Monday, March 17, 2008

Honors English 12 (March 14-17, 2008)

March 14, 2008:

In Class:

We reviewed the introduction information for The Restoration and Eighteenth Century
Read Jonathan Swift's bio. (discussion) found on page 486 in your text

ASSIGNMENT:

Read Gulliver's Travels and A Voyage to Lilliput pgs (487-494 in the text)

March 17, 2008:

In Class:

Overview and discussion of A Voyage to Lilliput (situational irony, symbolism, and verbal irony)
Handout (worksheet--15 pts) on A Voyage to Lilliput

ASSIGNMENT:

Read Gulliver's Travels A Voyage to Brobdingnag on pgs 497-499 in the text
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