Today we completed several review sheets so if you were absent, be sure to ask for the handouts. Review the titles, authors, genres, key literary techniques, characters and conflicts.
Unit 1 Test Outline BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR CORE LIST (IT'S COPIED ONTO BLUE PAPER) DID YOU MAKE NOTES ON THE OXFORD CLERIC? HE'S A STUDENT WHO LOVES TO BUY BOOKS AND READ. NOT MUCH INTERESTED IN PRIESTLY DUTIES THOUGH. BRING QUESTIONS TO CLASS WEDNESDAY DURING OUR REVIEW PERIOD.
25 multiple choice questions
1 site poem (Read the poem and answer the question in a formal, literary paragraph of 300 to 500 words). Marks awarded for analysis, writing style, ability to cite and prove your thesis.
Tomorrow: The Renaissance group presents the era and the sonnet by Wyatt, "Whoso List to Hunt" and the Italian (also called the) Petrarchan sonnet.
Wednesday--we'll have some more review time and I'll introduce the Elizabethan (also called the) Shakespearean sonnet.
Thursday: Unit Test
Friday: Literary essay set up for Lit 12 exams.
