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2025 Summer Reading

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/174/174-h/174-h.htm

Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKlNGIyibyA

8/20 Wednesday Traditional -- First Day of School

1. Introductions, policies, grading, supplies needed, etc.

2. Parent letter--(sent to your email and parent's email) returned signed for points

3. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde -- what to expect -- read/review 1 chapter per weeknight--

quiz each day: (Wed: ch. 1; Thurs ch. 2; Fri: ch. 3)

(links to text and audio version above under 2025 Summer Reading)

Homework:

a. return parent letter with signature (parents can either print out and sign email, or email me to tell me they

read the material -- make sure they include your name if last name is different or common like "Jones.")

b. quiz on Dorian Gray (ch. 1)

Note: check the class web page daily (not google classroom) for assignments--bookmark the web page or go

to link from any google classroom assignment---google classroom will only have assignments submitted

electronically, however most writing assignments will not be electronic--thus the need to check the class web

page ;)

8/21-22 Thurs-Fri Block

1. Picture of Dorian Gray quiz (ch. 1 only for period 3, chapters 1-2 for period 6)

2. Seating Charts

3. Read through the material on Oscar Wilde on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde

and answer the following questions (typed), post to google classroom (Thurs for p. 3, Fri for p. 6)

a. What was Wilde's ethnic background?

b. what was his criminal conviction for?

c. what 3 languages did Wilde speak?

d. for what 3 characteristics did Wilde become one of the best-known personalities of his day?

e. Wilde's relationship with who led to his imprisonment and hard labor for two years?

f. Wilde lost 3 sisters...how and at what ages did they die?

g. Which two artistic movements did Wilde contribute to?

h. what were the criticism of The Picture of Dorian Gray when it was published?

i. summarize the material about 'The Queensberry Family"

j. summarize the material about the "Wilde vs. Queensberry Trial"

k. what jailhouse accident contributed to Wilde's early death?

l. Briefly describe the end of Wilde's life (include personal relationship material and his new relationship

to the Catholic church.

4. From your district email, click on the 9 dot waffle square, click on McGraw Hill, and open study sync. Complete the reading on Victorian England, the "reading quiz" and the "think" prompts by Friday midnight for P. 3, Saturday midnight for P. 6

5. Read or review chapters 2-3 of Picture of Dorian Gray

Homework:

a. finish above (wikipedia work due Thurs for p. 3, Friday for p. 6)

b. finish the study sync assignment by Friday night for p. 3, by Saturday night for P. 6

c. read or review Picture of Dorian Gray chapter 2 for Thursday, ch. 3 for Friday...quiz on chapters 2-3 on Monday

8/25 Monday Traditional

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/174/174-h/174-h.htm

Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKlNGIyibyA

1. Picture of Dorian Gray quiz ch. 2-3

2. Read/skim chapters 4 for Monday, 5 for Tuesday, 6 for Wednesday

3. Quote gathering for Picture of Dorian Gray essay--post what you gather by end of class today.

Your assigned thesis idea: answer why it's important to suffer the consequences of one's actions,

so you will need quotes that demonstrate that Dorian doesn't suffer the consequences of his actions,

and that because of this, he is ultimately ruined. You'll need enough quotes that you can divide the

ideas into three topics: one topic showing Dorian doesn't suffer the consequences of his actions,

and two topics showing different ways Dorian becomes damaged because of the lack of consequences.

4. Vocabulary introduction

5. Outside reading assignment:

Homework:

a. Ask parents to check email about ORB selections

b. Picture of Dorian Gray quiz (ch. 4 p. 3 on Tuesday; ch. 4-5 p. 6 on Wednesday)

c. begin vocab study--quizzes first day of week each week---starts 9/8 vocabulary...go to "vocabulary" tab from web page, study first batch of words--need to spell, define, and use in a sentence---part of speech is not required, just given for your information. Quizzes are cumulative--each work quizzed on two new words and any two old words.

d. finish above work

8/26-27 Tuesday-Wednesday Block

1. Dorian Gray quiz (ch. 4 p. 3, ch. 4-5 p. 6)

2. Dorian Gray details ch. 1-3 - take notes

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/174/174-h/174-h.htm

Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKlNGIyibyA

3. Gather more quotes and post to GC

Note: ignore the study sync Dickens assignment (P. 3_

4. Writing Prompt (P. 6 only)--write a full page, double spaced response to the prompt:

Explain the meaning of the following quote from Dorian Gray, and then respond to the idea, then submit to google

classroom:"There would be a day when his face would wrinkle and wizen....the scarlet

would pass away from his lips, the gold steal from his hair. The life that was to make his soul would mar his body."

Homework:

a. finish above

b. Read skim Dorian Gray: Tues ch. 5, Wed ch. 6, Thurs ch. 7, Fri ch. 8, quiz on what you've read since previous quiz

8/28-29 Thursday/Friday Block

1. Dorian Gray quiz (p. 3 ch. 5-6; p. 6 ch. 6-7)

2. Anglo Saxon period introduction:

(know what is underlined on power point)

3. Read the following Anglo Saxon poem with your tablemates:

https://genius.com/Burton-raffel-the-seafarer-1st-hour-annotated

answer the following questions together (but type up your own copy to submit to GC):

a. in the first long stanza, how is the seafarer feeling and what things contribute to these feelings?

b. what do you think the following passage means/is talking about:

"And who could believe, knowing but
The passion of cities, swelled proud with wine
And no taste of misfortune, how often, how wearily,
I put myself back on the paths of the sea"

c. in stanza 2, what is he seeking and why do you think he's seeking this?

d. what do you think the following passage means/is talking about?

