Daily Agendas English II H
8/21 Wednesday
1. Introductions
2. Seating charts
3. Web page address and google classroom codes
4. Summer reading work due
5. Parent signature letter
Homework:
a. return parent letter signature
b. class expectations quiz
8/22 Thursday Block
1. Parent signature due
2. Class expectations quiz (moved to Monday)
3. Seating chart formalized
4. Plagiarism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk1pq8sb-eo
5. Now Cut and paste the document on the right into a google doc, then read and answer the
questions on the doc, and post your assignment to google classroom. If necessary, finish for
homework, due Friday night midnight.
6. Table discussions on your summer reading book: go around the table, each student give their main idea
and quote support for character, and after each student shares their ideas for character, each students should
share what they liked and what they didn't like about the way the novel/play revealed character. Then repeat for
thesis; then repeat for conflict.
(for those who did not do the summer work, you should read the play and begin gathering your quotes:
15 one sentence quotes that show how one character grows/changes, 15 one sentence quotes on one theme,
and 15 one sentence quotes on one type of conflict, e.g. man vs. nature or individual vs. society). Type these
so you can bring the print out Monday).
Play text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/844/844-h/844-h.htm
Homework:
a. Finish plagiarism work and post to GC by midnight Friday
b. class expectations quiz Monday--know late work policies and attendance policies
8/26 Monday Traditional
1. class expectations quiz
2. Essay outline format:
3. General outline for a book review: https://www.readwritethink.org/sites/default/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson876/ReviewComponents.pdf
4. Book review general checklist: https://www.readwritethink.org/sites/default/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson876/WtgReviewChecklist.pdf
5. Book reviews: read the review for Rock Gods and Messy Monsters, then click on "Book reviews" and
then on"starred reviews and read at least three more book reviews on fictional works to get a good feel
for what goes into a good review.
https://independentbookreview.com/2022/10/03/book-review-rock-gods-messy-monsters/
Homework:
a. you will need your quote sheet for summer reading printed out and brought to class next period.
b. * for those who didn't do the summer work yet--be working on completing it during times when rest of class
is working on the essay.
8/27 Tuesday Block
1. MLA style: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_formatting_and_style_guide.html
2. Create your works cited page for your paper.
If you read it in a book held in your hand, see "MLA works cited page: books" for how to.
If you read the book online from a web site like Project Gutenberg, see
"MLA works cited page: electronic sources--page on a web site" for how to.
If you read the book on an e-reader like a Nook or Kindle,
see "MLA works cited page: electronic sources--an e-book" for how to.
save your document.
You may, in addition to the book itself, have in your works cited one source that may have given your information
about the author and his/her works (you may not have quotes for this, so paraphrase by cite if you use it). Use
this class period to do this.
3. Outline format for your book review
4. Rubric for your book review--see on the "References" page on web site "Essay Rubrics--Informative."
You will write your book review next class period, on paper, double spaced, MLA style. All you may
have as background is your quote sheet, your works cited page, and a blank outline format
(the document above, which will be provided to you). Anything else you want to say in the book review
will need to be from your memory.
5. Plan your book review on the outline form and save it to GC to look over before you
walk into class to write (you wont be able to have a format except for a blank copy given to you by the teacher)
Homework:
a. bring lined paper and pen (you can write only on one side of the paper, double spaced).
b. bring your works cited page to refer to
c. bring a copy of the book review format to refer to
d. on board reminders about MLA heading, pagination, and citations.
e. read carefully through the quote integration power point, looking at the strong and weak examples:
8/29 Thursday Block
1. Write your essay in MLA style, pen only, one side of each page only.
paper clip together with your blank outline, your quote sheet, and your works cited page
and give to your sub.
Homework:
a. none
9/3 Tuesday Block
1. Type your essay exactly as your wrote it, submit to google classroom with your works cited page
attached to the same document. You may fix spelling errors as shown by google classroom when
you post, but make no other changes. Hand back in your handwritten draft.
