Homework

Study Sheet

• Work on filling out the Study Sheet
• Review all
• There will be a test covering all of the Study Sheet material
• look in the dropbox for the material

   
CLEP students

• Watch the videos under Modernism in English Literature

Homework

Cranford 

• Make sure you have turned this in.
• Create a Story Sequence Chart for the novel
• This is your book final so do a good job

Pygmalion 

• Finish Reading the play
• Read the Sequel
• Create an act-by-act outline (turn in)
• Create a story-sequance chart (this is your book final)

Study Sheet

• Work on filling out the Study Sheet

English Literature

• Read The Twentieth Century pages 494-501 
• Create a literary review of the 20th century 

   
CLEP students

• Watch the videos under Turn of the Century

Homework

Cranford 

• Create a Story Sequence Chart for the novel
• This is your book final so do a good job

Pygmalion 

• Read Acts 1-3
• Create an act-by-act outline (turn in)

Read Pygmalion Acts 1-3

Read The Twentieth Century 457-462 answer questions 479-288

Study Sheet

• Work on filling out the Study Sheet

English Literature

• Read The Twentieth Century 457-464
• answer questions 479-288 

   
CLEP students

• Study the following quizlet

• Research further anything you don't remember or haven't studied

• Watch the videos under Victorian Literature

Homework

Cranford 

• Cranford Finish

• Create a Story Sequence Chart for the novel
• This is your book final so do a good job

Study Sheet

• Work on filling out the Study Sheet

English Literature

• Read The Twentieth Century 442-443; 459-456 and answer questions on 470-478
• Complete a Literary Movement Sheet on Victorian Literature 

   
CLEP students

• Study the following quizlet

• Research further anything you don't remember or haven't studied

• Watch the videos under Romantic Prose and Romantic Poetry

Homework

Cranford 

• Cranford chapters 1-8

• Write essay comparing either three characters or three themes in the novel.

Study Sheet

• Work on filling out the Study Sheet

English Literature

• Read Victorian Literature pages 408-412; 425-431
• Complete a Literary Movement Sheet on Victorian Literature 

   
CLEP students

• Study the following quizlet

• Research further anything you don't remember or haven't studied

• CLEP English Literature 2
• Watch the videos under 17th and 18th Century

Homework Due April 2nd

David Copperfield 

• Finish the book

• Write essay comparing either three characters or three themes in the novel.

Study Sheet

• Work on filling out the first page of the Study Sheet, turn in next week 

English Literature

• Read Victorian Literature pages 364-367; 391-396 and 397-405 
• Answer questions on pages 397-405  
• Turn in

   
CLEP students

• Study the following quizlet

• Research further anything you don't remember or haven't studied

• CLEP English Literature 2
• Watch the videos under The Renaissance (heed my warning given in class )

Homework Due March 26th

David Copperfield chapters 50-58

• Outline the chapters 

• Begin planning your essay    

Study Sheet

• Work on filling out the first page of the Study Sheet, turn in next week 

English Literature

• Read pages 332-363
• Answer questions 2,3,6,7,8,9,10,13,15,16
• Write a paragraph comparing Malory's "Morte D'Arthur" with "The Passing of Arthur" by Tennyson
• Turn in

CLEP students

• Study the following quizlet

• Research further anything you don't remember or haven't studied

• CLEP English Literature 2
• Watch the videos under Old and Middle English (head my warning given in class )

Blogpost to follow with information about mid-term

Spring Break

Have a wonderful spring break.

Enjoy your week off with no homework.


Make sure I have all your missing work by Friday at midnight.

Mid-term guide

For the mid-term

Complete the literary periods organizer found in the dropbox and handed out in class on the Romantic literature time period. If you have trouble accessing it let me know and I'll email you a copy. Bring this filled in to class next week.

David Copperfield and Romantic literature quiz. Be prepared to answer questions on what we've read so far, who said what in David Copperfield (study the quizlet found here), and the information on the Romantic period in literature found in your textbook.

Literary techniques be prepared by studying the quizlet and being able to answer questions like the review we had this week in class.

Each of these components will constitute a 1/3 of your mid-term score.

