Complete English 4 – Part 1 Outline
The British Tradition
Updated 2010
The Old English and Medieval Periods: 449-1485
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T = See teacher for modern translation
_____ p.6-13, Read and take notes (*)
_____ VIDEO: History of the English Language (37 min.)> Evaluation
_____ p.17, Anglo-Saxon Lyrics (*)
_____ p.19-22, The Seafarer CR 2,3,4,6
_____ p.34-35, Defining the Epic (*)
_____ p.36-37, Burton Raffle Introduces Beowulf (see teacher)
_____ p.41-62, Beowulf T-CR 2,3,4
_____ Writing #1
_____ p.77, Historical Writing (*)
_____ p.78-82, A History of the EnglishChurch and People (Bede) CR 2,3,4
_____ p.94-95, A Closer Look (*)
______Benchmark Test 1 (Open Book – see teacher)
_____ Listening Activity: Geoffrey Chaucer (*)
_____ p.97, Characterization (*)
_____ p.98-119, The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales (Chaucer) (see teacher)
_____ p.122, Allegory (*)
_____ p.123-133, The Pardoner’s Tale (Chaucer) T-CR 2,3,4,6
_____ Enrichment: Plague (see teacher)
_____ Writing #2
_____ p.160-161, Knights of Legend & Medieval Romance (*)
_____ p.162-175, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight T-CR 2,3,4
_____ p.176-184, The Death of Arthur (Malory) T-CR 2,3,4,5
_____ p.188, Folk Ballads (*)
_____ p.194-195, Twa Corbies & Lord Randall CR 2,3
_____ p.196-197, Get Up and Bar the Door T-CR 1,2,3,4
_____ Writing #3
_____ Benchmark Test 2 (Open Book – see teacher) 1/3 outline
Writings:
_____ #1: Rather than plan a way to trap and kill the monster, Hrothgar’s warriors run away and abandon Herot. Discuss the advantages/disadvantages of immediately confronting a problem or waiting for it to resolve itself. (Please see your teacher about essay expectations.)
_____ #2: Discuss the moral that “The Pardoner’s Tale” teaches about greed.
_____ #3: p.210, Writing Workshop: Write an autobiographical narrative about an event or an incident in your life that marked a significant change or provided an important insight.
The English Renaissance Period: 1485-1625
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_____ p.228-235, Read and take notes (*)
_____ p.239, The Sonnet (*)
_____ p.244, Sonnet 39 (Sidney) CR 3
_____ p.249, Pastoral (*)
_____ p.250-252, Poetry by Marlowe and Raleigh T-CR 2,4,5,6
_____ Writing #1
_____ p.257, The Shakespearian Sonnet (*)
_____ p.259-260, Sonnet 29 (Shakespeare) T-CR 2,3
_____ p.262, Sonnet 130 (Shakespeare) T-CR 4,5
_____ p.270, Sir Thomas More & Elizabeth I (*)
_____ p.272-273, from Utopia (More) CR 1,2,3 OR
_____ p.275-276, Speech Before Her Troops (Elizabeth I) CR 2,3,4
_____ p.281, Psalm, Sermon, and Parable (*)
_____ p.283, Psalm 23 CR 2,3,5
_____ p.285-287, The Parable of the Prodigal Son CR 2,3,4 ½ outline
_____ Benchmark Test 3 (Open Book – see teacher)
_____ p.292-293, Defining Drama (*)
_____ p.294-295, The Elizabethan Theater (*)
_____ p.300-301, Kermode Introduces Macbeth (see teacher)
_____ Listening Activity: How William Became Shakespeare (*)
_____ p.304, Macbeth (*)
Macbeth: (Shakespeare) (Modern translation is available.)
_____ p.306-323, Act I CR 2,3,4,5,6
_____ p.326-339, Act II CR 1,2,3,4,5
_____ p.342-357, Act III CR
_____ p.360-377, Act IV CR 1,2,3,4,5
_____ p.380-394, Act V CR 2,3,4,5
_____ Writing #2
_____ Benchmark Test 4 (Open Book – see teacher) 2/3 outline
Writings:
_____ #1: The shepherd offers the maiden many worldly treasures but she says, “That don’t impress me much.” (…Shania Twain) Discuss what you think the nymph really wants the shepherd to offer.
_____ #2: p.406, Writing Workshop: Write a persuasive essay on an issue of concern or importance to you.
The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: 1625 - 1798
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_____ p.424-431, Read and take notes (*)
_____ p.435, Metaphysical Poetry (*)
_____ p.438-439, A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning (Donne) T-CR 2,3
_____ p.441, Holy Sonnet 10 (Donne) T-CR 2,3,4
_____ p.451, On My First Son (Jonson) T-CR 1,2,5
_____ p.459, Carpe Diem Theme (*)
_____ p.463, To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time (Herrick) T-CR 2,3
_____ p.465, Song (Suckling) CR 2,3
_____ p.470-471, Milton’s Epic Ambition (*)
_____ p.473, Italian Sonnet; Epic Poetry (*)
_____ p.475, Sonnet VII (Milton) T-CR 2,3,5
_____ p.478-486, Paradise Lost (Milton) T-CR 2,3,4,5
_____ p.492-493, Eve’s Apology in Defense of Women (Lanier) CR 1,2,3,5
_____ Benchmark Test 5 (Open Book – see teacher)
_____ p.503, Diaries and Journals (*)
_____ p.504-510, from The Diary (Pepys) CR 2,3,5
_____ p.511-516, A Journal of the Plague Year (Defoe) CR 2,3,4
_____ Writing #1
_____ p.521, Satire (*)
_____ p.522-532, Gulliver’s Travels (Swift) CR 2,3,4,5
_____ Writing #2
_____ p.537, Mock Epic (*)
_____ p.539, An Essay on Man (Pope) T-CR 2,3
_____ p.613, Satirical Essay (*)
_____ p.614, A Modest Proposal CR 2,3,4,5
_____ Benchmark Test 6 (Open Book – see teacher)
Writings:
_____ #1: Discuss how experiencing a plague of this sort might change a person’s attitude toward life and death.
_____ #2: Imagine that you are going to a foreign country and your goal is to tell people about America, as Gulliver told about England. Choose eight to ten items, of any size, that you would take and discuss why.
EXAM (Two class periods/25% final grade)