"But there isn’t a man on earth so proud,
So born to greatness, so bold with his youth,
Grown so brave, or so graced by God,
That he feels no fear as the sails unfurl,
Wondering what Fate has willed and will do."

e. this passage contrasts two ideas that don't seem to fit together--explain:

"Who could understand,
In ignorant ease, what we others suffer
As the paths of exile stretch endlessly on?

And yet my heart wanders away,
My soul roams with the sea, the whales’
Home, wandering to the widest corners
Of the world, returning ravenous with desire.
Flying solitary, screaming, exciting me
To the open ocean, breaking oaths
On the curve of a wave."

f. This poem has several Christian intrusions (Christian ideas probably added by Christian monks who recorded

the Anglo Saxon works)...copy any lines in the poem that seem to be Christian rather than Anglo Saxon...

hint: Anglo Saxon's did not believe in an afterlife, or a single God, or angels...for Anglo saxons, fame was

the only legacy one could expect after death.

g. Summarize the second to the last stanza beginning "The Days are gone"

h. Explain the seafarer's point here:

Fate is stronger
And God mightier than any man’s mind.
Our thoughts should turn to where our home is,
Consider the ways of coming there,
Then strive for sure permission for us
To rise to that eternal joy,

4. Work on Dorian Gray quotes and repost to GC

Homework:

a. Read/skim Dorian Gray (Fri ch. 8, Mon ch. 9, Tues ch. 10; quiz on what you've read since previous class)

9/2-3 Tuesday-Wednesday Block

1. Dorian Gray ch. 8-9 quiz for p. 3; ch. 8-10 for p. 6

2. Read "The Wanderer" https://shslboyd.pbworks.com/f/The+Wanderer+text.pdf

answer the questions below with your table mates, each person keep and submit their own copy on GC:

a. Give one example of alliteration from the poem

b. Give one example of a Kenning from the poem

c. In line 8, note that the quote marks indicate we have anew speaker; this poem begins with some opening

remarks by an unnamed narrator; then narration moves to the Wanderer himself...in the last stanza starting

with line 103, the original narrator comes back and gives closing remarks. This is a key difference between

Seafarer and Wanderer. What purpose do you think the extra narrator serves?

d. What has the Wanderer learned about sorrow and misfortune?

e. Why did the Wanderer leave his home and start this sea voyage?

f. What happier memories does the wanderer recall?

g. What mournful events does he describe?

h. How does the Wanderer describe a wise man?

i. When the Wanderer says that no man may kow wisdom until "many a winter has been his portion" (lines 58-59)

do you think he's referring to having seen many winters (old age) or to having experienced many wintery seasons

of life (winter = cold , dead)? Explain why you think so.

j. Is the Wanderer's tone resigned, ironic, bitter, or self-pitying, and why do you think so/what is your evidence?

k. Do the comments from the first narrator that frame the Wanderer's speech offer hope to the speaker? Explain:

l. In today's world, is there an experience equivalent to an Overlord's protection that might drive someone to

an emotional state like the Wanderer's? Explain a modern circumstance and how it compares to the Wanderer's loss.

3. Begin reading Beowulf in the purple lit book: pages 12-38 (you wont finish today) and make a bulleted outline of what is

happening---post what you have of an outline to GC at end of the period.

4. Read in Dorian Gray: Tues ch. 10, Wed. ch. 11, Thurs ch. 12, Fri ch. 13

Homework:

a. Finish # 2 above

b. Finish Picture of Dorian Gray reading work above

c. vocabulary study--quiz Monday--know the first batch of Greek/Latin roots (be able to define the root, spell, deine, and use the English word with the root in a sentence. From web page, hover over English II H, click on"Vocabulary."

9/4-5 Thursday-Friday Block

1. Dorian Gray quiz (ch. 10-11 p. 3, ch. 10-12 p. 6)

2. Read through detail notes on Seafarer and Wanderer and be

familiar with the big ideas:

3. Study Sync: Literary History: The Epic and Epic Heroes - complete work today

4. Continue reading in Beowulf and add to your bulleted outline on google classroom (pages 12-38)

Homework:

a. study vocab for quiz Monday -- be able to define the root, spell, define, and use English words in a sentence

(roots will be on your paper, English words will be dictated to you)

b. read in Dorian Gray: Thurs ch. 12, Fri ch. 13

9/8 Monday Traditional

1. Vocab week 1 quiz

2. Begin study of vocab week 2

3. Finish Beowulf reading and outline and post to GC

*note: regarding word docs....if you can't get help from the tech people in library (try multiple times, since

someone there can help with this and has done so before)...but if needed, take pics of the doc either

on my laptop o a friend's laptop that can open the docs and read the notes.

Homework:

a. Read/skim Picture of Dorian Gray: Mon ch. 14, Tues ch. 15, Wed, 16, Thurs 17, Fri 18 (quiz tomorrow on ch. 12-14)

Text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/174/174-h/174-h.htm

Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKlNGIyibyA

9/9 Tuesday-Wednesday Block

1. Dorian Gray quiz 12-14

2. Beowulf movie

3. Finish reading Beowulf and finish your bulleted notes

4. Quote integration:

5. Integrate 4 quotes from Dorian Gray and post to google classroom.

6. Read/Skim Dorian Gray : Tues ch. 15, We, 16, Thurs 17, Fri 18

Text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/174/174-h/174-h.htm

Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKlNGIyibyA

Homework:

a. Picture of Dorian Gray reading--see above (quiz on ch. 15-16 p. 3, quiz on 15-17 p. 6)

b. study vocab weeks 1-2 and Anglo Saxon material

c. Outside reading classic due 9/15 (see agenda date 8/25 document for list of options)

9/11-9/12 Thursday-Friday Block

1. Dorian Gray quiz (quiz on ch. 15-16 p. 3, quiz on 15-17 p. 6)

2. Beowulf movie v. original

3. Read in purple lit book pages 54-56: "Venerable Bede" and "Caedmon" from Ecclesiastical Histories of the

English People, summarize careful (be a bit detailed on this...look for ways in which Christianity is eliminating

class distinctions;post to GC today.

