Courtney Hanna-McNamara
Brit Lit Honors

email:  courtney.mcnamara@bvsd.org
office hours: Monday 3:05 - 4:05 or by appointment

The most recent week/assignments appear at the top of this page--scroll down for
assignments from previous weeks.  I sometimes post assignments in advance, so be
sure to look at the right week!

5/19 - 5/23
Monday -- presentations begin
Tuesday -- presentations
Wednesday/Thursday -- presentations
Friday -- final exams begin


5/12 - 5/16
YOU SHOULD BE WORKING ON YOUR ESSAY AND PRESENTATION!
Monday -- presentation proposals due
Tuesday -- compare/contrast essays due
Wednesday/Thursday -- nothing due
Friday -- nothing due


5/5 - 5/9
YOU SHOULD BE WORKING ON YOUR ESSAY AND PLANNING YOUR PRESENTATION!
Monday -- nothing due
Tuesday -- nothing due
Wednesday/Thursday -- nothing due
Friday -- essay peer editing day


4/28 - 5/2
YOU SHOULD BE WORKING ON YOUR ESSAY!
Monday -- nothing due
Tuesday -- nothing due
Wednesday/Thursday -- divided reading: "Araby" (door side of class) and "Lady 
in the Looking-Glass" (window side of class) due
Friday -- no school


4/21 - 4/25
altered schedule this week due to ACT and Run for the Peak.
Monday -- nothing due
Tuesday (odd block) -- 5 critical pages due (periods 1,5)
Wednesday (periods 6, 7) -- 5 critical pages due (period 6)
[note: period 5 meets Wednesday for about 25 minutes; nothing due]
Thursday (even block) -- Earnest act 3 due (period 6)
Friday (periods 1-5) -- Earnest act 3 due (periods 1,5)


4/14 - 4/18
Monday -- nothing due
Tuesday -- nothing due
Wednesday/Thursday -- _Earnest_ act one 
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/844/844-h/844-h.htm -- online version if needed
(approximately 45 pages of text to print)
Friday -- no school


4/7 - 4/11
Monday -- bring _Frankenstein_ and your textbook
Tuesday -- _Frankenstein_ closing letters
Wednesday/Thursday -- bring _Frankenstein_ and your textbook
Friday -- Romantic Period/Frankenstein test; bring your copy of _The Importance
of Being Earnest_


3/31 - 4/4
Monday -- nothing due
Tuesday -- bring textbook; final draft of emulation poem due
Wednesday/Thursday -- bring textbook; John Keats packet due
Friday -- _Frankenstein_ ch. 17-24


3/24 - 3/28
SPRING BREAK


3/17 - 3/21
Monday -- bring _Frankenstein_ and your textbook
Tuesday -- bring textbook
Wednesday/Thursday -- bring textbook; rough draft of emulation poem
Friday -- _Frankenstein_ ch. 11-16


3/10 - 3/14
Monday -- "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and Pirate Day!
Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday -- bring your textbook
Friday -- _Frankenstein_ ch. 1-10


3/3 - 3/7
Monday -- "Tintern Abbey"
Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday -- bring your textbook
Friday -- _Frankenstein_ opening letters


2/25 - 2/29
Monday -- nothing due
Tuesday -- 17th and 18th Century test
Wednesday/Thursday -- nothing due
Friday -- bring copy of _Frankenstein_


2/18 - 2/22
Monday -- no school
Tuesday -- nothing due
Wednesday/Thursday -- "A Modest Proposal" due
Friday -- nothing due


2/11 - 2/15
All work this week is in class only, due to your large numbers of tests in other
classes.  Please bring your textbook each day and come ready to work!


2/4 - 2/8
Monday -- "proof" of Holy Sonnet 10 due
Tuesday -- Meditation 17 + comprehension questions
Wednesday/Thursday -- Paradise Lost excerpt due
Friday -- no school today


1/28 - 2/1
Monday -- bring your textbook for in-class reading
Tuesday -- BRING YOUR SIGNED COURSE REGISTRATION FORMS!
Wednesday/Thursday -- John Donne's Holy Sonnet 14 due (along with list of how it
is and is not like Elizabethan sonnets); bring your textbook every day from now on
Friday -- nothing due



1/21 - 1/25
Monday -- no school
Tuesday -- sonnet final drafts
Wednesday/Thursday -- nothing due
Friday -- sonnet exam


1/14 - 1/18
Monday -- analysis of sonnet 75 (page 199) and and sonnet 31 (page 176)
Tuesday -- sonnets 116 + 130 paraphrases
Wednesday/Thursday -- rough draft of sonnet for peer editing
Friday -- no school


1/7 - 1/11
Monday -- welcome back!
Tuesday -- essay responses; syllabus; literary theory notes
Wednesday/Thursday -- bring your textbook for class; finish literary criticism
questions that you didn't get to in class on Tuesday (for our socratic seminar)
Friday -- sonnet analysis (back of class handout -- all three poems)


Day of Final -- bring your 12th Night film analysis.
Have a wonderful, safe, and happy winter break!!


