English 12 Course Information:
- Course Syllabus
- Georgia Performance Standards for English 12: Reading and British Literature & 12th Grade Composition, Conventions, and Listening, Speaking, and Viewing
- Feedback: Boyd's writing marks
Unit 1 Resources
Evolution: Development of the English Language, British Literature, and the Individual
- Essential Questions:
How are living entities affected by their history and environment, and how do they change over time? How can writers express personal growth and change through their writing? What literary techniques do authors employ to depict evolution and adaptation in characters?
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Resources on British Literary Periods: Anglo-Saxon and Middle Ages, Renaissance, Restoration, Romantic, Victorian, and Modern
- Resources on Development of English Language: BBC Ages of English Timeline, Living Language video questions, etymology & dictionary entries, Language families chart, Language in Britain timeline,Stonehenge, Hadrian's Wall, Anglo-Saxon kingdoms,Anglo-Saxons, Sutton Hoo, Vikings, Norman Conquest, King John, Magna Carta, The Black Death, Hundred Years' War, Caxton & printing press, British Empire in 1815, expansion of British Empire
Unit 2 Resources
Battle: Physical and Psychological Struggle
- Esssential Questions: How does conflict shape and define the individual? What techniques do authors employ to depict conflict?
- Resources and texts: Iraq War soldier-poet Brian Turner, Beowulf e-text, Beowulf modern translation, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner e-text
Unit 3
Relationships: Torments and Trimphs of Love
- Esssential Questions: Why do human bonds bring both pleasure and pain? How do authors protray the complex nature of human relationships?
- Resources and texts: Othello (online text, character map, synopsis, literary terminology, significant quotations); The Canterbury Tales etext
Unit 4
Society: Inside and Out
- Essential Questions: How do first impressions affect the ways in which people interact? Can individuals overcome their differences? How do authors use literature to express their criticism of society?
- Resources and texts: Pygmalion (online text, myth background, character list, Comedic Ladder)
Completed Assignments for Fall Semester 2008:
- 8/8&11/08 summer reading essay assessment
- 8/20-21/08 QUIZ: Vocabulary Workshop Lessons 1 & 2 and usage (list of words; QUIA review games; exemplary sentences from students' quiz)
- 8/28-29/08 "My Name" reading assignment (7 Habits of Effective Readers, organizer, anlaysis questions)
- 9/2-3/08 Literature Circle setting assignment (instructions; literary analysis basics; list of approved texts)
- 9/4-5/08 homework: Discover the meaning and history of your name. You should interview relatives, and you also may consult website sources. (Behind the Name; About Names; Baby Names World)
- 9/8-9/08 etymology group reserach PowerPoint projects (rubric, self-assessment)
- 9/9-10/08 Literature Circle characterization assignment (instructions; literary analysis basics)
- 9/10-17/08 conferencing in class: "My Name" personal narrative complete draft (instructions; Ms. Boyd's draft)
- 9/16-17/08 sentence type analysis in class (sentence types; conjunctions; assignment)
- 9/16-17/08 Literature Circle conflict assignment (instructions; literary analysis basics)
- 9/18-19/08 homework: Language Handbook Worksheets 68A and 72A
- 9/22-23/08 QUIZ: Vocabulary Workshop Lessons 3 & 4 and sentence types (QUIA review games)
- 9/23-24/08 Literature Circle style assignment (instructions; literary analysis basics)
- 9/24-25/08 brainstorming in class: personal context poster & essay (instructions)
- 9/26&29/08 "My Name" peer review (rubric)
- 9/30-10/1/08 "My Name" final draft (rubric)
- 9/30-10/1/08 Literature Circle theme assignment (instructions; literary analysis basics)
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10/15-16/08 BONUS Independent Reading Project (instructions; "The Story of the Three Bears";Double-Entry Journal template)
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10/15-16/08 personal context poster & essay (instructions)
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9/26-10/23/08 group work on British literary periods group project (instructions, Bloom's Taxonomy, rubric)
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10/24-29/08 presentations of British literary periods group project (instructions, rubric, note-taking organizer)
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11/3&5/08 QUIZ: Vocabulary Workshop Lessons 5 & 6 and fragments/run-ons (QUIA review games)
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11/3&5/08 in-class writing prompt on History of English Language
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11/6/08 Literature Circle characterization assignment (instructions; literary analysis basics; list of approved texts & authors, submit via EPals)
