{"id":6003,"date":"2025-06-13T22:44:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T02:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/?page_id=6003"},"modified":"2026-02-22T19:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T23:34:07","slug":"high-school-english-level-5-year-2-course","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/high-school-level-5-6\/high-school-english\/high-school-english-level-5-year-2-course\/","title":{"rendered":"High School English Level 5 Year 2 Course"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #c4a990;\">High School English: British Poetry to 1700 &amp; Dante (Honors)<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Recommended for Level 5 Year 2, but appropriate for any student.<\/p>\n<p>The Mater Amabilis English courses are very challenging. If they are done as written (or nearly so), Honors credit may be awarded. Within the Books and Resources, notes have been made of adaptations for students who would prefer a less challenging course.<\/p>\n<p>All previous versions of lesson plans can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/archived-lesson-plans\/\">Archived Lesson Plans<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div class=\"scbb-content-box scbb-rounded-corners\" style=\"background-color: #f8f6f0\"> \n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #c4a990\">Course Description<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This honors-level English course surveys British literature from 1500-1700 alongside Dante&#8217;s <em>Divine Comedy<\/em>. Students engage with diverse literary forms including poetry, drama, and prose, with study of three Shakespeare plays and selections from major British authors spanning four centuries. Students develop college-level writing proficiency through frequent compositions (2-3 weekly), two formal analytical essays (5-7 pages each), and a substantial research paper (8-10 pages). Technical writing skills are reinforced through systematic grammar instruction via dictation exercises, while analytical thinking is cultivated through both written and oral literary narrations. This challenging honors curriculum develops the close reading and academic writing skills essential for advanced literary study.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><\/span><\/p><\/div><div class=\"scbb-content-box scbb-rounded-corners\" style=\"background-color: #f8f6f0\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #c4a990\">Books and Resources<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<h6>Mater Amabilis participates in affiliate programs with Amazon and Living Book Press.<\/h6>\n<p><strong>Literature:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The British Tradition II: Poetry &amp; Prose from the Elizabethan to the Neoclassical Age (1485-1784 A.D.)<\/em>, Memoria Press [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.memoriapress.com\/curriculum\/literature-and-poetry\/poetry-prose-book-two-the-elizabethan-to-the-neoclassical-age-third-edition\/\">Publisher<\/a>]\n<ul>\n<li>This book will be completed in the lesson plans for Level 6 Year 1.<\/li>\n<li>Optional: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.memoriapress.com\/curriculum\/literature-and-poetry\/poetry-prose-book-two-the-elizabethan-to-the-neoclassical-age-teacher-guide-third-edition\/\">Teacher Guide<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.memoriapress.com\/curriculum\/literature-and-poetry\/poetry-prose-book-two-the-elizabethan-to-the-neoclassical-age-student-book-third-edition\/\">Student Guide<\/a> &#8211; These resources provide some vocabulary help and questions you may find useful for discussions or essay prompts. In general, reading and narrating the material is sufficient.<\/li>\n<li>The &#8220;Introductions&#8221; in the MP books may be omitted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>Great Myths of the World<\/em>, Colum [<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3FVw4D8\">Amaz<\/a>][<a href=\"https:\/\/sacred-texts.com\/etc\/omw\/index.htm\">online version<\/a>] &#8211; Note, students read from this book through the first three years of English courses.<\/li>\n<li>Optional, for the most ambitious students:\u00a0<em>Paradise Lost<\/em>, Milton [<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4l59p6b\">Amaz<\/a>][<a href=\"https:\/\/milton.host.dartmouth.edu\/reading_room\/pl\/book_1\/text.shtml\">online version<\/a>] &#8211; The lesson plans below do not include\u00a0<em>Paradise Lost<\/em>, but we do have a reading plan on the Resource Plans page if you are interested in assigning it to your student.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Epics:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Term 1:\u00a0<em>Inferno<\/em>, Dante<\/li>\n<li>Term 2: <em>Purgatorio<\/em>, Dante<\/li>\n<li>Term 3: <em>Paradiso<\/em>, Dante<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>The Divine Comedy<\/em> may be read in any translation of your choice. You may find it useful to check out different translations of the epics at the library and allow the student to choose the translation that seems most enjoyable and clear. Here are some popular translations, but there are many others.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ciardi [<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/45UDJfz\">Amaz<\/a>] &#8211; a single volume<\/li>\n<li>Esolen\u00a0<em>Inferno<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4e2urjB\">Amaz<\/a>],\u00a0<em>Purgatory <\/em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/44bNmFr\">Amaz<\/a>],\u00a0<em>Paradiso<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4kH9EVy\">Amaz<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Hollander <em>Inferno<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4l72DNA\">Amaz<\/a>],\u00a0<em>Purgatorio\u00a0<\/em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4n5NDRW\">Amaz<\/a>],\u00a0<em>Paradiso<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4mYjvYm\">Amaz<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Sisson [<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/44eg2xs\">Amaz<\/a>] &#8211; a single volume<\/li>\n<li>Digital Dante [<a href=\"https:\/\/digitaldante.columbia.edu\/dante\/divine-comedy\/\">online version<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A note on study guides and other resources &#8211; The goal is to develop a familiarity with <em>The Divine Comedy <\/em>because it is a core text of our culture. Students should read the cantos and any accompanying notes and narrate them without worrying too much about the allusions and poetic terms. Students will be able to return to it as adults or be prepared for a college course later in which they can delve more deeply. In this sense, you should not feel it necessary to provide a great number of outside resources or study guides, but if you would like more information, here are a few optional resources.