Christmas Break

Enjoy your Christmas Break see you in the new year!

Study Sheet: Gulliver's Travels

1. How does Swift satirize- education, family, beauty, government, justice, emotion etc.
2. What is the primary thing satirized in each civilization? 
3. How does Swift agree/disagree with the Christian perspective?
4. How does Swifts biography and geographic location impact the book?
5. Overview of Swifts life.
6. Be able to illustrate civilizations
7. Purpose of main/secondary characters
8. Descriptions of main/secondary characters
9. Story sequence chart of one civilization
10. How does Gulliver's economic situation change his perspective?
11. How does Gulliver's view of society, himself, humanity, religion etc change in the book?

Homework Due December 18th

English Literature Textbook

• Read 
• from the works of John Wesley pg.216 section A Christian's Happiness 
• read the poems pages 219-230 
• Read Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard pg 231-234 
• answer the questions on the poem
• research the poem 

Read (optional)

• Finish Reading Book 4: From Gulliver's travels  
• Otherwise I recommend you read book 4 from page 186- 194 from the English Literature textbook 

Study 

• Recommend looking over an online version of Cliffs notes to refresh your memory of the readings.
• Look for a blogpost to follow with some things to look for 

Homework Due December 11th

Read

• Read Book 4 : chapters 1-4
• Write a 2-3 sentence summery of each chapter. 
• Try to determine what Swift is satirizing in this part of his book. 
• Does Swift seem to be approaching this idea from a Christian Worldview? Why/Why not? 
• Turn this assignment in and be ready to discuss your thoughts. 
• Create a cartoon from the book. Turn in. 

Homework Due December 4th

English Literature Textbook

• Review Robinson Crusoe pages 138-175 
• Write a comparison between Robinson Crusoe and Gulliver. At least 3 paragraphs. 

Writing

• Finish your ideal society, your utopia. 
• Consider standards for education, law, justice, family, etc. 

Read

• Finish Reading Book 3: A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib and Japan 
• Write a 2-3 sentence summery of each chapter. 
• Try to determine what Swift is satirizing in this part of his book.  
• Turn this assignment in and be ready to discuss your thoughts. 
• Create a cartoon from the book. Turn in. 

Homework Due November 27th

English Literature Textbook

• Read Robinson Crusoe pages 138-175 
• Answer Study Questions Turn In
• Create a Story Sequence Chart on Robinson Crusoe  Turn In

Writing

• Begin work on your ideal society, your utopia. 
• Consider standards for education, law, justice, family, etc. 

Read

• Begin Reading Book 3: A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib and Japan chapters 1-4 
• Write a 2-3 sentence summery of each chapter. 
• Try to determine what Swift is satirizing in this part of his book.  
• Turn this assignment in and be ready to discuss your thoughts. 

Homework Due November 13th

English Literature Textbook

• Read The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century overview pg 130-131
• Read the Beginnings of the English Novel page 136-137
• Take notes on this section.

Poetry 

• Read Song to Celia II page 23
• Read When I Consider How My LIght Is Spent page 26
• Write a paragraph summery and response to one of these poems. Turn in.

Writing

• Finish work on your piece of satire. Any questions let me know.  Turn in.
• Begin considering your utopia.

Read

• Finish Reading Book 2: A Voyage to Brobdingnag 
• Write a 2-3 sentence summery of each chapter. 
• Try to determine what Swift is satirizing in this part of his book.  
• Turn this assignment in and be ready to discuss your thoughts. 

Homework Due November 6th

English Literature Textbook

• Read Paradise Lost excerpt pages 120-123
•  answer the questions found on page 124. Turn in 
• read On Paradise Lost as a companion to the piece pages 124-125
• Read all the quotes in the section The Wisdom of the Puritans pages 125-127 
• choose one quote you agree or disagree with and come to class ready to discuss 

Writing

• Begin work on your piece of satire. Any questions let me know. 

Read

• Read Book 2: A Voyage to Brobdingnag chapters I-IV 
• Write a 2-3 sentence summery of each chapter. 
• Try to determine what Swift is satirizing in this part of his book.  
• Turn this assignment in and be ready to discuss your thoughts. 

Reminder and Update

I wanted to remind everyone we will be meeting in the South Building this week.

I would also like to send an update on the homework from last week. I realized the instructions for the law assignment were incomplete. Sorry for any confusion.

