----Please copy in your notes---
In the Prologue to The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer introduces the speaker of the poem as a man named Chaucer, who is traveling from London with a group of strangers on a PILGRIMAGE to Canterbury, to the shrine of Saint Thomas à Becket. After a brief description of the setting and the introductions of the pilgrims, the Host, who owns the inn that they gather at, suggests that they should each tell two stories while walking--one on the way to Canterbury and one on the way back, to pass the time more quickly. He offers the person telling the best story a free supper at the tavern when they return.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
Anticipation Questions for "The Wife of Bath's Tale"
Answer #1-4 NOW---no need to copy the question
Copy #5-7 and answer for HOMEWORK!
Answer NOW:--to hand in today
1. What do you think the punishment for rape should be?
2. Do you agree or disagree--a promise should never be broken. Why?
3. What is more important in a relationship--faithfulness or physical attraction--why?
4. What do women want most in a relationship? What about men want most most?
------Copy for HW:
5. Do the wealthy live above the law? Explain and give any examples you know of.
6. Does the social class a person comes from make a difference in their character? Explain.
7. What is the most important factor in a happy marriage?
Copy #5-7 and answer for HOMEWORK!
Answer NOW:--to hand in today
1. What do you think the punishment for rape should be?
2. Do you agree or disagree--a promise should never be broken. Why?
3. What is more important in a relationship--faithfulness or physical attraction--why?
4. What do women want most in a relationship? What about men want most most?
------Copy for HW:
5. Do the wealthy live above the law? Explain and give any examples you know of.
6. Does the social class a person comes from make a difference in their character? Explain.
7. What is the most important factor in a happy marriage?
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Last day of essay work!---final copy due no later than next fri. Oct. 28th
1. Read worst student essay in the world and make corrections
2. Split-up into: "haves" and "have-nots"
3. The "haves" will be peer-editing, while the "have-nots" will be defending their poor use of time and decision making skills
4. We will look at the self-edit together: this will be done on the rough draft not the final copy! When you turn in the essay put all the pieces together: notes, drafts, the whole shebang!
5. Pieces to include are as follows:
Chart (5 pts)
Web (5 pts)
Outline (5 pts)
Drafting step (5 pts)
Peer/self editing sheet (5 pts each)
Rough draft (20 pts)
Final copy (50 pts)(if you email it to me please attach a note to your stack of papers telling me this)
2. Split-up into: "haves" and "have-nots"
3. The "haves" will be peer-editing, while the "have-nots" will be defending their poor use of time and decision making skills
4. We will look at the self-edit together: this will be done on the rough draft not the final copy! When you turn in the essay put all the pieces together: notes, drafts, the whole shebang!
5. Pieces to include are as follows:
Chart (5 pts)
Web (5 pts)
Outline (5 pts)
Drafting step (5 pts)
Peer/self editing sheet (5 pts each)
Rough draft (20 pts)
Final copy (50 pts)(if you email it to me please attach a note to your stack of papers telling me this)
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Beowulf Essay---Characteristics of an Archetypal Epic Hero
*****Here is the chart you were asking for today****
Instructions: You will:
*Write a 5 to 10 paragraph essay
*Organize your essay properly
*Follow the steps I show you in the writing process: Brainstorming, outlining, creating a web, drafting, and editing. (You will receive points for all of these steps)
*Use a minimum of 4 vocabulary words correctly in your essay
*turn in a senior-level final copy
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Writing Prompt:
Write an essay explaining how Beowulf demonstrates the characteristics of an epic hero (in the notes). Choose 3 to 5 characteristics. Give specific examples from the 3 battle scenes (Grendel, Grendel's mother, the dragon), and/or The Death of Beowulf.
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Our schedule for this assignment will be as follows (depending how much we finish, each step may not be finished in one day):
Day 1: Going over the assignment, brainstorming (5 pts)
Day 2: Epic Hero Web (5 pts) --finding adjectives
Day 3: Outlining (5 pts)--citation review
Day 4: Drafting (5 pts)---Hw: write the rough draft (20 pts)
Day 5: Self-edit (5 pts)
Day 6: Peer-edit (5 pts) Hw: Final Copy (50 pts.)
Instructions: You will:
*Write a 5 to 10 paragraph essay
*Organize your essay properly
*Follow the steps I show you in the writing process: Brainstorming, outlining, creating a web, drafting, and editing. (You will receive points for all of these steps)
*Use a minimum of 4 vocabulary words correctly in your essay
*turn in a senior-level final copy
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Writing Prompt:
Write an essay explaining how Beowulf demonstrates the characteristics of an epic hero (in the notes). Choose 3 to 5 characteristics. Give specific examples from the 3 battle scenes (Grendel, Grendel's mother, the dragon), and/or The Death of Beowulf.
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Our schedule for this assignment will be as follows (depending how much we finish, each step may not be finished in one day):
Day 1: Going over the assignment, brainstorming (5 pts)
Day 2: Epic Hero Web (5 pts) --finding adjectives
Day 3: Outlining (5 pts)--citation review
Day 4: Drafting (5 pts)---Hw: write the rough draft (20 pts)
Day 5: Self-edit (5 pts)
Day 6: Peer-edit (5 pts) Hw: Final Copy (50 pts.)
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Hw: Final Beowulf Response 20 pts.
Almost every high school senior anywhere reads Beowulf, including myself. So,:
1. Why do you think it is a story that everyone should read at least once? What major point should you get out of this?
2. Ten years from now, if someone mentions Beowulf to you, what do you think you will remember about it? Any particular scene?
3. From reading this story, what have you learned about what these people value--meaning--why was a character such as Beowulf someone people admired? Why do people enjoy heroic stories still?
4. Which ending of the story did you prefer and why? Why do you think the movie studio found it necessary to change the ending so that Beowulf killed the dragon in a more dramatic fashion?
1. Why do you think it is a story that everyone should read at least once? What major point should you get out of this?
2. Ten years from now, if someone mentions Beowulf to you, what do you think you will remember about it? Any particular scene?
3. From reading this story, what have you learned about what these people value--meaning--why was a character such as Beowulf someone people admired? Why do people enjoy heroic stories still?
4. Which ending of the story did you prefer and why? Why do you think the movie studio found it necessary to change the ending so that Beowulf killed the dragon in a more dramatic fashion?
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