Welcome to British Literature
These courses are chronological studies of British Literature. We will travel in time from 500 A.D. to the contemporary period by reading examples of literature from each period. Writing and reading combined with research and verbal skills will be stressed. Outside readings and vocabulary work will be required.
The Honors class will complete the standard program with additional
readings and selected World Literature selections. Students will be
exposed to various research forms and writing assignments and activities to challenge their abilities. More reading and independent work is required.
The first 9 weeks will include the Anglo-Saxon period and the
Middle Ages.
The second 9 weeks will include the Renaissance and Shakespeare’s
plays and poetry.
The third 9 weeks will include the Restoration with the Eighteenth
Century and the Romantic period.
The fourth 9 weeks will include the Victorian and
Contemporary periods.
Each nine weeks the student will receive a calendar of the major events
for that time period. Daily review of notes and material should become
a common practice for the student. Preparing for class is important. A
progress report or report card will be sent home every 3 weeks.
If I have not read a book
before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me
whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred
years ago!
William Hazlitt
The world is a book and those who do not travel
read only a page.
St. Augustine
Reading is to the mind ,what
exercise is to the body.
Joseph Addison
Some books are to be tasted;
others swallowed: and some to be chewed and digested.
Francis Bacon
English 12 with Mrs. Hendrix
Standard and Honors Classes
