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English IV

Week of August 7-11
1.  Senior Essay: "My Senior Year."
2.  Writer's Choice Text:  pages 430-475, Unit 10.  Copy all the blue rules and charts in the unit.
3.  Page 476.  Do Review Exercises 1-8, 10 (#1-5 on each exercise).
4.  Do Exercise 85 on page 475 for chapter quiz.
August 14-18
1.  Unit 1 Vocabulary assignment:  Copy the definition, sample sentence, and write an original sentence with each word.
2.  Unit 1 Vocabulary Quiz
August 21-25
1.  Text pg 485, copy Blue Rules for Unit 11
2.  Page503, do review exercises 1-6, #1-5 on each.
3.  Page 507-508, do all of rev. ex. 7,8
4.  Unit 2 Vocabulary assignment: Copy the definition, sample sentence, and write an original sentence for each vocabulary word.
5.  Unit 2 Vocabulary quiz
August 28-31
1. Clever, Edulastic ACT practice test.  Required of all seniors.
2.  Unit 12 pg 510-522, Copy unit blue rules and do rev. ex 1 page 524.
3.  Unit 12 page 525-530 do rev. ex 2-11 #1-5 on each.
4.  Unit 13 pg 533-551  Copy the blue rules.  do exercises 4,19, 20 pg 536-547
Sept. 5-8
1.  Page 553:  do all rev. ex. 1,2,7. and #1-2 on rev. ex. 3,4,5,6,9.
2.  Unit 14 pg  560.  Copy  blue rules, do ex. 1, and #1-2 on ex. 2,3.
3.   Unit 15 pg 570:  Write the Blue Rules, Copy chart on page 571, blue and red charts on page 572. 
4.  Unit 15: pg 574 do ex 2,3 and page 580 do ex 10 and page 596 do rev ex 6.
Sept 11-15
1.  Unit 3 Vocab assignment: copy definition, sample sentence and write original sentence for each word.
2.  Unit 3 Vocab Quiz
3.  Ms. Ferguson and Ms. Paula to present Tn. Promise to students.
4.  Text, Unit 16 pg 598, Copy the blue rules and do rev ex 1,2 pg 615.  Do Rev Ex 7 pg 618 for quiz grade.
5.  Page 620 Unit 17, copy the blue rules  and the chart on page 621.  Pg 623-625 do ex 2,3,4
Sept 18-22
1.  Do rev ex 7 pg 644 for quiz grade.  Assignment: Unit 18 pg 646 copy the blue rules for the unit, do rev ex 1,2 pg 665-666
2.  Unit 18 do rev ex 3,4,6 pg 666-668
3.  Unit 5 Vocab assignment:  copy definition, sample sentence, and write an original sentence
4.  Unit 5 Vocab quiz
5.  Unit 19, pg 682 Do Rev ex 1-7, follow directions
September 25-29
1.  Unit 20 pg 691, Copy the blue rules, do rev ex 1,2 pg 705-706
2.  Workbook, pg 6-7 read essay "A World of Heroes" then write a personal essay "My Hero" or "The person I Admire Most."
3.  Page 8 in workbook, copy paragraph on summary.  Write an objective summary of the essay "A World of Heroes."
4.  Textbook, page 708 Unit 21 copy all blue rules of the unit.
5.  Do unit rev exercises 1-5 pg 747, do #1-3 on each exercise.
 
