Mrs. Levi’s Senior English Blog

MONDAY:

• Read John Donne’s “Death Be Not Proud” on page 253 (including the “Make the Connection” and “Background” sections preceding) and answer questions 2-6 on page 254
• Answer either question 6 OR question 7 on page 255.
• Read Ben Jonson’s biography on page 256.  Read “On My First Son” on page 257, along with the “Make the Connection,” “Elements of Literature,” and “Background” sections.  Students should define epigram.
• Read “Song: To Celia” by Ben Jonson on page 258 along with the “Make the Connection” and “Background” sections.  Answer questions 2-8 on page 259.
• All questions should be turned in at the bell.  If not finished, they make finish for homework and submit at the start of class on Tuesday.

TUESDAY:

• Read Sir John Suckling’s and Richard Lovelace’s biographies on page 262.
• Read the introduction to and the poem “Why So Pale and Wan, Fond Lover?” by Sir John Suckling on page 263 along with the “Make the Connection” and “Elements of Literature” sections.  Define tone.
• Read the introduction to and the poem “To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars” on page 264.
• Read the introduction to and the poem “To Althea, from Prison” on page 265.
• Answer questions 2-9 on page 266.
• Read the biography of Pable Neruda on page 267.
• Read Sonnets 17 and 79 along with the “Make the Connection” section on pages 268-270.
• Students should write a summary of each Neruda sonnet.
• Read and take notes on “The Birth of Modern English” from pages 271-274.
• Students should turn in all work at the bell EXCEPT the notes they take on the English Language section.
• Homework: Anything not completed should be completed over the break and turned in first thing Monday, November 30^th.

WEDNESDAY – FRIDAY:

Thanksgiving Break — No School!!    Enjoy.

Reminder: Your outside reading assingments are due first thing on Monday, November 30th, and your Elizabethan Era and Shakespeare Test will be on Tuesday, December 1st.

MONDAY:

• Vocabulary 8
• Finish Illuminated Sonnets

TUESDAY:

Interims go home today.  Students with a “D” or an “F” should have their interim signed by a parent and returned tomorrow.

• Digital and Hard Copies of the Illuminated Sonnets DUE
• Classwork – due at bell
  • Read John Donne’s Biography on page 244 and summarize the story of his shortest poem, “John Donne/ Anne Donne/ Undone.”
  • Define “hyperbole” and read “Song” on page 245 and answer questions 2-6 on page 246
  • Define “metaphysical conceit” and read “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” on page 248 and answer questions 2-6 on page 249.
• Homework:  Vocabulary 8 due tomorrow

WEDNESDAY:

• Check Vocabulary 8
• Divide and Conquer: Each group should read their assigned pages and put together 3-4 details about the author of their poem to give the class, a summary of the plot of the poem, any definitions to key words, and how the poem is a carpe diem poem, as defined on page 231.
  • Group 1: Christopher Marlowe — pages 231-233
  • Group 2: Sir Walter Raleigh — pages 231, 234-236
  • Group 3: Robert Herrick — pages 231, 238-239
  • Group 4: Andrew Marvell — pages 231, 240-242

THURSDAY:

• Elizabeth I – Biography DVD
  • Notes taken may be used on the Renaissance test
• Homework:
  • Study for vocabulary quiz over definitions
  • Bring outside reading book tomorrow

FRIDAY:

• Vocabulary 8 Quiz – Definitions
• Use remainder of time to read outside reading book

MONDAY:

• Read pages 214-215 (Wyatt’s “Whoso List to Hunt”) – Complete questions 1-7 and turn in at bell.
• Begin Vocabulary 7, due Thursday

TUESDAY:

• Spenser: pages 217-222
• Shakespeare: page 223-228
• Illuminated Sonnets (examples shown in class)
• Homework: Write your own personal sonnet.  You must:
  • Choose a sonnet style — Italian, Shakespearean, or Spenserian
  • Confine yourself to your style’s rhyme scheme and rules for format (i.e., question/answer, problem/solution)
  • Make sure you include the change or “turn” (discussed on page 220 in your textbook)
  • Write in a steady meter.  My suggestion is iambic pentameter, but you may use any combination you’d like as presented on page 216 of your textbook.

WEDNESDAY:

No School – Veterans Day  (Thank a vet!)

THURSDAY:

• Check Vocabulary unit 7
• Go to library for Outside Reading Assignment
• Work on laptops – Illuminated Sonnets

FRIDAY:

• Vocabulary Unit 7 – Quiz
• Work on laptops – Illuminated Sonnets

MONDAY:

• Bellwork: none
• Complete Renaissance Outlines from literature book
• Work on Vocabulary Unit 6 – Due Thursday

TUESDAY:

• Bellwork: none
• Continue Renaissance Period Notes (see Notes page to download)

WEDNESDAY:

• Guest Speaker:  Jessie Weins from the Art Institutes – How what you learn in English and high school in general applies to your life after graduation.

THURSDAY:

A/B Clubs Day

• Bellwork: none
• Check Vocabulary 6
• Finish Renaissance Notes
• Sonnets

FRIDAY:

• Bellwork: none
• Quiz Vocabulary 6
• Sonnets