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Medieval & Renaissance Periods

From 08/30/2011	To 09/04/2011
Content -Prevailing ideas of the Medieval Period: Feudalism, chivalry, religious faith, morality, and romance, through the study of folk ballads and Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales". -Essay writing review with particular emphasis on critical analysis of the literature. -Grammar review: syntax, spelling, punctuation and mechanics -Vocabulary from work book and the literature -Prevailing ideas of the Elizabethan Period: religious revolution, the breakdown of Feudalism, renaissance of literature and the arts, study of lyric poetry, the sonnet form and the drama of Shakespeare
Skills -Close reading for comprehension -Understanding the literature in its historical context -Recognizing recurring themes and motifs in literature -Writing critical essays on the literature with clarity and precision -Building vocabulary through study and writing
Resources -"Sir Patrick Spens", anon -"The Wife of Usher's Well", anon -"The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales" and "The Wife of Bath's Tale", Geoffrey Chaucer -"My Galley", Sir Thomas Wyatt -"Description of Spring", Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey -"Sonnet 31" & "Loving in Truth", Sir Philip Sidney -"The Faerie Queene (Canto I) and Sonnets 15, 26, & 75, Edmund Spenser -"The Passionate Shepherd to his Love", Christopher Marlowe -"The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd", Sir Walter Raleigh -Sonnets 18, 29, 30, 55, 73, 116, 130 and "The Tragedy of -Macbeth", William Shakespeare -"The Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop, Level E", Jerome Shostak -Audio tapes: Chaucer's Prologue and Shakespeare's Macbeth, (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Instructional Strategies -Discussion (small groups and whole class) -Lecture -Oral Reading -Multiple drafts of written work -In-class, timed writing -Word Games
Assessment -Weekly vocabulary quizzes -Daily study questions for homework -2-3 three-draft compositions -2 historical background multiple choice quizzes -1 comprehensive Elizabethan Period test with identifications, short paragraph answers, and an essay on a previously unseen poem. -2-3 timed in-class essays
Outcomes Students will: -Be able to identify and discuss key ideas in the Medieval and Elizabethan periods -Begin to trace the development of British Literature within its historical context -Analyse poetry by recognizing meter, stanzaic form, rhyme scheme and figures of speech -Write an expository essay on a literary work using multiple examples from the literature -Use varied syntax and diction to express their thoughts clearly -Add 150+ words to their working vocabulary

From

08/30/2011

To

09/04/2011

Content

-Prevailing ideas of the Medieval Period: Feudalism, chivalry, religious faith, morality, and romance, through the study of folk ballads and Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales".
-Essay writing review with particular emphasis on critical analysis of the literature.
-Grammar review: syntax, spelling, punctuation and mechanics
-Vocabulary from work book and the literature
-Prevailing ideas of the Elizabethan Period: religious revolution, the breakdown of Feudalism, renaissance of literature and the arts, study of lyric poetry, the sonnet form and the drama of Shakespeare

Skills

-Close reading for comprehension
-Understanding the literature in its historical context
-Recognizing recurring themes and motifs in literature
-Writing critical essays on the literature with clarity and precision
-Building vocabulary through study and writing

Resources

-"Sir Patrick Spens", anon
-"The Wife of Usher's Well", anon
-"The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales" and "The Wife of Bath's Tale", Geoffrey Chaucer
-"My Galley", Sir Thomas Wyatt
-"Description of Spring", Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
-"Sonnet 31" & "Loving in Truth", Sir Philip Sidney
-"The Faerie Queene (Canto I) and Sonnets 15, 26, & 75, Edmund Spenser
-"The Passionate Shepherd to his Love", Christopher Marlowe
-"The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd", Sir Walter Raleigh
-Sonnets 18, 29, 30, 55, 73, 116, 130 and "The Tragedy of -Macbeth", William Shakespeare
-"The Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop, Level E", Jerome Shostak
-Audio tapes: Chaucer's Prologue and Shakespeare's Macbeth, (Royal Shakespeare Company)

Instructional Strategies

-Discussion (small groups and whole class)
-Lecture
-Oral Reading
-Multiple drafts of written work
-In-class, timed writing
-Word Games

Assessment

-Weekly vocabulary quizzes
-Daily study questions for homework
-2-3 three-draft compositions
-2 historical background multiple choice quizzes
-1 comprehensive Elizabethan Period test with identifications, short paragraph answers, and an essay on a previously unseen poem.
-2-3 timed in-class essays

Outcomes

Students will:
-Be able to identify and discuss key ideas in the Medieval and Elizabethan periods
-Begin to trace the development of British Literature within its historical context
-Analyse poetry by recognizing meter, stanzaic form, rhyme scheme and figures of speech
-Write an expository essay on a literary work using multiple examples from the literature
-Use varied syntax and diction to express their thoughts clearly
-Add 150+ words to their working vocabulary