English IV AP
Mr. Page
Third Quarter
2014
WEEK ONE
January 7
January 8/9
January 10
Welcome back; assign research novels; issue Wuthering Heights
Introduction to Restoration and 18th-Century Literature
Report Cards. Jonathan Swift’s poetry and satire
WEEK TWO
January 13
January 14
January 15/16
January 17
Swift’s poetry; Annotate Pope’s An Essay on Man
Pope’s An Essay on Man: Why do bad things happen to good people?
Discussion of Pope’s Essay; writing satire – let’s see what you can do
Share satiric essays
WEEK THREE
January 20
January 21
January 22/23
January 24
Student Holiday - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Preface to Lyrical Ballads
Restoration Era test; Discuss Wordsworth and Romanticism
School closed due to inclement weather
WEEK FOUR
January 27
January 28
January 29/30
January 31
END OF THREE WEEKS. Library time
School closed due to inclement weather
Romantic poetry: lecture, Robert Burns
Wuthering Heights reading check quiz; Romantic poetry
WEEK FIVE
February 3
February 4
February 5/6
February 7
1, 3, 5, 7 - Wuthering Heights
1, 2, 4, 6 - Wuthering Heights
Unit 7-9 vocabulary exam; Wuthering Heights
Romantic poetry
WEEK SIX
February 10
February 11
February 12/13
February 14
Romantic poetry
Romantic poetry
Romanticism test
Wuthering Heights
WEEK SEVEN
February 17
February 18
February 19/20
February 21
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights test review
Wuthering Heights test
Research prospectus and annotated bibliography due; student conferences
WEEK EIGHT
February 24
February 25
February 26/27
February 28
END OF THREE WEEKS. Film study: Apocalypse Now
Film study: Apocalypse Now
Film study: Apocalypse Now
PROGRESS REPORTS. Film study: Apocalypse Now
WEEK NINE
March 3
March 4
March 5/6
Film study: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse
Film study: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse
Peer-edit term paper
March 7
Film study: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse
SPRING BREAK
WEEK TEN
March 17
March 18
March 19/20
March 21
Poetry timed writing
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness
END OF 3RD QUARTER Heart of Darkness
FOURTH QUARTER
WEEK ELEVEN
March 24
March 25
March 26/27
March 28
Grading scale:
“The Child by Tiger”
Conrad unit review
Conrad Unit Test
AP test preparation
Restoration test
Romanticism test
Wuthering Heights test
Research paper 1
75%
Satire presentations
Wuthering Heights reading check
Unit 7-9 vocabulary (double grade)
Research prospectus and annotated bibliography 25%
Poetry timed writing