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Memoria Press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.memoriapress.com\/curriculum\/christian-studies\/divine-comedy-teacher-guide\/\">Teacher Guide<\/a> (which uses the Ciardi translation)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitaldante.columbia.edu\/dante\/divine-comedy\/\">Digital Dante<\/a>, which includes commentary and videos<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dantesthedivinecomedy.wordpress.com\/\">Website devoted to the Divine Comedy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Baylor University Honors College: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/100daysofdante.com\/canto-videos-listing\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">100 Days of Dante<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; 100 short video introductions to the cantos of Dante\u2019s Divine Comedy, by teachers who know and love Dante<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Modification &#8211; A student may read only the\u00a0<em>Inferno<\/em> or perhaps\u00a0<em>Inferno\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Purgatorio.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Drama:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Term 1:\u00a0<em>As You Like It<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Term 2:\u00a0<em>Richard III<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Optional, ad lib: <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Daughter of Time,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Tey [<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4n2rSCq\">Amaz<\/a>]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Term 3:\u00a0<em>Macbeth<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Modification &#8211; a family may choose instead to watch a live or filmed version of these plays. Recommended adaptations: <i>As You Like It\u00a0<\/i>(Globe Theatre)\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/player.shakespearesglobe.com\/productions\/as-you-like-it-2009\/\">Globe Player<\/a>]; <i>Richard III<\/i>\u00a0(2012 Globe Theatre Original Practices production) [<a href=\"https:\/\/player.shakespearesglobe.com\/productions\/globe-to-globe-richard-iii-2012\/\">Globe Player<\/a>]; <i>Macbeth, <\/i>Ian McKellen and Judi Dench\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/446qKVJ\">Amaz<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Studied Dictation<\/strong>\u00a0(optional at this stage, but recommended for Level 5):<\/p>\n<p><i>Spelling Wisdom Book 5<\/i>: Study a given passage for 2 days, write on the 3rd day, weekly [<a href=\"https:\/\/simplycharlottemason.com\/store\/spelling-wisdom-book-5\/\">Simply Charlotte Mason<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Composition:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Traditional English Sentence Style<\/i><i>,\u00a0<\/i>Einarsson [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/143620941\/Traditional_English_Sentence_Style\">PDF download<\/a>] &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This book does include exercises and worksheets, which the student will need to complete, but parents will also wish to have the student narrate these readings, particularly the lectures on style toward the end of Chapter 5.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>End-of-term essays and essay exams, longer research paper on a chosen topic at the end of Term 3. If your student did not complete the Level 5 Year 1 course, you may find these resources helpful:\n<ul>\n<li><em>7 Sisters Introductory Guide to High School Essay Writing <\/em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.7sistershomeschool.com\/product\/introductory-guide-to-high-school-essay-writing\/#\">7 Sisters Homeschool<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li><em>7 Sisters MLA Research Paper Writing Guide, 2nd edition <\/em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.7sistershomeschool.com\/product\/research-paper-writing-guide\/\">7 Sisters Homeschool<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Additional writing practice &#8211; You may choose to assign six extra short essays (300-500 words) or pieces of creative writing per term. These essays may touch on readings in English or any other subject, including current events.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Modification &#8211; Assign shorter papers, especially the research paper in term 3.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><\/span><\/p><\/div><div class=\"scbb-content-box scbb-rounded-corners\" style=\"background-color: #f8f6f0\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #c4a990\">Lesson plans<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>All readings are narrated, orally or in writing. For Honors credit, written narrations should be the norm.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The student should be encouraged to keep a commonplace book, in which to write down any striking or memorable passages that stand out in reading. The student should also be encouraged to commit favorite poems to memory, or at least favorite passages from longer poems.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abbreviations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MP=Memoria Press <em>The British Tradition I: Poetry, Prose, &amp; Drama from the Old English &amp; Medieval Periods<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li>GM = <em>Great Myths of the World<\/em><\/li>\n<li>TESS=Traditional English Sentence Style.