4. Read pages 52-53 in purple lit book (Anglo Saxon Riddles), then with table mates, create your own Anglo Saxon

Riddle with the answer key underneath--riddle should be same length as those in book; each person post your own

copy to GC....we can finish the riddles Monday if needed

5. Read/Skim Dorian Gray : Thurs 17, Fri 18

Text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/174/174-h/174-h.htm

Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKlNGIyibyA

Homework:

a. Vocab quiz on weeks 1-2 next class

b. Study Anglo Saxon material

c. Outside reading classic due 9/15 (see agenda date 8/25 document for list of options)

*note: Anglo Saxon exam week after next:

Anglo Saxon power point (underlined parts only---agenda date 8/28)

Seafarer (see notes agenda date 9/4-5)

Wanderer (see notes agenda date 9/4-5)

Beowulf (purple lit book p. 14-37, notes agenda date 9/11)

Venerable Bede (purple lit book p. 54, notes on agenda date 9/11)

Ecclesiastical Histories (purple lit book 55-56, notes on agenda date 9/11)

Anglo Saxon Riddles (purple lit book p. 52-53, notes on agenda date 9/11)

9/15 Monday Traditional

1. ORB due to show teacher

2. Vocab week 1-2 quiz

3. Finish Anglo Saxon Riddle and post your own copy of your table mates group work to google classroom

4. Read/Skim Picture of Dorian Gray ch. 19-20; add any last minute good quotes to your quote sheet;

quiz next class on ch. 17-20

Homework:

a. Begin study of vocab week 3

b. Read/Skim Picture of Dorian Gray ch. 19-20; quiz next class on ch. 17-20

c. Study for Anglo Saxon exam first block next week

d. Print out your Dorian Gray quote sheet and bring to the next class to start writing your essay

(also bring lined paper and pen---you'll be writing by hand)

9/117 Tuesday-Wednesday Block

1. Beowulf film

2. Essay prep--printed quote sheets due. Thesis writing (see "references" section for thesis writing power point)

3. Essay outline format

4. Write your thesis and three major claims as bullets (remember the thesis idea needs to answer why

it's important to suffer the consequences of one's actions)

Under each of the 3 major claims bullets, list in bullets the three quotes you will use to prove that one point

do not integrate quotes--just give the SINGLE SENTENCE quotes that you will use part of in your integration

post to GC by midnight tonight.

Homework:

a. Study vocab weeks 1-3

b. Quiz moved to next class on ch. 17-20

c. Study for Anglo Saxon exam first block next week

d. bring printed out quote sheets and your thesis and 3 claims

9/18-19 Thursday Friday Block

1. Dorian Gray 17-20 quiz--moved to second block next week

2. Begin handwriting your draft of the essay...hand in at end of class

Homework:

a. study for Anglo Saxon Exam first block next week (p. 3 is Monday, p. 6 is Wednesday)

b. vocab weeks 1-3 quiz first block next week

9/22 Monday and 9/24 Wednesday Blocks

1. Anglo Saxon Era Exam

2. vocab weeks 1-3 quiz

3. Essay writing (if time is available)

Homework:

a. begin study of vocab week 4

9/25-26 Thursday/Friday Block

1. Finish handwritten draft 1 of essay and type up and submit to google classroom tonight.

Return the handwritten draft next class....if not returned, you will have to write a new essay,

so please don't lose or forget it.

Homework:

a. study vocab weeks 1-4, quiz next class

*note: quiz makeups before school next week are available Tuesday-Friday

9/29 Monday (Odd) Block and 10/1 Wednesday (Even) Block

1. Vocabulary weeks 1-4 quiz

2. MLA style for your essay--class work together:

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_formatting_and_style_guide.html

3. The Middle Ages introduction

4. Read the material at the following site about crow/raven mythology:

https://mythicalireland.com/blogs/myths-legends/the-morrigan

5. Now read the Middle Ages ballads and the accompanying analysis and any vocabulary notes at the links below:

"Three Ravens": https://poemanalysis.com/thomas-ravenscroft/the-three-ravens/

"Get Up and Bar the Door": https://allpoetry.com/Get-Up-and-Bar-the-Door

"Lord Randall": https://poemanalysis.com/anonymous/lord-randall/

6. parent permission slip---get filled out and return next class

Homework:

a. Begin study of vocabulary week 5

b. Finish above work

c. parent permission slip---get filled out and return next class

9/30 Tuesday (Odd) Block and 10/3 Friday (Even) Block

1.MLA style works cited page

2. Tips for common essay problems you can fix now

avoiding "this shows/demonstrates, etc."

avoiding "first/next/last" chronological transitions

NEVER using "In Conclusion" or any variation

3. Read the "Prologue" for Canterbury Tales, and be looking for the moral problems

each character has as you go.

https://pracownik.kul.pl/files/10791/public/thecanterburytalesprologue.pdf

Homework:

a. Begin study of vocab week 5

b. Finish reading the Canterbury Tales "Prologue" linked above

*Mornings teacher is available this coming week: Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday

