson Quiz: "A Shocking Accident"
"Something for the Time Being"
e4062 "Something for the Time Being"
e4562 Odyssey Writer 55: Analyze characters
Lesson Quiz: "Something for the Time Being"
Functional Text: Workplace Documents
e4063 Functional Text: Workplace Documents
e4563 Odyssey Writer 53: E-mails, memos,
summaries
Lesson Quiz: Functional Text: Workplace
Documents
"Death by Landscape"
e4064 "Death by Landscape"
e4564 Odyssey Writer 56: Analyze story structure
Lesson Quiz: "Death by Landscape"
The Role of DNA in Criminal Investigations
e4065 The Role of DNA in Criminal Investigations
e4565 Odyssey Writer 57: Analyze expository text
Lesson Quiz: The Role of DNA in Criminal
Investigations
Author Study: Bowler, Pratchett, Kinsella
e4066 Author Study: Bowler, Pratchett, and
Kinsella
e4566 Odyssey Writer 58: Write a summary
Lesson Quiz: Author Study: Bowler, Pratchett,
Kinsella
Vocabulary: Greek and Latin Origins
e4067 Vocabulary: Greek and Latin Origins
e4567 Odyssey Writer 59: Greek and Latin origins
Lesson Quiz: Vocabulary: Greek and Latin Origins
Chapter Test: Contemporary: 1951-Present
Novel Study
Heart of Darkness, Background
e4069 Heart of Darkness, Background
e4569 Odyssey Writer 60: Write a summary
Lesson Quiz: Heart of Darkness, Background
Heart of Darkness, Chapter 1
e4070 Heart of Darkness, Chapter 1
e4570 Odyssey Writer 61: Analyze story structure
Lesson Quiz: Heart of Darkness, Chapter 1
Heart of Darkness, Chapter 2
e4071 Heart of Darkness, Chapter 2
e4571 Odyssey Writer 62: Analyze character
Lesson Quiz: Heart of Darkness, Chapter 2
Heart of Darkness, Chapter 3
e4072 Heart of Darkness, Chapter 3
e4572 Odyssey Writer 63: Analyze theme
Lesson Quiz: Heart of Darkness, Chapter 3
Chapter Test: Novel Study
Grammar, Compostition, and Research will be included during the each nine weeks.
Students may be assigned other novels to complete the required 120 hours.
Tentative Yearly Schedule
Anglo-Saxons 449 to 1066
Songs of Ancient Heroes
 Video – A Tribal Legacy
 DVD and book – Beowulf
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Middle Ages 1066-1485
The Gift of Story
 Video – To Be a Knight
 Book
o Ballads
 Lord Randall
 Edward, Edward
 Get Up and Bar the Door
o Canterbury Tales
 The Prologue
 Pardoner's Tale
 Wife of Bath
o The Death of Arthur
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DVD - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
DVD - King Arthur
The Renaissance 1485 -1660
Love, Death, and Time
Spenser - Sonnet 30
Sonnet 75
Shakespeare - Sonnet 29
Sonnet 73
Sonnet 116
Sonnet 130
Marlowe - The Passionate Shepard
Raleigh - The Nymph's Reply
Herrick- To the Virgins
Marvell- To His Coy Mistress
Donne - Death Be Not Proud
Under a Hand Accursed (video Shakespeare's Tragic Heroes)
Macbeth
- Acts I - V
The Power of the Word
From Genesis
Psalms 23 and 137
The Parable of the Good Samaritan
Milton - The Fall of Satan
The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century 1660 - 1800 (video London
Life)
The Sting of Satire
Swift - Gulliver's Travels
Pope - Rape of the Lock
An Appetite for Experience
Defoe - A Journal of the Plague Year
Gray - Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
The Romantic Period 1798 -1832 (video Romantic Rebellion and DVD on the
English Romantics)
The Power of Imagination
Burns - To a Mouse
Blake - all poems
Wordsworth - all poems
Coleridge - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - DVD
The Quest for Beauty
Bryon - She Walks in Beauty Shelley - all poems
Keats - Ode to a Nightingale Ode on a Grecian Urn
The Victorian Period 1832 - 1901 (video The Price of Progress and DVD on
the Victorian Age)
Love and Lost
Tennyson - all poems
Barrett Browning - Sonnet 43
The Paradox of Progress
Arnold - Dover Beach
Hardy - all poems
Housman - all poems
Kipling - The Mark of the Beast
The Twentieth Century 1900 - present (video Britain Battles On)
The Center Cannot Hold
Greene - The Destructors
Hawk Roosting
Joyce - Araby
Lawrence - The Rocking-Horse Winner
Thomas - all poems
Ourselves Among Others
Mansfield - The Doll's House O'Connor - My Oedipus Complex
Clashes of Culture
Woolf - Shakespeare's Sister
Select 2 others
Selections from the Scope book will be included.
Writing Assignments - These are not set in stone.
1. Compare and contrast one of the early English epic heroes to a modern day
one.
2. Write a business letter concerning problems that people in England were
having during the late 19th century.
4. Research paper or #5
5. Power Point Presentation - select a period of English literature for your
presentation. Slides should include information on education, dress, music, art,
literature, and government during that particular period.
6. Select one theme (music, art, education) and research that theme during every
time period. This may be a paper or a power point presentation.
Novels and DVD
Papers will be assigned for novels and DVD’s.
Adventures of Robin Hood – DVD
Rebecca
To Sir with Love
Heart of Darkness
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights
Frankenstein