Syllabus

English IV / English 12

Class Quotes:

·    “Education is the great equalizer.”

·    “Integrity is at the core of character.” by John Maxwell

·    “The price of greatness is responsibility.” by Winston Churchhill

Course Description:

·    English IV is a course that seeks to integrate the standards of reading, writing, viewing, speaking, and listening.

·    Students will be exposed to a variety of British, literary genres, including traditional as well as modern works.

·    The course emphasizes the communication and critical thinking skills necessary to cope in a rapidly changing world.

Materials Needed:

·    1” ring binder

·    4 dividers with tabs, labeled as follows: NOTES, WRITING, VOCAB.,  HANDOUTS

·    Zipped pocket holder for pens and corrective tape (white out)

·    Wide-ruled paper

Tentative Course of Study:

·    Various Writing Responses to Readings

·    I-Search Paper on a Career Choice

·    Weekly Vocabulary Study

·    Literature (Elements of Literature, 6^th Course)

·    Selected Novels Based on Level

§ Anglo-Saxon Period, p. 2

·    Excerpt from Beowulf, p. 18

·    “The English Language” (Old English), p. 63

§ The Middle Ages, p. 74

·    Selected Ballads, p. 89 and handouts

·    From The Prologue to The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer, p. 100

·    “The Pardoner’s Tale,” p. 129

·    “The English Language” (Middle English), p. 181

§ The Renaissance, p. 192

·    Selected Sonnets, p. 214

·    Pastoral Poems, p. 232

·    John Donne, p. 244

·    The Tragedy of Macbeth, by Shakespeare, p. 297

·    John Milton, p. 438

§ The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century,  p. 468

·    Jonathan Swift, 486

·    Alexander Pope, 520

§ The Romantic Period, p. 622

·    William Wordsworth, p. 656

·    Samuel Taylor Coleridge, p. 678

·    John Keats, p. 745

§ The Victorian Period, p. 782

·    Alfred, Lord Tennyson, p. 802

·    Robert Browning, p. 828

·    Thomas Hardy, p. 852

·    A. E. Housman, p. 862

·    Emily Bronte, novel

·    George Eliot, novel

§ The Twentieth Century, p. 908

·    T. S. Eliot, p. 939

·    William Butler Yeats, p. 978

·    D. H. Lawrence, p. 995

·    Dylan Thomas, p. 1032