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11/6-7/08 TEST: History of English Language & British Literary Periods (review sheet, Etymology Jeopardy, History of English Jeopardy)
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11/10-11/08 Battle Unit writing prompt (topics)
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11/13/08 Literature Circle setting assignment (instructions; literary analysis basics, list of approved texts & authors, submit via EPals)
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11/12-17/08 in-class work on test corrections (instructions)
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11/17-18/08 Vocabulary Lesson 7 syntax activity (instructions)
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11/14-19/08 "The Wanderer," Anglo-Saxon elegy (text, elegy PowerPoint, alliteration & kenning PowerPoint, elegy characteristics, elegy notes & analysis instructions)
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11/18-19/08 TEST corrections and take-home essays (instructions)
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11/20/08 Literature Circle conflict assignment (instructions; literary analysis basics; list of approved texts & authors, submit via EPals)
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11/20-21/08 Elegy pre-writing (brainstorming, kenning creation PowerPoint)
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11/24-25/08 DeKalb Tech Readiness-for-Work test for ALL seniors (8:05-11:10 am)
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12/3-4/08 notes for Beowulf (pre-reading prompts, epic, epic hero, characters, Beowulf modern translation)
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12/3-4/08 reading: "Grendel Attacks" [Episode 2] & "Beowulf Comes to Herot" [Episode 3] (Beowulf modern translation) & Beowulf Part I (Holt online textbook pages 20-28)
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12/4/08 Literature Circle style assignment (instructions; literary analysis basics; list of approved texts & authors, submit via EPals)
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12/5 & 8/08 Elegy (assignment instructions, rubric)
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12/9-10/08 QUIZ: Vocabulary Workshop Lessons 7-8 (QUIA review games)
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12/9-10/08 QUIZ: "Grendel Attacks" [Episode 2] & "Beowulf Comes to Herot" [Episode 3] (Beowulf modern translation) & Beowulf Part I (Holt online textbook pages 20-28)
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12/9-10/08 reading: "The Attack of Grendel's Mother" [Episode 6] & "Expedition to Grendel's Mere" [Episode 7] (Beowulf modern translation) & Beowulf Part II (Holt online textbook pages 33-38)
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12/11/08 Literature Circle theme assignment (instructions; literary analysis basics; list of approved texts & authors, submit via EPals)
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12/12/08 Thanksgiving Break BONUS opportunity (instructions, submit via EPals)
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12/17/08 FINAL EXAM for 3rd period (review sheet, characteristics of Anglo-Saxon poetry, QUIA review games)
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12/18/08 FINAL EXAM for 2nd period (review sheet, characteristics of Anglo-Saxon poetry, QUIA review games)
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12/19/08 FINAL EXAM for 1st period (review sheet, characteristics of Anglo-Saxon poetry, QUIA review games)
Completed Assignments for Spring Semester 2009:
- Tu-F 1/6-9/09 "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" close reading (online text or HOLT online textbook, questions, ballad PowerPoint, ballad basics)
- Th & F 1/8-9/09 introduction to the resume (Beowulf resume & cover letter project & rubric, functional resume structure, excellent student sample with commentary, resume PowerPoint, developing resume PowerPoint, excellent resume sample, poor resume sample )
- M & Tu 1/12-13/09 "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" writing prompts and close reading questions (online text or HOLT online textbook, questions)
- M & Tu 1/12-13/09 introduction of literature circle assignment & selection of texts (list of approved texts & authors, assignment instructions, literary analysis basics, sample character assignment, sample setting assignment, sample conflict assignment, sample theme assignment)
- M-Th 1/12-15/09 research and planning for Beowulf resume and cover letter project (World News Network, International News Sources; Beowulf modern translation, Beowulf resume & cover letter project & rubric, functional resume structure, excellent student sample with commentary, resume PowerPoint, developing resume PowerPoint, excellent resume sample, poor resume sample)