October 2-6
1.  Do Unit 6 Vocab assignment (copy each definition) and do Unit 6 Vocab Quiz.
2.  (3 test grades) Pg 24-27,pg 244-247.  Write a resume using the model on pg 26.  Also write a cover letter pg 26, and write a business letter, choosing one type from pg 245.
3.  Unit 2 Writing, pg 51.  copy charts on page 64, 69, copy question sets pg 99,100, 101, copy writing rubrics pg 63, 67, 73, 77, 81, 85, 89, 93, 97.
4.  Do Grammar Links - pg 55, 59, 67, 73, 77, 81, 85, 87, 93, 97..
October 16-20
1.  Act Boot Camp
2.  All seniors take ACT
3.  Unit 7 Vocab assignment (copy definitions) also ACT makeup
4.  Neptune Navigator in library
5   Neptune Navigator in library
October 23-27
1.  Unit 7 Vocab quiz
2.  Unit 9 Vocab assignment (copy definitions) and Unit 9 Vocab quiz
3.  Unit 10 Vocab assignment (copy definitions) and Unit 10 Vocab quiz
4.   Neptune Navigator
5.   Neptune Navigator
Week of October 30-31  November 2-3
1.  Unit 11 Vocab assignment and quiz
2.  Unit 13 vocab assignment and quiz
3. No school
4.  Unit 14 Vocab assignment and quiz
5.  Unit 15 Vocab assignment and quiz
November 6-10
1-3 Work on 3-5 min oral report on assigned English Author. Report on notecards and a works cited card with at least two works cited.  Assignment is worth three test grades.
4-5. Oral reading of reports.
November 13-17
1.  Workbook: read pages 12-18.  Copy the timeline 12-18, from pages 12-14 list 15 complete facts from the reading, pages 17-18 write a 1 page summary.
2.  Finish and turn in work from Monday. 
2-5.  Do Beowulf Assignment, due on Monday November 20,  worth four test grades.
November 20,21
1.  Beowulf Assignment due.  Beowulf quiz.  
2.  Pg 51-57 in workbook.  Make one drawing of any panel from graphic novel.
Week of November 27- December 1
1.  Beowulf quiz pg 42-47 text
2.  Text pg 104-107 Write a 2 pg summary  of the middle ages
3.  Pg  108, define folk ballads, list typical topics, and list 7 English and Scottish ballad characteristics.  Read pages 109-116 and answer 1-3,6-8, 11-13, pages 116.
4.  Wkbook page 74-80 pg 74 define the 3 concept vocabulary words, and define context clues.  pg 75 copy the information on Richard Lovelace and Alfred, Lord Tennyson.  page 80 answer 1-3,1-3
5.  Wkbook pg 122-125. copy the time line (fact and date),  Read 122-124 Write a one page summary.
 
December 4-8
1.  Wkbook define concept vocab pg 126.  copy vocabulary preview pg 121 in text.  Write a 2 pg report of Geoffrey Chaucer (wb pg 127-128 and text pg 120).
2.  Read pg 128 in workbook and write a 1 page summary.  Page 129 copy lines 1-18 or in text lines 1-18 on page 123.
3.  Do test over pages 120-121 in text.  Also copy the notes on the board.
4.  Define vocabulary over the Canterbury Tales.
5.  Do test over the vocabulary (open notes).
December 11-15
1.  Review and test over The Pardoner's Tale pg 146-167.
2.  Make up Neptune Navigate (modules 1-4)
3,4.  Continue make up NN and any other work.
5. Finalize grades and NN.
December 18-20
Semester Test if necessary/ Make up day.
January 5
1.  Work on module 5 of Neptune Navigate.
 
January  8-12
1,2,3.  Module 6,7,8.   Finish neptune navigate.
4.  Workbook pg 178-189.  define concept vocabulary, answer 1-4 pg 185. pg 187 define terms in heavy black (5) and copy all "Author's Choice: Text Structure," pg 188.
5.  Text pg 192-193, copy one page on Sir Thomas Malory and copy BB, VP
January 25-26
1.  Text pg 192-193.  Write one page on Sir Thomas Malory.  Copy the building background and vocabulary preview.
2.  Text pg  192-203, answer LE 1-3and AL 1-10, do vocabulary lessons pg 202, 203.
January 29 - February 2
1. Workbook, pg 190-197, define concept vocab pg 190, define context clues, pg 193 answer 1-6.  Page 195 copy Interaction and development of ideas and 196 copy changing usage.
2.  Quiz handout "Shakespeare's Sister."
3.  Page 198-199 define vocab, copy authors info page 199.  pg 211 answer 1-3,1-3.
4.  Pg 239-245.  Define the 5 terms on page 239 and copy first paragraph on pg 242.  pg 244 copy From Test to Topic.
 
