GUNTERSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

12 Advanced English  -  2010-2011

Mr. Chris McVay

 

Texts:     McDougal Littell,  Literature:  the Reader’s Choice British Literature

               Glencoe,  Literature:  Reader’s Choice British Literature ; Glencoe, Writer's Choice:  Grammar and Composition 

 

         *First Nine Weeks

            **Third Nine Weeks

Board Work:   Journal writings

Vocabulary:    Literary terms (Elements of Fiction)

                        Vocabulary from grammar skills

Language Skills:

   Vocabulary, spelling, study skills, test preparation, personal

    writing (college essays, applications, resumes, business

    letters), grammar troubleshooting (major grammatical errors),

    phrases, clauses & sentence structure, sentence combining,

    modifiers, capitalization, punctuation

 

Reading:

   Short story unit :

       “The Rocking-Horse Winner,” “Araby,” “A Cup of Tea,”

       “A Mild Attack of Locusts,” “The Train from Rhodesia,”

       “Dead Men’s Path”

   Novel units:

     Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (summer)

     1984 by George Orwell (summer)

     Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

 

Writing Products:

  Writing essay answers & writing about literature

  Paragraphs & multiparagraph essays

  College applications and resumes, thank you notes

   Business letters & memos

Board Work:    Daily Oral Language

Vocabulary:      Research Vocabulary

                          Literary terms, poetry terms

Language Skills:

      The English Language, cliches, jargon, sexist language.

     Analyzing tone and using point of view

     Narrative and descriptive writing, analyzing imagery,

     Expository writing, verb tense, voice & mood,   agreement

     Persuasive writing & satire

     MLA format for research paper

     Research skills & resources, dictionaries

     Paraphrasing, summarizing

     Viewing and representing

     Electronic resources

 

Reading:

    Critical Essays on literary selections

     Satire   "A Modest Proposal"

      Various prose selections

 

Writing Products:

       Letter to principal (argumentative form)

       Research paper using MLA format

        Essay using satire

        Expository, persuasive writing

 

       * Second  Nine Weeks

             **Fourth Nine Weeks

Board work:     Daily Oral Language

Vocabulary:     Elements of poetry & vocab. From content

Language skills:   Any remaining from 2nd 9 Weeks.

    Analyzing imagery.

  

Reading:

    Anglo Saxon Period & Middle Ages:    Beowulf &

       Prologue & “Pardoner’s Tale” from Canterbury Tales

   English Renaissance:  Sonnet & carpe diem & parody poetry

   Romantic Period:   selected poems from Wordsworth, Byron,

       Coleridge, Shelley, & Keats

   Victorian Period: selected poems from Tennyson, Browning,

       Arnold, Hardy, Hopkins, and Housman

   Twentieth Century:  selected poems from Brooke, Owen, 

       Yeats, Reed, Thomas.

 

Writing Products:

      Comparison/contrast, definition, theme analysis essays

 

Board work:    Journals

Vocabulary:    Drama vocabulary

                    

Language skills:

      Business & technical writing

       Social notes

 

Reading:

     Macbeth

     Pygmalion

     Literary criticism

 

Writing Products:

      Expository paragraphs & essays

       Analysis of character and theme

       Thank you notes & bread-and-butter notes

Note:      At the discretion of the instructor, units may be added, deleted, or altered in sequence.

 

 

 

12 Advanced English                                                                       Course Outline

 

First Nine Weeks

 

Journal Writings

 

Elements of Fiction                                                                              handout

 

George Orwell, 1984                                                                            (novel)  

 

Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights                                                     (novel)

                                               

Twentieth Century Fiction                                                                 Literature              

                D. H. Lawrence, “The Rocking-Horse Winner”              McDougal Literature           1128

                James Joyce, “Araby”                                                         McDougal Literature           1174

                Katherine Mansfield, “A Cup of Tea”                              McDougal Literature           1102

                *Virginia Woolf, “The Duchess and the Jeweler”          McDougal Literature           1114

                *Elizabeth Bowen, “The Demon Lover”                          McDougal Literature           1204

