English IV 2008-2009 Course Outline
First Semester
Weeks 1-2
Course introduction; usage/grammar review; reflection paper
SAT timed writings
Weeks 3-5
Study of classicism and tragedy-- Oedipus Rex or Antigone; usage
review; SAT(vocabulary) review; SAT timed writings
Week 6
College application essay; resume; sentence combining
mechanics(commas/apostrophes) SAT timed writings
Weeks 7-9
SAT review
Anglo Saxon literature--Beowulf; hero paper; proofreading and
revising skills :contemporary essays on heroes
Week 10
persuasive writing; selection of research paper topics
review of research and documentation
Weeks 11-13 Research paper; library; classroom
writing; writing lab;library research;writing rough draft; revising; writing
lab: drafting;editing
Week 14
proofreading; peer editing; Papers due on
Thursday and Friday will be light. We will read about Renaissance
England from text.
Week 15
Renaissance theater-Shakespeare; Macbeth Thanksgiving Break
Weeks 16-17
research paper corrections; Macbeth;Sonnets; Taming of the Shrew
Week 18
MID-TERM EXAMS
Second Semester
Weeks 1-4
Love Death and Time (Carpe Diem Poetry) pp. 214-62
Romanticism; romantic poetry and video The Man in the Iron Mask
novel study of The Good Earth
World War I poetry; novel study All Quiet on the Western Front;
Interviews
Week 9
Movie critique and review of film Glory; Comparison Paper
Spring Break--
Weeks 10-13
Novel study of Brave New World; study of satiric essays
satire presentation
Weeks 14-17
Twentieth century poetry and short fiction
novel study of Cry, the Beloved Country
Weeks 18-19
Holocaust Unit; read Elie Wiesel’s Night
Week 20
FINAL EXAMS
