English 10 Syllabus
Spring Term 2007
Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Kassar, Ms. Taylor
WEEK 1
T 4/10 Elizabethans, 95-102
W 4/11 Elizabethans, 104-105
Th 4/12 Elizabethans, 111-114
F 4/11 Elizabethans, 115-117
WEEK 2
M 4/16 Shakespeare sonnet analysis (in class)
T 4/17 Write a sonnet with a modern subject; PSAT prep in class
W 4/18 Sonnet recitations
Th 4/19 Room
with a View, 3-32
F 4/20 Room with a View, 33-66; vocab. quiz 1
WEEK 3
M 4/23 Room
with a View, 67-91
T 4/24 Room with a View, 95-125
W 4/25 Room with a View, 126-152; vocab. quiz 2
Th 4/26 PSAT practice
F 4/27 Room
with a View (Club Night Thurs.ÑDance Club)
WEEK 4
M 4/30 Room
with a View, 153-184; vocab. quiz 3
T 5/1 Room with a View, 185-219
W 5/2 Room with a View, 220-242
Th 5/3 Room with a View spot passage practice due
F 5/4 Room with a View (Club Night Thurs.ÑConcert)
WEEK 5
M 5/7 Room with a View spot passage test
T 5/8 The Victorians, 362-367; Tennyson, 377-379
W 5/9 Robert
Browning, 390-392
Th 5/10 Elizabeth Browning, 398-400
F 5/11 Arnold, 408-409; Hardy, 428-429; introduction to VM2
M 5/14 VM2 work day (in library)
T 5/15 more reading of Victorians
W 5/16 VM2 work day
Th 5/17 VM2 due
F 5/18 Timeline
(in class)
WEEK 7
M 5/21 Introduction to Billy Collins
T 5/22 Read through Sailing Alone Around the Room &
list three poems you really like
W 5/23 Student teachers; poem due
Th 5/24 Field Day
F 5/19 Student teachers
WEEK
8
M 5/28 Holiday (Memorial Day)
T 5/29 Student teachers
W 5/30 Poem revision due, with original attached
Th 5/31 Class poetry reading
F 6/1 Course reflections