*for those not done with summer work, work on summer material
Homework:
a. watch the following:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS360GgA6V8&list=PLz_ZtyOWL9BQnPA2d-9tHDQpMsctJEPJB&index=11
b. Read from Beowulf, and as you do, look for these three ideas (and keep a list of quotes that prove each idea as you go)
https://www.kellenberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/British-Literature-2016-Final-Text.pdf
a. places where Christian teaching has been inserted into the Anglo Saxon text by priests.
b. evidence of what the Anglo Saxons expected of their heroes and or leaders
c. evidence of their ideas about fate vs. will
Complete these sections: "The Monster Grendel," "The Arrival of the Hero," and "Unferth's Challenge"
Post responses to Google classroom.
c. ask parents to see their email about potential sensitive material before next class period
9/5 Thursday Block
1. Anglo Saxon background power point:
2. Anglo Saxon Period: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9Tfbeqyu2U
3. Read from Beowulf, and as you do, look for these three ideas (and keep a list of quotes that prove each idea as you go)
https://www.kellenberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/British-Literature-2016-Final-Text.pdf
a. places where Christian teaching has been inserted into the Anglo Saxon text by priests.
b. evidence of what the Anglo Saxons expected of their heroes and or leaders
c. evidence of their ideas about fate vs. will
Complete these sections: "The Battle with Grendel," "The Monster's Mother," and "The Final Battle"
Post responses to Google classroom.
4. Select your ORB choices---one classic work and the modern re-interpretation
be ready to show me the book or device Monday 9/30 for points
(read the classic first--most classics are free to read online--see links
on "references" page)
5. Begin studying vocabulary--first quiz Monday on first batch. Know the Greek root and it's definition, the English word that uses the root (spelling and definition)--from this page, hover over your class period at top, click on "Vocabulary"
Homework:
a. Finish Beowulf quote work and post to GC by midnight tomorrow
b. study vocab
c. decide on your outside reading book (start on the classic work first, but make sure parents
OK the modern selection (be ready to tell me which books you're reading on Monday 9/9
(not the 9/30 book check on the document)
9/9 Monday Traditional
1. vocab quiz
2. ORB check
3. Beowulf film continued
Homework:
a. Begin studying batch 2 of the vocab, and continue study of batch one--vocab quizzes will be cumulative
b. Read the following two Anglo Saxon poems, make two lists on one document (one of similarities and one of differences)
and post to GC by midnight tonight
The Wanderer: http://shslboyd.pbworks.com/f/The+Wanderer+text.pdf
The Seafarer: https://www.owleyes.org/text/seafarer/read/text-poem#root-21494-1
c. Begin reading your classic ORB, and as you go, type up a list of quotes that show the following:
--character growth (for both protagonist and antagonist
--thematic messages
--setting
9/10 Tuesday Block
1. Beowulf film--take notes for yourself; then write a compare/contrast list for:
heroes, villains, themes and post to GC
2. Read through the handout about the Venerable Bede (the author of Ecclesiastical History of the English People)
and "The Saxon Temples are Destroyed" and "Caedmon."
then answer these questions on a doc and submit to GC:
a. why does Coifi recommend the Paulinus' teaching about Christianity be accepted?
b. what advantages does Coifi get as a convert to Christianity?
c. Who is Caedmon, what is his special gift, and where, according to Bede, did this gift come from?
d. How does Caedmon's story reveal that lowly people can be exalted, and how does this idea relate to
Christianity and to democracy?
Homework:
a. finish above
b. Anglo Saxon exam will be second block next week--study
9/12 Thursday Block
1. Middle Ages Background
2. Intro to Canterbury Tales
3. Read the Prologue, which introduces the various characters
https://www.dvusd.org/cms/lib011/AZ01901092/Centricity/Domain/2891/Canterbury%20Tales%20prologue.pdf
as you read, think about what hidden information we learn about each character--
you'll do a deeper dive with table mates into the various characters next class.
4. Read this material about ravens in mythology:
https://treesforlife.org.uk/into-the-forest/trees-plants-animals/birds/raven/ (read entire site)
https://druidry.org/resources/the-raven (read only "western europe")
5. Now read the Middle Ages ballad "The Three Ravens" and the analysis by Emma Baldwin
discuss the following two ideas with your table mates:
https://poemanalysis.com/thomas-ravenscroft/the-three-ravens/
a. what if these ravens are like Odin's pets...representing reason and memory...how might this idea connect with the ballad?
b. what if these ravens are like the Celtic goddess the Morrigan...how might ths idea connect with the ballad?