10/6 Monday Traditional

1. Vocabulary weeks 1-5 quiz

2. Prologue for Canterbury Tales assignments

complete your assigned portion and save

for next class

3. Read "The Nun's Priests' Tale" (hint as you read...Chanticleer represents the priest and Pertelote represents the Prioress)

https://englishiva1011.pbworks.com/f/NUNSTALE.PDF

Homework:

a. Work on final draft of essay....see GC final draft assignment for due date 10/10

b. Begin study of vocabulary week 6

c. Finish reading "The Nun's Priest's Tale" linked above

*before school support available Tues, Thurs, and Friday this week

10/7-8 Tuesday-Wednesday Block

1. Finish and submit your Canterbury Tales Prologue assignment to google classroom

2. Work with your table mates to make a list of what you learn about the Priest and the Nun from

"The Nun's Priest's Tale" and include your evidence for each item on the list and post to GC

(each person on team post your own copy although list and evidence should be the same for

all on the team). My advice would be to assign page numbers to each table mate, have table

mates find what they can with evidence, and then pool your information on one document.

3. Watch the video clip about the myth of the Greenman:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mIQHLUBUcc

4. Now read "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" p. 132-145 in purple lit book

(be thinking about how Greenman mythology relates to the story)

Homework:

a. Study middle ages material

b. read your ORB

c. finish #'s 1-2 above

*you will be taking the caassp Thursday or Friday in English this week....make sure you are prepared

if using your own device for the exam (you'll need to have the caaspp secure browser loaded onto your device ) and you'll need bluebook loaded as well for the upcoming PSAT. For the caaspp, you'll need headphone....you may use wireless if using your own device, you'll need to use plug in if on a district device. We have headphones available if needed.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/14xuunlT_-WLH6qjH7SSSTMkGG9IfI9pk1ou9Dob8NLI/edit?pli=1&tab=t.0

https://docs.google.com/document/d/16S7eIufYdZnIJnp-f5HC2RgICrcb4T4aTohRVukNyYE/view?tab=t.0

(caaspp )

https://bluebook.collegeboard.org/students/download-bluebook

(SAT, PSAT, AP)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SgSr-cyywOHh7kriijvFSjk3oSn78opZMM5aU4byLTw/view?tab=t.0#heading=h.don2s96zf9un

(securely)

10/9-10/10 Thursday-Friday Block

1. caaspp

2. Read through the detailed notes for the Canterbury Tales Prologue

3. Read through the detail notes for "The Nun's Priest's Tale"

4. Finish reading Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

p. 132-145 in purple lit book

(be thinking about how Greenman mythology relates to the story)

Homework:

a. Study for vocab weeks 1-6 quiz next class

b. Study middle ages material

c. read ORB

d. Final draft of Dorian Gray Essay due midnight Sunday

*note: from this point forward I will not be reassigning anyone for support--sign up for the supports

you want the week before, or stay where assigned by admin.

10/14-10/15 Tuesday-Wednesday Block

1. vocab weeks 1-6 quiz

2. "Nun's Priests Tale" and Canterbury Tales "Prologue" review

3. Excalibur film (get notes on portion we watched here later today)

Homework

a. Study for vocab weeks 1-6 quiz next class

b. Study middle ages material

c. read ORB

*note: from this point forward I will not be reassigning anyone for support--sign up for the supports

you want the week before, or stay where assigned by admin.

*note: before school support available this week Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday

10/16-10/17 Thursday-Friday Block

1. Study Sync "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" -- complete during class (go in through clever.com)

2. Study Sync: "The Once and Future King" -- complete during class (go in through clever.com)

3. Read carefully through Canterbury Tale Prologue notes and Nun's Priest's tale notes, (agenda date 10/9)

to prepare for quiz on Prologue and Nun's Priest's Tale Monday

4. When table group is done reading, quiz each other on Prologue and Nun's Priest's Tale

Homework:

a. Finish above work

b. ORB reading

c. vocab week 1-7 quiz Monday

d. Prologue and Nun's Priests tale quiz first block next week

*note to p.3---complete work for homework by Saturday midnight

10/20 -- 10/21 Monday -- Tuesday Block

1. Vocab weeks 1-7 quiz

2. Canterbury Tales "Prologue" quiz

Homework:

a. Begin study of vocab week 8

b. ORB reading

c. "Nun's Priest's Tale" quiz next class

10/23-24 Thursday-Friday Block

1. Nun's Priest's Tale quiz

2. Excalibur film

3. Read about the religious controversy expressed in "Gawain and the Green Knight":

Homework:

a. vocab quiz weeks 1-8 Monday

b. ORB reading--finish by 12/1

c. Study for Middle Ages exam coming soon:

Middle Ages intro notes (agenda date 9/29)

Raven mythology (agenda date 9/29)

Three Ravens (agenda date 9/29)

Get Up and Bar the Door (agenda date 9/29)

Lord Randall (agenda date 9/29)

Excalibur--based on book Morte D'Arthur (film and notes agenda dates 10/14, 10/23)

Gawain and the Green Knight text (purple lit book)

Gawain and the Green Knight notes (agenda date 10/23)

Greenman Mythology video (agenda date 10/7)

Canterbury tales Prologue text (agenda date 9/30)

Canterbury Tale Prologue notes (agenda date 10/9)

Nun's Priests' Tale text: (agenda date 10/6)

Nun's Priest's Tale notes (agenda date 10/9)

*more Excalibur/notes and excerpt from Morte D'Arthur to come

10/27 Monday Traditional

1. Vocab weeks 1-8 quiz

2. Excalibur film

Homework

a. Begin study of vocab 9

b. ORB reading--finish by 12/1

c. Study for Middle Ages exam coming soon:

