Week 1
Lesson 1
Welcome to Class and Animal Farm Sampler
Let's get to know each other!  After some ice breakers and some introductions, we will dive into ANIMAL FARM. Discuss the author and the Western view on communism at the time. 
Lesson 2
Animal Farm Sampler
Taking samples of the book, we will learn how to annotate and then form a good key word outline.
 Week 2
Lesson 3
The Hobbit
This lesson is all about Tolkien and how TLOTR has exploded into popularity.  We will also review the importance of annotation while reading.
Lesson 4
The Hobbit
Using The Hobbit, we will discuss Plot and Suspense.
 Week 3
Lesson 5
The Hobbit
Sept 22 is Hobbit Day! We will celebrate Bilbo's birthday by having a little party...and of course, discussing the book as we eat 2nd breakfast.
Lesson 6
The Hobbit
Continuing with The Hobbit, we will discuss "approach" in our Literary Analysis essay and identify the Plot Summary
 Week 4
Lesson 7
The Hobbit
Continuing with The Hobbit, we will use graphic organizers to construct our thesis and our essay outline.
Lesson 8
The Hobbit
Finish our discussion of the Hobbit
 Week 5
Lesson 9
Robinson Crusoe
We will discuss the author and background of this classic novel.
Lesson 10
Robinson Crusoe
Using Robinson Crusoe as our source, we will discuss parallelism, euphemisms and similes.
 Week 6
Lesson 11
Robinson Crusoe
Continuing our study with Crusoe, we will discuss characterizations- and deep dive into discussion on what was acceptable historically and what is not acceptable now.
Lesson 12
Robinson Crusoe
We will finish our discussion and share our character project.
 Week 7
Lesson 13
Frankenstein
Women in Literature discussion!  We will talk about the author and the obstacles she overcame to be an accomplished writer.
Lesson 14
Frankenstein
Continue our discussion on Frankenstein
 Week 8
Lesson 15
Frankenstein
Finish the discussion of Frankenstein and how the character is ingrained into pop culture.
Lesson 16
Frankenstein
Share our own monster creations with the class
 Week 9
Lesson 17
Jane Eyre
Continuing with our Women in Literature discussion, we will discuss the author and the background to help us understand the novel.
Lesson 18
Jane Eyre
Continuing with Jane Eyre, we will discuss "approach" in our Literary Analysis essay and identify the Plot Summary
 Week 10
Lesson 19
Jane Eyre
Continuing with Jane Eyre, we will use graphic organizers to construct our thesis and our essay outline.
Lesson 20
Jane Eyre
Finishing our analysis of Jane Eyre, we will review dress-ups, sentence openers, introductions, conclusions and citations.
 Week 11
Lesson 21
Alice in Wonderland
We will Discuss Lewis Carroll and his background
Lesson 22
Alice in Wonderland
Let's discuss non-sense poetry and try to write our own.
 Week 12
Lesson 23
Alice in Wonderland
Discuss Alice in Wonderland
Lesson 24
Alice in Wonderland
Finish up Discussion on Alice in Wonderland and read excerpts from Through the Looking Glass
 Week 13
Lesson 25
A Christmas Carol
Let's Discuss Mr. Dickens
Lesson 26
A Christmas Carol
Using A Christmas Carol, we will discuss the author's use of plot and suspense.
 Week 14
Lesson 27
A Christmas Carol
Continuing with A Christmas Carol, we will look for parallelism, Euphemism and use of similes.
Lesson 28
A Christmas Carol
As we finish up A Christmas Carol, we will discuss his use of symbolism and emphasis with examples of anaphora and epistrophe.
 Week 15
Lesson 29
Semester Review
We will have our own Mr. Fezziwig party and review the semester with games and frolicking.  No Scrooges allowed.
Lesson 30
Mid-term exam
 Week 16
Lesson 31
The Portrait of Dorian Gray
We will discuss Oscar Wilde and the context and background he used in his writing.
Lesson 32
The Portrait of Dorian Gray
Using Dorian Gray as our source, we will discuss theme and worldview.