Now write your own answers for these two ideas and post to GC
Homework:
a. finish reading Canterbury tales prologue
b. finish above work
c. see this page later today for a review sheet for the Anglo Saxon period exam next week
(refresh your screen if you don't see it)
d. be prepared with any Anglo Saxon questions for a q and a session Monday
Anglo Saxon exam second block this coming week
9/16 Monday Traditional
1. Vocab 1-2 quiz
2. Anglo Saxon period q's and a's
3. Read the ballad "Get up and Bar the Door" with the class, and take notes from lecture as you go;
post notes to GC https://allpoetry.com/Get-Up-and-Bar-the-Door
if you were absent, here's notes for the ballad:
Homework:
a. be studying for the Anglo Saxon period exam second block
b. If you haven't finished reading Canterbury Tales Prologue, make sure you're done by next class
https://www.dvusd.org/cms/lib011/AZ01901092/Centricity/Domain/2891/Canterbury%20Tales%20prologue.pdf
c. begin study of vocab # 3
9/17 Tuesday Block
1. Pass out the Canterbury tales character packets--use the astrology
link here for answering the astrology sign and explanation (in Chaucer's time, everyone followed astrology):
a. read the attached description from Canterbury tales of each character
b. fill out the forms for each character--be creative, but base creativity on the info provided about the character
work on this for 30 minutes, then save and bring back next class
2. Read the Nun's Priest's Tale: http://englishiva1011.pbworks.com/f/NUNSTALE.PDF
as you go, keep in mind that Chanticleer represents the priest (who works for the nun/prioress) and
that Pertelote represents the nun/prioress. Given that the story reveals how the priests feels about himself,
and what he thinks of the Prioress...make a list of what you learn about these two character and their relationship
as you go through the story with quote support...post to GC if finished during period---if not finished, bring
what you have to the next class.
3. Excalibur film
Homework:
a. study for Anglo Saxon exam next class
b. bring Canterbury tales packet and Nun's Priest's Tale work to next class--do not finish for homework so you have
time to study for the exam.
9/19 Thursday Block
1. Anglo Saxon exam
2. Finish Canterbury Tales character sheets
3. Finish"Nun's Priest's Tale" work (see agenda date 9/17)
4. Read the notes from Excalibur part 1:
Homework:
a. Finish above...hand in Canterbury Tales work Monday
b. submit Nun's Priest's Tale work to GC by midnight Sunday
9/23 Monday Traditional
1. vocab 1-3 quiz
2. Canterbury Tales Prologue notes
3. Canterbury Tales packet due
Homework:
a. begin vocab 4 study
make up exams first block
9/24 Tuesday Block
make up Anglo Saxon exam
1. Excalibur film
2. lecture notes--Canterbury Tale Prologue
3. read through detail notes for the ballads
Homework:
a. study
b. ORB reading--be keeping a typed list of quotes that show the following:
character development, especially for hero and villain
themes
settings
due end of November
c. read the Excalibur notes above
9/26 Thursday Block
1. Take the Study Sync Benchmark 1 (which does go into your grade, so do your best ;)
from your district email, click on the square box of 9 dots in the upper left to get a drop down box
in the drop down box, click on McGraw Hill
click on study sync
click on launch study sync
click on benchmark 1 (if there are more then one benchmark 1s, it doesn't matter--choose either and take it
make sure to finish submitting when done
2. If you finish early, read the packet hand out that includes the Romance, and "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"
Sir Gawain is Arthur's nephew in the legends, and a knight known for his courtesy.
Homework:
a. Finish reading the packet mentioned above
b. study for vocab 1-4 quiz Monday
c. be studying the Middle Ages material--we're close to being done, which means en exam soon
