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Visit the TeacherWeb® videos to learn about the features, modifications, and customizations available on your website. Click here to learn more. Assignments: Language and Literature <blockquote style="margin-right: 0px" dir="ltr"> <blockquote style="margin-right: 0px" dir="ltr"> <blockquote style="margin-right: 0px" dir="ltr"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Read :<br />Friday in class: review vocab 10 and finish poems; more on LOF<br />**READ Chapter 5 and 6 of<em> Lord of the Flies</em> for Tuesday!<br />TEST: Poetry on Wednesday including terms<br /><br /><br />For Thursday: PREPARE for a quiz on Chapters 1-4 of Lord of the Flies. Yes, that is chapters 1-4, not 1-3 and ALL will take the quiz.<br /><br />These are the questions assigned with the reading of Chapter 4 for class on Wednesday. If you were not in class for any reason, you may turn them in later but your first requirement is to read the chapter for the quiz.<br /><br />Chapter 4:<br />1. How are Roger and Maurice's actions at the beginning of the Chapter symbolic of the declining hold of disciplined behavior?<br />2. In what way has Jack become more animal like in his actions and behaviors?<br />3. In what ways is Jack asserting himself in more and more aggressive ways?<br /><br /><br /><br />_______________________________________________<br />For Monday <br />Read Chapter 2 of <em>Lord of the Flies</em>. There will be an assignment in class on Monday for which you will need your book. Have Chapter 3 read by Wednesday. There will be a poetry test on the poems and sonnets on Friday.<br />________________________<br />Read Chapter One "The Sound of the Shell" of <u>Lord of the Flies</u>. Expect a quiz n the reading.<br />++++++++++++<br /> Read the sonnet below and answer the questions which follow.<br /><br /></div></blockquote> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> <table style="width: 100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 80%; padding-right: 1.5pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="80%"> <p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; color: #cc6600; font-size: 12pt">What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why (Sonnet XLIII)</span></strong></p></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" noWrap> <p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt" align="right"> </p></td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" colspan="2"> <p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt">by<a href="http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/160"><span style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none">Edna St. Vincent Millay</span></a></span></p></td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" colspan="2"></td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top"> <p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt">What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why,</span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt">I have forgotten, and what arms have lain</span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt">Under my head till morning; but the rain</span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt">Is full of ghosts tonight, that tap and sigh</span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt">Upon the glass and listen for reply,</span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt">And in my heart there stirs a quiet pain</span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt">For unremembered lads that not again</span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt">Will turn to me at midnight with a cry.</span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt">Thus in winter stands the lonely tree,</span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt">Nor knows what birds have vanished one by one,</span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt">Yet knows its boughs more silent than before:</span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt">I cannot say what loves have come and gone,</span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt">I only know that summer sang in me</span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt">A little while, that in me sings no more.</span></p></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; padding-top: 1.5pt"></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span>1.<span> </span></span>What is the emotional state of the speaker? How do you know?</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span>2.<span> </span></span>Describe the setting of the poem</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span>3.<span> </span></span>List 2 images (pictures made with words) in the poem that convey a mood of sadness.</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span>4.<span> </span></span>Identify an example of personification in the poem. Briefly discuss how the poet uses it.</p> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><br /><br />))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))<br /><br />1. Study for Vocab 9 quiz Tomorrow<br /><br />2. Print out the poem below. Bring it to class. </div></blockquote> <h3 style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Sonnet - Billy Collins</h3> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> <div> <p>All we need is fourteen lines, well, thirteen now,<br />and after this one just a dozen<br />to launch a little ship on love's storm-tossed seas,<br />then only ten more left like rows of beans.<br />How easily it goes unless you get Elizabethan<br />and insist the iambic bongos must be played<br />and rhymes positioned at the ends of lines,<br />one for every station of the cross.<br />But hang on here wile we make the turn<br />into the final six where all will be resolved,<br />where longing and heartache will find an end,<br />where Laura will tell Petrarch to put down his pen,<br />take off those crazy medieval tights,<br />blow out the lights, and come at last to bed.</p></div></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /><br />________________<br />Listen and read the poem on th elink below and PRINT IT OUT!<br />http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoem.do?poemId=6480<br /><br />+++++++++++++++<br />For Monday May 7: Bring vocabulary book and vocabulary assignment to class on Monday to receive homework credit!<br />1. In the literature text, read the background material on the sonnet, pp. 311-314.<br /> I encourage you to read about sonnect structure or form on the internet too.<br /><br />2. Read "Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley, and "The World is Too Much with Us" by William Wordworth which I passed out on Friday. Both poems are in the literature text ( p. 803 and p. 746) AND available on line!!!!! <br />Do the assignment below:<br /> 1. What does the speaker mean by "getting" and "spending" in line 2 of Wordsworth's poem?<br /> 2. In "The World is Too Much with Us" why do you think the speaker would rather be a Pagan (lines 9-10) rather than what he is (presumably a Christian living in a civilized society)? Explain supporting your answer with the text.<br /> 3. Identify the two parts of the sonnet. How is the tone of the second part different from the tone of the first part? Explain. <br />4. Sketch or find a picture that you think illustrates the central idea of "Ozynmandias." Explain the connection you made in the picture you made or the one you found .<br /><br />++++++++++++++++++<br /></div> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Answer the questions below on the two poems on a separate sheet of paper. <br />Make sure you bring "The Passionate Shepherd" and "The Nymph's Reply" to class tomorrow.Read the material on the link below:<br /><br />http://www.nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk/time/victorian/vindust.html<br /><br /><strong>The Chimney Sweeper <br />William Blake</strong> <br /></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong>Poem 1</strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> When my mother died I was very young, <br /> And my father sold me while yet my tongue <br /> Could scarcely cry “’weep! ’weep! ’weep! ’weep!”<br /> So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep. </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">5 There’s little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head, <br /> That curled like a lamb’s back, was shaved: so I said <br /> “Hush, Tom! never mind it, for when your head’s bare <br /> You know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair.” </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> And so he was quiet, and that very night, <br />10 As Tom was a-sleeping, he had such a sight!— <br /> That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned, and Jack, <br /> Were all of them locked up in coffins of black. </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> And by came an Angel who had a bright key, <br /> And he opened the coffins and set them all free; <br />15 Then down a green plain leaping, laughing, they run, <br /> And wash in a river, and shine in the Sun. </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> Then naked and white, all their bags left behind, <br /> They rise upon clouds and sport in the wind; <br /> And the Angel told Tom, if he’d be a good boy, <br />20 He’d have God for his father, and never want joy. </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> And so Tom awoke; and we rose in the dark, <br /> And got with our bags and our brushes to work. <br /> Though the morning was cold, Tom was happy and warm; <br /> So if all do their duty they need not fear harm. <br /></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong>Poem 2</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong>The Chimney Sweeper <br /></strong><strong>William Blake </strong><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><br /></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> A little black thing among the snow <br /> Crying “’weep, ’weep,” in notes of woe! <br /> “Where are thy father & mother? say?” <br /> “They are both gone up to the church to pray. </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">5 “Because I was happy upon the heath, <br /> And smil’d among the winter’s snow; <br /> They clothed me in the clothes of death, <br /> And taught me to sing the notes of woe. </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> “And because I am happy, & dance & sing, <br />10 They think they have done me no injury, <br /> And are gone to praise God & his Priest & King, <br /> Who make up a heaven of our misery.” </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong><br />The Chimney Sweeper (Innocence/Experience) </strong><br /><br /><br />1<strong>. </strong>What details of the speaker’s history do you learn in the first poem? What is his present life like? </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong>2.</strong> In the first poem, how does the angel reassure Tom Dacre in his dreams? What moral lesson does the speaker in the first poem draw from Tom’s dream? </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong>3. </strong>How does Tom Dacre’s dream contrast with the actual conditions of his daily life? </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong>4. </strong>How does the speaker of the first poem feel about his situation? How do you feel about it? </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong>5. </strong>How would you describe the tone of the second poem? How does this sweeper’s attitude toward his life and his parents contrast with the attitude of the speaker in the first poem? </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong>6. </strong>In each poem, what is the emotional effect of the child’s mispronunciation of the chimney sweepers’ cry? <br /><br /><strong>7. </strong>Do people today sometimes take the attitude expressed by the speaker of the first poem: If you are good, if you do your duty, you need not fear harm? Expand on your responses.</p> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><br />________<br />Vocabulary 8 Quiz on Thursday.<br /><br />Print out these poems and bring them to class.<br />These are two poems by William Blake. <br />1. What is the difference in the attitude of the speaker toward the experience he describes.<br /><br /> </div> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt -0.5in" class="MsoNormal">http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/wblake/bl-wblake-soe-chimney.htmT The Chimney Sweeper<br />1 http://www.netpoets.com/classic/poems/003018.htm<br /> </p> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />++++++++++++++++++++<br />Due Friday (homework for Wednesday and Thursday night): Write a 1.5 to 3 page essay on the poem " Musee des Beaux Arts." <u>Start your essay with this sentence</u>: <em>In "Musee des Beaux Arts" W. H. Auden expresses his attitude about suffering in the world.<br /><br /></em>Go on from there and explain Auden's attitude and use evidence from the poem to support your answer. Be sure to put the poet's words in quotation marks and use only what you need of his words to express your ideas. This should be in essay form and conform to length requirements. <br /><br /><strong>Monday's homework: Unit 8 Vocabulary. <br /><br /><br /></strong><br /><br /><br />++++++++++++++++++++++<br />Read "Musee des Beaux Arts" several times. Then read about the myth and look at Bruegel's painting on the links which follow:<br /><br />http://www.pantheon.org/articles/i/icarus.html<br /><br /><a href="http://www.artchive.com/artchive/b/bruegel/icarus.jpg.html">http://www.artchive.com/artchive/b/bruegel/icarus.jpg.html</a><br /><br />1. What is going on in the painting by Bruegel? Describe what is happening.<br />2. What is the tone of this poem?