Mon., 3/31: USATest Prep: take assessment
Tues., 4/1
 “A Fascinatingly Disturbing Thing” Neil deGrasse Tyson
 Review Thurs., 3/20 “Rebels & Dreamers: The Romantic Period: 1798 - 1832”
o pp. 734 - 873
Introduce Big Questions:
 What is the relationship between literature and place?
 How does literature shape or reflect society
 What is the relationship of the writer to tradition?
 What can people learn from nature?
 Is emotion stronger than reason?
 When is the ordinary extraordinary?
 How does war change our values?
Show pictures from the period: Google Images Romantic Period Paintings, see
Delacroix (liberty).
Pre-write: based on the pictures you’ve seen, what might you expect the values of the
Romantic writers to be?
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Robert Burns: My love is like a red red rose
To a mouse
William Blake: Tyger, Tyger
Wed., 4/2
 SSR
 Blake: illustrations (youtube “Songs of Innocence”)
 Wm. Blake Documentary: youtube--vocalissimo1
 Graduation song choices: “The Best Day of My Life,” Happy”
Thurs, 4/3
 “Seniors 2014” handout from Mrs. Bartlett
 SSR
 Blake documentary: youtube-vocalissimo1--from 23:00
 “The Chimney Sweeper” illustrate in groups of 2
Fri., 4/4
Genius Hour
Mon., 4/7: The Romantic Poets
 SSR
 Book Talks
 finish Blake illustrated poem
 Introduce Wordsworth & Romantic Poetry’s Defining Features
Tues., 4/8: Wordsworth
 Introduce Argumentative paper, starting with brainstorming about a thesis (see
drive); and Smekens Argumentative v. Persuasive Writing
 Wordsworth’s life (documentary, 15”, youtube)
 Wordsworth: Tintern Abbey,
 Read in pairs and translate
o Westminster Bridge
o The World is Too Much With Us
Wed., 4/9: Lord Byron, Shelley, Keats
 Lord Byron
o History Channel Biography
o She Walks in Beauty, Girls Choir youtube
 Percy Bysshe Shelley
o Shelley #1 (Steven Parris Ward video)
o Ozymandias, recited by Bryan Cranston (“Breaking Bad”)
 John Keats
o youtube: John Keats, English Poet - Ode on a Grecian Urn, by vivg
Thurs., 4/10: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Fri., 4/11: Genius Hour
Mon., 4/14: Test, Romantic Poets
If students finish early, begin movie “Frankenstein,” give movie guide
Tues., 4/15: Frankenstein
 hand-out: movie guide
 watch movie
Wed., 4/16: Frankenstein
 Continue movie
Thurs., 4/17: Frankenstein
 Finish movie
 Introduce Argumentative Paper: topic, deadlines, requirements, process
Fri., 4/18: Genius Hour
Mon., 4/21: Jane Austen
 Biography, importance, impact: The Real Jane Austen, Pts. 1 - 8, BBC (youtube)
Tues., 4/22: Pride & Prejudice
 finish documentary
 Watch movie, complete study guide
Wed., 4/23: Pride & Prejudice
Thurs., 4/24: Pride & Prejudice
Fri., 4/25: Genius Hour