9/30 Monday Traditional
1. vocab 1-4 quiz
2. Go to the following web sites and read the material on the Greenman, and symbolism for the color green.
As you read, be thinking about how the different views of the Greenman and the color Green might change
the meaning/interpretation of who the Green Knight is and his purpose:
a. https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2021/02/what-was-the-green-man/
b. https://www.masterclass.com/articles/green-color-meaning
3. Now watch the attached video about Sir Gawain and the Green Knight to get you thinking about the themes/ideas
c. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R324GH29qDQ (apologies for the bad jokes on this one, but the info is good ;)
Homework:
a. begin study of vocab 5
b. short quiz on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight next class
10/1 Tuesday Block
1. Read through Canterbury Tale Prologue notes and the Nun's Priest's Tale notes carefully
these are the ideas that will be on your exam
2. Excalibur film
3. Read carefully through the articles on Augustine and Pelagius, and
quotes from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight that reveal this
famous religious disagreement
4. Read the ballad "Lord Randall"
and the notes for it agenda date 9/24
Homework:
a. Finish above reading
b. vocab 1-5 quiz next week
c. study Middle Ages material--exam soon, including:
Middle Ages power point: agenda date 9/12
Ballads:
Three Ravens (text agenda date 9/12, notes 9/24)
Get Up and Bar the Door (text and notes agenda date 9/16)
Lord Randall (notes agenda date 9/24 item # 3)
Canterbury Tale Prologue, (text agenda date 9/12, notes agenda date 10/1)
The Nun's Priest's Tale, (text agenda date 9/17, notes agenda date 10/1)
Romance (packet handed out 9/26)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (including
greenman symbolism and themes (agenda date 9/30, text packet handout 9/26) and
Augustine's and Pelagius' argument's relationship to SGGK), (agenda date 10/1), and
thematic videos (agenda date 10/8)
Excalibur (notes agenda dates 9/19, 9/24, 10/7, 10/8)
Morrigan's relationship to Morgan Le Fay (notes agenda date 10/7)
(still to come) Morte D'Arthur excerpt
10/7 Monday Traditional
1. Vocab 1-5 quiz
2. Read through the review notes for the last part of Excalibur we watched:
3. Read the material about the Morrigan in the document to the right,
including following the links provided and reading those:
Homework:
a. begin study of vocab 6
b. go to the "references" section of this web page and read the article on writing essay hooks
c. be studying for the Middle Ages Exam next week (see list/details on agenda date 10/1)
10/8 Tuesday Block
1. Excalibur film and end notes:
2. Morte D'Arthur handout and The Romance--read
3. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight--review of Augustine/Pelagius arguments,
read through the attachment here (key Green Knight quotes)
4. Green Knight Themes--take notes on the following videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R324GH29qDQ&t=190s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KObKt5WzwP4
5. Review for Middle Ages exam--see full list on agenda date 10/1
quotes and main ideas will come from detailed notes in attached documents,
power point will be completely covered through multiple choice questions,
know the Canterbury tale Prologue characters and details from their descriptions
(if given a description of a character, tell who it is and what the description REALLY
tells us), ID quotes from any work covered, know the two authors we know
by name (Chaucer --CT, and Malory--Morte d'Arthur) and "The Pearl Poet"
which is the give name for the Sir Gawain and the Green Knight poem.
Everything else is in the list.
Homework:
a. study for Middle Ages exam--first block next week
10/10 Thursday Block
1. PSAT check
2. Green Knight philosophy review
3. Renaissance introduction:
4. quickwrite paragraph--ho do you think you would respond if the person you loved the most was pressuring
you to do something you knew was orally wrong, but that would help you attain something you had always
wanted? And what do you think would happen to the relationship if you either did as they suggested,
or if you held to your conscience? Post to GC
4. Macbeth introduction:
5. Macbeth film act 1
6. Read Macbeth Act 1 (read the modern English version first, then read the version in Shakespeare's language)
https://www.litcharts.com/shakescleare/shakespeare-translations/macbeth
7. Review on your own for Middle Ages exam (see agenda date 10/1)
Homework:
a. vocab 6 quiz
b. Middle Ages exam first block next week
10/14 Monday Traditional
1. Vocab 1-6
2. FIAB standardized exam
Homework:
a. study for Middle Ages exam next class period--see agenda date 10/1 for list of works
10/15 Monday Block
1. Middle Ages Exam
2. Read Macbeth Act 1 (read the modern English version first so you know what to expect, then read the version
in Shakespeare's language)
https://www.litcharts.com/shakescleare/shakespeare-translations/macbeth
Homework:
a. finish reading above--short quiz on the reading next class
(which wasn't planned until I saw no one was doing the assigned reading in class)
quiz will be a few short questions in modern English on events and characters (who does what to whom, etc.)
so simply know what happens in Act 1 and you should be good to go ;)
b. vocab 1-6 quiz
* Everyone will need a College Board Account for the PSAT on Wednesday. If you've taken/are taking an AP class,
you should already have one, but make sure you have an account before this coming Wednesday.
Go to https://www.collegeboard.org
It's recommended that you use a private email rather than a school email, since this account will follow you through
your high school career, but if you change schools or move, you wont be able to continue to use current school
email.