                *Anita Desai, A Devoted Son”                                         McDougal Literature           1338

                Doris Lessing, “A Mild Attack of Locusts”                    *Glencoe Literature             1143

                Nadine Gordimer, “The Train from Rhodesia”                *Glencoe Literature             1153

                Chinua Achebe, “Dead Men’s Path”                               *Glencoe Literature             1161

 

Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness                                                   (novel)

 

Writing for College                                                                              handouts

 

Vocabulary                                                                                            Grammar 784

Spelling                                                                                                  Grammar 793

Study Skills                                                                                           Grammar 800

Test Preparation                                                                                   Grammar 807

Personal Writing                                                                                  Grammar   20                                                                         

Troubleshooting                                                                                  Grammar 37

Capitalization                                                                                        Grammar 692

Punctuation                                                                                          Grammar 708

Verb Tenses, Voice, Mood                                                 Grammar 570

Agreement                                                                                            Grammar 598

Pronouns                                                                                               Grammar 620

Modifiers                                                                                               Grammar 646

Phrases                                                                                                  Grammar 510

Clauses & Sentence Structure                                                           Grammar 532

Sentence Combining                                                                           Grammar 355

 


                                                                                                Second Nine Weeks

 

DOL

 

Elements of Poetry                                                                               handout

 

Anglo Saxon Period & Middle Ages Verse                                     Literature              

                Beowulf                                                                                 McDougal Literature           36                                                                                                            Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, “Prologue”      McDougal Literature           140

                                “Pardoner’s Tale”                                                McDougal Literature           165

                               

English Renaissance Poetry                                                               Literature              

                The Sonnet                                                                           Literature              

                                Spenser, Sonnet 30 & 75                                     McDougal Literature           310, 313

                                Sidney, Sonnet 31 & 39                                       *Glencoe Literature             233,234

                                Shakespeare, #ll6, l30, 18, 29                              McDougal Literature           316, 320, 321, 322 

                                Donne, Meditation 17                                         McDougal Literature           514

                Shakespeare, “Fear No More the Heat…”

                                “Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind”                    *Glencoe Literature             257,258

                Donne, “Song,” “A Valediction,”&

                                 “Death Be Not Proud”                                       McDougal Literature           508, 513

                 Parody:  “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love”        McDougal Literature           304

                                “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd”           McDougal Literature           308

                Milton, “How Soon Hath Time,” When I ...”                   McDougal Literature           480, 483

                                From Paradise Lost                                             McDougal Literature           485         

                Carpe diem poetry, “To His Coy Mistress”                     McDougal Literature           522

                                “To the Virgins…”                                               McDougal Literature           526

                *from Ecclesiastes, Chapter 23                                          McDougal Literature           472

                *Psalms 23                                                                           McDougal Literature           476

                *“Parable of the Prodigal Son”                                          McDougal Literature           477         

 

Romantic Period   Poetry                                                                    Literature              

                Wordsworth, “The World…”                                            McDougal Literature           791

                                “It Is a Beauteous Evening…”                          *Glencoe Literature             653

                                “My Heart Leaps Up:                                          *Glencoe Literature             653

                                “Lines Composed …”                                         McDougal Literature           782

                *Blake, “The Lamb”                                                            McDougal Literature           754

                                “The Tyger”                                                         McDougal Literature           758

                Coleridge, “Kubla Khan.”                                                   McDougal Literature           842

                                “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”                  McDougal Literature           796

                Byron, “from Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”                       McDougal Literature           838

                                “She Walks in beauty”                                       McDougal Literature           832

                Shelley, “Ozymandias”                                                       McDougal Literature           846

                                “Ode to the West”                                               McDougal Literature           850

                Keats, “When I Have Fears…”                                         McDougal Literature           860

                                “Ode on a Grecian Urn”                                      McDougal Literature           866

 

Any remaining units from Second Nine Weeks

 

Analyzing Imagery                                                                              Grammar 144

 


 

Third Nine Weeks

 

DOL

 

Elements of Fiction                                                                              handout

 

Restoration & l8th Century Non-fiction                                           Literature              

                The Essay                                                                             Literature              

