SENIORS

Semester 1: Short Works of Literature and literary analysis

1.      Intro to Writing

2.      Aesop’s fables, Fairy Tales

3.      Beowulf

4.      Canterbury Tales by Chaucer

5.      Portfolio for college and scholarship money

6.      Renaissance Poetry and analysis

7.      Shakespeare’s sonnets

8.      Presentations

Semester 2: Drama

1.      Shakespeare allusions

2.      Macbeth by William Shakespeare

3.      The History of the English Language

4.      Presentations

5.      Greek and Latin, hieroglyphics

6.      Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft

7.      Poetry and term paper

8.      Satire unit

9.      Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

10.  Where in the World, What in the World

Most of our weeks will look something like this:

Throughout our novel units you should also be working THE PROJECT. Each novel will come with its own project to be turned in at the end of the novel. It goes without saying that this is homework every night. Whether you choose to do it the weekend before it’s due or you work on it all the way along will probably be reflected in your grade. I strongly suggest getting an early start on these projects, since at the end of our novels there will be packets to be turned in, questions, term papers, and a large final. Do you really want to have to do a big project at the same time as all of this?

Work Hard!!! Because It's Your