10/17 Thursday Block
1. vocab 1-6 quiz
2. Macbeth Act 1 quiz
3. Open the document to the write, cut and paste the material into a google doc, and for each prompt
give a quote in Shakespeare's language that answers it; post to GC.
4. Read Macbeth Act 2, modern first then Shakespeare's:
https://www.litcharts.com/shakescleare/shakespeare-translations/macbeth
Homework:
a. Macbeth Act 2 quiz next class
b. vocab 1-7 quiz next class
10/22 Tuesday Block
1. PSAT video prep
2. Vocab 1-7 quiz
3. Macbeth Act 2 quiz
4. Read through potential answers for Macbeth Act 1 quote guide
5. Macbeth Act 1 key ideas lecture/review
6. Answer the Macbeth Act 2 quote guide and post to GC:
https://www.litcharts.com/shakescleare/shakespeare-translations/macbeth
7. Read Macbeth Act 3, modern and Shakespeare
https://www.litcharts.com/shakescleare/shakespeare-translations/macbeth
Homework:
a. study vocab 8
b. finish above
college essay writing workshop Thursday:
10/24 Thursday Block
1. Macbeth film
2. Complete the Macbeth Act 3 quote guide:
and post to GC
3. Read Macbeth Act 4:
https://www.litcharts.com/shakescleare/shakespeare-translations/macbeth
Homework:
a. finsh above
10/28 Monday Traditional
1. vocab 1-8 quiz
2. Macbeth Act 2 key ideas/lecture review
3. Read through Macbeth Act 3 quote guide key
4. Macbeth Act 4 quote guide--complete and post to GC
Homework:
a. vocab 9 study
b. finish above work
10/29 Tuesday Block
1. Macbeth film
2. Macbeth Act 4 quote guide key
3. Read Macbeth Act 5
https://www.litcharts.com/shakescleare/shakespeare-translations/macbeth
4. Macbeth Act 5 quote guide--complete and submit to GC
Homework:
a. finish above
10/31 Thursday Block -- Happy Halloween!
1. Macbeth Act 3 lecture - notes
2. Macbeth Act 5 quote guide key
3. Macbeth film
4. Review theme ideas in Macbeth--see agenda date 10/10 "Macbeth Introduction"
5. Shakespeare/Hip Hop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSbtkLA3GrY&t=1009s
6.Project:
Homework:
a. vocab 1-9 quiz
b. Macbeth video project due 11/12 Tuesday
c. Macbeth exam 11/12
d. Read the personal narrative at this link, write down one example of a well-described character, one
example of a setting description that conveys meaning, and one example of figurative language and post to GC:
https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/15/i-know-what-you-think-of-me/
11/5 Tuesday Block
1. vocab 1-9 quiz
2. narrative power point:
3. Macbeth Act 4-5 lecture notes
4. Project work--review of details
5. Read the personal narrative at this link, write down one example of a well-described character, one
example of a setting description that conveys meaning, and one example of figurative language and post
to GC:
https://aeon.co/essays/what-does-it-mean-to-consider-yourself-a-disabled-person
6. Read here about show vs. tell: https://jerryjenkins.com/show-dont-tell/
Homework:
a. vocab final next week--covers all the words, no spelling, matching only
b. Macbeth project due 11/12
c. Macbeth exam 11/12 (will include power point agenda date 10/10, reasons the play was written for James,
themes. quote identification and quote interpretation
d. complete personal narrative analysis above
11/7 Thursday Block
1. Macbeth film
2. Read hand out "Giant Dreams and Midget Abilities" as an example of a personal narrative,
which you will be writing soon, and find examples of the following:
one example of a well-described character
one example of a setting description that conveys meaning
one example of figurative language
(place all three examples on a doc with your explanation of what information is conveyed in each chunk of writing)
3. Watch the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0HEqI3pJIM
4. Now create a story arc for a personal narrative---something from your life that a life lesson can be learned from---think less about big dramatic incidents and more about common place events that a lesson can be learned from (avoid big traumas, deaths, etc.)
Bring a printed version of your story arc first block next week (you will not have electronic devices available when you write, so if you don't print out the arc, you'll have to write from memory only)
Homework:
a. story arc due printed 11/19
b. Macbeth video due 11/12
c. ORB instructions due 11/22
d. Macbeth exam 11/14
e. vocab final 11/18
11/12 Tuesday Block
1. review renaissance power point (agenda date 10/10)
2. Read and learn the author bios for the Renaissance era:
3. on Study Sync, do the work for "Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe
(make sure to do this one first, before Nymph's Reply"
4. on Study Sync, do the work for Sir Walter Raleigh's snarky response to Marlowe's
poem "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd."
