Ms.

Bayer: English IV
Class Materials

Contact Information

For this course, you will need:

-2 College Ruled Composition Books
(one for each semester)
-College Ruled Notebook Paper
-Thin Binder with 5 Tabs
-Pencils
-Blue or Black Ink Pens ONLY
-2 Novels for 2nd Semester (announced in Dec.)
-Standard Note Cards for vocabulary

mbayer@ssttx.org
www.bayerenglish.weebly.com
Room 104
School Phone: 210-204-0222

Class Description
English IV British Literature
This course conducts a survey of British Literature from various time periods, including
contemporary works. Students will read short stories, plays, poems, novels, and novellas
and respond to the texts through writing and Socratic Seminars.

Grading Policy

Late Work Policy

Assignments will not be accepted after the due
date. You will be given realistic deadlines and are
expected to meet them. If you need assistance with an
assignment in order to complete it by the due date, you
can send an e-mail or come by after school for help.
If you choose to not turn in an assignment on the
day it is due you will:
1. Receive a zero for the
assignment
2. Have a student/teacher
conference to discuss the
reasoning behind the
unfinished work
3. Have your parent or
guardian contacted
4. Receive DPS points

Practice
20%
Homework, class
discussions

Tests
40%

Unit Tests, Final Drafts,

Presentations

Regular Assessments
40%

Daily Work, Vocab Quizzes,

Grammar Quizzes

Home Computer/Printer
At times you will be required to type and print assignments outside of
class. If you do not have access to a computer or printer at home, let
me know so we can arrange a time after school for you to use a
Chromebook to type and print your assignment.

Absent Work
Your work will be waiting for you in the
absent work folder with a cover sheet
detailing the instructions and your due date,
which will differ from the rest of the class. A
zero will be placed in the grade book until
the work is turned in with a note saying that
you were absent. If you do not turn the work
in by your due date, the zero will remain.

Year at a Glance
1st Quarter
Medieval Monsters

TEXTS:
Beowulf
Dream of the Rood
Monsters and the Critics Essay
Medieval Dragons in Hagiographies
The Hobbit Excerpt
Medieval Riddles

ASSESSMENTS:
Beowulf Essay
Oral Tradition Writing + Presentation
Vocabulary Quiz #1
Grammar Quiz #1
Essay Test

2ndQuarter
Humor and Persuasion

ASSESSMENTS:
Twelfth Night Essay
Modest Proposal Writing
Sonnet
Vocabulary Quiz #2
Grammar Quiz #2
Essay Test

TEXTS:
Twelfth Night
Candide
A Modest Proposal

3rd Quarter
Death and Dying
TEXTS:
Students choose 2 Novels
Dracula
Frankenstein
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Grendel
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil

ASSESSMENTS:
Synthesis Essay
Short Story
Vocabulary Quiz #3
Grammar Quiz #3
Essay Test

4th Quarter

Growing Up or Growing Old?

TEXT: The Constant Wife
Research: Childhood/Adulthood

ASSESSMENTS:
Annotated Bibliography
Research Presentation
Moment Writing + Presentation
Vocabulary Quiz #4
Grammar Quiz #4