Tuesday:
I have decided to compromise on the test. I told you that there would be a test last week but it is apparent that it is not on my blog--either last week's or this week's. Sorry. The essay involves analyzing a Romantic-era poem. Therefore, I will give you 30 minutes to read pp. 2-10 in your textbooks on Romantic poetry. You may jot down some notes if that helps you to remember better but you will not be able to use those notes on the actual essay. Then you will have 30-40 minutes (about the time you would have taken in class) to write an essay about the poem. The essay portion of the test only counts 20 points but you should be able to do a great job with this kind of preparation.
The rest of the test (matching and short answer) will be taken on Thursday during class.
Thursday:
Matching and short-answer part of the unit test on the Romantics and Pygmalion. You do not need any paper and you may not use your books or notes.
BRING YOUR TEXTBOOKS--VOLUME II--just in case. Read introduction to Elizabeth Barrett Browning (528-529) for homework, starting in class if you finish early.
Friday:
We will read Browning's sonnets.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Week of April 20, 2009--modified April 21
Tuesday:
Possible quiz/ review of material from enlightenment and romantic periods. Review and get impressions of Wordsworth. Finish "Pygmalion." For homework, read "Pygmalion, Sequel" (1063-1071) and the 1996 New Yorker article (to be handed out in class), "Speaking Across the Divide." YOU MUST HAVE YOUR TEXTBOOK (WITH YOUR TEXTBOOK NUMBER) WITH YOU IN CLASS ON TUESDAY OR THURSDAY OR IT WILL BE COUNTED AGAINST YOU FOR CLASS PARTICIPATION.
Thursday
Possible quiz/ discussion of what we have read in "Pygmalion" so far--including the sequel--and in the article assigned. Finish film, "Pygmalion."
We should plan on having a unit test next Tuesday.
Friday:
Review for unit test. Have questions. Unit test will include the following material: "Pygmalion" (and sequel), Edmund Burke and "from Reflections on the Revolution in France" (47-56); Mary Wollstonecraft (56-57) and "from A Vindication of the Rights of Men" (57-64); Thomas Paine (64-65) and his "from The Rights of Man" (65-70); William Blake (74-76), and his "All Religions Are One," "Songs of Innocence and Experience" (76-78); "The Lamb" (79); "The Little Black Boy" (80-81); "The Chimney Sweeper" (81); "Holy Thursday" (82); "Infant Joy" (83); and "from Songs from Experience": "The Tyger" (88-89) and "A Poison Tree" (92-93). William Wordsworth (background pp.194-196) and "Tintern Abbey" [background] (p. 202) and "Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey" (202-206). "Speaking Across the Divide" is also fair game.
Possible quiz/ review of material from enlightenment and romantic periods. Review and get impressions of Wordsworth. Finish "Pygmalion." For homework, read "Pygmalion, Sequel" (1063-1071) and the 1996 New Yorker article (to be handed out in class), "Speaking Across the Divide." YOU MUST HAVE YOUR TEXTBOOK (WITH YOUR TEXTBOOK NUMBER) WITH YOU IN CLASS ON TUESDAY OR THURSDAY OR IT WILL BE COUNTED AGAINST YOU FOR CLASS PARTICIPATION.
Thursday
Possible quiz/ discussion of what we have read in "Pygmalion" so far--including the sequel--and in the article assigned. Finish film, "Pygmalion."
We should plan on having a unit test next Tuesday.
Friday:
Review for unit test. Have questions. Unit test will include the following material: "Pygmalion" (and sequel), Edmund Burke and "from Reflections on the Revolution in France" (47-56); Mary Wollstonecraft (56-57) and "from A Vindication of the Rights of Men" (57-64); Thomas Paine (64-65) and his "from The Rights of Man" (65-70); William Blake (74-76), and his "All Religions Are One," "Songs of Innocence and Experience" (76-78); "The Lamb" (79); "The Little Black Boy" (80-81); "The Chimney Sweeper" (81); "Holy Thursday" (82); "Infant Joy" (83); and "from Songs from Experience": "The Tyger" (88-89) and "A Poison Tree" (92-93). William Wordsworth (background pp.194-196) and "Tintern Abbey" [background] (p. 202) and "Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey" (202-206). "Speaking Across the Divide" is also fair game.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Week of April 13, 2009
Tuesday
We will go over a little of the "A Vindication of the Rights of Women." Then we will begin with a drama, also in your textbooks, "Pygmalion." Finish reading "A Vindication of the Rights of Women" for homework.
Thursday
We will do more with "Pygmalion." For homework, read about William Wordsworth, including the preface to "Lyrical Ballads" (194-197). Read "Lines Written in Early Spring" (201-202), Read the introductory information about "Tintern Abbey" (202) and then read "Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey" (202-206).
Friday
"Pygmalion" film version.
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