Thursday, January 27, 2011
So, where are we?
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.