Senior English
This class will focus on British literature. The units we will be covering are listed below, and more detailed information can be found on each units individual site.
Unit 1: Anglo Saxons
Read Beowulf
Write about the Hero's Journey
Unit 2: Medieval Literature and Research Writing
Read Canterbury Tales
Write a research paper
Unit 3: The Renaissance
Read Shakespeare's Sonnets, MacBeth and view Hamlet.
Read Metaphysical poetry of John Donne
Unit 4: Age of Reason and Satire
Read Essays "Essay on Man," "A Modest Proposal," "Rape of the Lock", "Dictionary," "Essay on Ideas," and "A Vindication on the Rights of Women."
Write a satirical analysis of a problem.
Unit 5 and 6: Romantic and Victorian Poetry
Selected poems from Burns, Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats, M. Shelley, Tennyson, Brownings, Arnold, George Elliot, Dickens, and Bronte.
Write a poem and analyze a poem from the unit.
Unit 7: Contemporary Authors
Reading from D.H. Lawrence, Mansfield, Woolf, Eliot, Thomas, and Doyle.
Write an analysis of a story from the unit.
Unit 8: Technical Writing
We will write a resume, letter of application, memo, summary, thank you letter, proposal, and digital communication.
Unit 1: Anglo Saxons
Read Beowulf
Write about the Hero's Journey
Unit 2: Medieval Literature and Research Writing
Read Canterbury Tales
Write a research paper
Unit 3: The Renaissance
Read Shakespeare's Sonnets, MacBeth and view Hamlet.
Read Metaphysical poetry of John Donne
Unit 4: Age of Reason and Satire
Read Essays "Essay on Man," "A Modest Proposal," "Rape of the Lock", "Dictionary," "Essay on Ideas," and "A Vindication on the Rights of Women."
Write a satirical analysis of a problem.
Unit 5 and 6: Romantic and Victorian Poetry
Selected poems from Burns, Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats, M. Shelley, Tennyson, Brownings, Arnold, George Elliot, Dickens, and Bronte.
Write a poem and analyze a poem from the unit.
Unit 7: Contemporary Authors
Reading from D.H. Lawrence, Mansfield, Woolf, Eliot, Thomas, and Doyle.
Write an analysis of a story from the unit.
Unit 8: Technical Writing
We will write a resume, letter of application, memo, summary, thank you letter, proposal, and digital communication.