Exam....

Here is your exam review sheet.  Turning in a completed review sheet will get you several points of extra credit on the exam.

Midterm Review Sheet

December 10's class

Check out a few of these awesome illustrations!

Sonnet 2

sonnet 65

Sonnet 106

Wednesday, December 5 and beyond

On Wednesday, December 5 we shall work through our poetry focus statements.  Then you need to complete the sonnet project that is attached below. 

sonnet project

here is an example sonnet project (it's not that great), you can do much better.  This will get your started.

Sonnet 29

Monday's class and assignment for Wednesday

There are two types of sonnets--we took some notes on each type.  We took the notes on the attached page, you can refer to page 312-313 for most of the notes about Shakespearean sonnets.

Your assignment is to read sonnet 73 & 116 on pages 318 & 319 and to answer the questions and write poetry focus statements for both sonnets.

Here is what a poetry focus statement is and consists of:

Definition-a one sentence summary of a poem that can serve as a thesis

1. Expresses the title and the author
2. Expresses the narrative/situation (what is happening in the poem).
3. Expresses the figurative & thematic levels of the poem and the poem's meaning (the poetic techniques).
4. Expresses the tones of the poem.

the two types of sonnets

sonnet 73 & 116

vocab list 15

Here's an example focus statement,

William Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 wonders what a fitting comparison is for his beloved, the sonnet shows the joy the poet has for his love and how summer is not a fitting comparison this is a metaphor; in the end the only this that would fit his love is a poem. 

Wednesday, November 28

We started writing a sonnet and paraphrased another. Here what we did on this sheet.

writing a sonnet

For Friday, November 16

1.  The animal(s) the lord hunts are symbolic of Sir Gawain.  Please attempt to depict or present the symbolic connection(s) between Gawain and the Fox.  You may do this any way you like, but make the connection obvious with explanations and copious textual references.  Copious textual references means you should provide either quoted moments of chapter 3 or write the lines that show this moment.  

2.  Read chapter 4 of Sir Gawain-one is attached below.

3. There will be a quiz on Friday. The quiz will be mostly reading and comprehension questions over chapter 4, but there will be a few questions about Gawain's knighthood and character.  Please read and look over the notes about the middle age romance. 

sir gawain part 4

For Wednesday, November 14

1. . The animal(s) the lord hunts are symbolic of Sir Gawain.  Please attempt to depict or present the symbolic connection(s) for the boar.  You may do this any way you like, but make the connection obvious with explanations and copious textual references.  Copious textual references means you should provide either quoted moments of chapter 3 or write the lines that show this moment.  

2.  Read page 60-71 (the rest of chapter 3) and answer the rest of the reading questions. 


You have a vocabulary quiz--#13 here is a new list if you need it.

vocab list 13

For Friday, November 9

1. The animal(s) the lord hunts are symbolic of Sir Gawain.  Please attempt to depict or present the symbolic connection(s).  You may do this any way you like, but make the connection obvious with explanations and copious textual references.  Copious textual references means you should provide either quoted moments of chapter 3 or write the lines that show this moment.

2.  Read page 51-60 and answer question 4,5,6.

For Wednesday, November 6

Read page 42-51 of Part III of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.  Answer questions 1-3 of the reading questions. As always--links are below to prevalent documents

Sir Gawain part III

Part III questions

And you have a vocabulary quiz over list 12--here is another list if you need it.

vocab list 12

On Wednesday, October 31

We shall watch this movie...most of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74glI1lg1CQ

and we shall answer these questions about the movie

gawain movie questions

For Wednesday, October 31

Read book II of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight  and answer all the reading questions on the handout.  You will have a quiz over vocabulary list 11 Wednesday as well.  As always, a link to everything is below. 

book II

book II questions

vocab list 11

Friday, October 26

Check out a few websites


www.ddm1777.cf

https://patnbeth.weebly.com/

https://prestonsonny.weebly.com/

https://thiccgoats.weebly.com/

https://gracehuizinga.weebly.com/

https://cdpardonerstale.weebly.com/

https://rachaelmartin2.wixsite.com/mysite-1

https://xn--thicccboithepardonerstale-ty5o.weebly.com/

For Friday, October 26

Your assignment for Friday, October 26 is to read section I of Sir Gawain and The Green Knight and answer the reading questions--links to them are below.  And complete the artwork analysis for a piece of art from the middle ages.

Sir Gawain and The Green Knight Pt. 1

sir gawain and the green knight pt 1 questions


artwork analysis

Monday, October 15 for Wednesday, October 24

You must make a website for The Pardoner's Tale. The attached document explains everything fully.

The Pardoner's Tale Website Assignment

The link below is to an example I started making but never finished. It might give you an idea for a simple layout.


https://weidenaarseth.weebly.com/


As you begin to plan, build, and write your website, you might be interested in how they will be graded.  Here is the rubric I will use to grade your websites.

