English 2 Honors – Periods 5 & 7 ~ Semester 1 Calendar ~ Class Plans & Homework
Ms. erami
Please remember that I reserve the right to change class plans and homework as necessary.
SMCHS Graduates will be:
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each class begins with a prayer
Week of August 29-September 2 – 1 Quarter Begins
Topic: Wuthering Heights
Class Plans
Day 1
Bring WH everyday
Homework
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Seating Chart
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Explanation of Note taking during
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Sign Policies – DUE: Day 4
discussion-participation grade-be prepared
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Summer Reading Assignment - DUE: Day 2
to discuss the criticism Day 2 in class
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Annotate at least three scenes that could respond to the
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Online assignments: intro letter and
essay prompt in your books - DUE: Day 2
calendar…
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
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Discuss Wuthering Heights Essay Prompt
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Collect/ Discuss Summer Reading
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Syllabus/policies
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Summer Reading Criticism/Essay
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Study for Wuthering Heights Test – Day 2
Wuthering Heights Test
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if time: prepare for essay
Prepare for Wuthering Heights In-class Essay – Day 4
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Wuthering Heights In-class Essay
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Typed Introduction Letter – DUE: Day 1 of next week
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Bring Grammar Book and MLA Handbook to Class –
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Collect Policies – 10 pts.
Day 1 of next week
Week of September 6 – September 9 (Period 7 9/6 and period 5 9/8)
Topic: Wuthering Heights/Grammar
Class Plans
Day 1
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Homework
Grammar Book Check – Review pg. 16 &
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Bring Grammar Book Everyday
Homework
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Print out/bring to class semester calendar – DUE: Day 2
Review Areas in the MLA Handbook to
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Grammar Read pg. 37 & 39 – Complete exercises 1, 2,
reference: 5.3 – 5.6
4 & 5 odds only
Library Day – Learning Portal & research
(combining sentences using conjunctions, subordinate
databases: Biography, Criticism, Books, etc.
clauses) – DUE: Day 2
Find Articles in database and match to
proper section in MLA Handbook
Day 2
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Typed Introduction Letter –
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Review/Collect Grammar
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Wuthering Heights In-class Essay Discussion
Grammar Read pg. 41 & 43 – Complete exercises 6, 8
odds only
– Self-assessment
(combining sentences inserting phrases, varying
sentence beginnings, structure, and lengths) – DUE:
Day 3
Day 3
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Review/Collect Grammar
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Grammar Read pg. 45 & 47 – Complete exercises 11,
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Review/Sign up for Medieval Presentation
13, odds only
Projects
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(eliminating short, choppy sentences, & wordiness) –
If time: Grammar Read pg. 45 & 47 –
Complete exercises 11, 13, odds only
DUE: Day 1 of next week
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(eliminating short, choppy sentences, &
Beowulf Book Check – Day 1 of next week
wordiness)
Week of September 12-16
Topic: Beowulf Historical and Cultural Context (16 days)
Class Plans
Day 1
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Review/Collect Grammar
Beowulf Book Check
Review Beowulf Packet - Close reading
Homework
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Medieval Presentations – Day 2-4
Wuthering Heights Formal Essay – DUE: September
13th and to www.turnitin.com by 7:30am on 9/13 –
techniques, literary terms, hero journey
chart
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Day 2
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Beowulf PPT
If time: Essay Work
Wuthering Heights Formal Essay DUE
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Start reading: Prologue lines 1-188 – DUE: Day 3
Medieval Presentations
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The Medieval Period to “Invasion and
Unification”
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The Medieval Period from “Invasion
and Unification” to “The English
Monarchy”
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The Medieval Period from “The English
Monarchy” to the e
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Beowulf: “Old English Language and
Poetics”
Day 3
Medieval Presentations
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Finish reading lines 189-490 - DUE: Day 4
Evolution of the Catholic Church in the
Medieval Era
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Pagan Practices and Belief & Similarities
to Christian Beliefs and Practices
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Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy
Bede The Ecclesiastical History of the
English People Parts 1-3
Bede The Ecclesiastical History of the
English People Part 4 & 5 with Poem
Analysis
Day 4
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Medieval Presentations
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Important medieval illuminated
manuscripts: The Book of Kells
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Anglo-Saxon Heroic Code & Class
System of the Medieval Period
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Exeter Book Elegies: “The Wanderer”
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Exeter Book Elegies: “The Wife’s Lament”
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Exeter Book Elegies: “The Ruin” through
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Finish reading lines 491-835 - DUE: Day 1 of next
week
the lens of the Heroic Code
Week of September 19–23
Topic: Beowulf
Class Plans
Day 1
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Discuss Beowulf Prologue: devices, language,
Homework
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Finish reading lines 835-1382 – DUE: Day 2
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Finish reading lines 1384-1798 – DUE: Day 3
purpose
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If time: Group Work: close reading analysis 1