                Jonathan Swift,   “A Modest Proposal”                           McDougal Literature           608

                *Daniel Defoe, from A Journal of the Plague Year       McDougal Literature           580

                *Mary Wollstonecraft, from A Vindication of the…     McDougal Literature           706

                Joan Didion, “On Keeping a Notebook”                          *Glencoe Literature             547

                Virginia Woolf, from A Room of One’s Own                    *Glencoe Literature             1049

 

Research vocabulary                                                                           handout

Research Paper                                                                                     Grammar 319

 

The English Language                                                                        Grammar 754

Cliches, Jargon, Sexist Language                                                      Grammar 82

Analyzing Tone                                                                                   Grammar 94

Narrative Writing                                                                                 Grammar 160

Using Point of View                                                                             Grammar 180

Descriptive Writing                                                                             Grammar 120

Expository Writing                                                                              Grammar 207                         

Persuasive Writing                                                                              Grammar 268

Satire                                                                                                      Grammar 294

Library Resources                                                                                Grammar 770

Dictionaries                                                                                           Grammar 783

Viewing and Representing                                                                 Grammar 854

Electronic Resources                                                                           Grammar 865

 


                                                                Fourth Nine Weeks

 

Journal Writings

 

Elements of Poetry

 

Victorian Age Poetry                                                                           Literature              

                Tennyson, “Crossing the Bar”                                          McDougal Literature           921

                Browning, “My Last Duchess”                                         McDougal Literature           924

                Arnold, “Dover Beath”                                                       McDougal Literature           1034

                Hopkins, “Pied Beauty,” “Spring & Fall”                        McDougal Literature           942, 945

                Hardy, “The Man He Killed”                                             *Glencoe Literature             835

                                “The Darkling Thrush”                                       McDougal Literature           1048

                                “Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?”            McDougal Literature           1052

                                “Is My Team Plowing”                                       handout

                                “The Ruined Maid”                                             handout

                Housman, “When I Was One and Twenty”                    McDougal Literature           1044

                                “To an Athlete Dying Young”                          McDougal Literature           1040

 

Twentieth Century Poetry                                                                  Literature              

                Brooke, “The Soldier”                                                         McDougal Literature           1222

                Owen, “Dulce et Decorum Est”                                         *Glencoe Literature             968

                Yeats, “When You Are Old”                                              McDougal Literature           1172

                                “An Irish Airman…”                                           McDougal Literature           1218

                                “The Second Coming”                                        Literature               1171

                Reed, “Naming of Parts”                                                     *Glencoe Literature             1116

                Thomas, “Do Not Go Gentle…”                                        McDougal Literature           1158

 

Drama Vocabulary                                                                               handout

 

Shaw, Pygmalion                                                                                 McDougal Literature           1202

 

Shakespeare,  Macbeth                                                                       McDougal Literature           338

 

Business & Technical Writing                                                          Grammar 404

 

 

Note:              At the discretion of the instructor, selections may be added, deleted, or altered in sequence.
First Semester

 

Week of

Mon

Tues

Wed

Thurs

Fri

Aug 9-13

TEST

*Demonstrate reading knowledge of 1984 and Wuthering Heights.

  

 

  1. Introduce self
  2. Give out syllabus
  3. Go over syllabus
  4. Go over especially class rules, grading procedures, late work requirements & penalties.
  5. Give writing assignment
  6. Give out grading sheet

       & Writing goals

Lecture on background of Orwell & 1984.  Give vocabulary words on board.

Assign chapters for student-led discussions to begin on Thurs.

 

Review 1984:  plot, setting, characters, imagery, symbols, etc.

*Determine voc. Meanings.

 

Check vocabulary from 1984.

Students should present reports on chapters and answer study questions orally.

*Review 1984:  plot, setting, characters, imagery, symbols.

 

Students should present reports on chapters and answer study questions orally.

 

Give out critical essays for students to read and to write a one page summary (students will have different ones).  Turn in.

 

Aug 16-20

Proofread

*Review 1984:  plot, setting, characters, imagery, symbols, etc.

*Determine voc. Meanings.