<br />3. Write a paragraph supporting your opinion about the tone using at least three specific references to the poem.<br />__<br /><br />I will collect this!!!<br /><br />________<br />Read the poem several times. Annotate the poem, writing notes and circling important words. Then answer the following: <br /><br />1. What is the most important word in the poem? Why?<br />2. Pick an adjective to describe the tone of the poem.<br />3. What is the effect of directly addressing Jane ("my sparrow") ? <br />4. What words or techniques emphasize the narrator's feeling for Jane? </div> <p style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color: black">Elegy for Jane<br />(My student, thrown by a horse)</span></strong></p> <p style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong> </strong><span style="color: #333333">I remember the neckcurls, limp and damp as tendrils;<br />And her quick look, a sidelong pickerel smile;<br />And how, once startled into talk, the light syllables leaped for her,<br />And she balanced in the delight of her thought,</span></p> <p style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333">A wren, happy, tail into the wind,<br />Her song trembling the twigs and small branches.<br />The shade sang with her;<br />The leaves, their whispers turned to kissing,<br />And the mould sang in the bleached valleys under the rose.</span></p> <p style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333">Oh, when she was sad, she cast herself down into such a pure depth,<br />Even a father could not find her:<br />Scraping her cheek against straw,<br />Stirring the clearest water.</span></p> <p style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333">My sparrow, you are not here,<br />Waiting like a fern, making a spiney shadow.<br />The sides of wet stones cannot console me,<br />Nor the moss, wound with the last light.</span></p> <p style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333">If only I could nudge you from this sleep,<br />My maimed darling, my skittery pigeon.<br />Over this damp grave I speak the words of my love:<br />I, with no rights in this matter,<br />Neither father nor lover.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="right"><a href="http://gawow.com/roethke/poems/98.html#top#top"><strong></strong></a></p> <p style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color: black">Theodore Roethke</span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br />Homework: Tuesday April 3<br />Read the Wife of bath's Prologue (166-183 orange cover;153-169 white cover) and answer the questions below:<br />1. What did the Wife of bath's three good husbands have in common?<br />2. What is the Wife's idea of a perfect marriage?<br />3. How did the Wife become deaf in one ear?<br />4. In what ways is the Prologue a justification of her own life?<br /><br />______________________________<br /><br /><br /> Read the prologue to the Reeve's Tale and the Reeve's tale. <br />Expect a quiz on Tuesday on Knight's, Miller's and Reeve's tales<br /><br />______________-<br />Read the Prologue to the Miller's Tale and The Miller Tale.<br />Remember:<br />The Miller tells a story about a carpenter--the Reeve is a carpenter (see general Prologue description).<br />There is much discussion of Cuckolding and being a cuckold. A cuckold is a man whose wife makes a fool of him by committing adultery!!!<br />________________<br /><br />Quiz on Gen Prologue<br />Read Knight's Tale<br />Finish Outside Reading Book<br /><br />----------------<br />For Tuesday, March 20. Bring your Lit. book to class. <u>I am deducting points for not having your book--YOUR book, not the one in the classroom.</u> <em>I will be collecting in-text questions for the entire prologue.<br /></em><br /><strong>Writing assignment</strong>: Using Chaucer's sketches of pilgrims as a model, write a character sketch of your own (either honest or satirical) of a modern person, describing the appearance, dress, status and your impression. Use both direct description and implication (unspoken but hinted at information). Try to include a loaded expression. Think about modern careers you may come in contact with or know about as the source of your sketch. <br /><br /><br />__________________________________________<br />For Monday. Mar 19<br /><br />Outside reading--<em><strong>see outside reading tab</strong></em>. Complete first journal entry to specifications.<br />Complete in-text questions for the ENTIRE Prologue, if you have not done so, but you should have.<br />Complete the worksheet on the character you were assigned.<br /><br />________________________________<br />Complete handout on Prologue to the Canterbury Tales<br />Work on outside reading--see outside reading tab.</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">__________________________________<br />Vocab 7 quiz Wednesday<br />Read pp.142-155 and answer the in-text questions about the character sketches. Be sure to read the background information (see Friday's work below)<br />Watch the 2 short YouTube videos below:<br />1. <a href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1322456/the_middle_ages/">http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1322456/the_middle_ages/</a><br />2. Watch "Life in the Middle Ages" at <br /><br />http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Middle+Ages+Time+Period&FORM=VQFRVP#<br /><br /><br />******Friday's Work**********************<br />Get a start on SOME of weekend homework.<br />In your Literature Book, read the following:<br />-Background to the Middle Ages: 116-129<br />-Background to <em>The Canterbury Tales</em> 137-140 including vocabulary<br /><br /><strong>See Outside Reading Tab<br /></strong>+++++++++++<br />For Monday Mar.5<br />In your Literature book, read "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift (pp. 579-589). Be sure to look over the vocabulary and the "Reading Skills section before the essay. Write the vocabulary words in your notebook BEFORE you read. Answer the IN-TEXT questions (1-12) which appear in the margins of the essay. Look over but do not answer the questions at the end of Swift's essay.<br /> <br /> Be prepared for a quiz/ writing assignment in class. I will collect the questions! BRING YOUR BOOK TO CLASS<br />______<br />For Friday Mar 2<br />1. Study for vocabulary test<br />2. Identify two or three methods of satire from the handout list that the writer T.C Boyle uses in "Top of the Food Chain" as a vehicle for his criticism.. Explain your answer and use support from the story.<br /><br />y++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br />Fin ish the play and complete Act 5 questions as I said in class.<br /><br />_____________ </div> <div>For Friday 2/3/2012. <br />[For the weekend you will finish the play and prepare for a Macbeth vocabulary quiz on Tuesday.]<br /><br /><a name="4.1.51"> Read Act 4 of Macbeth. <br />Then complete the questions in the packet for the act <strong>and</strong> do the assignment below. Print out the page below so I can see your scansion.</a></div> <p> <span>I conjure you, by that which you profess,<br /></span><br /><a name="4.1.52">Howe'er you come to know it, answer me:</a><br /><br /><a name="4.1.53">Though you untie the winds and let them fight</a><br /><br /><a name="4.1.54">Against the churches; though the yesty waves<br /></a><br /><a name="4.1.55">Confound and swallow navigation up;<br /></a><br /><a name="4.1.56">Though bladed corn be lodged and trees blown down;</a><br /><br /><a name="4.1.57">Though castles topple on their warders' heads;</a><br /><br /><a name="4.1.58">Though palaces and pyramids do slope<br /></a><br /><a name="4.1.59">Their heads to their foundations; though the treasure</a><br /><br /><a name="4.1.60">Of nature's germens tumble all together,<br /></a><br /><a name="4.1.61">Even till destruction sicken; answer me</a><br /><br /><a name="4.1.62">To what I ask you.</a></p> <p> <span>1-<span> </span></span>Scan the passage for meter. (Put<strong> /</strong> or U above each syllable or one-syllable word to indicate a strong or weak accent). What’s the meter?</p> <p><span>2-<span> </span></span>Describe the tone of the passage in an adjective. Support your answer by citing evidence.</p> <p><span>3-<span> </span></span>Examine the rhythm and sentence structure of the passage. Notice that the passage is composed of a single sentence with five subordinate clauses beginning with<strong><em>though</em></strong><em></em>coming before the single independent clause: “answer me to what I ask.” What effect does such a list of the ill effects of witches tell you about Macbeth’ attitude?</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++________________________<br />For Wednesday:<br />Work on last night's assignment. I will collect it first thing.<br />Watch the video clips of two different play versions of the banquet scene. <br />1.Which is better? Why? <br />2. Both clips show an empty seat for Banquo yet in Shakespeare's time an actor dressed as the bloody Banquo came on stage. What are the advantages and disadvantages to each way of playing the scene?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk5BtMgTW7c&feature=player_embedded#!http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=YouTube+Macbeth++banquet+dench&view=detail&mid=63A4FBD893503B48269A63A4FBD893503B48269A&first=0&FORM=LKVR">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk5BtMgTW7c&feature=player_embedded#!<br />http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=YouTube+Macbeth++banquet+dench&view=detail&mid=63A4FBD893503B48269A63A4FBD893503B48269A&first=0&FORM=LKVR</a>____________________________________________________ </p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu-rE6Nc0QI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu-rE6Nc0QI</a><br /><br /><br />____________________<br />_<br />Discuss Shakespeare's use of language in the final passage (below) of Act 3, Scene 3, of <em>Macbeth </em>in terms of the information it provides about tone, plot, character, and theme. Your essay should include specific references to this passage and Shakespeare's use of figures of speech (allusion, irony, metaphor, simile, and use of images) in this passage. <br /><br /> MACBETH<br />Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck,<br />Till thou applaud the deed. Come, seeling night,<br />Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day;<br />And with thy bloody and invisible hand<br />Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond<br />Which keeps me pale! Light thickens; and the crow<br />Makes wing to the rooky wood:<br />Good things of day begin to droop and drowse;<br />While night's black agents to their preys do rouse.<br />Thou marvell'st at my words: but hold thee still;<br />Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.<br />So, prithee, go with me.</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><br />____________<br />For Monday.<br /><br />1. <br />Read Act 3 of <em>Macbeth</em> and answer the questions for Act 3 in the packet on composition paper.<br /><br />If you were absent, get the vocabulary words from a friend or classmate which we went over in class.<br />2.<br />Complete Activity 13 in the handout packet with the map and the top half (question 1) of Activity 11 on the back page of the same packet.<br /><br />I will check these activities on Monday and go over them. Therefore no late hand-ins<br />**************************************************8<br />Look up the terms and find an example of each in acts 1 &2 of <em>Macbeth</em>.You may use any literary term site or the first link on the TERMS tab on this website, or the glossary in your literature text for definitions. Note source in parentheses.<br />For each term:<br />1)define<br />2)copy and/or list specific line references<br />3)explain why it is an example of the term, and<br />4)explain the purpose or significance of the term.<br /><br />allusion<br />aside<br />exposition<br />hyperbole<br />personification<br />rhymed<br />couplets<br />soliloquy<br />understatement<br /><br />Here's an example of what you have to do using <strong>understatement</strong> as a model<strong>.<br /></strong></p> <p>1. understatement <br /> --restrained or muted statement: a statement, or a way of expressing yourself, that is deliberately less forceful or dramatic than the subject would seem to justify or require</p> <div> <div> --incomplete statement: a statement that underrepresents or underreports something <br />(Bing Dictionary)</div></div> <p>2. Macbeth: "Twas a rough night"<br /><br />3. Macbeth is responding to Lennox's description of what a horrible night it was with terrible disasters and strange natural happenings taking place. Macbeth is responding to lennox but we know he has murdered Duncan and has been clearly distressed so the "rough night" applies to his own conduct. <br /><br />4. This line is used for the purpose of dramatic irony. The audience is aware of the terribleness of the night and of Macbeth's brutal actions.<br /><br />))))))))))))))))))))<br />For Wednesday 1/18/2012<br /><br />I. Complete the questions on Act 2 if you have not done so. I will collect them on Wednesday.<br /><br />II. Analyze the conversation in Act 2, Scene 4 between the old man and Ross.</p></blockquote> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">What information (stated or implied) does it provide? Why is it important? </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">III. Shakespeare shows the unnaturalness and sinfulness of Duncan's murder by accompanying it with strange and unnatural happenings. Look specifically at what Lennox says in lines 61-69 in Act 2, Scene 3, and what Ross and the Old Man say in Act 2, Scene 4. LIST the unnatural events. <br /><br /> +++++++++++++++<br />Closely examine Macbeth's words below. He is debating with himself about whether to murder Duncan. Refer to the notes <a name="speech1"><br />in your text for help.