February 5-9
1.  Define literary terms for Macbeth
2.  Workbook - Copy timeline on page 246-249.  Write a one page summary of the reading.
3.  pg 250-255.  write a one page summary Elizabethan Theater.  One pg summary of William Shakespeare
4.  og 256-257.  /copy how to read Shakespeare and Challenge: Elizabethan Worldview.  Define the concept vocab on page 208.
5.  Assign research project on a Shakespeare topic. (2 test grades)
 
February 12-15
1-3.  Research one of the assigned topics on Shakespeare:
    William Shakespeare
    The Globe Theater
    Shakespeare's Tragedies
    Shakespeare's Comedies
    Shakespeare's Sonnets
4.  Research due: 2 test grades  (5 paragraphs at least, minimum 2 illustrations, 3 works cited)
5.  Copy all pg 259 in wkbook.
 
February 20-23
1.  Workbook pg 260.  Read Act I
2.  Page 276 answer 1-3, pg 277 answer 1-3 and pg 278 define the 3 literary terms.
3.  Read Act II. pg 280
4.  Ans 1-3 pg 292, 1-3 pg 293 and define the literary terms pg 294, define concept vocabulary.
 
February 26-March 1
1.  Act I, II open book quiz
2.  Read Act III
3.  Page 310 answer 1-3, pg 311 define concept vocabulary, answer 1-4,  pg 312 copy all "author's choice:Structure."
4.  Read Act IV
5.  Page 330 answer 1-4, pg 331 answer 1-3 and define concept vocabulary.  Define imagery, archetypal.
Week of March 4-8
1.  Page 330 answer 1-4, pg 331 answer 1-3.  Define concept vocabulary.  Page 332 define the 2 literary terms.
2.  Remote Learning Day - Open book quiz for Act IV
3.  Read act V from CD .
4.  Do C. Check 1-3 pg 347.  Answer 1-4 on pg 348, pg 349 define the 3 literary terms and page 350 define the concept vocabulary. 
5.  Act V test.
Week of March 11-15
1.  Macbeth memorization test.
2.  English IV makeup day.
3.  Page 372-373, define concept vocabulary and copy author info: William Shakespeare, Mary Wroth, and Edmund Spenser.
4.  Read pg 374-379.  Answer comprehension check on pg 378-379.
5.  Read page 380-383: pg 381 define sonnet, Shakespearian sonnet, Spenserian sonnet  and pg 382 define  figurative language, simile, metaphor, personification
Week of March 18-22
1.  pg 384-385,  define concept vocab, copy author info on Cleanth Brooks, Franke Kermode.
2.  Pages 386-395. Answer comprehension check pg 395, pg 397 define central idea, supporting evidence, pg 698 explain quotation marks, and block quotations, define attribute.
3.  Unit 4 pg 415-419, define 5 words from chart, define reflective narrative, define reflective narrative, and define objective summary, and critical summary
4.  pg 422-425.  Copy timeline and write a one page summary of reading.
5.  pg  426-427.  define concept vocabulary and write 1 and half page on John Donne
Week of April 2-5
1-4.  Senior Career Research paper.  Follow the outline provided and instructions.
 
Week of April 8-12
1-5.   Remote day do research.
 2-5.  Write paper.  Due Friday April 12, 2024

Week of April 15-19
1,  Read pages 428-435.  Answer 1-3, 1-3 comprehensive check pg 431. pg 432 answer Analyze Text 1-5, pg 433 define 4 literary terms and ans. practice 1-4..pg 435 define 2 literary terms.
2.  Pages 438-439 define the concept vocabulary and write a one page report on Jonathan Swift
3.  pages 440-445 write a one page summary of pg 440 and answer 1-5 on page 445
4.  Pages 446-451 -  pg 446 answer analyze test, 447 answer practice questions, and define 4 literary terms and pg 450-451 define satire, reflective narrative
5.  Gulliver's Travels quiz  
Week of April 22-26
1.  page 472 define Concept vocab, read 472-479, answer 1-4 pg 476, define theme, style, tone, imagery, and mood
from pg 478-79.
2.  Quiz "To His Coy Mistress"
3.  Page 504, define concept vocab, copy info on James Joyce. Read pages 505-510 and answer 1-6 on 511.
4.  Quiz "Araby"
5.  Page 513-514, define epiphany, first person narrative, inferences, loose sentence, and syntax.