(lines 115-125)
Day 2
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Discuss Beowulf
Group Work: close reading analysis 1 (lines
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115-125)
Day 3
Day 4
Discuss Beowulf
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Vocab. Test Unit 1 – Day 4
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Discuss females in the poem
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Vocab. Test Unit 1
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Discuss lines 1384-1798
Beowulf Test 1 on style, characters, setting, objects, plot
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– Day 1 of next week
Review for Beowulf Test 1
Week of September 26–30
Topic: Beowulf
Class Plans
Day 1
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Beowulf Test 1
Homework
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Work on Close Reading Analysis 2 (Lines
Finish close reading analysis AND reading 1799-2199
– DUE: Day 2
1605-1610)
Day 2
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If time: Start reading 1799-2199
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Review Beowulf Test
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Finish reading lines 2200-2820 – DUE: Day 3
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Individual Close Reading Analysis: bring 2 copies to
Discuss Close Reading Analysis 2 (Lines
1605-1610)
Day 3
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Assign Individual Close Reading Analysis
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Discuss the digressions in the text
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Finish reading Beowulf in class: lines 2821-
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If time: work on Individual Close Reading
class!! - DUE: Day 4
3182
Analysis
Day 4
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Collect/Discuss Individual Close Reading
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Analysis
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Beowulf Test 2 (from line 1490-end) – Day 2 of next
week
Response to Slate Article in Groups using
close reading techniques
Week of October 3-7
Topic: Beowulf
Class Plans
Day 1
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Finish Response to Slate Article
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Discuss Responses
Day 2
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Day 3
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Beowulf Test 2 (from line 1490-end)
Review Beowulf Test 2
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Group Work: New Prose Translations
Homework
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Beowulf Test 2 (from line 1490-end) – Day 2
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Vocab. Unit 2 Test – Day 4
Assignment
Day 4
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Vocab. Unit 2 Test
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Present New Prose Translations
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Beowulf Critical Reviews – DUE: Day 1 of next week
and to www.turnitin.com by 7:30am on 10/11
PERIOD 5
Week of October 11-14
Topic: Works Cited/ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (13 days)
Class Plans
Day 1
Day 2
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Collect Beowulf Critical Reviews
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MLA Handbook Book Check
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Assign/Review MLA Works Cited Assignment
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Example Entry/Work on Works Cited Page
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Book
Homework
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Works Cited Page – DUE: Day 2
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Book Check - Day 2
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Medieval Presentations – Day 3
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Read Fitt 1: pages
Check
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Day 3
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Collect/Grade Works Cited assignment
Distribute/Review Sir Gawain Packet
Medieval Presentations
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Milton’s Paradise Lost
49-62 – DUE: Day 1 of next week
Dante’s The Divine Comedy: Inferno
Images of/Allusions to the Garden of
Eden in Literature
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Geoffrey of Monmouth’s “A History of
the Kings of Britain”
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Great English Art of the Middle Ages
Week of October 17-21
Topic: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Class Plans
Day 1
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Homework
Medieval Presentations
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Sir Thomas Mallory’s Le Morte
D’arthur & Gawain’s other quests
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Medieval Presentations – Days 1-3
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Read Fitt Part Two:
pages 65-81 – DUE: Day 2
The Holy Grail’s History and
Symbolism
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The Crusades
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France and its influence on England
and English literature in the Medieval
Period
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Day 2
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Torture in the Medieval Period
Medieval Presentations
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Love and Marriage in Medieval Britain
pg. 305-312
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Josephs Campbell’s Hero’s Journey
Archetype & Beowulf’s Hero’s Journey
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Men and the Goddess: “Feminine
Archetypes in Western Literature” (see
me for a copy)
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Criticism: We’re Kidding: The Trickster,
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Read Fitt Three:
pages 85-108 – DUE: Day 4
Getting Wet, and Becoming Ensnared
(see me for a copy)
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Day 3
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Petrarchan vs. Elizabethan Sonnets
Finish Medieval Presentations
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Elements of Middle English Language &
The Great Vowel Shift
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Read Fitt Four:
pages 111-125 – DUE: Day 1 of next week
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Review/Assign SGGK Critical Reviews
PERIOD 7
Week of October 11-14
Topic: Works Cited/ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (13 days)
Class Plans
Day 1
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Collect Beowulf Critical Reviews
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MLA Handbook Book Check
