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