English IV Flexible Course Outline
MP
1
2
Week Unit
1
Intro
Topic
Class Procedures
Personal
Narratives
Assignment
Get Forms Signed
Writing a personal
narrative (pgs. 140-148
Language Book)
2
Grammar
Parts of Speech
Novel Assignment
3
Writing
Process
Analyzing the
Writing Process
and
The Finished
Product
Review parts of Speech
Group Work
Formulating/Correcting
Sentence structure
(Unit 1 Language book)
Exercising the Writing
Process (Using Personal
Narratives)
Analyze a final product—
provide a holistic score
4-5
Beginnings of
English
Beowulf
College
Application/Essay
Analyze Epic Poetry
Read and Analyze
Beowulf
Creating a College
Application Essay
6
The Art of
Persuasion
Constructing
Effective
Arguments in
Writing
Argumentation Strategies
Choose Topic for
Persuasive Paper
(Unit 2 Language Book)
1-2
History of
English
Canterbury Tales
Read Canterbury Tales
Prologue—Character
Assignment Presentation
3
Changing
English
Language
Sonnets
Shakespeare, Petrarch,
Spenser, Marlowe, Terza
Rima, etc.
Write your own Sonnet
4-5
6
Research
Analyze novel
Excerpts
Dante’s Inferno
Finish
Reading/Making
notes on Book for
Research paper
Where to Start?
Class Reading of
Inferno—individual Canto
assignment
Brainstorming Topic
Assessment
Points received for
turning in forms on
time
Holistic Score on
Personal Narrative
Group packet for Parts
of Speech
Grammar Exercise
Each step of process
will be assessed
Holistic Scoring Activity
After undergoing
writing process,
Personal Narrative will
be graded for a Major
Grade
Worksheets/Notes
Quizzes
Test
Draft College App Essay
(Outside of Class
Assignment)
Quiz
Paper (Some class time
provided, but much of
the work will be done
outside of class)
Quizzes
Presentation (Major
Grade)
Test
Group Analysis Work
Quizzes
Sonnet(Creative
Writing Assignment)
(Major Grade)
Quizzes
Test
Topic
Intro to Research
3
5
6
Outline
(Library Time)
1
Conducting
Research
2
Drafting and
Revising
Editing and
Polishing
Finding and
Organizing the
Information
Utilize the Writing
Process
Utilizing the
Writing Process
4-6
Preparing for
Work
Resume/Job
Portfolio
1-5
Drama
Macbeth
6
Satire
Swift
Read and Analyze Swift’s
Modest Proposal
Worksheets
Quizzes
Test
1
Satire
Pope
Read and Analyze Pope’s
Rape of the Lock
Write a Satirical Essay
2-5
Novel Study
TBA
6
Romantic Age
1
Transitions in
the Romantic
Age
Coleridge-Rime of
the Ancient
Mariner
Non-Fiction
Worksheets
Quizzes
Test
Satirical Essay (outside
of class) (Major Grade)
Worksheets
Quizzes
Test
Analysis Paper
Worksheets
Quizzes
Test
Group Discussion
Quizzes
Test
Essay
3
4
Outlining for Organization
Notes on finding, citing,
and documenting sources
(Use Language Book
Reference 381-460)
Finding Sources, Quotes,
and Documenting
Sources
Using Outline to Draft
Revising, Reorganizing
Peer Review, Second
Revision, Editing, Final
Product
Creating an effective
Resume
Peer Review
Job
Application/Interviews
Read and Analyze
Macbeth
Character Analysis Paper
Read and Analyze Rime of
the Ancient Mariner
Read and Analyze Essays
by
Wollstonecraft
Byron
Write an Essay about a
Political Issue for which
you feel strongly—
utilizing persuasive
Source Cards
Collated Outline
(Library Time)
Rough Draft
Peer Review
Final Product
Observation
Peer Review
Final Job Portfolio
(Major Grade)
Quizzes
Test
Character Analysis
Paper
2
Victorian Age
Poetry
strategies
Read and analyze poetry
from the Victorian Age
3
Realism and
Naturalism
Short Stories
Trollope and Chekhov
4-6
Modern and
Various Short
Contemporary Stories and
Literature
Poetry TBA
Students will analyze
poetry/short stories in
context
Worksheets
Quizzes
Test
Group Discussion
Quizzes
Tests
Group Discussion
Worksheets
Quizzes
Test