 Week 17
Lesson 33
The Portrait of Dorian Gray
Using Dorian Gray as our source, we will discuss setting and character
Lesson 34
The Portrait of Dorian Gray
Finishing up discussion of Dorian Gray, we will also tie in excerpts from The Selfish Giant to compare an contrast theme and worldview.
 Week 18
Lesson 35
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austin and the class structure of England will be explored. We will also learn about a proper British tea party and do some practicing. Pinkies out, my dears!
Lesson 36
Pride and Prejudice
Continuing with Pride and Prejudice, we will imagery and the use of language.  
 Week 19
Lesson 37
Pride and Prejudice
Continuing with Pride and Prejudice, we will discuss tone; how to pinpoint tone, how to create tone and how your own point of view seeps into the tone of a story.
Lesson 38
Pride and Prejudice
Finish up our discussion on Pride and Prejudice as well as a peek into other Jane Austin writings.
 Week 20
Lesson 39
The Princess and the Goblin
Who is this obscure author and who did he influence?  We will find out.
Lesson 40
The Princess and the Goblin
As we discuss the Princess and the Goblin, we will review the elements of a story using the Freytag's Pyramid.
 Week 21
Lesson 41
The Princess and the Goblin
Continuing our discussion on The Princess and the Goblin, we will write a class story- a combination of Mad Libs and the Telephone game. It's going to be wild.
Lesson 42
The Princess and the Goblin
We will finish our discussion of The Princess and the Goblin and finish our class short-story, which will no doubt be a best seller.
 Week 22
Lesson 43
The Lost World
Does the name Sir Anthony Doyle ring a bell?  Jurassic Park?  We will discuss the author, his background and how his story has launched a franchise in pop-cultural. (He is more than Sherlock Holmes!)
Lesson 44
The Lost World
Using The Lost World as our source, we will discuss "approach" in our Literary Analysis essay and identify the Plot Summary and Setting. We will also review annotation.
 Week 23
Lesson 45
The Lost World
Continuing with The Lost World, we will discuss the literary devices we have learned thus far and add Irony to the list.
Lesson 46
The Lost World
Continuing the discussion of The Lost World, we will invent our thesis and plug in our annotations into a graphic organizer.
 Week 24
Lesson 47
The Lost World
We will continue discussion on The Lost World and review the elements of the essay.
Lesson 48
The Lost World
Finishing up our novel, we will discuss how Doyle's vision and Hollywood's vision compare and contrast.
 Week 25
Lesson 49
Paradise Lost Sampler
We will learn who John Milton was and his background.  We will discuss what makes and epic poem and why they are traditionally started "in medias res".  (Look, we are going to learn some Latin!)
Lesson 50
Paradise Lost Sampler
We will continue or discussion on Paradise Lost
 Week 26
Lesson 51
Paradise Lost Sampler
We will continue our discussion of Paradise Lost and practice writing our own mini-epic poem.
Lesson 52
Paradise Lost Sampler
As we finish up Paradise Lost, we will read Adam's Curse by Yeats and compare and contrast the two.
 Week 27
Lesson 53
King Arthur Legends
Where did King Arthur come from?  Was he real?  What about Excalibur?  There is a lot to unpack with the King Arthur Legends.  We will read excerpts from some of the many stores handed verbally down over generations.
Lesson 54
King Arthur Legends
We will continue our discussion on King Arthur
 Week 28
Lesson 55
King Arthur Legends
Today will be another collaborative story. We will write our own King Arthur Legend as a class.  We will also have a homemade costume contest for best "Arthur Character."
Lesson 56
Beowulf
This is considered the oldest recorded piece of British Literature.  We will discuss the history/background of this epic poem.
 Week 29
Lesson 57
Beowulf
We will continue our discussion on Beowulf and how English language has evolved.
Lesson 58
Beowulf
We will finish our discussion of Beowulf.
 Week 30
Lesson 59
Semester Review
Game show time!  We will compete for some FABULOUS prizes as we review second semester.
Lesson 60
Final Exam