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>TERM 1<\/p>\n<p>Week 1<br \/>\nDay 1: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MP Introduction pp. 6-9, GM \u201cCeltic\u201d pp. xii-xiv and Irish: Midir &amp; Etain pp. 125-129, give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 2: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Inferno, Cantos I-II + notes, study dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 3: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As You Like It, Act I, write dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 4: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Inferno, Cantos III-IV + notes<\/span><br \/>\nDay 5: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TESS Chapter 1, pp. 3-8<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 2<br \/>\nDay 6: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MP Queen Elizabeth I, On Monsieur\u2019s Departure, p. 10, GM Death of Conaire Mor I and II pp. 129-132, give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 7: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Inferno, Cantos V-VI + notes, study dictation <\/span><br \/>\nDay 8: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As You Like It, Act II, scenes 1-4, write dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 9: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante makeup day<\/span><br \/>\nDay 10: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TESS Chapter 1, pp. 8-11 (follow instructions for exercise)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 3<br \/>\nDay 11: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MP Queen Elizabeth I, Speech to the Troops at Tilbury, p. 11, GM Death of Conaire Mor III pp. 133-136, give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 12: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Inferno, Cantos VII-VIII + notes, study dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 13: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As You Like It, Act II, scenes 5-7, write dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 14: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Inferno, Cantos IX-X + notes<\/span><br \/>\nDay 15: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TESS Chapter 2: pp. 12-14<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 4<br \/>\nDay 16: MP Edmund Spenser, Faerie Queene Canto I, pp. 12-18, GM Voyage of Bran pp. 136-142, give dictation<br \/>\nDay 17: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Inferno, Cantos XI-XII + notes, study dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 18: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As You Like It, Act III, scenes 1-3, write dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 19: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Inferno, Cantos XIII-XIV + notes<\/span><br \/>\nDay 20: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TESS Chapter 2, pp. 14-15 (do homework assignment) AND pp. 16-18 (stop at ***)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 5<br \/>\nDay 21: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MP Spenser, Faerie Queene Canto I, pp. 19-25, GM Welsh: Pwyll Prince of Dyfed pp. 142-146, give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 22: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante makeup day, study dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 23: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As You Like It, Act III, scenes 4-5, write dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 24: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Inferno, Cantos XV- XVI + notes<\/span><br \/>\nDay 25: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TESS Chapter 2, pp. 18-22 (check answers on assignments)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 6<br \/>\nDay 26: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MP Christopher Marlowe, The Passionate Shepherd to His Love, p. 27, GM Math I pp. 146-151, give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 27: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Inferno, Cantos XVII-XVIII + notes, study dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 28: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As You Like It, Act IV, write dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 29: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Inferno, Canto XIX-XX + notes<\/span><br \/>\nDay 30: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TESS Chapter 3, pp. 23-26<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 7<br \/>\nDay 31: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MP Sir Walter Raleigh, The Nymph\u2019s Reply to the Shepherd, p. 28, GM Math II pp. 150-151, give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 32: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Inferno, Cantos XXI-XXII + notes, study dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 33: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As You Like It Act V, scenes 1-2, write dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 34: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante makeup day<\/span><br \/>\nDay 35: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TESS Chapter 3, pp. 27-28 (check answers)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 8<br \/>\nDay 36: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MP Sir Walter Raleigh, What Is Our Life?, p. 29 (bonus: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/44938\/as-you-came-from-the-holy-land-attributed\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As You Came From the Holy Land<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">), GM Math III pp. 151-154, give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 37: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Inferno, Cantos XXIII-XXIV + notes, study dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 38: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As You Like It Act V, scenes 3-4, write dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 39: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante makeup day<\/span><br \/>\nDay 40: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Review the <em>Introductory Guide to High School Essay Writing<\/em> and begin the\u00a0 planning process for an essay of roughly 5 pages on a topic of the student\u2019s choice, preferably based on written narration in some school subject. Due Week 11.