<br /><br />1. List the reasons he should NOT kill Duncan.There are at least 5.<br />2. What motivates him to kill Duncan? Quote the words of the text.<br />3. What kind of king is Duncan, according to Macbeth?<br /> <br /><strong><br />MACBETH</strong></a></p> <blockquote><a name="1.7.1">If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well</a><br /><a name="1.7.2">It were done quickly: if the assassination</a><br /><a name="1.7.3">Could trammel up the consequence, and catch</a><br /><a name="1.7.4">With his surcease success; that but this blow</a><br /><a name="1.7.5">Might be the be-all and the end-all here,</a><br /><a name="1.7.6">But here, upon this bank and shoal of time,</a><br /><a name="1.7.7">We'ld jump the life to come. But in these cases</a><br /><a name="1.7.8">We still have judgment here; that we but teach</a><br /><a name="1.7.9">Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return</a><br /><a name="1.7.10">To plague the inventor: this even-handed justice</a><br /><a name="1.7.11">Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice</a><br /><a name="1.7.12">To our own lips. He's here in double trust;</a><br /><a name="1.7.13">First, as I am his kinsman and his subject,</a><br /><a name="1.7.14">Strong both against the deed; then, as his host,</a><br /><a name="1.7.15">Who should against his murderer shut the door,</a><br /><a name="1.7.16">Not bear the knife myself. Besides, this Duncan</a><br /><a name="1.7.17">Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been</a><br /><a name="1.7.18">So clear in his great office, that his virtues</a><br /><a name="1.7.19">Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against</a><br /><a name="1.7.20">The deep damnation of his taking-off;</a><br /><a name="1.7.21">And pity, like a naked new-born babe,</a><br /><a name="1.7.22">Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubim, horsed</a><br /><a name="1.7.23">Upon the sightless couriers of the air,</a><br /><a name="1.7.24">Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye,</a><br /><a name="1.7.25">That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur</a><br /><a name="1.7.26">To prick the sides of my intent, but only</a><br /><a name="1.7.27">Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself</a><br /><a name="1.7.28">And falls on the other.</a><br /></blockquote> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><br />_____________________<br />Due Thursday: January 12, 2012<br />Look up these words from <em>Macbeth</em> and identify the part of speech.<br />hurlyburly<br />heath<br />broil <br />minion <br />thane<br />lavish<br />sieve<br />posters<br />attire<br />rapt<br />harbinger<br />cleave<br />corporal<br />knell<br />surfeited<br />missives<br />surcease <br />couriers<br />adage<br />invested<br />hisbandry<br />______________<br />For Wednesday 1/11<br /> <span style="font-size: 14pt">ACT ONE Close Reading Work<br />Read the passage below and answer the questions which follow.</span></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 14pt"> This supernatural soliciting</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt"> Cannot be ill, cannot be good. If ill,</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt"> Why hath it earnest of success,</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt"> Commencing in a truth? I am Thane of Cawdor:</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt"> If good, why do I yield to that suggestion</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt"> Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt"> And make my seated heart knock at my ribs,</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt"> Against the use of nature? Present fears</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt"> Are less than horrible imaginings?</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt"> My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical,</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt"> Shakes so my single state of man that function</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt"> Is smothered in surmise, and nothing is</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt"> But what is not.<br /><br /><br /></span></p> <p style="margin-right: -0.5in"><span style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-size: 14pt"> 1. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt">Identify the speaker and explain the situation</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.75in"><span style="font-size: 14pt">2. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt">Look at the speaker’s choice of words in this<strong>aside</strong>. What does the speaker’s word choice tell you about his thoughts? [Think about and explain the following in your answer:Does he regard his thoughts as positive or negative? What words would indicate whether they are positive or negative?]</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.75in"><span style="font-size: 14pt">3. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt">Why is this quotation significant? [What does it reveal about Macbeth, about the way his mind works, and about what might happen in the future.]</span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt">Aside –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt">a short speech or remark spoken by a character in a drama, directed either to the audience or to another</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in -0.5in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="font-size: 10pt">character, which by convention is supposed to be inaudible to the other characters on stage. See also soliloquy.</span></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 14pt">II. Look at Lady Macbeth’s <strong>soliloquy* </strong>(Act1, Scene 5, lines1-33) in response to the letter.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.75in"><span style="font-size: 14pt">1.<span> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt">Paraphrase the passage.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.75in"><span style="font-size: 14pt">2.<span> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt">Identify the 4 sets of paradoxical feelings, known as <strong>antitheses</strong>, (contrasting or opposite feelings) in the passage and explain which of Macbeth’s character traits is suggested by each.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.75in"><span style="font-size: 14pt">3.<span> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt">What does Lady Macbeth’s plan tell us about her?</span></p> <p> <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt"><span> </span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt">Soliloquy –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt">a dramatic speech uttered by one character speaking aloud while alone on stage, or while under the impression of being alone. The<strong>soliloquist </strong>thus reveals his or her inner thoughts and feelings to the audience.</span></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 14pt">III Look at the soliloquy in Act 1, scene 7 (when Macbeth speaks alone in the scene, that's his soliloquy) and answer the follwing question:</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.75in"><span style="font-size: 14pt">1.<span> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt">List Macbeth’s objections to the murder scheme?</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><br />)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))<br />For Monday, January 9<br />Read through to the end of Act 1 of Macbeth and answer the comprehension questions below.<br /> Act One questions</p> <p style="margin-left: 0.25in"><span>1.<span> </span></span>Who is sentenced to death?</p> <p style="margin-left: 0.25in"><span>2.<span> </span></span>What do the witches predict for Macbeth in scene 3? What do they predict for Banquo?</p> <p style="margin-left: 0.25in"><span>3.<span> </span></span>What news does Ross bring Banquo?</p> <p style="margin-left: 0.25in"><span>4.<span> </span></span>Banquo, like Macbeth, is surprised that the witches have predicted Macbeth’s new title. He is, however, more suspicious of them. What does he say about the motives of the “instruments of darkness”?</p> <p style="margin-left: 0.25in"><span>5.<span> </span></span>Malcolm describes Cawdor’s last moments before execution. What is Duncan’s reply?</p> <p style="margin-left: 0.25in"><span>6.<span> </span></span>What opinion of Macbeth does Lady Macbeth express after she reads the letter from him?</p> <p style="margin-left: 0.25in"><span>7.<span> </span></span>What is Lady Macbeth’s prayer to the spirits after she learns Duncan is coming?</p> <p style="margin-left: 0.25in"><span>8.<span> </span></span>What advice does Lady Macbeth give Macbeth when he arrives home?</p> <p style="margin-left: 0.25in"><span>9.<span> </span></span>What arguments does Lady Macbeth use to convince Macbeth to murder?</p> <p style="margin-left: 0.25in"><span>10.<span> </span></span>What is Lady Macbeth’s plan?<br /><br />Don't forget to study for Tuesday's Vocabulary unit 5 quiz!!!!!!!!<br /></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">*********************************************************************<br />For Friday:<br />In the Literature text read the following pages: 426-438.<br />Answer the questions:<br />1. What kinds of plays were produced before the Renaissance?<br />2. What was the Globe Theatre?<br />3. What purpose did the "tiring houses" serve in the theatre?<br />4. How many people did a theatre hold?<br />5. What were "groundlings"?<br />6. What is the source of <em>Macbeth</em>?<br /><br /><span style="color: black">Read over Act 1, scene 2. Make a list of words and phrases which describe Macbeth even before he appears. Your list should be long. For example: "worthy gentleman."</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><br /><em><u>Macbeth</u> is also in the green lit. text!!!!!<br /></em>_____________________________-<br />For Wednesday January 4:<br /><br />Do Vocabulary unit 5. Do not do antonym section.<br /><br />___________________________<br />STUDY:<br />Test on Greek Theatre and Antigone on Tuesday, January 3, the day you come back. Review worksheets and background and the play itself. Review the background in your literature book! There will be quotation identification on the test, so be familiar with the text. Vocabulary will NOT be on the test. Make sure you are familiar with the characteristics of a tragic hero (see worksheets).<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Monday 12/18:<br /><u>Optional: </u> Revision of the SAT essay for replacement grade. You must turn in original with revision to have essay rescored. NO PAPERS ACCEPTED AFTER MONDAY UNLESS YOU WERE ABSENT FRIDAY. Look at your score against the SAT (Graduation) rubric and make changes. Merely rewriting and making superficial changes will not increase your grade. See Prompt and rubric below:<br /><br /></p> <p align="left">“Tough challenges reveal our strengths and weaknesses.” This statement is certainly true; adversity</p> <p align="left">helps us discover who we are. Hardships can often lead us to examine who we are and to question</p> <p align="left">what is important in life. In fact, people who have experienced seriously adverse events frequently</p> <p align="left">report that they were positively changed by their negative experiences.</p><strong> <p align="left">Prompt: </p></strong> <p align="left">Do you think that ease does not challenge us and that we need adversity to help</p> <p>us discover who we are?</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><br /> <table style="width: 576.9pt; border-collapse: collapse" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="769"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 96.7pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="129"> <h3><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 10pt">SCORE OF 6 <u>Outstanding</u> demonstrates clear and consistent Mastery but may contain a few minor errors</span></h3> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 8pt">Writing of this quality:</span></strong></p></td> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 96.45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="129"> <h3><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 10pt">SCORE OF 5 <u>Effective</u> demonstrates reasonably consistent mastery but may have occasional errors or lapses in quality</span></h3> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 8pt">Writing of this quality:</span></strong><strong></strong></p></td> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 96.45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="129"> <h3><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 10pt">SCORE OF 4 <u>Competent</u> demonstrates adequate mastery but may have lapses in quality</span></h3> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 8pt">Writing of this quality:</span></strong><strong></strong></p></td> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 96.45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="129"> <h3><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 10pt">SCORE OF 3 <u>Developing</u> demonstrates developing mastery but is marked by one or more of the following weaknesses</span></h3> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 8pt">Writing of this quality:</span></strong><strong></strong></p></td> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 96.45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="129"> <h3><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 10pt">SCORE OF 2 <u>Emerging</u> demonstrates little mastery and is seriously limited by one or more of the following weaknesses</span></h3> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 8pt">Writing of this quality:</span></strong><strong></strong></p></td> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 94.