Middle Ages intro notes (agenda date 9/29)

Raven mythology (agenda date 9/29)

Three Ravens (agenda date 9/29)

Get Up and Bar the Door (agenda date 9/29)

Lord Randall (agenda date 9/29)

Excalibur--based on book Morte D'Arthur (film and notes agenda dates 10/14, 10/23)

Gawain and the Green Knight text (purple lit book)

Gawain and the Green Knight notes (agenda date 10/23)

Greenman Mythology video (agenda date 10/7)

Canterbury tales Prologue text (agenda date 9/30)

Canterbury Tale Prologue notes (agenda date 10/9)

Nun's Priests' Tale text: (agenda date 10/6)

Nun's Priest's Tale notes (agenda date 10/9)

*more Excalibur/notes and excerpt from Morte D'Arthur to come

10/28-29 Tuesday-Wednesday Block

1. Excalibur Film

2. Read in purple lit book the excerpt from Morte D'Arthur (pages 149-155)

3. Study for exam--divide up works on the exam listed below with your tablemates; for those you are assigned, create either something in writing, a drawing, a timeline, etc. that will help teammates review for the exam, due IN CLASS

next period, no late papers.

Homework:

a. ORB reading--finish by 12/1

b. Study for Middle Ages exam coming soon:

Middle Ages intro notes (agenda date 9/29)

Raven mythology (agenda date 9/29)

Three Ravens (agenda date 9/29)

Get Up and Bar the Door (agenda date 9/29)

Lord Randall (agenda date 9/29)

Excalibur--based on book Morte D'Arthur (film and notes agenda dates 10/14, 10/23, and 10/28)

Gawain and the Green Knight text (purple lit book)

Gawain and the Green Knight notes (agenda date 10/23)

Greenman Mythology video (agenda date 10/7)

Canterbury tales Prologue text (agenda date 9/30)

Canterbury Tale Prologue notes (agenda date 10/9)

Nun's Priests' Tale text: (agenda date 10/6)

Nun's Priest's Tale notes (agenda date 10/9)

excerpt from Morte D'Arthur (agenda date 10/28)

*morning quiz make ups available Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday this week

10/30-31 Thursday-Friday Block (Happy Halloween!!!)

1. Middle Ages Exam team review

2. Middle Ages exam study

3. Narrative writing:

4. Read the material on character development here: https://jerryjenkins.com/character-development/

5. Read the material on show vs. tell here: https://jerryjenkins.com/show-dont-tell/

6. Read the material on dialogue writing: https://centerforfiction.org/writing-tools/tips-for-writing-dialogue/

7. Read through the power point on how to format dialogue:

8. Now read the handout/s, and on "I Pledge Allegiance"

indicate where with side notes/underlining where the

author uses setting, dialogue, character development,

and how he reveals the message of the narrative--hand in when finished

Homework:

a. study for vocab quiz weeks 1-9 Monday

b. study for Middle Ages exam first block next week---see yesterday's agenda for details

c. Finish above work - annotations for "I Pledge Allegiance to the Bag" due Monday

11/3 Monday Traditional

1. Vocab weeks 1-9 quiz

2. Come up with an idea for a personal narrative and post it to GC that includes:

one sentence describing the basic plot arc

one sentence describing the life lesson someone could learn from reading the story

3. Plan story in your head

4. Study for Middle Ages exam next class period

Homework:

a. Study for vocab final next Monday

b. Study for Middle Ages exam next class period

c. ORB reading--finish novel by 12/1

11/4-5 Tuesday-Wednesday Block

1. Middle Ages Exam

2. Finish planning your personal narrative essay...you will have one day to write it in class, second block

next week.

3. Renaissance introduction:

Homework:

a. Study for Vocab Final first block next week (Mon odd, Wed even, Thurs odd, Fri even)

b. ORB reading--be done by 12/1

11/6-7 Thursday-Friday Block

1. Renaissance author bios---begin learning these for next exam:

2. Read the following poems with your table mates, and for each answer the questions given

and post answers to GC:

a. Whoso List to Hunt: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45593/whoso-list-to-hunt-i-know-where-is-an-hind

* Why is he ending his hunt for the hind?

* What advice does he give other hunters?

* What is written around the hind's neck?

* Who is the hind and who is Caesar?

* The object around the hind's neck can be thought of as a collar...why does one place a collar on an animal,

and how does this idea relate to the poem?

* What is implied about the fact that the collar is made of diamonds?

b. They Flee from Me: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45589/they-flee-from-me

* What contrast between past and present is emphasized in stanza 1?

* Which lover takes the initiative in stanza 2?

* In stanza 3, who does the speaker blame for the breakup?

* What does the speaker ask at the poem's end, and what does it mean?

* What lines in the poem indicate some sarcasm?

* Why does the speaker think the breakup happened?

* What evidence is there in the poem that the speaker's reasoning in the question immediately above is bogus?

c. What is our Life: https://allpoetry.com/poem/14330664-What-Is-Our-Life-by-Sir-Walter-Raleigh

* Identify all the metaphors used to describe life as a drama:

* Which aspect of life is NOT a comedy?

