12th Honors Syllabus: 2010-2011

· Beowulf
· Grendel
· “The Wanderer”
· “The Wife’s Lament”
· Shrek
· Other various film clips

Major Assignments:
· The Beowulf Boast
· Heroes Essay
· Gettin’ Artsy with Beowulf
· Reading Quizzes
· Portfolio Check

· The Canterbury Tales
· Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
· “Barbara Allen” Ballad
· “The Lady of Shalott” and Amelie film clip

Major Assignments:

· Class Canterbury Tales
· Chaucer Introduction
· Chaucer Storytelling
· Reading Quizzes
· Ballad Writing
· Essay of Reflections

· Pride and Prejudice
· Tess of the d’Ubervilles
· Sonnets by Edmund Spenser and William Shakespeare
· Robert Browning
· William Wordsworth

Major Assignments:

· Reading Quizzes
· Character Analysis Essay
· Group Tests
· Sonnet Writing
· Theme Study

· Modest Propsal
· Christmas Means Giving
· Stephen Colbert Report
· The John Stewart Show

Major Assignments:

· The BIG, BIG, BIG Research Paper/Project

Macbeth and that’s all there is.

Major Assignments:
· Scene Presentation

· Blocking

· Costume/Set Designs

· Line Memorization

· General Survival

· Short Stories
· “Kubla Khan”
· “The Rime of The Ancient Mariner”
· Ozymandias
· Various Poems

Major Assignments:
· Group presentations
· Art
· Poetry Writing
· Essays