Block, 11.20 - I will enter his courts . . . wearing black

• 3PO
• GUM: Exercise 4 

Hamlet, anyone? Anyone, Hamlet? Hamlet. Hamlet. Omelet.

• "Hamlet . . . stands alone supreme in varied excellence. Ambition, murder, resistless fate, filial love, the love of woman, revenge, the power of conscience, paternal solicitude, infinite jest: what a volume is this!" - Henry Coppee (President of Lehigh University - 1873)
• Shakespearean Sight Words (GC)
• Let the great depression begin! (In other words, let's begin Hamlet)

HW: 

1. Study Sight Words
2. Poetry Recitation (Monday we return from break)

Wednesday, 11.19 - Il Sonetto!

• 3PO

• GUM: Exercise 3: Maintaining Parallel Structure (do the daily ten)

• Sonnets 
• Shakespeare - see "The Sonnet" on GC (or in Notability if you already saved it)
• Sonnets (Renault)
• CWP Q2: Senior Sonnet (GC)
• Assignment
• Sonnet Grid

• Intro Hamlet: Get out a scratch piece of paper ; )

 HW: Journal: Leithart 1 

Tuesday, 11.18 - Shakespeare

• 3PO
• GUM: Spend some time updating your Nails (on the left) and Lit Terms (on the left also). 
• Finish Sonnet notes
• Shakespeare Journals (Leithart)

Journal - Leithart 1 (Intro: Tragedy and Hamlet)

Read Leithart (document posted on GC under Hamlet Docs) pages 111-120 and answer the following questions:

Introduction: Tragedy (111-113) 

1. According to the Greek philosopher Aristotle, what makes a drama a tragedy? 
2. What kind of protagonist is generally required for a successful tragedy and why? 
3. List several of the ways that Shakespearean tragedy differs from Sophoclean (or Greek) tragedy.
4. Given that the shape of Hamlet is a "Fall story," what types of characters, events, and ideas ought we to be looking for as we read?

Introduction: Hamlet (115-120)

5. Why is Hamlet such a popular drama?
6. What are two of the minor textual problems in Hamlet? What is one major problem?
7. Give two examples of the way Hamlet shows signs of compositional unity.
8. Cite two reasons why Leithart considers Hamlet a drama that condemns the revenge ethic.
9. Rather than viewing Hamlet as having "contradictions" and "loose ends," Leithart suggests that Shakespeare was making what profound observation?
10. How is Hamlet healthy reading for those who live in an age "dominated by scientific idolatry"? 

Monday, 11.17 - Shakespeare through "The Sonnet"

• 3PO
• GUM: Exercise 2: Parallel Structure. Please make any corrections to totally jacked-up sentences by writing out the correct version in your journal. Do ten.
• When you finish, please work on your poetry memorization.
• Reno to check HW while you're working on GUM.
• Today we will spend some time looking at a very popular poetic form, the form you have all been demanding that I teach. I have heard your pleas and pleases, and after today I want to hear your "thank yous." Thus I give you a premature "you're welcome" to this blundering in the index to the book and volume of . . . the sonnet.  

• Dig this sonnet flave for a bit: go to GC (Google Classroom)  and open the document entitled "The Sonnet" and read through the first two pages together. Now let's be sure you copy down and define the literary terms on the blog that you will need to know to study the sonnet. Define the terms below and discuss Shakespearean sonnet form using Sonnet 18 on the document you've opened.  
• Sonnet (what is its etymology?)
• Petrarchan (Italian)
• Shakespearean (English)
• quatrain
• octave
• couplet
• volta (the "turn")
• iambic pentameter 
• Here are poetic feet you ought to know 

HW: 

English 4 Course Outline

Quarter 1

• Reading
• Summer: C. S. Lewis' The Great Divorce
• Notes
• Anglo-Saxon Times
• The Middle Ages
• Beowulf, Caedmon's Hymn, "The Seafarer", "The Dream of the Rood”
• Major Writing
• In-Class Essay on The Great Divorce
• Narrative (College Essay)

Quarter 2

• Reading
• Notes
• The Middle Ages
• The Renaissance
• Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
• Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales
• The Pardoner's Tale
• Shakespeare: The Tempest
• Renaissance Poets

• Major Writing
• Expository (Literary Analysis)
• Final Exam Essay

Quarter 3

• Reading

• Perrine's Poetry and Some Short Stories
• AP Poetry Passage Response Examples
• Major Readings: Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Pride and Prejudice, A Tale of Two Cities

• Writing

• Analysis Essay
• The Poetry Passage Analysis Prompt
• Senior Project
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• Grammatical Conventions for Poetry Quotation and Analysis

Quarter 4

• Reading

• Perrine's Poetry and Short Stories
• Major Readings: The Importance of Being Earnest, Heart of Darkness, and Lewis or Chesterton (time permitting a third text)  

• Writing

• AP Analysis: All Types
• Grammatical Conventions for AP Test Analysis Writing
• AP Exam
• Semester II Final ICE

Block, 11.13 - Re-naissance (Re-birth)

• 3PO
• GUM: Read these rules on parallelism and then do at least the first ten of the Exercise 1 with a buddy. Please work through the why for each answer.

HW: Begin background on "The Renaissance." Take notes on each bolded section:

• One main sentence
• Two sub points for each section
• Finish for HW

Wednesday, 11.12 - Domesday Exam

• Review for a few moments
• Practice poem
• Domesday Exam, in which your Medieval worth is judged (this is merely a joke; please don't take it too much to heart if you don't do super well).