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 9<br \/>\nDay 41: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1eYxTProEVqXT_Pb7rm2MNy4MYaj2ievbZS1N0viFyPI\/pub?start=false&amp;loop=false&amp;delayms=3000&amp;slide=id.p\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Art of the Sonnet<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/artofsonnet), GM Math IV pp. 154-159, give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 42: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Inferno, Cantos XXV-XXVI + notes, study dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 43: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Plan\/draft 5-page exploratory essay. Write dictation.<\/span><br \/>\nDay 44: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Inferno, Cantos XXVII-XXVIII + notes<\/span><br \/>\nDay 45: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Plan\/draft 5-page exploratory essay<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 10<br \/>\nDay 46: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MP Sir Philip Sidney, Sonnet 31, p. 30, GM \u201cFinnish\u201d pp. xiv-xv &amp; Lemmikainen pp. 161-166, give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 47: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Inferno, Cantos XXIX-XXX + notes, study dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 48: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Draft 5-page exploratory essay<\/span><br \/>\nDay 49: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Inferno, Cantos XXXI-XXXII + notes<\/span><br \/>\nDay 50: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Draft 5-page exploratory essay<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 11<br \/>\nDay 51: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MP Sir Philip Sidney, Sonnet 39, p. 31, GM makeup day, give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 52: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante: Inferno, Cantos XXXIII-XXXIV + notes, study dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 53: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Read paper draft aloud to editorial person, conference and revise, write dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 54: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante makeup day, revise paper<\/span><br \/>\nDay 55: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Finish and turn in 5-page essay. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>WEEK 12: DAYS 56-60 MAKEUP\/EXAM WEEK<\/p>\n<p>Examination questions for exam week<br \/>\nTo be answered as short in-class essays, taking roughly 30-45 minutes each.<br \/>\nThe student will choose four of the questions to answer.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In which circle of Hell would you least like to find yourself, and why? You might compare this circle with others, to demonstrate why \u2013\u00a0although nobody wants to be in any of them! \u2013\u00a0and in what ways this one would be the worst to you.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tell everything you know about sonnets.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tell what you learn about conventions or fashions in love, versus true love, in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As You Like It.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tell everything you know about the clause.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Retell your favorite myth from this term<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Recopy your favorite poem from this term from memory.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The parent may also wish to give a short dictation passage to study quickly and write on the spot. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>TERM 2<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Richard III <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is the Shakespeare play for this term. It might be worth assigning the short novel <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Daughter of Time,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Josephine Tey, as a free read for the term as well. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 13<br \/>\nDay 61: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MP George Peele, A Farewell to Arms, p. 32, GM \u201cIcelandic\u201d pp. xv-xvi &amp; In the Beginning pp. 167-170, give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 62: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Purgatorio, Cantos I-II + notes, study dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 63: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Richard III, Act I, write dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 64: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Puratorio, Cantos III-IV + notes<\/span><br \/>\nDay 65: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TESS, Chapter 4, pp. 29-32<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 14<br \/>\nDay 66: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MP Robert Southwell, The Burning Babe, p. 33. For a more complete account of St. Robert\u2019s heroic life and martyrdom, we highly recommend Alice Hogge\u2019s book <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">God\u2019s Secret Agents <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/403iLr2\">Amaz<\/a>]<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. GM The Building of the Wall pp. 170-174. Give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 67: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Purgatorio, Cantos V-VI + notes, study dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 68: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Richard III, Act II, write dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 69: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Purgatorio, Cantos VII-VIII + notes<\/span><br \/>\nDay 70: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TESS Chapter 4, pp. 32-35<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 15<br \/>\nDay 71: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MP Shakespeare, Sonnets 18 &amp; 29, pp. 34-35, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Optional &#8211; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/poetryforall.fireside.fm\/64\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Poetry for All podcast episode 64: Shakespeare, Sonnet 29<\/span><\/a>. <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">GM Mimir pp. 174-175, give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 72: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante makeup day, study dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 73: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Richard