* Do you think people can bear their ups and downs better if they see life as a performance? Explain:

* Is there any harm in regarding life as a play? Explain:

4. Now read in the purple lit book "The Faerie Queene" and for each stanza, write a one sentence summary of what happens

and post to GC--make sure to label the stanzas according to the stanzas in the book (it does not include all stanzas from the poem, which is book length originally, so be careful in numbering; submit to GC (pages 201-210)

Homework:

a. Study for vocab final first block day next week

(Mon odd, Wed even, Thurs odd, Fri even)

b. ORB reading--be done by 12/1

c. be planning your personal narrative for next week

11/10 and 11/12 Monday and Wednesday Blocks

1. vocab final (no spelling or sentences, you will define roots and their English words only)

2. Read through detailed notes for

"Whoso List to Hunt," "They Flee from Me," and The Faerie Queene

3. Study Sync: The English Renaissance - complete today (you must go in through clever.com)

4.Read the author bio for Christopher Marlowe (see agenda date 11/6)

5. Now read a famous poem by Marlowe on Study Sync "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"

and complete the work there. (you must go in through clever.com)

Link to the text: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44675/the-passionate-shepherd-to-his-love

6. Now read the response to Marlowe's poem by Raleigh, "The Nymph's Reply"

on Study Sync and complete the work there. (you must go in through clever.com)

Link to the text: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44939/the-nymphs-reply-to-the-shepherd

Homework

b. ORB reading--be done by 12/1

c. be planning your personal narrative, writing it next class

*note: Renaissance study sync needs to be completed todayl the other two can be completed by

midnight tomorrow

11/13-14 Thursday-Friday Block

1. Personal narrative--finish draft today, submit to GC by end of class. You will receive ai feedback Saturday,

and will have until next Friday to submit a final draft (this will be the only final draft, no further revisions unless

your paper is failing.

Homework

b. ORB reading--be done by 12/1

c. Submit your personal narrative draft by midnight tonight if you didn't finish in class

11/17 Monday Traditional

1. Read through the detailed notes for "Passionate Shepherd" and "Nymph's Reply":

2. Read the excerpt from Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe, in your lit book pages 226-230

and answer the following questions with your tablemates using quote support, and post to GC:

a. What does Faustus originally plan to do with his new powers?

b. When the two angels vie for Faustus' soul, how does each angel attempt to persuade Faustus?

c. To whom does Faustus finally pledge allegiance?

d. What happens when Faustus kisses Helen of Troy?

e. Compare/Contrast Faustus' original plan for his powers (your answer in a.) with what he says he will do in the

"Helen of Troy" section)---what has changed and why?

f. As Faustus waits for the devil to claim his soul, whom does he blame for his predicament?

g. How does he plan to escape his damnation, and why doesn't this work?

3. Read the article on the lit book about Metaphysical Poetry (363) and know material for exam

4. Read John Donne's "The Bait" https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44094/the-bait-56d2230bf176d

Now read the detailed analysis linked here, take notes, and post to GC:

https://poemanalysis.com/john-donne/the-bait/

5. Read John Donne's "Song" (Go and Catch a Falling Star):

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44127/song-go-and-catch-a-falling-star

Now read the detailed analysis linked here, take notes, and post to GC:

https://poemanalysis.com/john-donne/song-go-and-catch-a-falling-star/

Homework:

a. Finish above work

b. ORB reading--be done by 12/1

Renaissance Exam - what to know and where to find it

Renaissance background power point (agenda date 11/4)

Renaissance Author Bios (agenda date 11/6)

Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene (agenda date 11/10 for notes, lit book pages 201-210 for text)

Sir Thomas Wyatt's "Whoso List to Hunt" (agenda date 11/6 for text, 11/10 for notes)

Sir Thomas Wyatt's "They Flee from Me" (agenda date 11/6 for text, 11/10 for notes)

Sir Walter Raleigh's "What is Our Life" (agenda date 11/6 for text)

Christopher Marlowe's "Passionate Shepherd" (agenda dates 11/10 for text, 11/17 for notes)

Sir Walter Raleigh's "Nymph's Reply" (agenda dates 11/10 for text, 11/17 for notes)

Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus (lit book pages 226-230)

John Donne's "Bait" (agenda dates 11/17 and 11/18 notes )

John Donne's "song" (Go and Catch a Falling Star) (agenda date 11/17 and 11/18 notes )

Metaphysical Poetry (lit book page 363)

John Donne's "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning"

John Donne's "Meditation 17" (agenda date 11/18 text; and )

John Donne's "Death be Not Proud"

John Donne's "Batter My Heart"

Ben Jonsons' "Still to be Neat"

Robert Herrick's "Delight in Disorder"

John Milton's "On His Blindness"

John Milton's "The Temptation of Eve" from Paradise Lost

11/18-19 Tuesday-Wednesday Block

1. Narrative Essay revision--post to "Personal Narrative Revision for Final Grade" in google classroom

2.Read detailed notes for "Bait" and "Song: Go and Catch a Falling Star"

3. First, read I Corinthian's chapter 12 to prepare for the idea in Donne's meditation:

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2012&version=NIV

As you read "Meditation 17" below, be aware of the following custom: when a person in the community died,

the church bell was rung so the community would know someone had passed, though one wouldn't know

who without further investigation

2. Read John Donne's "Meditation 17" https://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/donne/meditation17.php

and answer the following questions, then post to GC by tomorrow midnight:

a. List the metaphors used to show that the speaker is part of humanity and not an isolated individual:

b. Explain why the speaker feels that affliction (hardship) is a treasure:

c. In what ways is tribulation (hardship) like money?

d. How would you explain what Donne means when he says "the bell...tolls for thee"?

e. What are Donne's main ideas in this meditation (list them)?

f. For each main idea you listed in e. above, tell whether you agree with the idea and why or why not:

g. Does this meditation have significance for the current age? Explain your answer:

h. What ideas from I Corinthian's 12 do you see reflected in Meditation 17? Give quote support

from the bible passage in your response.

