Romantic Period Unit Itinerary

W 2/16 – A Poison Tree discussion
HW: The Book of Thel

Th 2/17 - Discuss Thel
HW: Wordsworth Tintern Abbey

F 2/18- Discuss Tintern Abbey
Read excerpt from The Prelude
HW: TPCASTT for The World is Too Much with Us

T 2/22 - Rime of the Ancient Mariner Reading Day
HW: complete Rime reading and discussion questions

W 2/23 - Paideia Discussion in TLC Conference Room
Reading and discussion questions due
No HW

Th 2/24 - In-class essay (30 pts.)
HW: Byron She Walks in Beauty

F 2/25 - Excerpts from Childe Harold and Don Juan
HW: Shelley; TPCASTT for Ozymandias

M 2/28 - Ode to the West Wind; To a Skylark
HW: Keats; On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer

T 3/1 - Ode to a Nightingale; Ode on a Grecian Urn
HW: Begin Romantic Poet Research Paper

W 3/2 - Paper work day.
HW: finish paper

Th 3/3 - Research paper due (50 pts.)
HW: Jane Austen & Mary Wollstonecraft, pp 780-786

F 3/4 - Discuss HW
HW: Read Mary Shelley’s Intro. and Letters I-V.

M 3/7 - Discuss reading
HW: Read chapters 1-8 (pp 14-61). Come to class prepared
with a narrative summary of the reading (does NOT have to
be in complete sentences) and a list of any unfamiliar words
defined in context.


T 3/8 - HW: Read chapters 9-12 (pp 61-81) Come to class prepared
Discuss reading with a narrative summary of the reading
(does NOT have to be in complete sentences) and a list of any
unfamiliar words defined in context.

W 3/9 - Discuss reading
HW: Read Ch. 13-15 and answer questions.

Th 3/10 - Frankenstein reading day
HW: Read Ch. 16-21 and answer questions.

F 3/11 - Frankenstein reading day
HW: finish novel (Ch. 22-24) and answer questions

M 3/14 - Frankenstein reading questions due (50 pts.)
Work on Frankenstein DQs
HW: finish DQs for Paideia discussion

T 3/15 - Paideia discussion TLC Conference Room
No HW

W 3/16 - 40-minute prompt essay over Frankenstein (9 pts.)
HW: Romanticism Unit Review Guide

Th 3/17 - Review day
HW: Study

F 3/18 - Romanticism Test (100 pts.)
No HW