III, Act III, scenes 1-3, write dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 74: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Purgatorio, Cantos IX-X + notes<\/span><br \/>\nDay 75: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TESS Chapter 4, pp. 36-40<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 16<br \/>\nDay 76: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MP Shakespeare, Sonnets 55 &amp; 116, pp. 35-36, GM Baldr pp. 175-182, give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 77: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Purgatorio, Cantos XI-XII + notes, study dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 78: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Richard III, Act III, scenes 4-7,write dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 79: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Purgatorio, Cantos XIII-XIV + notes<\/span><br \/>\nDay 80: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TESS Chapter 4, pp. 40-50 (check answers for exercise)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 17<br \/>\nDay 81: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MP Shakespeare, Sonnet 130, p. 36, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/45099\/sonnet-73-that-time-of-year-thou-mayst-in-me-behold\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sonnet 73<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, GM Loki\u2019s Punishment pp. 182-184, give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 82: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Purgatorio, Cantos XV-XVI + notes, study dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 83: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Richard III, Act IV, scenes 1-3, write dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 84: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante makeup day<\/span><br \/>\nDay 85: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TESS Chapter 5, pp. 51-53<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 18<br \/>\nDay 86: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MP King James Bible, pp. 37-39, GM Children of Loki pp. 184-188, give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 87: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Purgatorio, Cantos XVII-XVIII + notes, study dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 88: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Richard III, Act IV, scenes 4-5, write dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 89: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Purgatorio, Cantos XIX-XX<\/span><br \/>\nDay 90: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TESS Chapter 5, pp. 54-59 (check exercise answers; note: some punctuation is missing in the answer key for this exercise)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 19<br \/>\nDay 91: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MP Ben Jonson, Song to Celia; Daughter, Mother, Spouse of God, pp. 40-41, GM Ragna Rok pp. 188-192, give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 92: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Purgatorio, Cantos XXI-XXII + notes, study dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 93: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Richard III, Act V, scenes 1-3, write dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 94: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Purgatorio, Cantos XXIII-XXIV + notes<\/span><br \/>\nDay 95: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TESS Chapter 5, pp. 60-67 (check worksheet answers)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 20<br \/>\nDay 96: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MP Early 17th Century and Puritans, Introduction pp. 44-45, GM \u201cIndian\u201d pp. xvi-xviii &amp; Vedic Heavenly Nymph pp. 193-196, give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 97: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante makeup day, study dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 98: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Richard III, Act V, scenes 4-5, write dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 99: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Purgatorio, Cantos XXV-XXVI + notes<\/span><br \/>\nDay 100: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TESS, pp. 68-73<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 21<br \/>\nDay 101: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MP Aemilia Lanyer, Eve\u2019s Apology in Defense of Women, pp. 46-47, GM Churning of the Ocean pp. 196-198, give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 102: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Purgatorio, Cantos XXVII-XXVIII + notes, study dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 103: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Begin planning and drafting a 5-page exploratory essay on any topic, due Week 23, write dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 104: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Purgatorio, Cantos XXIX-XXX + notes<\/span><br \/>\nDay 105: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TESS, pp. 73-80<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 22<br \/>\nDay 106: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MP John Donne, A Hymn to God the Father, Meditations, pp. 48-52, GM Birth of the Ganges pp. 198-201, give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 107: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Purgatorio, Cantos XXXI-XXXII + notes, study dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 108: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Draft exploratory essay, write dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 109: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Purgatorio, Canto XXXIII + notes<\/span><br \/>\nDay 110: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Draft exploratory essay<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 23<br \/>\nDay 111: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MP John Donne, Death Be Not Proud, p. 53, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/44106\/holy-sonnets-batter-my-heart-three-persond-god\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Batter My Heart, Three-Person\u2019d God<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, GM Savitri pp. 201-206, give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 112: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante makeup day, work on exploratory essay<\/span><br \/>\nDay 113: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Editorial conference and revision of exploratory essay<\/span><br \/>\nDay 114: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Revise and polish exploratory essay<\/span><br \/>\nDay 115: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Finish and turn\u00a0 in exploratory essay<\/span><\/p>\n<p>WEEK 24: MAKEUP\/EXAM WEEK<\/p>\n<p>Examination questions for exam week<br \/>\nTo be answered as short in-class essays, taking roughly 30-45 minutes each.