Use DOL for quick review of cap & punctuation

 

Check vocabulary from 1984.

Students should present reports on chapters and answer study

**Evaluate knowledge of 1984.

 

1 page fill in the blank & one lengthy essay question on 1984

 

HW:     Setting analysis of

             Wuthering Heights

*Introduction of Wuthering Heights

*Define Byronic hero, Romantic Age, frame narration

Put outline on board of main characters in the novel, narrative structure, and vocabulary terms.

Complete lecture.

*Recognize terms such as Byronic hero, Romantic Age, etc.

 

LECTURE

   Vocabulary

    Setting

     Character parallels

      Narrative voices/frame

In-Class Writing  ---

 

 Or final objective test on

 

WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Aug 23-27

Begin student reports of chapters in WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Continue student reports of chapters in WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Continue student reports of chapters in WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Final lecture/review of WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Final test on WUTHERING HEIGHTS.

 

50 Objective questions

20 vocabulary

one discussion


 

Aug 30-Sept 3

*Define elements of fiction

 

Give out literature books & handout of elements of fiction.

Use lit  books to define these terms.  Give out crossword puzzles to complete for hw.

*Identify major classical and biblical allusions.

 

Use old tests to discuss.

 

HW:   Study for test on elements of fiction.

*Demonstrate knowledge of elements of fiction.

 

Review elements of fiction.

Check crosswords.

 

Give final test on elements of fiction.

 

When finished, begin reading for Wednesday.

*Read for understanding.

 Put a list of short stories on the board for students to copy—these will be on final test.    Read orally – LITERATURE P. 1143 “a Mild Attack of Locusts”

HW:  Answer recall questions

*Read for understanding

 Check recall questions from “A Mild Attack of Locusts” & discuss.  

Begin oral reading of “The Train from Rhodesia” LITERATURE p. 1153

& complete reading & recall questions for homework.

Sept 6-10

Labor Day

*Read for understanding

Read orally/or review  “Dead Men’s Paths” p. 1161 in LITERATURE and briefly review chart w/ other stories. 

 

Begin oral reading of “A Cup of Tea.”  Complete for HW.

*Read for understanding

Check recall questions for “A Cup of Tea.”   Discuss.

Then begin oral reading of “The Rocking-horse Winner” p. 1000 in LITERATURE.  Complete reading & recall questions for homework.

*Read for understanding

Check recall questions for “The Rocking-horse Winner.” Then begin oral reading of “Araby” on p. 1016   LITERATURE.  Complete reading & recall questions for homework.

Review by doing study questions for each story.

 

Work independently.

 

Test --   Monday

Sept 13-17

Outline grammar review for group & assign parts – written summary due Monday.

Presentations begin Monday.

Major grammar test at the completion of presentations.

Give out copies of ANIMAL FARM.

Allow students to work on the their presentations.  Some can go to the lab to type their summaries.   Others will be reading.

Allow students to work on the their presentations.  Some can go to the lab to type their summaries.   Others will be reading.

Allow students to work on the their presentations.  Some can go to the lab to type their summaries.   Others will be reading.

Allow students to work on the their presentations.  Some can go to the lab to type their summaries.   Others will be reading.

Sept 20-24

Begin grammar presentations.

 

(see outline)

Continue grammar presentations

Continue grammar presentations

Continue grammar presentations.

 

Test -- Monday

Continue grammar presentations.

 

Test -- Monday

Sept 27-Oct 1

Complete grammar presentations – Michael Walker (capitalization)

 

& commas

 

Test ---Wednesday

College Day

 

(Seniors gone until 2 p.m.)

 

Major grammar test

Introduce college unit

 

*Business letter/envelope

*Application

*Resumes

*Write narrative/descriptive  essay.

In-class essays


 

Oct 4-8

college unit / in-class essays

college unit / in-class essays

College unit / class essays

college unit / in-class essays

College unit / in-class essays

Oct 11-15

Give out copies of HEART OF DARKNESS.

Review life of Conrad & have them do some research on the colonial period in Africa.

Begin the reading of Part I of HEART OF DARKNESS.

