Senior
British Literature
Ms. McDermott Greaney
Block 5th and 6th (B)
February 4, 2016
Good morning
If you have your signed syllabus slip please turn
in to the in box at the front of the room.
At the corner of your desk is a number; Please
pick up the text book with the same number.
Entry Task
Take out your novels. You will have ten minutes to meet with a
student in the room and discuss your reading and compare
annotations.
Novel – Hot Zone
On a piece of notebook paper respond to the following:
Author Richard Preston writes, “When you begin probing into the
origins of AIDS and Marburg, the light fails and things go dark, but
you sense hidden connections. Both viruses seem to be part of a
pattern” (45).
Using your understanding of the reading, who or what does Preston
suggest may be responsible for the spread of deadly viral diseases? Do
you agree with his theory? Why or why not?
You will have 15 minutes to respond
Hot Zone
The Restoration according to Mr. Osborne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4Jzp4Ywuek
The Restoration (559 – 577) Cornell style notes
Essential Questions:
• Understand the impact of societal and political events of the Restoration.
• Understand the impact of science and the scientific method
• Understand and Recognize the role and traits of satirists
• (social reform, expose political corruption and societal problems, use of
exaggeration, sarcasm and understatement)
Restoration Cornell Notes
Essential Questions:
• Understand the impact of societal and political events of the Restoration.
• Understand the impact of science and the scientific method
• Understand and Recognize the role and traits of satirists
• (social reform, expose political corruption and societal problems, use of exaggeration,
sarcasm and understatement)
(Questions)
Historical Content
Notes
(Teacher/Book Notes)
I. HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND IDEAS OF THE AGE
A. The Reign of Charles II (p. 563)
B. Royalty and the People (pp. 564–565)
C. The Age of Reason (pp. 565–566)
II. LITERATURE OF THE TIMES
A. Social Observers (pp. 567–568)
B. Satirical Voices (pp. 568–569)
C. The Age of Johnson (pp. 569–570)
D. The Rise of Women Writers (pp. 570–571)
Outline
Hot Zone reading pages 48 - 94
Annotations w/post-it or notecards
Homework