<br \/>\nThe student will choose four of the questions to answer.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Describe Dante\u2019s journey up the Mountain of Purgatory.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you were rewriting the Divine Comedy to include English kings, in what realm \u2013\u00a0Inferno or Purgatorio \u2013\u00a0would you place the character of Shakespeare\u2019s Richard III? Give substantial reasons for your judgment, and describe what he would be experiencing in the place where you have located him.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tell what various cultures\u2019 myths reveal about the people who told those stories.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Recopy your favorite poem from this term from memory.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tell everything you know about independent and dependent clauses.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tell everything you know about the style and structure of English sentences. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">The parent may also wish to give a short dictation passage to study quickly and write on the spot<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>TERM 3<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Note that a research-paper project will begin in Week 30, and be due at the end of Week 35. The student might start looking back over narrations from the whole year at this point, to begin to discern what kind of topic might be of interest (though it could be a topic totally outside the school sphere, and the choice is up to the student, it\u2019s always good to be able to use written narrations as material for a paper if possible). This paper might be longer than last year\u2019s, though this depends on the student\u2019s ability level at this point. A student who wrote 10-12 pages last year might aim for a 15-page project this year, though the basic model is still the structure of the MLA Research Paper Writing Guide. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Note: You may choose to purchase and introduce the Chicago Style Research guide this year.)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The student should think in terms of three main sections for the paper, plus introduction and conclusion, but possibly more paragraphs within each section than last year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We will also presume from here on out that the student knows to read the notes to Dante\u2019s Cantos. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 25<br \/>\nDay 121: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MP Herrick all three poems, pp. 54-56, GM Damayanti\u2019s Choice pp. 206-209, give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 122: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Paradiso, Cantos I-II, study dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 123: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Macbeth, Act I, scenes 1-4, write dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 124: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Paradiso, Cantos III-IV<\/span><br \/>\nDay 125: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TESS pp. 80-91<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 26<br \/>\nDay 126: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MP Herbert, all three poems pp. 57-59, GM Buddhist Gautama\u2019s Attainment pp. 209-212, give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 127: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Paradiso, Cantos V-VI, study dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 128: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Macbeth, Act I, scenes 5-7, write dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 129: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Paradiso, Cantos VII-VIII<\/span><br \/>\nDay 130: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TESS pp. 91-101<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 27<br \/>\nDay 131: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MP Milton pp. 60-65, GM \u201cChinese\u201d p. xviii &amp; In the Beginning pp. 213-215, give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 132: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante makeup day, pre-plan research paper, study dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 133: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Macbeth, Act II, scenes 1-2,write dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 134: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Paradiso, Cantos IX-X<\/span><br \/>\nDay 135: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pre-plan research paper, revisiting the MLA Research Paper Writing Guide if needed, make up any reading<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 28<br \/>\nDay 136: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MP Milton, pp. 66-70, GM The Weaver Maiden and the Herdsman pp. 215-217, give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 137: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Paradiso, Cantos XI-XII, study dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 138: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Macbeth, Act II, scenes 3-4, write dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 139: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Paradiso, Cantos XIII-XIV<\/span><br \/>\nDay 140: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pre-plan research paper, make up any reading<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 29<br \/>\nDay 141: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MP Milton, On His Blindness, p. 71, GM \u201cJapanese\u201d