- M-Th 1/12-15/09 close reading of World War I sonnets (WWI Trench Warfare, Life in the Trenches website, sonnet PowerPoint, sonnet basics, "The Soldier", "Anthem for Doomed Youth")
- F & Tu 1/16 & 20/09 discussion of sonnet explication & recitation project (explication instructions, recitation instructions, Poetry Out Loud poem search)
- F & Tu 1/16 & 20/09 typing and formatting Beowulf resume and cover letter (World News Network, International News Sources; Beowulf modern translation, Beowulf resume & cover letter project & rubric, functional resume structure, excellent student sample with commentary, resume PowerPoint, developing resume PowerPoint, excellent resume sample, poor resume sample)
- W & Th 1/21-22/09 work on sonnet explications (explication instructions, recitation instructions); viewing of student recitations and practicing recitations in pairs (Poetry Out Loud); work on Beowulf resume and cover letter (Beowulf resume & cover letter project & rubric, excellent student sample with commentary, functional resume structure, excellent resume sample, poor resume sample)
- F & M 1/23 & 26/09 editing and peer review of Beowulf resume and cover letter (Beowulf resume & cover letter project & rubric, excellent student sample with commentary, functional resume structure, excellent resume sample, poor resume sample); work on sonnet explication and recitation (explication instructions, recitation instructions, Poetry Out Loud)
- Tu & W 1/27-28/09 Vocabulary Workshop lesson 11 & 12, reading of literature circle text and work on character assignment (assignment instructions, literary analysis basics), work on sonnet explication and recitation (explication instructions, recitation instructions, Poetry Out Loud)
- Tu & W 1/27-28/09 sonnet copy, theme statement, and volta explanation (theme statements)
- W 1/28/09 Beowulf resume and cover letter (Beowulf resume & cover letter project & rubric, excellent student sample with commentary, functional resume structure, excellent resume sample, poor resume sample, submit assignment via EPals)
- F 1/30/09 Literature Circle 3 character assignment (assignment instructions, literary analysis basics, submit assignment via EPals)
- M & Tu 2/2-3/09 work on sonnet explication and recitation (explication instructions, recitation instructions, Poetry Out Loud, sample theme statements, sample explications: Papallo, Lofton, Mahmud)
- W & Th 2/4-5/09 sonnet recitations (Poetry Out Loud, recitation instructions)
- F 2/6/09 Literature Circle 3 setting assignment (assignment instructions, literary analysis basics, submit assignment via EPals)
- F & M 2/6 & 9/09 composition of sentences with Vocabulary Lesson 11 & 12 words; work on sonnet explication (explication instructions, sample theme statements, sample explications: Papallo, Lofton, Mahmud)
- Tu & W 2/10-11/09 QUIZ: Vocabulary Workshop Lessons 11-12 (QUIA review games); work on sonnet explication (explication instructions, sample theme statements, sample explications: Papallo, Lofton, Mahmud)
- F 2/13/09 sonnet explication (explication instructions, sample theme statements, sample explications: Papallo, Lofton, Mahmud)
- F 2/13/09 Literature Circle 3 conflict assignment (assignment instructions,dialogue poem directions, literary analysis basics, submit assignment via EPals)
- M-Tu 2/23-24/09 Vocabulary Lesson 13 & 14 workbook activities and charades; reading and anlaysis of "The Man He Killed" (theme statements)
- W-Th 2/25-26/09 reading and analysis of "The Demon Lover" (background on the Blitz, "The House Carpenter" or "The Daemon Lover" ballad, Holt online textbook, ghost story analysis, flashback analysis)
- F & M 2/27/09 & 3/2/09 discussion of Battle Unit take-home essay (instructions); completion of reading and analysis of "The Demon Lover" (background on the Blitz, "The House Carpenter" or "The Daemon Lover" ballad, Holt online textbook, ghost story analysis, flashback analysis); reading and work on literature circle style assignment; sentence composition for Vocabulary Lessons 13 & 14
- M 3/2/09 Literature Circle 3 style assignment (assignment instructions,literary epitaphs, literary analysis basics, submit assignment via EPals)
- Tu & W 3/3-4/09 sentence composition for Vocabulary Lessons 13 & 14; work on take-home essays
- Th & F 3/5-6/09 Battle Unit in-class writing assessment (tonal scale)
- M-Tu 3/9-10/09 QUIZ: Vocabulary Workshop Lessons 13 & 14 (QUIA review games); reading & work on literature circle theme assignment
- Tu 3/10/09 Literature Circle 3 theme assignment (assignment instructions, literary analysis basics, submit assignment via EPals)
- W & Th 3/11-12/09 Relationship Unit opening topic: Name the qualities you consider the most important in a relationship and explain why each is crucial for a successful bond.
