ENGLISH IV 2nd SIX WEEKS SYLLABUS FALL 2011--FAUST

DATE / DAILY TOPICS/ASSIGNMENTS / HOMEWORK
WEEK 1 / 10/3 / Watch King Arthur
10/4 / Finish King Arthur
Assign compare/contrast Paper / Grammar Packet—Run-on sentences
10/5-6 / Work on writing reflection and goal
SAT Vocabulary words
Write Thesis and begin Outline
Ballads (p. 218-225)Grammar—Run-on practice/assessment / Compare/contrast essay—outline
10/7 / Work on compare/contrast paper
Start Sir Gawain and the Green Knight / Essay—rough draft
Finish reading Sir Gawain (p. 230)
WEEK 2 / 10/10 / STUDENT HOLIDAY
10/11 / Compare/contrast Rough Draft Due (formative grade)
Compare/contrast outline Due (formative grade)
Discuss Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
10/12
PSAT/
ASVAB / Late Arrival for Seniors—11 AM (Classes 3, 5, 7)
Self-edit of compare/contrast essay in class (formative grade) / Study for Medieval literature test
10/13 / No late arrival—School starts at 7:25 (1, 2, 4, 6)
Self-edit of compare/contrast essay in class (formative grade)
Ballads (p. 218-225) / Study for Medieval literature test
10/14 / TEST: Medieval literature—Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; Ballads; Grammar—Run-ons (summative) / Compare/contrast essay—final draft
WEEK 3 / 10/17 / COMPARE/CONTRAST ESSAY FINAL DRAFT DUE (summative)
Begin The Canterbury Tales: “The Prologue”
Senior Pictures Makeup Day
10/18 / Finish The Canterbury Tales: “The Prologue”
Grammar—Pronoun Usage
Vocabulary Activity
10/19-20 / SAT Writing
Begin The Canterbury Tales: “The Pardoner’s Tale” (p. 170) / Study for vocab quiz
Finish “Pardoner’s”
10/21 / SAT Vocabulary Quiz (double formative)
Discuss The Canterbury Tales: “The Pardoner’s Tale”
Begin The Canterbury Tales: “The Wife of Bath’s Tale: Prologue” / Read “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” (p. 184)
WEEK 4 / 10/24 / RC—The Canterbury Tales: “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”
Discuss The Canterbury Tales: “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”
10/25 / Passage Analysis/Review for unit test / Study for unit test
10/26-27 / TEST: THE CANTERBURY TALES—“The Prologue”; “The Pardoner’s Tale”; “The Wife of Bath’s Tale"(summative)
Begin Renaissance Background Reading / Finish Renaissance background
10/28 / Renaissance background and William Shakespeare / Study for Ren. quiz
WEEK 5 / 10/31 / Grammar—Pronouns
SAT Vocabulary words
11/1 / QUIZ: Renaissance background (double formative)
Grammar
11/2-3 / SAT Writing
Begin Macbeth—Act I / Read Act I of Macbeth (p. 350)
11/4 / Continue Macbeth—Act I

Remember—Dates are subject to change.

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