English 4 at RHS

Welcome, students, to the on-line portion of English 4 at Riverside High School. Below, you will find links to documents and other handouts, assignments, and readings for the class. This page is an aid to you designed to assist you so make use of it.

General Documents / Assignments

 Syllabus

 On-Line Journals

 Class Moodle Portal

 Documents / Handouts

Electronic Resources Handout (8/23/2010)

 Assignments

Electronic Resources Assignment (8/23/2010)

Unit 1 - Creation Mythology

Documents / Handouts

Creation Mythology Handout(8/30/2010)

Assignments

Egyption / Hebrew Creation Story Comparison

Final Project for Creation Mythology (9/8/2010 due on 9/21/2010)

Alien Webquest (9/15/2010 due on 9/16/2010)

 Readings

from - The Holy Bible, King James Version:  The Book of Genesis, Chapters 1-5 (due 8/30/2010)

Islamic creation stories (8/30/2010)

Popol Vuh (due 8/31/2010)

Theogony by Hesiod (9/7/2010)

Greek Creation Story (9/7/2010)

Greek Creation Charts (9/7/2010) : Chart 1 | Chart 2 | Chart 3

Norse Creation Stories (9/9/2010)

from - A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking 9/14/2010)

 Final Project Suggestions

Enuma Elish (Babylonian / Mesopotamian Creation Mythology)

The Kojiki (Japanese Creation Mythoogy)

Unit 2 - Epics

Assignments

Poem Proposal

Epic Poem Requirements

Compare / Contrast Essay (Beowulf / Gilgamesh)

MLA Style Activity

 Readings

Beowulf

Unit 3 - The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Assignments

BOE / District Assessment Instructions and Activities

 Readings

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Unit 4 - Utopian / Dystopian Literature

Assignments

Utopian Literature Unit Overview With Assignments

 Readings

Selected Readings Packet

"The Unforgiven" by Metallica

"The Unforgiven" by Metallica (YouTube Video)

Poetry by Matt Ford

excerpt from The Republic by Plato

excerpt from Candide by Voltaire

"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson

"Man That You Fear" by Marilyn Manson

"Man That You Fear" by Marylin Manson (YouTube Video)

"Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

V For Vendetta Graphic Novels

Unit 5 - Debating Hot Topics

Assignments

BOE / District Assessment Instructions and Activities