Read

• Read Book 1: A Voyage to Lilliput chapters I-VIII

• Write a 2-3 sentence summery of each chapter.

• Turn this assignment in.

Homework Due October 30th

English Literature Textbook

• Review and define the vocabulary at the end of Unit 4. Put in notebook.
• Read the summery of The Puritan Age at the beginning of Unit 5
• Read all the poems pages 97-102.
• choose one of these poems, analyze
• write a paragraph summery of the poem. Turn in

Research

• Read a biography of Jonathan Swift
• What country is he from?
• What is his schooling? include primary and secondary
• What religion/denomination did Swift belong?
• What were his major works?
• Research the major social and historical events in and effecting Great Britain during Swift's life
• List at least four major events during Swifts life.
• Read and research satire
• Define the term
• Why is Gulliver's Travels called a satire?
• Turn in

Read

• Read Book 1: A Voyage to Lilliput chapters I-VIII
• Write a 2-3 sentence summery of each chapter.
• Turn this assignment in.

Reminder:

Remember to be studying your Hamlet notes, assignments, and activities for the test on Tuesday.

Homework Due October 16th

Presentation

Prepare presentation on one of your Shakespeare plays. Include plot outline (use  the story sequence chart items), key characters and important quotes.

Reference Charles Lamb Tales From Shakespeare, the English Textbook, and various study aids for these projects. 

Your presentation to the class should be around five minutes.  

English Literature

Doctor Faustus

Read and answer the study questions.

Shakespeare's Songs and Sonnets 

Read the excerpts and poems. 

Choose one and rewrite it in modern english line by line. 

Hamlet 

Read Act five from Hamlet. 

Come prepared to discuss your reading.

Worksheets

Complete both the short answer study guide. Found in the dropbox or underneath questions are underneath.

Review 

Past worksheets and notes for a test covering the play.

Questions

1. Laertes thinks that Ophelia should have a better funeral service. What is the priest's answer? 

2. Why does Hamlet jump into Ophelia's grave?



3. What does the King say to Laertes to console him after Laertes and Hamlet are separated? 

4. What did Hamlet do to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?



5. What news does Osric bring Hamlet?



6. What happens to the King, Hamlet, Laertes, and the Queen?



7. Who does Hamlet recommend to the throne? 

Additionally

You will find it helpful to read the page before the assignment from the English Literature textbook.

Report Card Notice

Notice:

I realized that I won't have your report/project score until after you have presented it for class tomorrow on October 9th.
Therefore, report cards will be given out next week on October 16th not this week on October 9th.

Sorry about the confusion.

Blessings,
Your teacher
CMM

Homework Due October 9th

Presentation

Prepare presentation on one of your Shakespeare plays. Include plot outline (use  the story sequence chart items), key characters and important quotes.

Reference Charles Lamb Tales From Shakespeare, the English Textbook, and various study aids for these projects. 

Your presentation to the class should be around five minutes.  

English Literature

Faerie Queen

Read and answer the study questions.

The Passionate Shepherd to His love / The Nymphs Reply

Write a paragraph comparing these two poems. 

Hamlet 

Read Act four from Hamlet. 

Come prepared to discuss your reading.

Worksheets

Complete both the short answer study guide. Found in the dropbox or underneath questions are underneath.

Characters

Create a character story from the first four acts from a minor character at least two paragraphs in length and predict what will happen to them in act 5.

Questions

1. What does Hamlet think of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

2. Why must the King "not put the strong arm on" Hamlet?

3. When the King asks Hamlet where Polonius is, what is Hamlet's answer?

4. What is the content of the letters the King sends with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to England with Hamlet?

5. What prompts Hamlet to say, "My thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth!"?

6. What has happened to Ophelia?

7. Why does Laertes force his way in? What does he want?

8. What is the content of Hamlet's letter to Horatio?

9. What plan do the King and Laertes discuss to kill Hamlet?

10. What news does the Queen bring Laertes? 

Homework Due October 2nd

Hamlet 

Read Act three from Hamlet. 

Come prepared to discuss your reading.

Worksheets

Complete both the short answer study guide. Found in the dropbox and questions are underneath.

Characters

In three descriptive words describe the following characters

• Hamlet
• Ophelia
• Claudius 
• Polonius
• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern 
• Gertrude
• Laertes

 

Questions

1. What message do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern carry to the King? What is the King's
response?

