Shakespeare:

This week:

We worked on your Sonnet project.  These are due at the end of class Friday.

Seniors were given a review sheet for the final.

Brit Lit:

This week we have worked on prepping for your final portfolio and looking at examples of Victorian fiction.

Please use the following links if you missed class this week (SENIORS!!!!):

Jane Eyre:


Withering Heights part 1:


Part 2:


END IN GREATNESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!

https://youtu.be/nNQLECNUUEk

Shakespeare:

We previewed your movies.  Great job on these guys!

I introduced the sonnets.

HW:  Find a sonnet that you connect with.  Please have for Tuesdays class.

Brit Lit.

Today:  We broke into groups with the ipads and completed:

Directions:  Please research the topic that you group was given.  Your end product should be a powerpoint presentation.  Know your audience- try and make it multimedia and visually interesting.  You will present these at the end.

Topic 1:  Living in the Victorian Age

What was day to day like during this time?  Please look at social, political, and domestic problems.  Some possible ideas:  electoral reform, Corn laws of 1846, Rights of women, future of Ireland. Please do part of this as a narrative describing the conditions of a single person, describing what daily life was like for you.

Topic 2:  Religion and science

Please research evangelicalism, The Oxford Movement, YMCA, Darwin, Social Darwinism.  What was the conflict between the two?  Did this have an impact on the literature of the time?  What were some of the advancements in science that cause tension in the church?

Topic 3:  Victorian poetry

Who were the major poets of this time?  What characteristics do these poems share?  Find three examples and present to class with a picture for each that corresponds with the central theme.

Topic 4:  Victorian Fiction

Please explain romanticism, realism, and naturalism.  Please choose 3 literary works.  For each, what specifically made them Victorian?

Topic 5:  Victorian Fashion

Please present the different fashions of the time.  As this is visual, please make sure to include drawings/pictures.