5. Read "Whoso List to Hunt"by Sir Thomas Wyatt
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45593/whoso-list-to-hunt-i-know-where-is-an-hind
6. Answer these questions with the team at your table, and each submit their own copy to GC
(vocabulary: hind = deer, list = desires/wants, travail = hard work; Noli me tangere = don't touch me")
note: tradition suggests that this poem is about Wyatt's love for Ann Boleyn, who "belonged" to King Henry VIII
a. according to the speaker, why is he ending his hunt?
b. what advice does the author give to potential suitors/hunters?
c. What is written about the hind's neck?
d. what other object might someone put around the neck of an animal, and for what purpose?
e. given your response to "d" why may it be important that the object circling her neck is diamonds?
f. Who is the "hind" and who is "Ceasar"?
g. what does the simile about the net and the wind suggest about the hunter's chances?
7. Read "They Flee from Me" by Sir Thomas Wyatt:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45589/they-flee-from-me
8. Now answer these questions with your table mates, and post your own copy to GC
a. What contrast between the past and present is emphasized in stanza 1?
b. Which lover takes the initiative in stanza 2?
c. in stanza 3, whom does the speaker blame for the breakup of the passionate affair with one special woman?
d. The word "kindly" has two meanings: "naturally/typically" and "graciously/sweetly." Why might the word
be used sarcastically here?
e. In what was does the final stanza suggest that the breakup may NOT have been because of
his "gentleness"? Explain
9. Take a copy of the purple lit book, and begin reading The Faerie Queene (include the intro material)
pages 198-210--place books back in the book case carefully (they cannot be replaced at this point)
Homework:
a. email me a link to your Macbeth video today
b. Macbeth exam 11/14
c. vocab final 11/18
d. printed story arc due 11/18
11/14 Thursday Block
1. IAB
2. Macbeth exam
3. post your written information about your Macbeth video to google classroom
4. Email me a link to your video if you haven't already done so
Homework:
a. vocab final 11/18
b. printed story arc due 11/18
c. finish above
d. read through:
11/18 Monday Traditional
1. vocab final
2. Begin handwriting your personal narrative--hand in narrative and arc at end of period.
Write only on one side of the paper
Use pen only (scribbling out is fine)
Double space
Homework:
a. be ready to present your video next class
b. ORB work due BEFORE winter break:
Put an MLA citation for the book you read at top of page.
Underneath that:
Two thematic thesis ideas and some quotes for each (a good number of quotes).
Two character development thesis ideas and some quotes for each (a good number of quotes).
Type these up and label them, with page number citations.
11/19 Tuesday Block
1. Macbeth video presentations
2.Personal Narrative writing
Homework:
a. read through notes on "Whoso List to Hunt," "They Flee from Me,"
"Passionate Shepherd to his Love" and "Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd"
(exam questions on works will come from these notes
11/21 Thursday Block
1. Personal narrative writing. Finish and post by midnight Sunday, and return original copy after
Thanksgiving break--do NOT lose track of your hard copy; if you can't return it you'll have to start over
2. Read in the purple lit book the excerpts from Faerie Queene by Spencer (p. 200-210). Faerie Queene is a title of
Queen Elizabeth and was dedicated to her; Faerie Queene is NOT a character in the story. The tale is an
example of a "courtesy book" i.e. a book designed to teach young men good manners and how to live appropriately
in the world. The tale about Red Crosse Knight is cautionary (don't end up like him)...your job is to figure
out what Red Crosse did wrong.
Homework:
a. Post personal narrative by midnight this coming Sunday. Close to 1000 words, MLA style heading,creative
title, double spaced, paginated. Return original copy after Thanksgiving break--do NOT lose track of your
hard copy; if you can't return it you'll have to start over.