Homework:

a. Finish Meditation 17 work by the midnight before your second block and post to GC

b. ORB reading--finish by 12/1

c. Post revision to personal narrative (final draft for a grade) by midnight first block

11/20-21 Thursday-Friday Block

1. Read the following John Donne's poems and answer the questions with your table mates, then post results to GC:

a. "Batter My Heart" (it helps to understand the reference to a three person God--Christianity posits

a single being with three distinct persons so interconnected as to be one--the Father (not understood to

be gendered---"father" is simply a metaphor for a caring provider) , the Son (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44106/holy-sonnets-batter-my-heart-three-persond-god

What does the speaker ask God to do to him?

Explain the simile in line s 5-6:

Does this seem like the prayer of a weak person or of a strong person? Explain your answer with reasons:

b. "Death Be Not Proud"

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44107/holy-sonnets-death-be-not-proud

Why Should Death not be proud according to the poem?

Whom must Death serve as a slave?

Explain how rest and sleep are "pictures" of death:

Explain the paradox: those who die will not die, but Death itself will die:

2. Read "The Temptation of Eve" from John Milton's Paradise Lost including the background notes in lit book,

pages 420-433, then answer the questions below with your table mates AFTER reading it through once first,

then post to GC:

a. What information does Satan give us about himself in lines 62-82?

b. What arguments does Satan give to get Eve to eat the fruit in lines 263-316?

c. How does Eve rationalize her decision to eat the fruit in lines 329-363?

d. What happens to earth and nature when Eve eats the fruit, and why doesn't Eve notice these drastic changes?

e. What does Milton mean by calling Eve "fairest unsupported flower/from her best prop so far "?

f. How would you describe Milton's attitude toward love in lines 79-80?

g. How does Satan prejudice Eve's mind against God?

h. What is Satan's explanation of death?

i. Are there inconsistencies in Satan's arguments to Eve? Explain:

j. How does the fruit affect Eve both physically and morally?

k. Why is eating the fruit such a serious crime?

l. Some think the sin in the garden was pride, not just disobedience. What details in the story support this idea?

m. Is Milton's characterization of Eve sexist? Why or why not?

3. Study for Renaissance exam---see list below

Homework:

a. Study for Renaissance exam

Renaissance Exam - what to know and where to find it

Renaissance background power point (agenda date 11/4)

Renaissance Author Bios (agenda date 11/6)

Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene (agenda date 11/10 for notes, lit book pages 201-210 for text)

Sir Thomas Wyatt's "Whoso List to Hunt" (agenda date 11/6 for text, 11/10 for notes)

Sir Thomas Wyatt's "They Flee from Me" (agenda date 11/6 for text, 11/10 for notes)

Sir Walter Raleigh's "What is Our Life" (agenda date 11/6 for text)

Christopher Marlowe's "Passionate Shepherd" (agenda dates 11/10 for text, 11/17 for notes)

Sir Walter Raleigh's "Nymph's Reply" (agenda dates 11/10 for text, 11/17 for notes)

Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus (lit book pages 226-230)

John Donne's "Bait" (agenda dates 11/17 and 11/18 notes )

John Donne's "song" (Go and Catch a Falling Star) (agenda date 11/17 and 11/18 notes )

Metaphysical Poetry (lit book page 363)

John Donne's "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning"

John Donne's "Meditation 17" (agenda date 11/18 text; and )

John Donne's "Death be Not Proud" (agenda date 11/20 for text and notes)

John Donne's "Batter My Heart" (agenda date 11/20 for text and notes)

Ben Jonsons' "Still to be Neat"

Robert Herrick's "Delight in Disorder"

John Milton's "On His Blindness"

John Milton's "The Temptation of Eve" from Paradise Lost (agenda date 11/20 for text and notes)

12/1 Monday Traditional

1. Read Jonson's "Still to Be Neat" and answer the following questions with table mates and post to GC:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44452/still-to-be-neat-still-to-be-dressed

a. What does the speaker presume about a woman who is always neat and dressed up?

b. What kind of "look" does the speaker prefer?

c. What does the "art"in line 11 refer to?

d. What are "the adulteries of art" and is "adulteries" being used in a double sense here? Explain:

e. Line 3 mentions two specific things one might do to enhance one's image; line 6 uses the language that

all is not "sweet" or "sound" - what reason might someone have to use the items in line 3 to hide

something not "sweet" and not "sound"?

2. Read Herrick's "Delight in Disorder: and answer the following questions with table mates and post to GC:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47285/delight-in-disorder

a. What is the effect of a slightly disordered dress?

b. This poem makes use of an "oxymoron"--a pair of words that seem contradictory, such as "cruel kindness"...

What is the oxymoron in "Delight in Disorder" and how does it sum up the poem's message?

3. Now on your own, without table mates, write a comparison/contrast analysis of the two poems and include

similarities/differences in message (the messages to readers,) imagery (descriptive language that gives sensory details,

and tone (the author's attitude toward a subject) and post to GC

4. ORB assignment: because you will be comparing/contrasting thematic messages in your two works, and because

you dont yet have any idea what the messages will be in your second novel, what is needed for the first novel is

a thorough list of one word themes along with the message of your classic work for each theme. You need a minimum of

3 themes/messages....but this is a case in which more is better....you'll have more to work with the more time you take now

to look at a variety of messages.

Your paper should look like the sample to the right, and include your one word themes,

a message from the book about each theme, one quote per theme (cited) that reflects the message,

and three pieces of evidence that prove each message (9 total--things that happen that you remember)

that prove each message.

