Thursday, January 27, 2011

So, where are we?

WE have read Genesis, chapters 1,2 and 3, Psalm 23, and "Eve's Apology", and submitted a summary of Eve's Apology poem USING QUOTES from the poem. Most have submitted this by my drop box, so if you haven't, do it!

We have taken two quizzes on QUIA, one on Animal Farm's 1st two chapters, and 3,4,and 5 will be next week.

The other quiz was on Subject Verb Agreement, Writers and Comp book page 3.

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Don't forget to study your vocabulary for SAT/ACT tests coming up!

THE BIG OPPOSITES! Unit linking end of Renaissance with Restoration

Units 4 & 7: Opposing Views and the Freedom to Express Them in England

English 4 Honors

Ms. Lynch

Transition from the Renaissance to the Civil War and Restoration, Enlightenment

The Sacred and the Secular P. 405, Introduction

Metaphysical Poets (especially John Donne with excerpts of “Wit”

and Cavalier Poets (especially Lovelace, Marvell, Herrick)

p. 420-437

Sermons and Satire

Life and Death

Paradise and Hell (Genesis, King James Bible, Psalm 23 and Milton, Paradise Lost, p. 513)

Puritanism and The Enlightenment

Man and Woman , “Eve’s Apology” , Lanyer (early English feminism!)

Head vs. Heart and Satire(“A Modest Proposal”, Swift)

Predictions of the Future, and “The Future” or “Then and Now”

Beginning of the World, End of the World

Outside text novel readings (By Year’s End, 4 required, presented either in lit circle style or individually from the following):

(Alas Babylon, 1984, Brave New World, Heart of Darkness, Unwind, Lord of the Flies, Feed, Animal Farm)

Visual Literacy:

“Wit” excerpts, used with John Donne

Space Seed” from “Wrath of Khan Star Trek” with Milton’s (Paradise Lost)

ACT /SAT practice in paragraph improvement

Pronoun/Antecedent agreement, lessons 3.2, 9.4, 17.6 in Writers Choice

Review Writing and Composition Text 599-639

UPA: Poetry, Art, and Comment Literary Magazine representing character interviews, editorial poetry, satire, responses to work studied

Senior Research Project : choose a person in your field of study to research fully, or a “Dream Job”. Ask for help in making your selection. Rubrics will follow separately.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Othello and Macbeth's different "fatal flaws"

In order to understand "Othello", you have many notes and summaries, footnotes and other glossaries in the text. If you'd like further help, there's always
or no fear Shakespeare (sparknotes cite)
For honors, read Act 3 for homework. We will begin to discuss the "fatal flaw" concept
for your essays. In addition, you should choose a scene to read aloud, as "readers' theater".
Other assignments include p. 402, "A Midsummer Night's Spectacle." Answer question 3 in paragraph form.