p. xviii &amp; The Sun Goddess &amp; the Storm God pp. 219-222, give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 142: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Paradiso, Cantos XV-XVI, study dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 143: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Macbeth, Act III, scenes 1-3, write dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 144: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Paradiso, Cantos XVII-XVIII<\/span><br \/>\nDay 145: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pre-plan research paper, make up any reading<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 30<br \/>\nDay 146: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MP Richard Crashaw, both poems, pp. 72-73, GM The First People pp. 222-224, give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 147: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante makeup day, study dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 148: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Macbeth, Act III, scenes 4-6, write dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 149: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Paradiso, Cantos XIX-XX<\/span><br \/>\nDay 150: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">begin work on research paper<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 31<br \/>\nDay 151: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MP Lovelace, both poems, pp. 74-75, GM \u201cPolynesian\u201d pp. xix-xx &amp; In the Beginning pp. 225-226, give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 152: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Paradiso, Cantos XXI-XXII, study dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 153: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Macbeth, Act IV, write dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 154: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Paradiso, Cantos XXIII-XXIV<\/span><br \/>\nDay 155: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">research paper<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 32<br \/>\nDay 156: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MP Pilgrim\u2019s Progress, pp. 76-84, GM Ma-Ui the Fire-Bringer pp. 226-232, give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 157: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Paradiso, Cantos XXV-XXVI, study dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 158: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Macbeth, Act V, scenes 1-4, write dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 159: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Paradiso, Cantos XXVII-XXVIII<\/span><br \/>\nDay 160: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">begin drafting research paper<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 33<br \/>\nDay 161: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MP Pilgrim\u2019s Progress, pp. 84-95, GM How Ma-ui Strove pp. 232-233, give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 162: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Paradiso, Cantos XXIX-XXX, study dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 163: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Macbeth, Act V, scenes 5-8, write dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 164: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Paradiso, Cantos XXXI-XXXII<\/span><br \/>\nDay 165: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">draft research paper<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 34<br \/>\nDay 166: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">GM Pe-le I pp. 233-238, research paper, give dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 167: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dante, Paradiso, Canto XXXIII, study dictation<\/span><br \/>\nDay 168: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">write dictation, make up any reading, draft research paper<\/span><br \/>\nDay 169: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">make up any reading, draft research paper<\/span><br \/>\nDay 170: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">draft research paper<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Week 35<br \/>\nDay 171: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">GM Pe-le II-III pp. 238-243, conference about research paper<\/span><br \/>\nDay 172: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">revise research paper<\/span><br \/>\nDay 173: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">conference about revised research paper<\/span><br \/>\nDay 174: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">final revision of research paper<\/span><br \/>\nDay 175:<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0final revision of research paper, turn in research paper<\/span><\/p>\n<p>WEEK 36: MAKEUP\/EXAM WEEK<\/p>\n<p>Examination questions for exam week<br \/>\nTo be answered as short in-class essays, taking roughly 30-45 minutes each.<br \/>\nThe student will choose four of the questions to answer.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Compare and contrast Babylonian, Greek, Jewish Post-Christian, Icelandic, Chinese, and Polynesian creation\/ \u201cIn the Beginning\u201d myths. Consider first what all these myths have in common, then how each one reveals something about the particular people who told it.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Retell Dante\u2019s journey through Paradise.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tell everything you can about Macbeth as an example of the effects of ambition on the human soul.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Recopy your favorite poem of the term from memory.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tell what reading from the whole year was your favorite and why.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tell everything you can about effective sentence style. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Alternative question: Tell everything you can about Milton\u2019s Paradise Lost.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025 Mater Amabilis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High School English: British Poetry to 1700 &amp; Dante (Honors) Recommended for Level 5 Year 2, but appropriate for any student. 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