 

Give out study questions to accompany reading.

Complete the reading of Part I of HEART OF DARKNESS

Final discussion of Part I of Heart of Darkness.

 

Quiz on Part I

Read Part II of HEART OF DARKNESS.

 

(To be completed by Monday)

Oct 18-22

(Fall Break)

 

 

 

 

 

Oct 25-29

Review Part I of Heart of Darkness. Check study questions, etc.   Prepare for test for Tuesday.

Give short test on Part I of Heart of Darkness.   Take up.   Then begin discussion of Part II.   Be sure they have a copy of study questions for that part.

Continue discussion of Part II of Heart of Darkness.

Complete discussion of Part II of Heart of Darkness.   Check all study questions to prepare for the test on Part II.

Test on Part II of Heart of Darkness.

 

HW:   Complete reading of Part III of Heart of Darkness for discussion on Monday.

Nov 1-5

DOL:   complete sentences for week l..  

1- Complete discussion of Part II.- Heart of Darkness.

5 - Test on Part II- Heart of Darkness

DOL Week 2  --  give handout to be checked Wednesday.   DOL Test on Thursday.

1 - Test on Part II of Heart of Darkness.   HW:   Read 1/2 of Part III.

5 - Read Part III of Heart of Darkness.  Do study ques.

Check DOL handout of Week #2.   Review weeks 1 & 2.

 

Discussion of Part III of Heart of Darkness. 

DOL Test on weeks 1 & 2:   50 pts.  Complete discussion of Part III of Heart of Darkness.  Review for final test on Monday.

Mrs. Slappey will be in classes to discuss scholarship options.

Nov 8-12

Review for final test on HEART OF DARKNESS &

discussion of essay to be written on Friday

Final test on HEART OF DARKNESS

 

100 objective questions.

Vet Day

Preparation for in class essay on HEART OF DARKNESS:

discussion of topics, structure, type of essay, etc., prewriting.

In class essay on HEART OF DARKNESS.

Nov 15-19

Check DOL # 3

Anglo Saxon Period.  p. 32.

Do Jeopardy assignment & turn in.   Read "Epic Hero," "Background," and "Grendel Attacks" p. 42-47 for Tues.

Quiz on reading.

Give out study packet.

Read Battle with Grendel & Battle with Grendel's mother

Review DOL #3 & 4

 

Read Death of Beowulf

 

Final discussion and review using study packet

DOL Test on #3 & 4

 

Test on Beowulf  (all objective)

 

HW:  study characteristics of an Anglo Saxon hero.

Do an in class essay defining an Anglo Saxon hero using Beowulf as an example.


 

Nov 22-26

1.   Give out the hero essay chart (in folder) for them to prepare for Tuesday's essay.

2.  Give  final test on Beowulf  (see folder).

Sentence Combining & subordination & coordination

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

Nov. 29-Dec 3

Introduction to Medieval Period   --research topics

              --vocabulary

DOL #5

Report on researched topics.

Compare Middle English to Modern English

Chaucer

Plan for Canterbury Tales

Handout:   Feudal group

Check DOL #5

Direct/Indirect characterization:  Discuss characters in feudal group and take notes on physical appearance, character, and actions.     Church Handout

Direct/Indirect character.:  What is Chaucer saying about the church in England during the Middle Ages?

Discuss characters in church group and take notes on physical appearance, character, and actions

Handout:   City Group

Discuss characters in city group and take notes on physical appearance, character, and actions

Study for test on Monday.

DOL #6

Dec 6-10

Test on Chaucer Characters.

 

Read Pardoner's Tale

Discussion of Pardoner's Tale and review for Medieval period test.

Medieval Period Test

 

HW:   Read about sonnets.

Poetry vocabulary

 

Recognizing sonnets, rhyme scheme, types of sonnets, personification, etc.

Test on sonnets.

 

Read Parody & carpe diem poems.

Dec 13-17

Discuss sonnets, rhyme scheme, personification, simile, alliteration, metaphor, etc.

Review poetry vocabulary.

Quiz on sonnets, etc.  and poetry vocabulary

Review Day

Exams

Exams