The Pardoner's Tale Website Rubric

For Monday, October 15

Do the following things.
1.  Read The Canterbury Tales prologue and complete the character charts.  There is a link to another chart if you need one. 
2.  Finish the creative writing assignment.  There is a link to that assignment below as well. 
3. Read The Pardoner's Tale on page 168 and complete the reading questions.  You guessed it, there is link to another copy of reading questions. 

Canterbury Character Chart

Canterbury Creative Writing Assignment

The Pardoner's tale Questions

For Friday, October 5

Read up to page 155 in The Canterbury Tales and fill out the far right box on your charts up to character 15. Write down Chaucer's description of these characters in that far right box.

Canterbury TAles character chart

For Friday, September 28

Your assignment is to complete the reading questions on The Seafarer and to write the poem (except 7th hour, you just need to do the reading questions). There is a link the reading questions below.

The Seafarer

You also have a quiz on Friday--over Beowulf and The Seafarer.  Prepare by reading over your reading questions (the ones you have). Know what kennings, caesuras, and alliteration are. 

For Wednesday, September 26

Read from page 43-48 and answer all the reading questions---especially the chunk.

And complete one of the coloring sheets.

beowulf part II questions

beowulf coloring pages

vocab quiz on wednesday too--list 6

Wednesday, September 19 for Friday the 21st

1.  Read through section 9 of Beowulf and answer the reading questions. Pages 21-34.

2. Make another movie poster about archetypes--this type for Beowulf here are the instructions and archetypes again. 

 Here are the seven archetypes (typical character examples)-

1. Hero--protagonist or antagonist
2. Mentor-someone wise who give advice
3. Threshold Guardian (someone in the way)
4. Herald (someone who calls the hero to action or adventure)
5. Shapeshifter (someone who changes appearance)
6. Villain (or opponent)
7.  Trickster (or con artist)

Your assignment:
1. Design and draw a movie poster for Beowulf. Your poster needs to depict three characters who embody three archetypes.
2. Write a short paragraph that explains the the archetypal characters in Beowulf and how your drawn poster depicts them.

Monday, September 17

Go to these websites first

http://www.britainexpress.com/History/anglo-saxon_life.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G8VYGBpN4E

For Friday, September 14

Here are the seven archetypes (typical character examples)-

1. Hero--protagonist or antagonist
2. Mentor-someone wise who give advice
3. Threshold Guardian (someone in the way)
4. Herald (someone who calls the hero to action or adventure)
5. Shapeshifter (someone who changes appearance)
6. Villain (or opponent)
7.  Trickster (or con artist)

Your assignment:
1. Design and draw a movie poster for Iliad. Your poster needs to depict three characters who embody three archetypes.
2. Write a short paragraph that explains the the archetypal characters in Iliad and how your drawn poster depicts them.


And you have a quiz over Iliad on Friday, September 14.  Read over your reading questions and be ready to write a chunk or two. 

For Wednesday, September 12

For all British Literature classes except 7th hour...

Read up to page 430 in chapter 22.  Answer questions 1-6 on the reading questions.

iliad 22

Wednesday, September 5

For Friday, September 7

Read the rest of The Iliad chapter 20. Answer all the reading questions and the chunk, be sure to answer the chunk.  Look at the post below for a link to the chapter. 

Friday, August 31

Today we read part of chapter 20--there is no new assignment, but we read the first three pages.  There is a link to the text of chapter 20 below, and the reading questions can be found in the post from Wednesday.  You also have a vocabulary quiz on Wednesday, do not forget--list 3. 

Iliad 20

Wednesday, August 29

Your assignment for Friday is to read chapter 19 of The Iliad.  It is in a link below this if you need it.  You also need to answer all the reading questions on the handout, one of those is also below.  And if you need more info on chunking, there is a link to the right. 


Iliad Chapter 19

iliad reading questions

Monday, August 27

We watched several scenes from Forrest Gump yesterday. We did this in an effort to understand what the film wanted us to understand about historical events, this is what The Iliad does.  

Vocabulary quiz tomorrow. Vocab list 2--there is a link to the vocabulary list on the right. 

Monday, August 20

Today this is what we did.  Sentence structure and subject verb agreement. Exercise C on page 593, 2 on page 604 and D on page 616.

Vocab Quiz on Wednesday over definitions.

Wednesday, August 15

We went through phrases, clauses and sentence structure.  These were the handouts. The in-class assignment was exercise III on the phrase worksheet. 

Phrases

Clauses and Sentence Structure

Monday, August 13

We reviewed the parts of a sentence. There is a link to the packet we used as a guide.  We completed numbers 1-5 on page 13 as an assignment.

Parts of a Sentence Review Packet