2. Hamlet's famous "To be or not to be" soliloquy is in scene one. In a sentence or two
   paraphrase his main points.
   
3. Describe Hamlet's tone when he speaks to Ophelia.
   
4. What do the King and Polonius decide about Hamlet's condition after eavesdropping on
   Hamlet and Ophelia?
   
5. Why does Hamlet give instructions to the players?
   
6. What was the King's reaction to the play, and what did Hamlet and Horatio decide his
   reaction meant?
   
7. What message does Rosencrantz deliver from the Queen?
   
8. The King has Rosencrantz and Guildenstern prepare to do what? Why?
   
9. Why doesn't Hamlet kill the King when the King is kneeling?
   
10. How does Polonius die?
    
11. What would Hamlet have his mother do? 
    

Homework Due September 25th

 

Hamlet 

Read Act two from Hamlet. 

Come prepared to discuss your reading.

Worksheets

Complete both the short answer study guide. Found in the dropbox.

Review

Review the Literary Techniques and methods as well as the story sequence chart. 

Reminder of the fall schedule

Class Schedule

Week 1 - 21 Aug

Week 2 - 28 Aug

Week 3 - 4 Sep

Week 4 - 11 Sep

Week 5 - 18 Sep

Week 6 - 25 Sep

Week 7 - 2 Oct

Week 8 - 9 Oct

Week 9 - 16 Oct

Fall Break - no classes Oct 23

Week 10 - 30 Oct

Week 11 - 6 Nov

Week 12 - 13 Nov

Thanksgiving Break - no classes Nov 20

Week 13 - 27 Nov

Week 14 - 4 Dec

Week 15 - 11 Dec

Week 16 - 18 Dec

Homework Due September 18th

Textbook

Read the introduction and excerpt from Utopia in Unit 4 The Elizabethan Period from your English Literature textbook. 

Answer questions on Utopia turn these in next week. 

Hamlet 

Read Act one from Hamlet. 

Come prepared to discuss your reading.

Worksheets

Complete both the inference worksheet, and short answer study guide. Both of these can be found in the dropbox.

Review

Review the Literary Techniques and methods as well as types of meter we discussed in class. 

Homework Due September 12th

Textbook

Read Unit 3 The Medieval Period from your English Literature textbook. 

Focus The Green Knight and Everyman answer questions on these passages and bring these in class. Come ready to discuss these as well.

Complete Unit Review answer questions and bring to class. 

Poetry 

Use the techniques from the past two weeks to analyze The Canterbury Tales Prologue and Sonnet 18.

Sonnet 18 

Analyze using the 10 questions and determine the meter and form, turn this in next week.

Review

Review the Literary Techniques and methods as well as types of meter we discussed in class. 

Homework Due September 4th

Textbook

Finish unit 2 from your English Literature textbook. 

Read unit 2 from your English Literature Textbook. Focus on Death Be Not Proud and To Be or Not to be we will be discussing these in class.

Analyze On His Blindness and answer the 10 questions turn this in next week. 

Poetry 

Read the following poems from your poetry anthology.

Sonnet 18 come prepared to discuss this in class. 

Canterbury Tales 

Analyze using the 10 questions and turn this in next week.

Review

Review the Literary Techniques and methods we discussed in class. 

Reminder

Wanted to send a reminder to make your first payment.

Looking forward to class.

Homework Due August 28th 2012

Textbook

Begin reading unit 2 from your English Literature textbook. Read the Introduction, Beowulf, and Seafarer. Answer the questions on Beowulf and identify the plot sequence, theme, setting and characters. Come to class ready to discuss Beowulf. 

Poetry 

Read the following poems from your poetry anthology.

Psalm 23

Inferno

Remembrance 

Canterbury Tales. 

We will be discussing these poems and how to approach poetry in the next class. 

Peter Rabbit 

Create a story sequence chart for another conflict besides the one we discussed in class. 

EC- Research and find some relevant biographical information and historical information for Peter Rabbit.

Review

Review the Literary Techniques we discussed in class. 

 

If you have any questions just let me know

Summer To-Do

I am looking forward to the first day of school. Completed the following things before the first day of school. These should not take more than a few minutes. 