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Assign/Review MLA Works Cited Assignment
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Example Entry/Work on Works Cited Page
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If time: Start Beowulf movie (optional: take
Homework
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notes on comp/cont)
Day 2
Collect/Grade Works Cited assignment
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Distribute/Review Sir Gawain Packet
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Read Fitt 1: pages
49-62 – DUE: Day 1 of next week
Week of October 17-21
Topic: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Class Plans
Day 1
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Homework
Medieval Presentations
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Milton’s Paradise Lost
Dante’s The Divine Comedy: Inferno
Medieval Presentations – Days 1-4
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Read Fitt Part Two:
pages 65-81 – DUE: Day 2
Images of/Allusions to the Garden of
Eden in Literature
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Geoffrey of Monmouth’s “A History of
the Kings of Britain”
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Day 2
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Great English Art of the Middle Ages
Medieval Presentations
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Sir Thomas Mallory’s Le Morte
pages 85-108 – DUE: Day 4
D’arthur & Gawain’s other quests
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The Holy Grail’s History and
Symbolism
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The Crusades
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France and its influence on England
and English literature in the Medieval
Period
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Day 3
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Torture in the Medieval Period
Medieval Presentations
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Love and Marriage in Medieval Britain
pg. 305-312
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Josephs Campbell’s Hero’s Journey
Archetype & Beowulf’s Hero’s Journey
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Read Fitt Three:
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Men and the Goddess: “Feminine
Archetypes in Western Literature” (see
me for a copy)
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Criticism: We’re Kidding: The Trickster,
Getting Wet, and Becoming Ensnared
(see me for a copy)
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Day 4
Petrarchan vs. Elizabethan Sonnets
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Review/Assign SGGK Critical Reviews
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Finish Medieval Presentations
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Read Fitt Four:
pages 111-125 – DUE: Day 1 of next week
Elements of Middle English Language &
The Great Vowel Shift
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“Introduction” in Sir Gawain and the
Green Knight
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Criticism: “The Hunt for the Green
Man” (see me for copy)
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Green World vs. Court World
(criticism is online)
Week of October 24-28
Topic: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (SGGK)
Class Plans
Day 1
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Homework
Assign/Review Beowulf OR Sir Gawain Essay
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Discuss SGGK Fitt 1
Day 2
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Discuss SGGK Fitt 2
Day 3
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Discuss SGGK Fitt 3
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Vocab. Unit 3 Test – Day 4
Day 4
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Vocab. Unit 3 Test
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Work on SGGK Critical Reviews – DUE: Day 3 of next
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Discuss SGGK Fitt 4
week
Week of October 31-November 3 – 2nd Quarter Begins
Topic: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (SGGK)
Class Plans
Day 1
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Homework
Finish Discussion of Fitt 4/SGGK
If time: Discuss similarities between Beowulf
& Sir Gawain
Day 2
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If time: Discuss similarities between Beowulf
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& Sir Gawain
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Work on SGGK Critical Reviews – DUE: Day 3 and to
www.turnitin.com by 11/3 at 7:30am
“A Stranger in Camelot” Article
Group Work: Write you own review of SG,
make your own parody of SGGK, which is
better Beowulf or SGGK
Day 3
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Sir Gawain Critical Reviews DUE
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The Canterbury Tales and Glossary of Literary Terms
Book Checks – DUE: Day 1 of next week
Week of November 7-10
Topic: The Canterbury Tales (CT)
Class Plans
Day 1
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The Canterbury Tales and Glossary of
Literary Terms Book Checks
The Canterbury Tales Introduction Power
Homework
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Complete The Canterbury Tales literary terms
definitions from Glossary of Literary Terms – DUE:
Day 2
Point
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Day 2
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Some time to work on Terms
Start reading/discussing the CT Prologue
Finish CT Prologue
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Finish Reading CT Prologue and complete Prologue
reading chart for 3 characters – DUE: Day 3
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Vocab. Unit 4 Test – Day 4
Beowulf OR Sir Gawain Essay – DUE: Day 3 and to
www.turnitin.com by 11/10 at 7:30am
Day 3
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Beowulf OR Sir Gawain Essay DUE
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Vocab. Unit 4 Test
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CT Prologue Written Response: If you could
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read any tale which would you choose and
why?
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CT Prologue Discussion
Week of November 14-18
Topic: The Canterbury Tales: “The Knight’s Tale”
Class Plans
Day 1
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Assign/Review The Canterbury Tales Essay
Homework
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Review/Quiz: Who is Chaucer? What is the
Finish “The Knight’s Tale” Part 1: pages 26-39 – DUE:
Day 2
pilgrimage? What is important about the
pilgrims
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If needed: CT Prologue Written Response: If
you could read any tale which would you
choose and why?
