Fiday, 8/15/14

25th November 1950: Irish-born academic, writer and...
C S Lewis. Photographer. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 15 Aug 2014.
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* Open
  • Collect Cards
  • Note the following: The title of That Hideous Strength comes from a late medieval poem by Scottish poet (Sir) David Lyndsay.  A "strength" is a stronghold.  In his poem, Lyndsay describes the Tower of Babel as "that hyddeous strength," an evil stronghold (also read Genesis 11), which it was.  
  • From Old English: strengþu, strengð (ð is an eth..."dh" or "th" from Icelandic, etc.): "bodily power, force, vigor, firmness, fortitude, manhood, violence, moral resistance." Consider that, hideous __________.  
* Please read and plan: College Ruled Journal Reminder Link and Setup:
  • Daily Notes and Journal Responses (First 50 pages)
  • Grammar (Sticky note: 10-20 pages)
  • Terms and Reading Vocabulary List (Sticky note: 5 pages)
  • Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes (Stick note: 5 pages)
* Explore the blog links while I look over your summer reading assignment.

* Discuss ch. 1 of That Hideous Strength.

* Journal 1
  • Review your music collection.  Find a song that reflects a theme you've discovered in That Hideous Strength.  Copy down at least one sentence from the song and explain the reflection you found. This needs to be one full page or longer in your composition book (one side, single spaced).
HW: Composition Book; Journal 1



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