English IV
Clack
2007-2008

• First Six Weeks—(8/27-10/5)
20th Century British literature.
Review the writing process (review Writer’s Choice Units 1 and 2)
Punctuation and capitalization rules/application (review in workbook)
Correct pronoun usage (review in workbook)
Descriptive and narrative writing (Writer’s Choice Units 3 and 4)
College scholarship essay
AR play: Pygmalion w/related quizzes, as well as book test
Vocabulary (workbook)

• Second Six Weeks—(10/8-11/16)
Anglo-Saxon and Middle Ages in British literature
Subject/verb agreement (review in workbook)
More pronoun usage (review in workbook)
The 5-paragraph essay and the college application essay
Expository and persuasive writing (Units 5 and 6)
Taking standardized tests (Unit 21)
AR novel (assigned)
Vocabulary (workbook)

• Third Six Weeks—(11/19-12/21)
The English Renaissance in British literature
Dangling and misplaced modifiers (Unit 18)
Sentence combining (Unit 8)
AR novel (assigned)
Vocabulary (workbook)

• Fourth Six Weeks—(1/7-2/22)
King James Bible (intro.); John Donne; Cavalier poets; the Puritans in British literature
Thesis support statement; process analysis essay
Research paper
Sentence Troubleshooting (Unit 9)
More of “Making Subjects and Verbs Agree”
Cry, the Beloved Country in lieu of AR novel (assigned)
Vocabulary (workbook)
• Fifth Six Weeks—(2/25-4/11)
The Restoration and 1700s in British literature
Critical analysis essay
Writing About Literature
AR novel (assigned)
Vocabulary (workbook)

• Sixth Six Weeks—(4/14-5/29)
The Victorians in British literature
The Gospel According to St. Luke
Writing About Literature
Oral report
AR novel (as needed)

Textbooks: Writer’s Choice Grammar and Composition
Grammar and Composition Handbook
The Reader’s Choice British Literature
Novels assigned by the instructor

Deadlines: AR test deadlines are the 5th Tuesday of each grading period.

Vocabulary tests are generally on the first 5 Fridays of each grading period.

The research paper is due in February on the date set by the instructor. No late papers will be accepted without prior arrangement with the instructor.

Grade
Percentages: Daily Tests/Participation 25%
Major Essays/Projects 25%
Book/AR Tests 25%
Six-Weeks’ Test 25%
Additional
Course
and
Graduation
Requirements:

 All English IV students must pass five instructor-approved novels from the senior reading list.

 Senior men must possess a well-fitting white shirt and a tie.

 Senior women must possess a skirt or a dress.

 All seniors must possess a pair of dress shoes (tennis
shoes and flip-flops are not considered dress shoes).

 In order to graduate, all English IV students must have a
passing grade on the English IV research paper.

Class Rules:
1. Adult behavior is expected of all students at all times.
2. When the teacher is speaking, don’t talk.
3. Use common-sense politeness.
4. Bring the assigned materials to class. Having to leave class to get your books or other materials will result in a tardy.

Materials
Required
Daily: Black or blue pen and pencil
Loose-leaf paper
Textbooks and novels


Conference: Sixth period
Telephone: BHS 559-2231
Home 325-762-3761
E-mail: jclack@breck.esc14.net

Senior English Reading List

1st Six Weeks:

“Araby”
“The Duke’s Children”
“The Rocking-Horse Winner”
“The Lagoon”
“Musee des Beaux Arts”
“Sailing to Byzantium”
“The Hollow Men”
Other selections
Pygmalion

2nd Six Weeks:

Selections from Beowulf
Selection from Gilgamesh
Various ballads
Selections from The Canterbury Tales
Selections from Arthurian legends
Everyman

3rd Six Weeks:

Various poems
“Of Studies”
Spencer’s “Sonnet 30” and “Sonnet 75”
“The Passionate Shepherd to His Love”
“The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd”
Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 116,” “Sonnet 130,” “Sonnet 73,” and “Sonnet 29”
A Shakespeare play


4th Six Weeks:

Selections from Genesis (KJV)
Psalm 23 (KJV) and other translations
Selections by John Donne
The Dead Poet’s Society
“To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”
“The Constant Lover”
“To Lucasta, Going to the Wars”
“To His Coy Mistress”
“When I Consider How My Light Is Spent”
Poems by John Sebastian and Aphra Behn (Feb. 14)
Various poems
Selections from The Pilgrim’s Progress

5th Six Weeks:

“A Modest Proposal”
Selections from Gulliver’s Travels
Selections from The Diary of Samuel Pepys
Selections from “The Dictionary of the English Language”
Selections from “The Life of Samuel Johnson”
“A Poison Tree”
“The Lamb”
“The Tyger”
“John Anderson, My Jo”
“To a Mouse”
Various other poems
“The World Is Too Much with Us”
“Kubla Khan”
“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
“The Introduction to Frankenstein”
“When I Have Fears”
“Ode on a Grecian Urn”

6th Six Weeks:

“Crossing the Bar”
“Ulysses” (Tennyson)
E. B. Browning’s “Sonnet 43”
Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess”
“Dover Beach”
“Jabberwocky”
Various other poems
The Gospel According to Luke (KJV)