Kiesling, Shelly / English IV

Course Description: Welcome to English IV, an eighteen-week, twelfth-grade course. English IV curriculum builds onthe reading and writing skills developed in English III. It focuses on British literature andcomposition. Students will complete assignmentsin reading, writing, and oral presentation designed to enhance comprehensionand skills in logic and critical thinking. Students will research, draft, develop, and revise various compositions.This course meets high school graduation requirements for English and is designed for the grade-level student who plans either to enter the work force,enter a junior college, or attend a four-year college or university.

The most important element in English curriculum is the writing element. During the eighteen weeks, every student must complete the following writing assignments:

A. Informational Essay

B. Persuasive Research Essay

C.      Descriptive, concept, or reflective essay

D.     Six minor writing assignments, including a well-developed poem, analytic responses to literature, and a shorter descriptive, concept, or reflective essay

* Failure to complete these writing assignments could result in failure of the class.

The literature we read in the class is British literature throughout the centuries. In addition to stories, nonfiction, and poetry, we will read three major works:

A.      The epic poem Beowulf

B.      Shakespeare’s MacBeth

C.      The Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Course Materials: The texts used are The Lord of theFlies and MacBeth which the students will check out from the school library.

Current Assignments

There are no current assignments.

Past Due Assignments

Write one page essay about "Something about myself I am proud of"
Date Due: 01/03/2013
Read the first section of the poem Beowulf entitled "Grendel" and write a summary of it
Date Due: 01/07/2013
Have parents sign Syllabus and Late Assignment Policy
Date Due: 01/07/2013
Read the Beowulf sections "Beowulf" and "The Battle with Grendel" and write a summary for each.
Date Due: 01/09/2013
Create your own hero using the "Hero's Journey" activity on the website ReadWriteThink.org
Date Due: 01/09/2013
Read the Beowulf sections "Grendel's Mother" and "Battle with Grendel's Mother" and write summaries
Date Due: 01/10/2013
Complete the "Back to the Ancients" map and timeline packet
Date Due: 01/11/2013
Read the sections "Beowulf's Last Battle" and "The death of Beowulf" and write summary for each.
Date Due: 01/11/2013
Context clue/ vocab Packet #1
Date Due: 01/11/2013
Read the section "Mourning Beowulf" and write a summary
Date Due: 01/14/2013
Review for Beowulf unit test.
Date Due: 01/15/2013
Beowulf Unit Test
Date Due: 01/16/2013
Beowulf Unit Assignments Packet Due
Date Due: 01/16/2013
Write an essay or poem on "The Beowulf/Grendel in Me"
Date Due: 01/16/2013
Read "The Pardoner's Tale" and write a summary of it.
Date Due: 01/17/2013
The Pardoner's Tale Quiz
Date Due: 01/18/2013
Context Clues/ Vocab Packet #2
Date Due: 01/18/2013
Read "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and write a summary of the story.
Date Due: 01/23/2013
Context Clues/Vocab Packet #3
Date Due: 01/25/2013
Read Morte de Arthur and write a summary for each of the two sections.
Date Due: 01/28/2013
Review for Medieval Romance unit test.
Date Due: 01/30/2013
Put together Medieval Romance assignment packet to review for unit test.
Date Due: 01/31/2013
Medieval Romance Unit Test
Date Due: 01/31/2013
Context Clues/ Vocab Packet #4
Date Due: 02/01/2013
Begin Shakespeare's Macbeth-Introduction
Date Due: 02/01/2013
Read Macbeth Act I and complete worksheets
Date Due: 02/04/2013
Read Macbeth Act II and complete worksheets
Date Due: 02/05/2013
Macbeth Quiz over Acts I and II
Date Due: 02/06/2013
Watch Macbeth Acts I and II
Date Due: 02/06/2013
Read Macbeth Act III and complete worksheets
Date Due: 02/08/2013
Context Clues/ vocabulary packet #5
Date Due: 02/08/2013
Read Macbeth Act IV and complete worksheets
Date Due: 02/11/2013
Watch Macbeth Acts III and IV
Date Due: 02/12/2013
Type rough draft of Concept Essay--due to turnitin.com at end of block
Date Due: 02/13/2013
Begin writing Concept Essay rough draft
Date Due: 02/13/2013

Last Modified on August 19, 2020

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Current Assignments

Past Due Assignments

Write one page essay about "Something about myself I am proud of"

Read the first section of the poem Beowulf entitled "Grendel" and write a summary of it

Have parents sign Syllabus and Late Assignment Policy

Read the Beowulf sections "Beowulf" and "The Battle with Grendel" and write a summary for each.

Create your own hero using the "Hero's Journey" activity on the website ReadWriteThink.org

Read the Beowulf sections "Grendel's Mother" and "Battle with Grendel's Mother" and write summaries

Complete the "Back to the Ancients" map and timeline packet

Read the sections "Beowulf's Last Battle" and "The death of Beowulf" and write summary for each.

Context clue/ vocab Packet #1

Read the section "Mourning Beowulf" and write a summary

Review for Beowulf unit test.

Beowulf Unit Test

Beowulf Unit Assignments Packet Due

Write an essay or poem on "The Beowulf/Grendel in Me"

Read "The Pardoner's Tale" and write a summary of it.

The Pardoner's Tale Quiz

Context Clues/ Vocab Packet #2

Read "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and write a summary of the story.

Context Clues/Vocab Packet #3

Read Morte de Arthur and write a summary for each of the two sections.

Review for Medieval Romance unit test.

Put together Medieval Romance assignment packet to review for unit test.

Medieval Romance Unit Test

Context Clues/ Vocab Packet #4

Begin Shakespeare's Macbeth-Introduction

Read Macbeth Act I and complete worksheets

Read Macbeth Act II and complete worksheets

Macbeth Quiz over Acts I and II

Watch Macbeth Acts I and II

Read Macbeth Act III and complete worksheets

Context Clues/ vocabulary packet #5

Read Macbeth Act IV and complete worksheets

Watch Macbeth Acts III and IV

Type rough draft of Concept Essay--due to turnitin.com at end of block

Begin writing Concept Essay rough draft