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.