Homework Due March 5th

David Copperfield chapters 42-49

• Outline the chapters 

• Turn this assignment in and be ready to discuss your thoughts        

Literary Devices 

• Work on quizlet 

English Literature

• Review Romantic Literature 

CLEP students

• Study the following quizlet

• Research further anything you don't remember or haven't studied

• CLEP English Literature I

Blogpost to follow with information about mid-term

Homework Due Feb 26

David Copperfield chapters 35-41

• Outline the chapters 

• note the 

• important events

• characters

• developments in the themes of the book like

• Suffering - Poverty - Youth - Guilt/Blame - Education

• Turn this assignment in and be ready to discuss your thoughts        

Literary Devices 

• Work on quizlet 

English Literature

• read Pride and Prejudice 
• analyze this peace using the critical approaches from the powerpoint you will find in the dropbox 
• Pose for each approach one question and the answer to that question

CLEP students

• Study the following quizlet

• Research further anything you don't remember or haven't studied

• CLEP English Literature I

Homework Due February 19th

David Copperfield chapters 31-34

• Outline the chapters 

• note the 

• important events

• characters

• developments in the themes of the book like

• Suffering - Poverty - Youth - Guilt/Blame - Education

• Turn this assignment in and be ready to discuss your thoughts        

Literary Devices 

• Work on quizlet 

• Examples from readings

• 10 pts for each correctly identified example from David Copperfield

• 10 pts from readings from English Literature

• 2 pts for each correctly identified example from other readings

• Feel free to find as many examples as you wish to guarantee yourself a perfect score.

• Make sure you correctly identify and site the examples

• Use terms from the quizlet

English Literature

• read pages 294-313

• Choose one of the following poems and complete the 10 questions to ask any poem activity and turn in

• To a Skylark

• Ode on a Grecian Urn

CLEP students

• Study the following quizlet

• Research further anything you don't remember or haven't studied

• CLEP English Literature I

Homework Due February 12th

David Copperfield chapters 21-30

• Outline the chapters noting the important events and characters you are introduced to. 
• Turn this assignment in and be ready to discuss your thoughts. 
• Literary Devices find at least 10 examples from your readings.
• 10 pts for each correctly identified example from David Copperfield
• 2 pts for each correctly identified example from other readings
• Feel free to find as many examples as you wish to guarantee yourself a perfect score.
• Literary Devices to find-
• Allusion
• Imagery
• Foreshadowing
• Irony
• Personification
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Flashback
• Allegory
• Symbolism  

Homework Due February 5th

English Literature Textbook

• Read The Romantic Age Unit 7 page 267-
• Answer the questions on Kubla Khan and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner 
• Turn in

Read

• David Copperfield chapters 15-20
• Outline the chapters noting the important events and characters you are introduced to. 
• Turn this assignment in and be ready to discuss your thoughts. 

The Flu has struck

I'm feeling under the weather so I'm arranging for a substitute teacher to come to class on Tuesday.
I hope you have a wonderful time.

Homework Due January 29th

English Literature Textbook

• Read The Romantic Age Unit 7 page 251-266 
• Answer the questions on page 266 
• Turn in

Research and Write 

• Education System 
• Research education at the time of Dickens and in Dickens' works.
• Write a comparison of the English education system and David Copperfield's experience  vs your experience. 
• 3-4 paragraphs 

Read

• David Copperfield chapters 10-14
• Create character descriptions of any new characters answering the following questions.
• Mr. Micawber 
• Mr. Dick 
• What are they like physically?
• What is their outlook in life? 
• What is their motivation? 
• Are they a positive or negative character?
• Where are they socially lower-class, upper-class, middle-class etc.? 
• Where do you think this character is heading?
• and find a quotation of this character that would describe them.
• Turn in. 
• Outline the chapters noting the important events and characters you are introduced to. 
• Turn this assignment in and be ready to discuss your thoughts. 

Homework Due January 22

English Literature Textbook

• Read The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century  pages  238-250 
• Write either a poem, short story, or proverb using a local dialect. 
• Look at the works of Robert Burns, Dickens and Mark Twain to aid in this assignment
• Turn in

Research

• Read a biography of Dickens 
• Create a chart comparing the similarities and differences of Dickens' and Copperfield's life. 
• Turn in 

Read

• David Copperfield chapters 5-9 
• Create character descriptions of 5 characters of your choosing answering the following questions. 
• What are they like physically?
• What is their outlook in life? 
• What is their motivation? 
• Are they a positive or negative character?
• Where are they socially lower-class, upper-class, middle-class etc.? 
• Where do you think this character is heading?
• and find a quotation of this character that would describe them.
• Turn in. 
• Outline the chapters noting the important events and characters you are introduced to. 
• Turn this assignment in and be ready to discuss your thoughts. 

First day of school

I'm looking forward to seeing you back on the 15th. Be looking out for some blogposts and emails coming your way soon.

Make sure you have David Copperfield and have read the first 3 chapters before school starts.