12/2 Monday Traditional
1. Read Spencer's Faerie Queene (hand out); Faerie Queene is a title of Queen Elizabeth and was dedicated
to her; Faerie Queene is NOT a character in the story. The tale is an example of a "courtesy book" i.e. a book
designed to teach young men good manners and how to live appropriately in the world. The tale about
Red Crosse Knight is cautionary (don't end up like him)...your job is to figure
out what Red Crosse did wrong. Summarize the story in a very short paragraph, and then
tell what specific type of sin the story is warning young men against and why you think so;
post to GC
Homework:
a. finish above
b. study Renaissance material (see 11/19 on and power point 10/10, bios 11/12)
c. work on ORB
12/3 Tuesday Block
1. To prepare for your final essay, read the story linked here (this is for essay writing only,
and is not part of Renaissance literature)
2. Now write up (on paper to hand in this period) a thematic thesis (hidden message), 3 major claims,
and list of three single sentence quotes per claim to help prove these claims
3. When this is complete, come and tell me to find out what's next
Homework:
a. study Renaissance material (see 11/19 on and power point 10/10, bios 11/12)
b. work on ORB
c. Read carefully through summary and notes for Faerie Queene:
d. Read through the notes for the story "The Governor" and see if the notes help resolve
any confusion you may have had about the story...you can come to next class with new
ideas, but not with anything written out...save all writing for the class
12/5 Thursday Block
1. Story discussion/theme review
2. Rework: write a new thesis and three major claims and post to GC during the class period
3. Read Dr. Faustus. Then answer questions below and post to GC...
a. look carefully at the paragraph "Faustus Gloats" at the things he plans to do with this powers; then
look carefully at "Helen of Troy"...what evidence is there of a big difference between his plans for good
and his plans for those same ideas now?
b. look carefully at "Faustus pays his debt"...when he is about to call on Christ to save him, who
does he call on?
c. with regard to "b" above, why do you think Faustus is unable to call on Christ for help?
Homework:
a. Finish above
b. study for Renaissance exam:
Dr. Faustus (handout 12/5)
Faerie Queen 12/13 for notes, handout for text
Whoso List to Hunt (11/19 notes)
They Flee from Me (11/19 notes)
Passionate Shepherd to His Love (11/19 notes)
Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd (11/19 notes)
Renaissance Author bios (11/12)
Renaissance background 10/10
c. ORB project due before winter break
d. vocab 1-6 quiz Monday
12/9 Monday Traditional
1. Review notes/lecture for Faustus
2. Complete an outline for your essay on the "Governor"--
you will write the entire essay first block this week,
and will have the first block next week to refine the paper.
Post your completed outline to GC by Tuesday night.
see format to the right:
Homework:
a. Finish above
b. ORB due before winter break
c. Renaissance Exam--see 12/5 for study list
12/10 Tuesday Block
1. Type up essay and submit what you have to GC (you'll have a small amount of time--potentially--second block,
and then Monday and first block to finish/revise)
Homework
a. Finish above
b. ORB due before winter break
c. Renaissance Exam--see 12/5 for study list
d. make sure you have the caaspp secure browser on your device OR email me and tell me you
need a school device by Wednesday night for the caaspp practice on Thursday
Don't forget tutoring center at lunch H207 if you need essay help, study help, etc.!
12/16 Monday Traditional
1. Exam tips---things you should be sure to know
match authors to works
match authors to their bio facts
what years the Renaissance covered
"Renaissance" refers to a rebirth in what?
What was the patronage system and who participated?
What 2 great bodies of learning did Humanists want to combine?
What technological innovation allowed for widespread reading?
What did the Reformation want to reform specifically?
What do Epics normally include?
What are miracle plays, mystery plays, morality plays, interludes
from Faerie Queene, who are these figures and what do they represent? (Faerie Queene, Una, Duessa,
Red Cross)
What is a Courtesy Book?
from Faustus, what is the device used to show Faustus conflict, how do his desires at the start of play
and later when he meets Helen change, and what does this change reveal? What was the main thing
Faustus wanted frm his bargain with the devil?
2. Work on writing your final essay
3. See the document to the right for what you need for your works cited page:
Homework:
a. study for exam this week...see list 12/5 and 12/11
b. ORB due Friday
12/17 Tuesday Block
1. Essay revision--final essay due today with Works Cited page
2. Study for Renaissance Era Exam--see 12/5 for list of works and locations and 12/11 for detailed tips
Homework:
a. Essay final due midnight tonight
b. ORB project due Friday midnight
c. Renaissance exam Thursday
*English honor society essay workshop---you can have one extra day to attend this before submitting your essay..see:
12/19 Thursday Block
1. Renaissance Final
Enjoy your break!