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="126"> <h3><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 10pt">SCORE OF 1 <u>Limited </u> demonstrates very little or no mastery and is severely limited by one or more of the following</span></h3> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <h3><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 8pt">Writing of this quality:</span></h3></td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 96.7pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="129"> <p style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">effectively and insightfully develops a point of view on the issue and demonstrates outstanding critical thinking, using clearly appropriate examples, reasons, and other evidence to support its position </span></p></td> <td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 96.45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="129"> <p style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">effectively develops a point of view on the issue and demonstrates strong critical thinking, generally using appropriate examples, reasons, and other evidence to support its position </span></p> <p> </p></td> <td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 96.45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="129"> <p style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">develops a point of view on the issue and demonstrates competent critical thinking, using adequate examples, reasons, and other evidence to support its position </span></p> <p> </p></td> <td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 96.45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="129"> <p style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: -1.6pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">develops a point of view on the issue, demonstrating some critical thinking, but may do so inconsistently or use inadequate examples, reasons, or other evidence to support its position </span></p> <p style="margin-left: -1.6pt"> </p></td> <td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 96.45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="129"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt">develops a point of view on the issue that is vague or seriously limited, and demonstrates weak critical thinking, providing inappropriate or insufficient examples, reasons, or other evidence to support its position</span></p></td> <td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 94.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="126"> <p style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">develops no viable point of view on the issue, or provides little or no evidence to support its position </span></p> <p> </p></td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 96.7pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="129"> <p style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">is well organized and clearly focused, demonstrating clear coherence and smooth progression of ideas </span></p> <p> </p></td> <td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 96.45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="129"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt">is well organized and focused, demonstrating coherence and progression of ideas</span></p></td> <td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 96.45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="129"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt">is generally organized and focused, demonstrating some coherence and progression of ideas</span></p></td> <td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 96.45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="129"> <p style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: -1.6pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">is limited in its organization or focus, or may demonstrate some lapses in coherence or progression of ideas </span></p></td> <td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 96.45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="129"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt">is poorly organized and/or focused, or demonstrates serious problems with coherence or progression of ideas</span></p></td> <td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 94.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="126"> <p style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">is disorganized or unfocused, resulting in a disjointed or incoherent essay </span></p> <p> </p></td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 96.7pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="129"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt">exhibits skillful use of language, using a varied, accurate, and apt vocabulary</span></p></td> <td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 96.45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="129"> <p style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">exhibits facility in the use of language, using appropriate vocabulary </span></p> <p> </p></td> <td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 96.45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="129"> <p style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">exhibits adequate but inconsistent facility in the use of language, using generally appropriate vocabulary </span></p> <p> </p></td> <td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 96.45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="129"> <p style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: -1.6pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">displays developing facility in the use of language, but sometimes uses weak vocabulary or inappropriate word choice </span></p></td> <td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 96.45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="129"> <p style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">displays very little facility in the use of language, using very limited vocabulary or incorrect word choice </span></p> <p> </p></td> <td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 94.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="126"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt">displays fundamental errors in vocabulary</span></p></td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 96.7pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="129"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt">demonstrates meaningful variety in sentence structure</span></p></td> <td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 96.45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="129"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt">demonstrates variety in sentence structure</span></p></td> <td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 96.45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="129"> <p style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">demonstrates some variety in sentence structure </span></p> <p> </p></td> <td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 96.45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="129"> <p style="margin-left: -1.6pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">lacks variety or demonstrates problems in sentence structure</span></p></td> <td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 96.45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="129"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt">demonstrates frequent problems in sentence structure</span></p></td> <td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 94.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="126"> <p style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">demonstrates severe flaws in sentence structure </span></p> <p> </p></td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 96.7pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="129"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt">is free of most errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics</span></p></td> <td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 96.45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="129"> <p style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">is generally free of most errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics </span></p></td> <td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 96.45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="129"> <p style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: -6pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">has some errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics </span></p> <p> </p></td> <td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 96.45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="129"> <p style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: -1.6pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">contains an accumulation of errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics </span></p> <p> </p></td> <td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 96.45pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="129"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt">contains errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics so serious that meaning is somewhat obscured</span></p></td> <td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 94.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: medium none; border-right: 1pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top" width="126"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt">contains pervasive errors in grammar, usage, or mechanics that persistently interfere with meaning</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br />Begin planning out poster. You will have Monday class period to work on it. <br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=<br />Due Friday 12/15<br />Briefly discuss the role of <strong><em>one</em></strong> of the minor characters below. For example, if I had asked about the role of the chorus, you might have mentioned any of the ideas mentioned in the introductory material: they let the reader know what the common citizens think by telling us their thoughts; and they remind Creon of the dangers of his position and thereby convey the theme that fate is in the hands of the gods and man must remember his humble place. Think in terms of character roles (acting as a foil or antagonist), conveying themes, serving plot roles like foreshadowing, showing consequences of actions, showing the tragic hero's catastrophe, etc.<br /><em>Be careful that your answer does not merely tell what the character does in the play.</em><br /> Sentry<br /> Eurydice<br /> Messenger <p> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> Ismene<br /><br />Due Wednesday 12/14<br /> <strong>Step One</strong>: Go to the site below and read about paraphrasing. <em>Paraphrasing is different than summary because it requires you to put the writer’s words into your own words without changing or dropping ideas.</em> Be sure to cover the material contained in the original passage. The site will give you an example of how to paraphrase. You are doing a <strong>free paraphrase</strong>, not a literal one; the difference is explained on the website. You should look up unknown words in a dictionary so that you don’t invent what’s not there.</p> <p> <a href="http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/research/usingpara.html">http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/research/usingpara.html</a></p> <p> <strong>Step One</strong>: Paraphrase the following passage.</p> <p> Tiresias : “All right then!..soon.” pp. 239-240</p> <p> <strong>Step Two</strong>: Briefly discuss the way that Teiresias’ words come true.</p> <p> _________________<br />Due Monday:<br />Read to the end of <em>Antigone</em>. Then answer the following question.<br /> </p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in" type="1"><li>Some might say that Creon’s position on Antigone’s disobedience to the law is motivated by reasons other than what is right or wrong. Take a position on this issue. Support your answer with the text. You must identify at least 2 reasons and use at least 2 quotations to support your position.</li><li>+++++++++++++++++++++++++<br />Homework for Friday 12/8.<br />Review and read up to the Third Choral Ode (page 26). Make sure you answer the questions handed out in class on <em>Antigone</em> THOROUGHLY, supplying the information that's asked, including line references. <br />Make sure you have the <em>Antigone</em> vocabulary with you when you come to class.