12th Grade Homework – 9/9 – 11/26
Week of 9/9-9/13:
Tuesday: Read John Donne background information on pages 1080-82. Read “The Flea” on
pages 1090-91. Complete handout (pg. 82).
Thursday: Complete flashcards for Unit I, #s 1-20 in Vocabulary W.B.
Friday: Study for Vocabulary Quiz
Week of 9/16-9/20:
Tuesday: Read “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” on pages 1093-94. Write a one-page
analysis using class notes.
Thursday: Complete Unit 2 in your Vocabulary W.B. Using Donne’s “Holy Sonnet 10,”
answer the questions posed on the handout (graphic organizer).
Week of 9/23-9/27:
Tuesday: Read “The Relic” on page 1098. Using notes and materials provided to you, write
an analysis of the poem.
Thursday: Study for Vocabulary Quiz – Unit 2.
Friday: Read “The Canonization” and write an analysis of the poem.
Week of 9/30-10/4:
Tuesday: Finish answering the 3 discussion questions from class.
Thursday: NO HOMEWORK
Friday: Continue reading The General Prologue of “The Canterbury Tales” and write a
response discussing your understanding of the first 42 lines.
Week of 10/7-10/11:
*JOHN DONNE POETRY EXAM – 10/18.
Tuesday: What do you think the narrator seems to think about the Wife of Bath? Is she
admirable? Ridiculous? Attractive? Repulsive? Explore the notion that we see her in a dual
perspective, both social moral. How does she measure up to moral standards?
Thursday: Continue reading the Wife of Bath Prologue until line 76.
Friday: Respond to excerpt provided on remarriage from St. Jerome: From “On the Song of
Songs.”
Week of 10/14-10/18:
Tuesday: Write a response based on the reading of lines 77-120.
Thursday: Study for John Donne Poetry Unit Exam.
Friday: TEST DAY – NO HOMEWORK
Week of 10/21-10/25:
Tuesday: Write a reaction based on Handouts (Examples of Ancient Greek and Roman
Women who have refused to remarry). How would the Wife of Bath respond to such
examples?
Thursday: NO HOMEWORK
Friday: Read lines 121-367 and write down notes as you go along. Your notes should be at
least 1 page long.
Week of 10/28-11/1:
Tuesday: Continue reading lines 365 – 452 and take down notes as you read.
Thursday: NO HOMEWORK – NO SCHOOL
Friday: Based on the handout given in class and on your readings of “The Wife of Bath
Prologue,” write a one page response (HANDWRITTEN) on how you think the Wife of Bath
would respond to “The Goodman of Paris”?
Week of 11/4-11/8:
Tuesday: NO HOMEWORK – NO SCHOOL
Thursday: Write a summary explaining the ending to the Prologue.
Friday: Read the first 200 lines of The Wife of Bath Tale and write a summary.
Week of 11/11-11/15:
Tuesday: NO HOMEWORK – NO SCHOOL
Thursday: Read the following 300 lines on The Wife of Bath Tale and write a summary.
Friday: Finish reading The Wife of Bath Tale and write a summary.
Week of 11/18-11/22:
Tuesday: Complete MLA Handout
Thursday: MLA Quiz
Friday: Begin researching for MLA Research Paper. Physical evidence needs to be provided
on Tuesday.
Week of 11/25-11/29:
Tuesday: MLA Research Paper Due Tuesday, 12/3.
Research Paper Topics:
1. The power of feminism/women in The Wife of Bath Prologue and Tale.
2. The views of marriage expressed in both The Wife Prologue and Tale.
3. Some readers have found it strange that the Wife of Bath tells a stylized Romance after
her racy and realistic Prologue. Make clear your own views on this point, referring in detail
to both the Wife of Bath's Prologue and her Tale.
In your research paper, use no less than 2 outside sources to support your thesis.
Your research paper should be 2-3 pages long.