British Literature

Unit 1
Genres of Literature

 Robin Hood and Allan a Dale
 The Naming of Cats
 The Rocking-Horse Winner
 Rising of the Moon
 Speech to the Troops at Tilbury, August 1588
Unit 1 Study Sheet
 
 

Unit 2
The Anglo-Saxon Period

 Anglo-Saxon Riddles
 Caedmon's Hymn
 The Wife's Lament
 Anglo-Saxon Notes
 
 

Unit 3
Medieval Period

The Great Silkie of Shule Skerrie, Ubi Sunt Qui Ante Nos Fuerunt, and The Honeysuckle: Chevrefoil
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
from The Canterbury Tales
Sir Patrick Spens
I Sing of a Maiden
Life in the Middle Ages
Crest--create your own
Video--Mists of Avalon

Unit 4
The English Renaissance

 The English Renaissance--historical
 Whoso List to Hunt
 Sonnet 31
 from The Faerie Queen
Video--Lady Jane

Shakespeare
 Shakespeare's Dentist
 Shakespeare Notes

Unit 5
Renaissance Drama

 Macbeth Act I
 Macbeth Act II
Macbeth Act III
 Macbeth Act IV
 Macbeth Act V
 Macbeth notes
 Poetry Project
Video--Much Ado About Nothing

Unit 6
Early 17th Century

Holy Sonnet 10
Easter Wings
from Paradise Lost
To His Coy Mistress
 


Unit 7
Restoration and the 18th Century

from Gulliver's Travels
Video--Gulliver's Travels
 
 

Unit 8
The Romantic Era

Elegy Written in a Country Courtyard
Auld Lang Syne
The Lamb/The Tyger
Kubla Khan
The World Is Too Much With Us
Ode to the West Wind
When I Have Fears
She Walks in Beauty
Ode on a Grecian Urn
Video--Jane Eyre

Unit 9
The Victorian Era

The Lady of Shallot
My Last Duchess
The Darkling Thrush
Sonnet 43
Pied Beauty
God's Grandeur
Sing-Song
Promises Like Pie Crust
To An Athlete Dying Young
from Through the Looking Glass
Video--The Age of Innocence or A Christmas Carol
 
 

I have many PowerPoint Presentations to go with each unit. If you would like them please email me.
 
 

Thanks,
Dana Vick
 
 
 
 
 
 

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