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= Welcome Giants! =

Senior British Literature

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I hope you all had a wonderful summer. Whew, you have finally made it, Senior year! This is an amazing time in your life. ======

My goals this year are to:

 * ======inspire you to become critical thinkers - ready to question and challenge the world around you ======
 * develop and strengthen your writing skills
 * encourage a love of reading and the exploration of British literature

= __Projected Curriculum Timing (Subject to Change Due to Scheduling Disruptions)__ =


 * **__Quarter 1__** The Anglo-Saxons and Middle Ages (600 AD-1485)
 * __Beowulf/Misc Poetry__
 * Active Reading Study Guide
 * Storyboard
 * __Everyman__
 * Allegory movies
 * __Canterbury Tales/Misc. Poetry__
 * Active Reading Study Guide
 * Novel: __Frankenstein__
 * Vocabulary – ACT
 * Writing
 * Narrative (College Essay)
 * Position Paper or Literary Analysis
 * Other timed writings and iImpromptu quizzes || **__Quarter 2__** The Renaissance through Restoration (1485-1713)
 * __Macbeth__
 * Active Reading Study Guide
 * __Renaissance Poetry__
 * Romantic collage
 * __Genesis/ Psalms 23__
 * __Paradise Lost__
 * Vocabulary – ACT
 * Novel: __Lord of the Flies__
 * Writing
 * Senior Project Forms
 * Mentor selection
 * Other timed writings and impromptu quizzes
 * Mid-term exam ||
 * **__Quarter 3__** Restoration through Victorian(1713-1832)and Intensive Senior Project
 * __A Modest Proposal__
 * Romantic period writers
 * Victorian era writers
 * Grammar – Common Usage Problems
 * Vocabulary – ACT
 * Oral Presentations (Senior Project Practice)
 * Interviews
 * Boards
 * Senior Projects
 * Research papers
 * Learn how to prepare portfolios
 * Progress journals
 * Other timed writings and impromptu quizzes
 * Mid-term exam || **__Quarter 4__** Modern Period (1832-1939) and Intensive Senior Project
 * Modern writers
 * Novel: Anthem
 * Active Reading Study Guide
 * Plays: __Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead__
 * Grammar – Review of year concepts
 * Senior Projects
 * Progress journals
 * Complete portfolios
 * Interviews
 * Review Boards ||