English 12: January 23-27

Hello Seniors!

I hope you had a great weekend. This is an A week, so we will make up for last weeks shortness by meeting three times! 

On Monday, after we have discussed Dr. Faustus and reviewed the topics for your essays, we will continue our study of Renaissance Literature with Carpe Diem poetry, among which is Herrick's "To the Virgins to Make Much of Time" and Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress." Please upload your completed essays to my Moodle by the appointed date.

In this unit, we will examine several of John Donne's works. Be aware that Donne's life experiences can be marked by his writings. His youthful poet persona is often called "Jack" Donne, and his older more serious texts, including his meditations and his Holy Sonnets. But before we look closely at Donne, we will familiarize ourselves with the play Wit, originally spelled W;t, which explains part of the complexity in Donne's writing. An excerpt from the play is in your textbook, and I have a complete copy of the text.

We should complete the aforementioned play on Thursday, take our quiz on lesson 14 vocabulary, and begin our study of Donne's works.

See you in class!

Mrs. SO