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Read/discuss “The Knight’s Tale” Part 1:
pages 26-39
Day 2
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Read/discuss “The Knight’s Tale” Part 1:
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pages 26-39
Day 3
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Day 3
Read/discuss “The Knight’s Tale” Part 2:
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pages 39-53
Day 4
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Finish “The Knight’s Tale” Part 2: pages 39-53 – DUE:
Finish “The Knight’s Tale” Part 3: pages 53-69 – DUE:
Day 4
Read/discuss “The Knight’s Tale” Part 3:
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pages 53-69
Finish “The Knight’s Tale” Part 4: pages 69-88 – DUE:
Day 1 of next week
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“The Knight’s Tale” Quiz – DUE: Day 1 of next week
Week of November 21-22
Topic: The Canterbury Tales
Class Plans
Day 1
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Read/discuss “The Knight’s Tale” Part 4: pages
69-88
Homework
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Vocab. Unit 5 Test – Day 2
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Day 2
Start reading “The Pardoner’s Tale” pg. 241
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Vocab. Unit 5 Test
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Read/discuss “The Pardoner’s Tale”
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Finish reading/discussing “The Pardoner’s Tale” to pg.
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“The Pardoner’s Tale” Quiz –Day 1 of next week
258 – DUE: Day 1 of next week
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
Week of November 28-December 2
Topic: The Canterbury Tales
Class Plans
Day 1
Day 2
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“The Pardoner’s Tale” Quiz
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Discuss “The Pardoner’s Tale”
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Discuss “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue” pages
Homework
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DUE: Day 2
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258-270
Day 3
Day 4
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Read “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue” pages 258-270 –
Finish reading “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue” pages
270-281 – DUE: Day 3
Discuss “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue” pages
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Read “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” – DUE: Day 4
270-281
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“The Wife of Bath Prologue & Tale” Quiz – Day 4
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“The Wife of Bath Prologue & Tale” Quiz
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Discuss “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”
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The Canterbury Tales Essay Thesis – DUE: Day 1 of
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The Canterbury Tales Essay Draft – DUE: Day 2 of next
next week
week
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Othello Book Check – DUE: Day 3 of next week
Week of December 5-9
Topic: The Canterbury Tales (2 days)/ Othello (14 days)
Class Plans
Day 1
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The Canterbury Tales Thesis DUE
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Discuss Essay with Peers
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Group Work: Individual Close Passage
Homework
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The Canterbury Tales Essay Draft – DUE: Day 2
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Bring Grammar Book to class – Day 2
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Othello Book Check – DUE: Day 3
Analysis from 1 of 3 Tales
Day 2
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Present/discuss each groups
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Essay Writing Workshops
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The Canterbury Tales Essay Draft DUE
Peer Assessments – use Grammar book as a
resource for revising syntax
Day 3
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Day 4
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Othello Book Check
Othello Intro. Power Point
Assign Othello Critical Reviews
Read/discuss Othello Act 1, scene 1 & 2
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The Canterbury Tales Essay - DUE: Day 1 of next week
and submit to www.turnitin.com by 12/16 at 7:30am
Week of December 12-16
Topic: Othello
Class Plans
Homework
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Finish Othello Reading if needed
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The Canterbury Tales Essay DUE
Read/discuss Othello Act 1, scene 3
Day 2
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Read/discuss Act 2, scene 1, 2
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Finish Othello Reading if needed
Day 3
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Read/discuss Act 2, scene 3
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Vocab. Unit 6 Test – Day 4
Day 1
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Day 4
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Vocab. Unit 6 Test
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Read/Discuss Act 3, scene 1, 2
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Finish Othello Reading if needed
Finish Othello Reading if needed
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
Week of January 2-6
Topic: Othello
Class Plans
Day 1
Homework
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Prayer
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Read/discuss Act 3, scene 3
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Finish Act 3, scene 3 – DUE: Day 2
Othello Critical Reviews Assignment – DUE: Day 3 of the
Week of 1/10
Day 2
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Prayer
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Read/discuss Act 3, scene 4 thru Act 4,
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Finish Act 3, scene 4 thru Act 4, scene 1 – DUE: Day 3
scene 1
Day 3
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Prayer
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Vocab. Unit 7 Test – Day 4
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Read/discuss Act 4, scene 2 thru Act 5,
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Finish Act 4, scene thru Act 5, scene 1 – DUE: Day 4
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Prayer
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Finish Act 5, scene 2 – DUE: Day 1 of next week
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Vocab. Unit 7 test
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Read/discuss Act 5, scene 2
scene 1
Day 4
Week of January 9-13
Topic: Othello
Class Plans
Day 1
Homework
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Prayer
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Orientalism Criticism Read/Discuss
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If time: Discuss/Work on Study
Othello Study Questions - DUE: Day 2
Othello Test – Day 2
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Othello Critical reviews Assignment – DUE: Day 3 and to
Questions/Study for Test
Day 2
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Othello Study Questions DUE
Othello Test
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Prayer
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Critical reviews Assignment DUE
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Prayer
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Return Study Questions
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Review for Final
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Day 3
Day 4
Prayer
Week of January 16-20 – Final Exams – GOOD LUCK!!!
www.turnitin.com by 1/12 at 7:30am