<br /><br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /> Look up the words #28- the end from <em>Antigone</em> and write their definitions in your notebook. After doing so, you have all definitions for words to <em>Antigone</em>. </li><li style="line-height: 150%">Promulgation (191)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Desecrate (192)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Interdict (192)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Unsepulchered (192)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Trifling (192)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Nemesis (193)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Meddle (193)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Resplendent (196)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Fulminant (196)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Caparisoned (196)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Gaped (196)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Bacchanalian (197)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Ubiquitous (197)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Havoc (197)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Vicissitudes (198)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Recompense (198)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Mettle (198)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Scurrying (201)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Dithering (201)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Senile (203)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Doddering (203)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Insufferable (203)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Chafing (203)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Suborned (203)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Labyrinthine (206)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Promulgates (206)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Unsavory (206)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Flouting (210)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Untempered (211)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Unscathed (211)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Remorse (211)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Metamorphose (213)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Complicity (214)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Buffeted (224)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Homage (215)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Acclaim (216)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Encumbrous (218)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Blithely (219)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Stealthily (219)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Unscathed (219)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Unremitting (220)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Deference ( 220)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Counterfeited (220)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Sedition (221)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Lackey (224)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Reprisal (225)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Lyrical (227)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Unhallowed (239)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Obsequies (240)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Choler (240)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Absolution (248)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Filicidal (250)</li><li style="line-height: 150%">Piety (252)</li><li style="line-height: 150%"><br /><br />++++++++++++++++++++<br />Look over the characteristics of tragedy below. <br /><br /><strong>The following is a summary of his basic ideas regarding the tragic hero, according to Aristotle:</strong> </li></ol> <p><strong>1. The tragic hero is a character of noble stature and has greatness. This should be readily evident in the play. The character must occupy a "high" status position but must ALSO embody nobility and virtue as part of his/her innate character.</strong></p> <p><strong>2. Though the tragic hero is pre-eminently great, he/she is not perfect. Otherwise, the rest of us--mere mortals--would be unable to identify with the tragic hero. We should see in him or her someone who is essentially like us, although perhaps elevated to a higher position in society.</strong></p> <p><strong>3. The hero's downfall, therefore, is partially her/his own fault, the result of free choice, not of accident or villainy or some overriding, malignant fate. In fact, the tragedy is usually triggered by some error of judgment or some character flaw that contributes to the hero's lack of perfection noted above. This error of judgment or character flaw is known as <em>hamartia</em> and is usually translated as "tragic flaw" (although some scholars argue that this is a mistranslation). Often the character's <em>hamartia</em> involves <em>hubris</em> (which is defined as a sort of arrogant pride or over-confidence).</strong></p> <p><strong>4. The hero's misfortunate is not wholly deserved. The punishment exceeds the crime.</strong></p> <p><strong>5. The fall is not pure loss. There is some increase in awareness, some gain in self-knowledge, some discovery on the part of the tragic hero..</strong></p> <p><strong>6. Though it arouses solemn emotion, tragedy does not leave its audience in a state of depression. Aristotle argues that one function of tragedy is to arouse the "unhealthy" emotions of pity and fear and through a <em>catharsis</em> (which comes from watching the tragic hero's terrible fate) cleanse us of those emotions. It might be worth noting here that Greek drama was not considered "entertainment," pure and simple; it had a communal function--to contribute to the good health of the community. This is why dramatic performances were a part of religious festivals and community celebrations.</strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Now look at the situations and determine which ones are tragic ACCORDING TO THE GREEK CHARACTERISTICS .<br />If so, why? If not, why not?<br /><br /><strong>1. A radio-controlled, pilotless plane crashes into a residential area, killing six members of a family as they sleep.</strong> </p> <p align="left"><strong>2. A star college quarterback, recently diagnosed with leukemia and playing what he knows is his last game, blows a crucial play, causing his team to lose.<br /><br /></strong><strong>3. Diana, Princess of Wales, is killed with her current lover in a Paris car crash.</strong></p> <p align="left"><strong>4. Determined to eliminate corruption in government, the first woman president of the United States, is impeached and removed from office when it is discovered that she is protecting the man she loves from prosecution for bribery.</strong></p> <p align="left"><strong>5. A high school honor student, recently awarded a major scholarship to attend Yale University, gets drunk at a graduation party and is involved in an automobile accident that kills his girlfriend.</strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Note: 3 people from period 4 did not put their names on pronoun exercise homework collected today--one of the 3 is handwritten. If you turned the assignments in but a zero appears, notify me by email with a description of what you turned in (grade maybe, or what was printed out) if you are one of these people. If you did not turn it in for any reason but absence, sorry. Next time do your homework when assigned. <br /><br /><br /><br /> **********</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">For Thursday Dec. 1<br />I will collect pronoun review material (last night's work) so make sure you have it. <br /><br />As preparation for the <em>Antigone</em> unit, you must know the background story of Oedipus, Antigone's father. Read the story in the link which follows. You should come to class being able to retell the story and should know the terms defined within the story. A quiz is not out of the question!<br /> <a href="http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Ni-Pa/Oedipus.html">http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Ni-Pa/Oedipus.html</a><br /><br />********************************<br />Take the quiz on line and print out your score sheet. Check out the verbs which are key to determining whether to use a nominative or object pronoun.<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/73.html">http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/73.html</a><br />Now read the opening material on the next site and take the two quizzes. Print out the two quizzes and bring them to class.<br /> <a href="http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cases.htm">http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cases.htm</a><br /><br /><br />----------------<br /> In <em>Vocabulary Workshop</em>, complete the following exercises: "Vocabulary for Comprehension" (pp.42-43); "Two-Word Completions" ( p. 45); and "Word Associations" (p.45)<br /><br />Make sure you study the unit 3 vocabulary synonyms and the following antonyms: <strong>impede</strong> (opposite of <em>expedite</em>); <strong>placidity </strong>(opposite of <em>ferment</em>); <strong>exobitant </strong>(opposite of <em>nominal</em>) and <strong>saccharine</strong> (opposite of <em>vitriolic</em>).<br /><br />quiz: Monday after Thanksgiving<br />________________________________________________<br /><br /> HOMEWORK for Friday 11/ 18: Do the assignment below. First, print out the sentences as they are. Then revise them ON SEPARATE PAPER.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.25in;background: white"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt">Sentence Combining with Transition Words</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.25in;background: white"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt">Combine the sentences in each set into <em><u>two</u></em> clear sentences. Add a transitional word or phrase (from the lists in your handout) to the second sentence to show how it relates to the first. Here's an example: </span></p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in;background: white; margin-left: 13.5pt"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt">Retirement should be the reward for a lifetime of work.</span></p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in;background: white; margin-left: 13.5pt"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt">It is widely viewed as a sort of punishment.</span></p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in;background: white; margin-left: 13.5pt"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt">It is a punishment for growing old.</span></p> <p style="background: white"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt"><br /><em>Sample Combination:</em><br />Retirement should be the reward for a lifetime of work. <em>Instead,</em> it is widely viewed as a sort of punishment for growing old.</span></p> <p style="background: white"> <em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-size: 9pt"><u>Remember that your sentences must make sense and that the transition word must accurately reflect the relationhip between your first and second sentence</u>. <u>Punctuation must be correctly used too</u>. </span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-size: 9pt">“No doubt” the previous statements apply to Joe. </span></em></p> <p style="margin: 0.25in 0in;background: white"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-size: 9pt">Exercise: Building and Connecting Sentences with Transitional Words and Phrases</span></strong></p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in;background: white; margin-left: 22.5pt"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-size: 9pt">1.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-size: 9pt">To be self-centered does not mean to disregard the worth of other people.<br />We are <em>all</em> self-centered. Most psychologists would probably accept this position.</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;background: white"> </p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in;background: white; margin-left: 22.5pt"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-size: 9pt">2.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-size: 9pt">There are differences in math performance between boys and girls.<br />These differences cannot be attributed simply to differences in innate ability.<br />If one were to ask the children themselves, they would probably disagree.</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;background: white"> </p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in;background: white; margin-left: 22.5pt"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-size: 9pt">3.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-size: 9pt">We do not seek solitude.<br />If we find ourselves alone for once, we flick a switch.<br />We invite the whole world in. The world comes in through the TV or Internet.</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;background: white"> </p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in;background: white; margin-left: 22.5pt"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-size: 9pt">4.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-size: 9pt">Little girls, of course, don't take toy guns out of their hip pockets.<br />They do not say "Pow, pow" to all their neighbors and friends.<br />The average well-adjusted little boy does this. If we gave little girls the six-shooters, we would soon have double the body count.</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;background: white"> </p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in;background: white; margin-left: 22.5pt"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-size: 9pt">5.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-size: 9pt">We know very little about pain.<br />What we don't know makes it hurt all the more.<br />There is ignorance about pain. No form of illiteracy in the United States is so widespread.<br />No form of illiteracy in the United States is so costly.</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;background: white"> </p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in;background: white; margin-left: 22.5pt"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-size: 9pt">6.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-size: 9pt">We drove the wagon close to a corner post.<br />We twisted the end of the wire around it.<br />We twisted the wire one foot above the ground.<br />We stapled it fast. We drove along the line of posts.<br />We drove for about 200 yards.<br />We unreeled the wire on the ground behind us.</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;background: white"> </p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in;background: white; margin-left: 22.5pt"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-size: 9pt">7.