12/10 - 12/14
Monday -- nothing due
Tuesday -- Acts IV - V due, along with 4 questions
Wednesday/Thursday -- study for the final!
Friday -- nothing due -- study for the final!


12/3 - 12/7
Monday -- *extension* Macbeth essay rough drafts due for peer editing
Tuesday -- Acts II-III due
Wednesday/Thursday -- nothing due
Friday -- essay final drafts due
[start studying for your final exam -- emphasis will be on our Shax unit]


11/26 - 11/30
Monday -- reading day
Tuesday -- Twelfth Night Act I due
Wednesday/Thursday -- thesis statements + essay brainstorming
Friday -- nothing due

*************EXTRA CREDIT FOR IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST***********************
Please turn in answers to the following questions (complete sentences for all!)
1. Which character (not actor) did you enjoy the most, and why?
2. Name at least two connections between the Victorian England you saw portrayed
on stage and the Victorian England we studied as part of our summer reading unit.
3. If you had been the director, what changes would you have made and why?  If
you can't think of any, explain why you thought the production was perfect.
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11/12 - 11/16
Monday -- no school
Tuesday -- annotated bibliographies due (these should have been completed in-class
on Friday!)
Wednesday/Thursday -- Act V of Macbeth due
Friday -- word journals due


11/5 - 11/9
Monday -- Act III of Macbeth due
Tuesday -- nothing due
Wednesday/Thursday -- word journal check
Friday -- Act IV due; work day in library; bring annotated biblio info and 
your word journal


10/29 - 11/2
Monday -- Act I of Macbeth due
Tuesday -- nothing due
Wednesday/Thursday -- Act II of Macbeth due
Friday -- nothing due
[don't forget to work on your word journals!]


10/22 - 10/26
Monday -- no school
Tuesday -- bring textbook!
Wednesday -- see Tuesday
Thursday -- wellness day
Friday -- bring textbook!


10/15 - 10/19
Monday -- Knight's Tale parts 1-2 due
Tuesday -- Knight's Tale parts 3-4 due
Wednesday -- PSAT/PLAN day
Thursday -- (see Tuesday)
Friday -- quiz on Medieval England and _The Canterbury Tales_


10/8 - 10/12
Monday -- "Wife of Bath's Tale" due
Tuesday -- emulation final draft due
Wednesday/Thursday -- nothing due
Friday -- no school


10/1 - 10/5
Monday -- copy of _Canterbury Tales_ due; pilgrimage!  Bring your costume and 
practice your Middle English lines for our journey...
Tuesday -- rough draft of romance emulation for writers' group edit
Wednesday/Thursday -- nothing due
Friday -- nothing due


9/24 - 9/28
Monday -- nothing due
Tuesday -- quiz on Beowulf, Le Morte D'Arthur, Sir Gawain
Wednesday/Thursday -- bring your story brainstorms for a writers' group mtg.
Friday -- 


9/17 - 9/21
Monday -- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight due
Tuesday -- nothing due
Wednesday/Thursday -- 
Friday -- no school!


9/10 - 9/14
Monday -- Beowulf analysis packet due
Tuesday -- nothing due
Wednesday/Thursday -- King Arthur stories due
Friday -- nothing due


9/3 - 9/7
Monday -- no school
Tuesday -- annotated articles due (directions below)
3 points of interest/import, highlighted and with commentary in margin
3 points that provide evidence for the use of a literary theory, underlined and
with comments in the margin
one paragraph: do you agree with the argument presented? Why/not (with references
to specific points made in the article) -- written on back of article
Wednesday/Thursday -- Brit Lit textbook for class (every day from now on)
Friday -- read _Beowulf_ in the textbook


8/28 - 9/1
Monday -- 3 connections due
Tuesday -- nothing due
Wednesday/Thursday -- dream journal; covered textbooks
Friday -- Roots of English, Reader Response Chart


8/20 - 8/25
Monday -- nothing due
Tuesday -- summer reading packets due; summer reading quiz; supplies + syllabus signature due
Wednesday/Thursday -- bring your copy of your summer reading novel + preparations
for your section of the novel
Friday -- presentations!


first week:
8/16 -- nothing due
8/17 -- student survey due