1. Unit 4 The Renaissance: 1485-1660 Unit Overview
ENG 12A

2. Unit Overview You will be studying the Renaissance period.
You will be reading works by Wyatt, Spenser, Marlowe, Raleigh, Shakespeare, Donne, Johnson, and Milton.
Dropped assignments:
Discussion in lessons 2 and 6
Portfolio in lessons 5 and 12
Lesson 9
Multiple choice test dropped

3. What does this mean???? There is no portfolio this unit
What should I do with all my free time?
Redo or fix your unit 2 and 3 portfolios
Make sure that your test is turned in to CMW before submitting
Go back and make sure you have no ZEROS for large assignments (portfolios/tests)
STUDY! Be prepared! The semester is almost over.

4. The Renaissance: 1485-1660 Renaissance means “rebirth”
What was happening during this time?
World exploration
Inventions
Printing press
Flushing toilets
Telescope
Submarine
Celebrations of human inventiveness
Catholic church challenged by King Henry VIII and Martin Luther (German monk)
English reformation

5. continued The plague (kills more than 20,000 people in London)
William Shakespeare is born in 1564
Guy Fawkes plans to kill King James I by blowing up Parliament
The King James version of the Bible is published
Writing was influenced by humanism: reflections on philosophy, beauty in the world, value of individuals, and importance of History