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-size: 9pt">The historical sciences have made us very conscious of our past.<br />They have made us conscious of the world as a machine.<br />The machine generates successive events out of foregoing ones.<br />Some scholars tend to look totally backward.<br />They look backward in their interpretation of the human future.</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;background: white"> </p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in;background: white; margin-left: 22.5pt"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-size: 9pt">8.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-size: 9pt">Rewriting is something that most writers find they have to do.<br />They rewrite to discover what they have to say.<br />They rewrite to discover how to say it.<br />There are a few writers who do little formal rewriting.<br />They have capacity and experience.<br />They create and review a large number of invisible drafts.<br />They create and review in their minds.<br />They do this before they approach the page.</span></p> <p> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><br />__________________________________<br />Finish <em>The Metamorphosis</em> (ends on p. 40 in the hardcover text).<br />Closely reread pp.38-40,( the last few pages) starting with "Next, the bedroom door opened," to the end.<br />Looking at the language used to describe the family and the family's actions and examining the events themselves, what changes have occured in them? Minimum one page. Support required!<br /><br />''***************************************<br />Study for the Vocabulary Quiz on <em>The Metamorphosis</em> words.There will be no retake on this since the words were inttroduced through the vocabulary story.<br />Make sure you have finished reading sections 1 &2 of <em>The Metamorphosis</em> and completed the work on the worksheets (also explained below).<br />_______________________________</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">For Monday: Read Chapter 2 or section 2 of <u>The Metamorphosis</u>. For those who were in school complete (if you did not finish in class on Friday) the two worksheets on Ch. 1. For those on the field trip or absent here are the assignments:<br /><br />Activity One<br />Make a web diagram comparing Gregor as Human with Gregor as Insect. For example as a human, he complains about his grueling job as a traveling salesman. The center circle would have the word HUMAN in it and there 'd be a line to another circle with the "complains about his job" information in it. You would make another circle with INSECT in it with a line to another bubble with "he notices the hard armor plate he has for a back."<br /><br />Activity Two<br />Personal Response<br />Do you have sympathy for Gregor? Why or why not?<br />Questions</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">1. How does Gregor feel about his job? Provide evidence from the story.<br />2. What's Gregor's role in teh family? Why doe she have so much responsibility? How is the role about to change?<br />3. What happens to Gregor when he leaves the room to meet the office manager? What does the episode reveal about Gregor's father?<br />4. From Gregor's point of view, what might be the positive aspects of his metamorphosis into an insect?<br />5. What circumstances in Gregor's life might have caused him to feel dehumanized (more like an insect) even before the metamorphosis took place? </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">++++++++++++++++++++++++<br />For Thursday 11/ 3: <br />Read Franz Kafka's <u>The Metamorphosis</u> up to II (<a href="http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/stories/kafka-E.htm">http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/stories/kafka-E.htm</a>). <br /><br />What is peculiar about his reaction to his change or metamorphosis? What information do you ascertain about his life from this opening section? <br />Take notes in answer to these questions.<br />**********************************************************************************<br />Here's the rubric to grade projects. <br /> <table style="width: 6.25in" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt;background: rgb(255,255,247); padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="bottom" width="130"> <p align="center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11pt">CATEGORY </span></p></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt;background: rgb(255,255,247); padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="bottom" width="130"> <p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11pt">4 </span></strong></p></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt;background: rgb(255,255,247); padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="bottom" width="130"> <p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11pt">3 </span></strong></p></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt;background: rgb(255,255,247); padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="bottom" width="130"> <p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11pt">2 </span></strong></p></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt;background: rgb(255,255,247); padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="bottom" width="130"> <p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11pt">1 </span></strong></p></td></tr> <tr style="height: 75pt"> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; height: 75pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="130"> <p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11pt">Content:Accuracy/ Subject Knowledge </span></strong></p></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; height: 75pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="130"> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Covers topic accurately with details and examples. Subject knowledge is excellent. </span></p></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; height: 75pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="130"> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Covers topic. Includes important knowledge about the topic. </span></p></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; height: 75pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="130"> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Includes some information about the topic but there are 1-2 factual errors or omissions. General in nature </span></p></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; height: 75pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="130"> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors. Superficial in nature. </span></p></td></tr> <tr style="height: 75pt"> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; height: 75pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="130"> <p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11pt">Attractiveness </span></strong></p></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; height: 75pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="130"> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation. Neat and Professional </span></p></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; height: 75pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="130"> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance to presentation. Neat and Professional </span></p></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; height: 75pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="130"> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Makes use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. but occasionally these detract from the presentation content. Neat </span></p></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; height: 75pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="130"> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. but these often distract from the presentaion content. Neat and Professional </span></p></td></tr> <tr style="height: 75pt"> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; height: 75pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="130"> <p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11pt">Explanation/Annotation </span></strong></p></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; height: 75pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="130"> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Accompanying description/ explanation clear and useful </span></p></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; height: 75pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="130"> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Accompanying description/ explanation mostly clear and useful </span></p></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; height: 75pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="130"> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Some accompanying description/ explanation of varying quality </span></p></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; height: 75pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="130"> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">No accompanying description/ explanation </span></p></td></tr> <tr style="height: 75pt"> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; height: 75pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="130"> <p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11pt">Mechanics and Formatting </span></strong></p></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; height: 75pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="130"> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">No misspellings or grammatical errors. Project looks extremely professional </span></p></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; height: 75pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="130"> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">One misspelling and/or mechanical errors. Project looks somewhat professional </span></p></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; height: 75pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="130"> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">Two-three misspellings and/or grammatical errors. Project shows effort but falls short of professional standard </span></p></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; height: 75pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="130"> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">More than 4 errors in spelling or grammar. Careless and unprofessional look </span></p></td></tr> <tr style="height: 75pt"> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; height: 75pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="130"> <p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11pt">Requirements and Assignement Guidelines </span></strong></p></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; height: 75pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="130"> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">All assignment requirements are met and exceeded. </span></p></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; height: 75pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="130"> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">All requirements are met. </span></p></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; height: 75pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="130"> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">One requirement was not completely met. </span></p></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; height: 75pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="130"> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">More than one requirement was not completely met. </span></p></td></tr> <tr style="height: 75pt"> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; height: 75pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="130"> <p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11pt">Workload </span></strong></p></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; height: 75pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="130"> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">The workload is divided and shared equally by all team members. Individual project reflects outstanding effort, attention to detail and thoughtfulness </span></p></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; height: 75pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="130"> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">The workload is divided and shared fairly by all team members, though workloads may vary from person to person. Individual project reflects good effort, attention to detail and thoughtfulness </span></p></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; height: 75pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="130"> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">The workload was divided, but one person in the group is viewed as not doing his/her fair share of the work. Individual project reflects some effort and detail </span></p></td> <td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; padding-left: 1.5pt; width: 97.5pt; padding-right: 1.5pt; height: 75pt; padding-top: 1.5pt" valign="top" width="130"> <p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt">The workload was not divided OR several people in the group are viewed as not doing their fair share of the work. Individual project reflects little effort or attention to detail </span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Weekend Homework: Project Work<br />Regardless of which topic you choose and whether you are working alone or with someone, you should keep in mind the purpose is to reveal your understanding of Beowulf as a work of art and an epic.