5. Study for Renaissance Exam--see list below

Homework:

a. Work on ORB assignment---due Monday 12/8

b. Study for Renaissance Exam

Renaissance Exam - what to know and where to find it

Renaissance background power point (agenda date 11/4)

Renaissance Author Bios (agenda date 11/6)

Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene (agenda date 11/10 for notes, lit book pages 201-210 for text)

Sir Thomas Wyatt's "Whoso List to Hunt" (agenda date 11/6 for text, 11/10 for notes)

Sir Thomas Wyatt's "They Flee from Me" (agenda date 11/6 for text, 11/10 for notes)

Sir Walter Raleigh's "What is Our Life" (agenda date 11/6 for text)

Christopher Marlowe's "Passionate Shepherd" (agenda dates 11/10 for text, 11/17 for notes)

Sir Walter Raleigh's "Nymph's Reply" (agenda dates 11/10 for text, 11/17 for notes)

Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus (lit book pages 226-230)

John Donne's "Bait" (agenda dates 11/17 and 11/18 notes )

John Donne's "song" (Go and Catch a Falling Star) (agenda date 11/17 and 11/18 notes )

Metaphysical Poetry (lit book page 363)

John Donne's "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning" (notes to come in class)

John Donne's "Meditation 17" (agenda date 11/18 text; and )

John Donne's "Death be Not Proud" (agenda date 11/20 for text and notes)

John Donne's "Batter My Heart" (agenda date 11/20 for text and notes)

Ben Jonsons' "Still to be Neat" (notes to come in class)

Robert Herrick's "Delight in Disorder" (notes to come in class)

John Milton's "On His Blindness" (notes to come in class)

John Milton's "The Temptation of Eve" from Paradise Lost (agenda date 11/20 for text and notes)

12/2-3 Tuesday-Wednesday Block

1. Read John Milton's "On His Blindness":

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44750/sonnet-19-when-i-consider-how-my-light-is-spent

and answer the questions below with tablemates and post to GC:

a. List the speakers in the poem:

b. What worries Milton in the sonnet?

c. How is this worry answered/responded to, and by whom?

d. Suppose the word "sit" were substituted for "stand" in line 14...what difference would this make to the meaning?

e. If you were in Milton's position (now blind, as a writer hes now unable to write)would you be reassured by the words of

Patience? Explain why or why not.

f. Consider the last line and how it relates to any task one might be asked to do/might be forced to wait to do, .e.g.

if this were being said to a soldier who wants to serve on the front lines and is assigned to serve stateside...how

might that soldier feel about being sidelined, and how does the poem suggest the solider SHOULD feel about is

and how others should see the work of that soldier?

g. To what other circumstances in a modern persons' life could this be applied to? Explain and give at least two ideas

2. Class lecture: "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning" by John Donne - take notes

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44131/a-valediction-forbidding-mourning

3. Macbeth introduction-- take notes

Read Act 1 scenes 1-7 of Macbeth (read each scene in modern English and THEN in Shakespeare's language:

https://www.litcharts.com/shakescleare/shakespeare-translations/macbeth/act-1-scene-1

be ready for short quiz next class

AFTER reading, find quotes that answer the prompts and post to GC (and for each prompt, give the name of the character

speaking before the quotes)

4. Macbeth Introduction power point:

Homework:

a. Finish Macbeth Act 1 reading and assignment above (short quiz next class)

b. Study for renaissance exam---see below

Renaissance Exam - what to know and where to find it

Renaissance background power point (agenda date 11/4)

Renaissance Author Bios (agenda date 11/6)

Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene (agenda date 11/10 for notes, lit book pages 201-210 for text)

Sir Thomas Wyatt's "Whoso List to Hunt" (agenda date 11/6 for text, 11/10 for notes)

Sir Thomas Wyatt's "They Flee from Me" (agenda date 11/6 for text, 11/10 for notes)

Sir Walter Raleigh's "What is Our Life" (agenda date 11/6 for text)

Christopher Marlowe's "Passionate Shepherd" (agenda dates 11/10 for text, 11/17 for notes)

Sir Walter Raleigh's "Nymph's Reply" (agenda dates 11/10 for text, 11/17 for notes)

Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus (lit book pages 226-230)

John Donne's "Bait" (agenda dates 11/17 and 11/18 notes )

John Donne's "song" (Go and Catch a Falling Star) (agenda date 11/17 and 11/18 notes )

Metaphysical Poetry (lit book page 363)

John Donne's "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning" (agenda date 12/2 for text and detailed notes)

John Donne's "Meditation 17" (agenda date 11/18 text and detail notes ) )

John Donne's "Death be Not Proud" (agenda date 11/20 for text and notes)

John Donne's "Batter My Heart" (agenda date 11/20 for text and notes)

Ben Jonsons' "Still to be Neat" (see agenda date 12/1 for link and notes)

Robert Herrick's "Delight in Disorder" (see agenda date 12/1 for link and notes)

John Milton's "On His Blindness" (agenda date 12/2 text, agenda date 12/4-5 for detail notes)

John Milton's "The Temptation of Eve" from Paradise Lost (agenda date 11/20 for text and notes)

12/4-5 Thursday-Friday Block

1. Macbeth Act 1 quiz

2. Detail notes on Milton's "On His Blindness"

3. Macbeth Act 1 review

4. Macbeth Act 1 guide answer key:

4. Read Macbeth Act 2 scenes 1-4, then answer quote guide and post to GC

https://www.litcharts.com/shakescleare/shakespeare-translations/macbeth/act-1-scene-1

Homework:

a. Study for renaissance era exam---see list below

b. Finish Macbeth Act 2 work