- W-M 3/11-16/09 introduction to Othello (background on the Moors, character map, literary terminology, literary context, Othello online text, significant quotations)
- 3/13/09 through W 4/01/09 viewing and reading of Othello (online text, character map, synopsis, literary terminology, significant quotations)
- Tu & W 3/17-18/09 Othello Act I quotations (significant quotations)
- W 3/18/09 Battle Unit take-home essay due (instructions)
- Th & M 3/19 & 23/09 introduction of Othello motif project (assignment instructions, motif journal chart)
- M & Tu 3/23-24/09 Othello Act II quotations (significant quotations)
- Tu & W 3/31/09 & 4/01/09 Literature Circle 4 introduction & media center visit (list of approved texts & authors, assignment instructions, double-entry journal sample, organizer template)
- W & Th 4/01-02/09 Othello Acts III, IV, & Act V quotations (significant quotations)
- M 4/13/09 ALL MISSING ASSIGNMENTS DUE TODAY (No late work will be accepted from this date until graduation.)
- Tu & W 4/14-15/09 reading and analysis of "Marriage is a Private Affair" (Holt online textbook pages 930-934, analysis questions); Vocabulary Workshop lessons 15 & 16
- Th 4/16/09 Othello motif journal (assignment instructions, motif journal chart)
- Th & F 4/16-17/09 Relationship Unit poetry (ballad basics, "Get Up and Bar the Door" [Holt online textbook pages 110], sonnet basics, Shakespeare's Sonnet 130, Spenser's Sonnets 30 & 75, Housman's "When I Was One-and-Twenty")
- F 4/17/09 Literature Circle 4 independent reading assignment 1 (assignment instructions, organizer template, submit assignment via EPals)
- M & Tu 4/20-21/09 SENIOR TRIP
- W-M 4/22-27/09 Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath's Tale" (background on chivalry, summary & notes on narrator, introduction from the Prologue [Holt online textbook page 133], tale [Holt online textbook pages 155-166]); Relationship Unit poetry (ballad basics, "Get Up and Bar the Door" [Holt online textbook pages 110], sonnet basics, Shakespeare's Sonnet 130, Spenser's Sonnets 30 & 75, Housman's "When I Was One-and-Twenty")
- F 4/24/09 Literature Circle 4 independent reading assignment 2 (assignment instructions, organizer template, student sample, submit assignment via EPals)
- F & M 4/24 & 27/09 QUIZ: Vocabulary Workshop Lessons 15-16 (QUIA review games)
- Tu 4/28/09 after-school Relationship Unit test review from 3:00 to 4:30
- Tu & W 4/28-29/09 Relationship Unit test review (review sheet)
- Th & F 4/30/09 & 5/01/09 Relationship Unit TEST (review sheet)
- F 5/01/09 Literature Circle 4 independent reading assignment 3 (assignment instructions, organizer template, student sample, submit assignment via EPals)
- M & Tu 5/04-05/09 Pygmalion introduction (first impressions visual activity, language & appearances pre-reading, Susan Boyle video clip & makeover article from Huffington Post, myth background, character list, Comedic Ladder)
- W & Th 5/06-07/09 Pygmalion Acts 1 & 2 analysis (Act 1 assignment, Act 2 assignment)
- F 5/08/09 Literature Circle 4 independent reading assignment 4 (assignment instructions, organizer template, student sample, submit assignment via EPals)
- F & M 5/08 & 11/09 Pygmalion Acts 3 & 4 analysis (Act 3 assignment, Act 4 assignment)
- Tu & W 5/12-13/09 Pygmalion Act 5 analysis (Act 5 assignment); Pygmalion vocabulary (vocabulary organizer)
- Th & F 5/14-15/09 My Fair Lady lyrics activity & Pygmalion poem analysis (lyrics activity instructions, poetry analysis instructions)
- F 5/15/09 Pygmalion literary analysis responses (assignment instructions)
- F 5/15/09 Relationship Unit TEST corrections due by 3:00 pm
- F 5/15/09 Literature Circle 4 independent reading assignment 5 (assignment instructions, organizer template, student sample, submit assignment via EPals)
- W 5/20/09 final week reflection activities (assignment instructions, "If I Had My Life to Live Over", "Everybody's Free to Wear Sunscreen" [audio file], This I Believe, "When I Was One-and-Twenty", "Ordeal by Cheque", check template)
- Tu 5/19/09 SENIOR EXAMS (6th and 8th periods)
- W 5/20/09 SENIOR EXAMS (5th and 7th periods)
- Th 5/21/09 SENIOR EXAMS (2nd and 4th periods) [final exam review sheet]
- F 5/22/09 SENIOR EXAMS (1st and 3rd periods) [final exam review sheet]
English 12 Summer Reading Assignment (book choices)