<br />Below are links to resume templates and websites. If you are doing that option you should read through them all and decide which one works best. You may use another form if you choose but your resume must look professional. <em>Do not forget the annotation part.</em> <br /><br /> <p> </p> <p style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt -11.25pt"><span style="color: rgb(56,130,34)"><a href="http://www.rc-hr.com/resumebuilder/resume_submit.asp">www.rc-hr.com/<strong>resume</strong>builder/<strong>resume</strong>_submit.asp</a></span><span style="color: rgb(115,115,115)"></span></p> <p style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"> <a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_6568433_create-business-resume.html">http://www.ehow.com/how_6568433_create-business-resume.html</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.bestsampleresume.com/resume-templates/sample-business-resume-template-1.html">http://www.bestsampleresume.com/resume-templates/sample-business-resume-template-1.html</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.distinctiveweb.com/example-projects/sample-resumes/former-business-owner-resume/">http://www.distinctiveweb.com/example-projects/sample-resumes/former-business-owner-resume/</a></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /><strong> Homework for Friday 10/28</strong>: Write a story using 20 of the 24 vocabulary words from <u>The Metamorphosis</u>. Try to keep length under a page and a half handwritten or a double-spaced page typed. Underline (or highlight) and number the words.Your usage must indicate you understand each word's meaning. You may change the forms of words (singular, plural, verb, adjective or noun forms permitted as long as usage is correct). Bonus points for a good story.</p> <p style="line-height: 200%"><span style="line-height: 200%; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal"><strong>Project Options for <u>Beowulf</u> Due Date Tuesday, Nov 1</strong></span></p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in" type="1"><li style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%"><span style="line-height: 200%; font-size: 11pt">Write your own epic depicting modern-day heroic code </span> <ul style="margin-top: 0in" type="circle"><li style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%"><span style="line-height: 200%; font-size: 11pt">Use poetic devices: kennings, alliteration</span> </li></ul></li></ol> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 1.25in"><span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11pt">o<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span><span style="line-height: 200%; font-size: 11pt">Long narrative poem, elevated style, dealing with heroic or quasi-divine persons reflecting the values of the society</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 1.25in"><span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11pt">o<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span><span style="line-height: 200%; font-size: 11pt">Includes literary inventories from past stories genealogies and other poetic formulas</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 1.25in"><span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11pt">o<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span><span style="line-height: 200%; font-size: 11pt">Ceremonial speeches</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 1.25in"><span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11pt">o<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span><span style="line-height: 200%; font-size: 11pt">Action on an immense scale involving fate of a people or nation </span></p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in" type="1" start="2"><li style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%"><span style="line-height: 200%; font-size: 11pt">Rewrite some aspect of the story in modern English, or using simulated Old English verse form, from another character’s point of view (Unferth, Wiglaf, Wealtheow, Hrothgar are some examples). This may be a series of poems, a journal log, a mini-epic</span> <ul style="margin-top: 0in" type="circle"><li style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%"><span style="line-height: 200%; font-size: 11pt">Must stay in character</span></li><li style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%"><span style="line-height: 200%; font-size: 11pt">Must add unique perspective to <u>Beowulf</u></span> </li></ul></li><li style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%"><span style="line-height: 200%; font-size: 11pt">Design a series of illustrations that tell the story in either <u>Beowulf</u> or <u>Grendel</u></span> <ul style="margin-top: 0in" type="circle"><li style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%"><span style="line-height: 200%; font-size: 11pt">Submit a written description of why you felt those scenes were most important</span> </li></ul></li><li style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 11pt">Beowulf’s Resume. Write a résumé outlining the abilities Beowulf has that qualify him to be king. The résumé should exhibit your understanding of Beowulf’s development as a character. The resume should include: </span></li></ol> <p><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt">Education (this can include training by his family or “on-the-job training”) </span></p> <p><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt">Work Experience (battles, tests of courage, displays of bravery or honor, etc.) </span></p> <p><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt">Skills (characteristics of a hero or king that he has displayed)</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt"> Annotate your résumé to show how the attributes listed on the résumé were developed by the author of<em> Beowulf</em> (i.e. through direct characterization, indirect characterization, dialogue, etc.) Suggested excerpts from<em> Beowulf</em> for this assignment might include Beowulf's arrival at Heorot, the battles with Grendel, Grendel's mother, and the dragon. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><br />Select a topic for your project and start working on it. Project due Monday, October 31.<br />**********************<br />Retake of Beowulf vocabulary quiz will be Monday after school.<br />For Monday: <br />1. Read the article on interlacing and the Anglo-Saxons below<br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt"><a href="http://homepage.mac.com/mseffie/assignments/beowulf/interlacing.html">http://homepage.mac.com/mseffie/assignments/beowulf/interlacing.html</a><br />How does interlacing reflect the values of Anglo-Saxon culture? Answer in a well-developed paragraph.<br />2. Look up words to <em>The Metamorphosis.</em></span></p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in">a)<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span>admonish</p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in">b)<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span>brusque</p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in">c)<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span>fathom</p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in">d)<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span>fulmination</p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in">e)<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span>harbinger </p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in">f)<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span>plaintively </p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in">g)<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span>ravenous </p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in">h)<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span>supine </p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in">i)<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span>vaulted </p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in">j)<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span>vermin</p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in">k)<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span>comatose</p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in">l)<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span>inveigle</p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in">m)<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span>pallid</p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in">n)<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span>poignant</p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in">o)<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span>rumination</p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in">p)<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span>sette</p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in">q)<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span>apathetic</p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in">r)<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span>bailiwick</p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in">s)<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span>harry</p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in">t)<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span>impelled</p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in">u)<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span>perusal</p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in">v)<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span>quizzical</p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in">w)<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span>vouchsafe</p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in">x)<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span>windfall</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++===<br />Look at Wilbur's poem "Beowulf" and answer the questions. <br />1. What words and phrases from the poem describe the atmosphere of the land and the people when Beowulf arrives?<br />2. What picture do you get of Beowulf's life from the poem? Support your answer with details from the poem.<br />3. How is the picture of the hero in the poem different from the one in the epic?<br />4. Which word in the poem is the most important? Explain why.<br />+++++++++++++++++++++++<br />For Tuesday 10/17/2011<br />Finish the epic<br /><strong>Answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper</strong>.</p> <p> </p> <p>1. What does Beowulf as king have in common with Hrothgar?</p> <p> </p> <p>2. Read pp 171-175 (lines2538-2601).<br /><br /> a.)<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span>How does Beowulf’s encounter with the dragon confirm, “every man must yield/the leasehold of his days”? How does this idea relate to the Anglo-Saxon concept of fate (wyrd) and the atmosphere of the tale? </p> <p> b.)<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span>Why did the translator settle on the word <em>leasehold</em>?</p> <p> </p> <p>3. Why does Wiglaf criticize Beowulf’s thanes?</p> <p> </p> <p>4. What glimpses of the future after Beowulf does he give?</p> <p> </p> <p>5. The epic begins and ends with a funeral. What do the two events have in common?</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><br />___________________<br /><br />For Tuesday--Assigned Reading (see the reading schedule tab) and writing assignment<br /><u>Writing Assignment<br /></u>You are one of Beowulf's men in the meadhall the night of Grendel's attack. Describe the events before, during and just after Grendel's attack. Your job is to present a vivid picture of the night--your feelings before and during the attack and what you see, hear and experience during the dramatic encounter. The keys to good description are vivid action verbs and adjectives and the use of figurative language (personification, metaphor, and simile) to describe objects, people and events.Use first person narration.<br /><br /><br />********************************************************** </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">For Friday:</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Assigned reading: (pp. 49-69) and answer the following questions.</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">1. Describe the encounter between Beowulf and Grendel.<br />2. According to the narrator, what what Unferth's reaction to Beowulf's accomplishment?<br />3. How does Hrothgard reward Beowulf?<br /> 4. Lines 1001-1007<br /> But death is not easily <br />escaped from by anyone:<br />all of us with souls, earth-dwellers<br />and children of men, must make our way<br />to a destination already ordained<br />where the body, after the banqueting,<br />sleeps on its deathbed.<br /><br />What do these lines indicate about the Anglo-Saxon attitude about life?</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">DUE THURSDAY<br />Make sure you have read the assigned reading: pp. 31-49 (line 735) . You should be up to p. 49 when you come to class on Thursday and have the questions below completed.Reminder: Bring Perm. Slip and Money for field trip to see "Twelfth Night."