Survey of British Literature 1/ENG 2323
Fall 2015
$100 Registration fee to Hinds
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Student information sheet; introduction to the course; Hinds policies; FERPA
Unbroken (NWR required summer read)
Unbroken (NWR required summer read)/writing assignment
Note/Lecture on Anglo-Saxon/Medieval period; introduction to Beowulf
Read and discuss Beowulf; assign Medieval boast due 8/25&26
*Remember, reading quizzes are possible EVERY day
Finish reading Beowulf; Read and discuss “The Dream of the Rood”
*Remember, reading quizzes are possible EVERY day
Read and discuss An Ecclesiastical History of the English People; Present boasts
Being introductory notes to The Canterbury Tales if time permits
Read “The General Prologue” of The Canterbury Tales; Discuss pilgrims, ironies,
societal views, etc. ; Read “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”; assign Canterbury Tale
project due 9/9&10
Read “The Pardoner’s Tale”; Work on Canterbury Tale project
*Remember, reading quizzes are possible EVERY day
Watch A Knight’s Tale
Finish Watching A Knight’s Tale; Notes on elements of a Romance
Work on Canterbury Tale project if needed
Labor Day/school holiday
(Progress Reports)
Present Canterbury Tale projects
Read “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”
Selections from Morte Darthur (video clip used with text)
(Remember, reading quizzes are possible EVERY day.)
begin essay for unit test
Unit 1 test; complete essay
(NWR requirement) Review Essay formats; discuss college application essays;
read sample essays
HW: research possible college essay prompts (Make it useful.)
College application rough drafts
Complete college application rough drafts; begin editing
Revise and finalize college application essays
Begin notes on the Renaissance period
Complete Renaissance notes and discussion; Read selected sonnets of Edmund
Spenser
Read selected sonnets of William Shakespeare
Student Holiday
Queen Elizabeth I-“On Monsieur’s Departure”
Christopher Marlowe-“The Passionate Shepherd to His Love”
Sir Walter Raleigh- “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd”
(Remember, reading quizzes are possible EVERY day.)
Christopher Marlowe- The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus”
(NWR- End of first term/Hinds mid-term 10/11)
Christopher Marlowe- The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus”
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Unit 2 Test
*SLO/The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus
Shakespearean play
Shakespearean play
Shakespearean play
Shakespearean play
Unit 3 test
Metaphysical poetry; John Donne- “The Flea”, “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning”,
“Death Be Not Proud”, “Meditation 17”; George Herbert- “The Alter”, “The Collar”
(Remember, reading quizzes are possible EVERY day.)
Ben Jonson- “On My First Son”, “To Penshurst”
Robert Herrick- “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”
Richard Lovelace- “To Althea, from Prison”
Andrew Marvel-“To His Coy Mistress”
John Milton- “Methought I Saw My Late Espoused Saint” & “When I Consider How
my Light is Spent”
(Progress Reports) Assign and being work on Poetry project-research
Work on poetry projects
Poetry project presentations
John Milton-Paradise Lost background and book 1
(Remember, reading quizzes are possible EVERY day.)
School Holidays
Milton- Paradise Lost
12/2- Last day to withdraw
Milton- Paradise Lost group work
Milton- Paradise Lost presentations
Unit 4 Test
Exam review
Final Exam
NWR Exams
Grades due for Hinds 12/16 @ 10:00
NWR Exams
End of first semester