English IV
Fourth Six Weeks 2011
Mrs. Kari Whittington
Unit Objective: Given selected literature, the student will evaluate the history, culture and language of the
Restoration and Romantic periods.
Week 1: January 3-7
M
1/3
T
1/4
W/Th
F
1/5-6
1/7
No School
MAP Schedule; Assign research paper and literary terms; Issue poetry packet; Wyatt’s
“Whoso List to Hunt”
Spenser’s “Sonnet 75”; Shakespeare’s “Sonnets 18, 116, and 130”
Choose research novel; Intro to the Pastoral Poets; Marlowe’s “The Passionate
Shepherd to His Love”; Raleigh’s “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd”
Week 2: January 10-14
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1/10
Intro to the Carpe Diem poets; Herrick’s “To The Virgins, to Make Much of Time”;
Metaphysical Poetry; John Donne
T
1/11
TEST: Sonnets, Pastoral & Carpe Diem Poetry
HW: Read/notes pp. 562-573
W/Th 1/12-13
Restoration Lecture LGI #4212
F
1/14
Intro to Satire; Swift’s “A Modest Proposal”
Week 3: January 17-21
M
1/17
Holiday
T
1/18
Research Novel Quiz #1; Research Analysis #1; “A Modest
Proposal”
W/Th 1/19-20
Restoration Lecture Quiz; “A Modest Proposal”; “An Essay on Man”
F
1/21
Defoe’s “A Journal of the Plague Year”
Week 4: January 24-28
M
1/24
Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”
T
1/25
Research Novel Quiz #2; Research Analysis #2;
W/Th 1/26-27
Library day (databases)
F
1/28
Finish Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”
Week 5: January 31-February 4
M
1/31
Research Novel Quiz #3; Research Analysis #3; Thesis Statements
T
2/1
TEST: The Restoration & Metaphysical Poetry
HW: Read/notes pp. 754-765
W/Th 2/2-3
Romantic Lecture LGI #4212
F
2/4
Thesis due; Selecting Sources
Week 6: February 7-11
M
2/7
Romantic Lecture Quiz: Critical Sources; MLA Documentation; Citing Sources
T
2/8
Annotated Bib due (QUIZ); Constructing Outlines
W/Th 2/9-10
Research Workday
F
2/11
Research Workday
Week 7: February 14-18
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2/14
Research Outline due; Test Review
T
2/15
TEST: The Research Process; Blake’s “The Tyger”
W/Th 2/16-17
Blake’s “The Lamb”, “The Chimney Sweeper: Innocence & Experience”, and “A Poison
Tree”
F
2/18
Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey”
Grading Scale: 60% Tests/Essays
40% Dailies/Quizzes
Tutoring/Makeups:
Tuesdays 2:45-3:30 PM
Fridays 6:45-7:20 AM
**Students have one week to make up a quiz or test
Big Grades: * TEST: Sonnets, Pastoral & Carpe Diem Poetry (20%)
* TEST: The Restoration & Metaphysical Poetry (20%)
* TEST: The Research Process (20%)