<br /><em>Beowulf</em> questions</p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in" type="1"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal">What are Grendel’s origins? </li></ol> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in" type="1" start="2"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal">What does the mead-hall represent in the tale? </li></ol> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in" type="1" start="3"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal">How long is the hall deserted? </li></ol> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in" type="1" start="4"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal">What reason does the narrator give to explain that Grendel did not attack during the day? </li></ol> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in" type="1" start="5"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal">How many men accompany Beowulf? </li></ol> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in" type="1" start="6"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal">What qualities does Hrothgar possess? Support your answer with the text? </li></ol> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in" type="1" start="7"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal">What qualities does Beowulf possess? Support with page and line references. </li></ol> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in" type="1" start="8"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal">Beowulf has a history of heroic exploits. What are they? </li></ol> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in" type="1" start="9"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal">Characterize Unferth. Support your answer. </li></ol> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in" type="1" start="10"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal">Unferth and Beowulf engage in a ritual name-calling-a fairly frequent occurrence in heroic literature. What storytelling purpose does Unferth’s challenge of Beowulf’s past accomplishments serve? Does this episode advance or retard the story? Can you think of any contemporary situations in which this insult match is tolerated (perhaps even expected)? </li></ol> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">+++++++++++++++++++++++=<br />For Tuesday 10/ 4 <strong><u><em>Always expect quizzes on the reading!</em></u></strong> These will be <strong><em><u>unannounced</u></em></strong> to make sure you have done the assigned reading. The complete reading schedule for Beowulf is listed under the tab "Beowulf Reading Schedule." <br /><br />Read pages 3-31 (up to line 455). Read the English translation on the right hand pages obviously. <br />Look up these words before reading and write the definitions in your notebook and refer to the words if you need to when reading.<br /><br />scourge (3)<br />rampaging (3)<br />foundling (3) <br />torques (7) <br />renege (7) <br />anathema (9)<br />malignant (11)<br />lays (13) songs<br />heathenish (15)<br />undaunted (21)<br />++++++++++++++++++<br />For Friday:<br />Read the article on the website below. Pay close attention to the table showing the differences among old English (Anglo-Saxon), Middle English and Early and Late Modern English.Then listen to the humorous You Tube link following the article.<a href="http://www.englishclub.com/english-language-history.htm"><font color="#800080"><br />http://www.englishclub.com/english-language-history.htm</font></a><br /><o:p></o:p></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9Tfbeqyu2U&list=PLA03075BAD88B909E&index=1"><font color="#800080">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9Tfbeqyu2U&list=PLA03075BAD88B909E&index=1</font></a><o:p></o:p></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><br />Study for the Unit 2 Vocabulary Quiz. <br />________________________________<br />Read the material in the Holt Lit. book pp. 4-17 and answer the questions below.<o:p></o:p></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">The following groups settled England: Celts, Romans, Danes, Anglo-Saxons and Normans. Answer these questions:<o:p></o:p></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Celts<o:p></o:p></em></p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-add-space: auto" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">1.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span>Were the Celts warriors or peace-lovers? <o:p></o:p></p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-add-space: auto" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">2.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span>What kinds of stories did they tell?<o:p></o:p></p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-add-space: auto" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">3.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span>Who did they believe controlled every aspect of life?<o:p></o:p></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Romans<o:p></o:p></em></p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-add-space: auto" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">4.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span>What did the Romans build in England? <o:p></o:p></p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-add-space: auto" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">5.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span>What religion did the Romans introduce?<o:p></o:p></p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-add-space: auto" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">6.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span>After the Romans left, were the clans united and strong, or divided and weak?<o:p></o:p></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Danes(Vikings)<o:p></o:p></em></p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-add-space: auto" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">7.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span>What word would describe the character of the Danes?<o:p></o:p></p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-add-space: auto" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">8.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span></em><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Anglo-Saxons<o:p></o:p></em></p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-add-space: auto" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">9.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span>Who united the countries to fight the Danes?<o:p></o:p></p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-add-space: auto" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">10.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span>Which religion did many people practice again?<o:p></o:p></p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-add-space: auto" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">11.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span>What trait was most important in Anglo-Saxon society?<o:p></o:p></p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-add-space: auto" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">12.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span>How did the scops preserve some people’s memories after they died?<o:p></o:p></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Normans<o:p></o:p></em></p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-add-space: auto" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">13.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span>Who led the Normans to defeat the Anglo-Saxons and the Danes?<o:p></o:p></p> <p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-add-space: auto" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">14.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span></span>Where was he from?<o:p></o:p></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-add-space: auto" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p><br /><br />)))))))))))))))))))))<br />*Essay due Monday 9/26.<br /> As an introduction to our first reading unit on heroes and monsters, we will examine the issue of heroism. Look at the quotation by Charlotte lennox and agree or disagree with her statement about heroes.Write a well-developed essay agreeing or disagreeing with her statement. Type your essay!<br />.<br />"A hero in one age will be a hero in another" Charlotte Lennox<br /><br />Go to the link below and use the formatting given in the first three headings: <br /><a href="http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/">http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/</a><br /> Don't forget a retake of vocab 1 is being offered after school on Monday.<br />___________________________<br />Homework for Friday 9/23: Revise Final Draft of essay on Persistence vs. Ability.<br /><br />))))))))o)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))<br />The Vocabulary Quiz for Unit 2 will take place on Tuesday 9/ 27.<br />Your homework is to write a story no more that a page and a half using 15 of the 20 vocabulary words correctly and in a way which conveys their meaning. Number the words in the story and underline or highlight them. If you use more than 15 you do so at your own risk because if you make a mistake, it will reduce your grade. Bonus points for a good story. Humor encouraged, even preferable<br /><br />&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&<br />For Wednesday<br />1. Worksheets on Paragraph Unity <br />2. Complete Unit 2 Vocabulary<br />* Completed redraft of Essay on Persistence vs. Ability due Friday<br />* Retake of Unit 1 Vocabulary after school Monday<br />++++++++++++++++++++++++<br />For Tuesday:<br /><br />1.Complete unit 2 (no antonyms) of Vocabulary Workshop. (This is a change from what I previously indicated!!!)<br />2. Bring weekend homework (sentence composing) to class.<br />3. Bring worksheets on paragraph support to class from Monday's in-class work.<br /><br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++==<br />For Thursday 9/14<br />Choose <u>one</u> of these topics and write a well-developed paragraph starting with a strong topic sentence. Remeber a TS should be focused. The sentence sould not be too broad or too narrow and should contain a subject and a limiting or controlling idea. Support for the topic should be detailed. Be consistent in Point of View.<br /><br />_____Topics<br />Discuss an important day in your life<br />Discuss an important achievement or failure in your life<br />Write about an ideal job<br />Explain a sports or movie fanatic<br /><br />*************************************************<br />Due Wednesday 9/13<br />You will write about <em>Angela's Ashes</em> in class on Thursday! Vocabulary Quiz on Friday. Be ready.<br /><br /><strong>A paragraph by definition develops a single idea.</strong> A good paragraph has 3 things:<br />Unity--all elements support the topic sentence. No sentence or idea is unrelated to the topic sentence<br />Support --details further elaborate, explain or support the topic sentence <br />Coherence--the sentences are ordered and the topic clearly apparent through clear use of pronouns, repetition of the subject and use of synonyms referring to the subject.<br /><br /><strong>A good topic sentence contains a subject and presents a limiting or controlling idea.<br /></strong><br />Exercise 1. <br />In the following sentences, circle the topic and underline the controlling idea.<br /><br />1. A low-fat diet provides many health benefits.<br /><br />2. <em>Animal Planet</em> is both entertaining and educational.<br /><br />3.Our football coach works to build players' self-esteem.<br /><br />4. This campus offers many peaceful places where students can relax.<br /><br />5. My cousin's truck looks like something out of <em>Star Wars.</em><br /><br />A topic sentence must be narrow enough to be developed in a paragraph yet not so narrow as to require no further development.<br /><br />Exercise 2. Which topic sentences are focused enough to allow you to write a good paragraph? Indicate F=focused<br />B=broad; N=narrow. If the topic sentence is too broad, narrow the topic according to your own interests and write a new topic sentence with a clear controlling idea. If the topic sentence is too narrow, broaden it.<br /><br />1. Eugene's hot temper causes problems at work.<br /><br />2. Learning a foreign language has several benefits.<br /><br />3. Child abuse is something to think about.<br /><br />4. He is often a latecomer or a no-show.<br /><br />5. He jots time-and-place information for dates and appoinments on scraps of paper that are soon forgotten.<br /><br />6. Socks are on the lampshades<br /><br />7. I met Pete for the first time in a math class.<br /><br />Print out the above exercises and bring them to class on Wednesday.<br />****************************<br />Monday Night 9/12: Begin studying for Friday's vocabulary quiz. Study synonyms. Be able to use the word in a sentence and write a synonym for the word.<br /><span class="c1"><br />We will begin Tuesday's class with a quick review. <br />*******************************************8<br />Weekend assignment</span>:<br />Write an essay on the topic below. Your essay should include a beginning, middle and end and be persuasive by supporting your point of view on the topic. Please type the essay if possible. If you are unable to type it, write it in ink on composition paper.<br /><br /><br />Think Carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.<br /><br />The biggest difference between people who succeed at any difficult undertaking and those who do not is not ability but persistence. Many extremely talented people give up when obstacles arise. After all, who wants to face failure? It is often said about highly successful people that they are just ordinary individuals who kept on trying, who did not give up.<br /><br />Adapted from Tom Morris, <em>True Success: A New Philosophy of Excellence<br /><br /></em><strong>ASSIGNMENT:</strong> Is persistence more important than ability in determining a person's success? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples from your reading, studies, experience or observations.<br />________________________________________________________________________________________________<br /><br />On Monday bring to class the unit 1 Vocabulary Workshop assignment (antonym section not required), the diagnostic test and the essay.<br /><br /></p> <ul></ul> Automatically clean input to optimize for the web. 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