HW: Relax, especially if you studied for the exam. If you didn't, spend some time stressing that you didn't steward your time ; )

Tuesday, 11.11 - People Get Ready For Your Exam (and Veteran's Day)

• 3PO: 
• Veteran's Day Vid
• Today, spend a few minutes doing a few from each of these exercises just to prepare for tomorrow's exam; do more tonight for review just to make sure:
• Exercise 3 - Finding Fused Sentences and Comma Splices
• Exercise 4 - Fixing Fused Sentences and Comma Splices
• Exercise 7 - Fixing Fragments
• Check Unit 3 - any questions? (review for 10 minutes)
• Collective Essay Steps
• Brainstorm 1: Brainstorm and "textstorm" as many ironies in the story proper (not the prologues) as you can find. Be sure you have recorded the following elements also:
• speaker 
• line number(s) 
• Topic Sentence 1 (provisional): Next, you were supposed to choose several of the best ironies in the story and write one sentence that sums up how the ironies help show the moral of each tale.
• Brainstorm 2: Now, conduct a new brain-textstorm session in which you consider how the character of each storyteller further adds to the irony of each tale. Look at how both direct and indirect characterization adds to the ironic layers (see both general prologue in which Chaucer's narrator describes the character and also the prologue to each tale in which the character introduces the tale). For those doing "The Pardoner's Tale," don't forget the text that concludes the tale, the "outroduction." 
• Topic Sentence 2 (provisional): Again, write another provisional topic sentence that sums up what you might want to most fully communicate with the ironies of this paragraph.
• Final Paragraph: Consider what Chaucer might specifically be satirizing about Medieval life through his character and respective tale.  

HW: Study for Unit 3 Exam

Monday, 11.10 - Sallying Forth

• 3PO
• GUM: Exercise 6 - Fixing Fragments
• Collective Essay - today we begin working on an essay together, boys to do one and girls to do another. Please go to GC (Google Classroom) and see the first installment that awaits you. I will be adding additional requirements as we sally forth to wage war on the essay!
• Collective Essay Steps
• Brainstorm 1: Brainstorm and "textstorm" as many ironies in the story proper (not the prologues) as you can find. Be sure you have recorded the following elements also:
• speaker 
• line number(s) 
• Topic Sentence 1 (provisional): Next, you were supposed to choose several of the best ironies in the story and write one sentence that sums up how the ironies help show the moral of each tale.
• Brainstorm 2: Now, conduct a new brain-textstorm session in which you consider how the character of each storyteller further adds to the irony of each tale. Look at how both direct and indirect characterization adds to the ironic layers (see both general prologue in which Chaucer's narrator describes the character and also the prologue to each tale in which the character introduces the tale). For those doing "The Pardoner's Tale," don't forget the text that concludes the tale, the "outroduction." 
• Topic Sentence 2 (provisional): Again, write another provisional topic sentence that sums up what you might want to most fully communicate with the ironies of this paragraph.
• Final Paragraph: Consider what Chaucer might specifically be satirizing about Medieval life through his character and respective tale.  

HW: Study for your Unit 3 Exam (Middle Ages), which I will give on Wednesday (scantron). Please see Unit 3 tab to prepare for your exam. For GUM, you will be responsible for both Run-Ons (fused sentences and comma splices) and Fragments.

Block, 11.6 & 7 - Pay-Per-View! The Pardoner vs The Wife of Bath!

• 3PO
• GUM: Working with a partner, quietly do Exercise 5 - Fixing Fragments (I know we skipped Exercise 4 (rules for review); if you have the guts, give it a try, or you may work on your poem) while I spot check Journal: "The Wife of Bath's Tale"
• Discuss the journal
• Here are a few extra questions to discuss with your GUM buddy (have something to contribute to class discussion):
1. Is it appropriate for Christians to read something that portrays or alludes to morally reprehensible acts? (Is there a difference between portrayal and allusion?)
2. If no, why not? If yes, should we?
3. Was it a mistake that I had you read "The Wife of Bath's Tale"?
• (If time) Collective Essay: The Canterbury Tales
• Go to Google Classroom and select the appropriate assignment

Wednesday, 11.5 - What Women Want

• 3PO
• GUM: Exercise 3 - Fragments
• Who you gonna marry, gentlemen?
• Journal: "The Wife of Bath's Tale"
• Please finish your journal by tomorrow. You have the entire class period to complete it.

HW: Journal: "The Wife of Bath's Tale"

Tuesday, 11.4 - Really, Actually Begin "The Wife of Bath's Tale"

• 3PO
• GUM: Do Exercise 2 - Finding Fragments
• As always, do the first 10. Then do as many as you missed (for instance, if you missed three, then do three more; if you miss one of those three, do one more).
• Keep track of your original score in your journal (?/10)
• Extended Chapel Today: seniors, you may choose one of the two options below

• Story Time with Schwager (HS Gym Lobby)
• Religion Ain't My Thang - Reflections on Prayer (Wrestling Room)
• "The Pardoner's Tale" - finish discussing journal questions
• "The Wife of Bath's Tale" - New groups to read story and do journal questions

HW: Journal: The Wife of Bath's Tale (due block)

Monday, 11.3 - The Wife of Bath's Tale

• 3PO
• GUM: Do Exercise 1 on Fragments.
• Discuss Journal: "The Pardoner's Tale"
• Begin/continue reading "The Wife of Bath's Tale" and doing the journal questions at the bottom of the page. 

HW: 

• Take a look at your answer to journal questions 8 and the first question of 11 on irony and moral. With a neighbor, discuss and together write one general statement that you believe might sum up what the Pardoner is doing through the different examples of irony through his tale. Pretend you are writing a topic sentence for a body paragraph of an essay. Begin like this: Throughout his tale, Chaucer's Pardoner uses irony to show _____________________________________.