1. Subscribe to class blog. Use the feature on the left called “follow by email” Submit your email address to receive an automated email when new assignments and articles are posted on the class blog. You will need to confirm your subscription to each blog. If you need help with this just let me know. You may prefer using an RSS reader to follow the blog.

2. Make sure I have your preferred email.

3. Accept my invitation to a shared Dropbox folder for convenient way to turn in homework and receive additional support materials during the course. (Optional but highly reccomended)

4. Review the following posts and complete any necessary steps. 

• Required Materials- Make sure you come to the first class prepared. 
• Make sure you have purchased all of the astronomy materials. You may find it helpful to bring the materials to class but this is optional.
• Extra Credit- Keep your eyes for extra credit opportunities which will sometimes be labeled E.C. throughout the year.
• Late Work Policy- Make sure you are familiar with the policy. 
• In Class Activity Rubric- Review what will be expected in-class and during in-class activities. 
• Student Notebook - Review and come to class with the required supplies set up in your notebook.

Looking forward to a great year!

Required Materials

David Copperfield

Pygmalion

Cranford and Other Stories

Gulliver's Travels

The 100 Best Poems of All Time

Hamlet

English Literature


If possible buy the specified edition and version of the books.

Student Notebook

You will need to come to class with your Student Notebook ready to begin note taking.

You need a binder with six tabs (or tabs inside another subject binder)

Tabs:

• Anglo-Saxon - Medieval Period
• Elizabethan - Puritan Period
• Eighteenth Century- Romantic Period 
• Victorian - Twentieth Century Period
• Poetry
• Prose

binder should be filled with college ruled notebook paper

You will also need to bring the following weekly to class

• pencils
• pens/highlighters
• colored pencils (optional but highly recommended)
• Notes from previous weeks reading.

Extra Credit

Opportunities to complete extra credit projects will appear periodically throughout the year.

• Projects are due the next week unless otherwise stated.
• Projects will be eligible for 10 points unless otherwise stated.
• Projects will be graded on how well you met the requirements of the projects, quality, and creativity. 
• Questions about the projects can be directed to me mid-week. 
• There is no limit to how many different projects a student can complete in the year. However, you can only complete each project once. 
• Projects have the same due date as other projects. 

Late Work

The late work policy for English LIterature is as follows.

• The due date for any electronic assignment is the Monday before class.
• Any electronic work needs to be readable by my computer or it will not be counted as completed.
• All work has to arrive in my email inbox or dropbox folder before 8:00 PM on the Tuesday it is due. 

• The due date for paper work is the day of class. 
• I am not responsible for work that a student forgot to turn in.

• If homework is one week late a 10% penalty will be applied to the work. 
• If homework is two weeks late parents will be notified and a 30% penalty will be applied to the work.
• If homework is three weeks late the homework will not be counted as complete. 
• These rules apply except for at the end of the semester and if work does not arrive before the grade-book closes work will not be counted as complete.

In-Class Activity Rubric

Points	1	2	3	4	Total
Adequate Time Spent on Activity	Student spent too much time or too little time on the class activity	Student spent too much time on parts of the class activity	Student spent an adequate amount of time on the class activity to ensure good results	Student spent an adequate amount of time on the class activity to ensure the best results
Effort	Student put little to no effort towards the class activity	Student put little effort towards the class activity	Student put a good amount of effort towards the class activity	Student put a great deal of effort toward the class activity
Completion of Task	Student completed less than ½ of the class activity	Students completed about ½ of the class activity	Student completed about 80% of the class activity	Student completed all of the class activity
Directions and Participation	Student poorly listens to and follows the directions and adds to class discussions	Student listens to and follows the directions and adds to class discussions in a positive manner occasionally	Student listens to and follows the directions, adds to class discussions in a positive manner most of the time	Student listens to and follows the directions and adds to class discussions in a positive manner
Understands Concepts and Applies Concepts	Student does not demonstrate knowledge of concepts when   completing assignments and does not apply concepts to assignments and situations.	Student  demonstrates knowledge of concepts when completing assignments and applies concepts to assignments and situations that follow occasionally.	Student demonstrates knowledge of concepts when completing assignments and applies concepts to assignments and situations that follow most of the time.	Student demonstrates knowledge of concepts when completing assignments and applies concepts to any assignments and situation that follow all the time
				Total Points (20 points possible)