* J8 Review
* Literature of the World By William Lee Richardson, Jesse M. Owen
* CWP and Note Card
* Beowulf
* J9 What was the prince to learn from the conclusion of Beowulf (15 lines of response or more)?
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Showing posts with label Beowulf. Show all posts
Tuesday, 9/13: Elements
* Leithart's Germanic Background
* Finish basic Beowulf thoughts
* The Elements of Style Part V, "An Approach to Style." This section is a newer section that is not in the free, onlined edition; therefore, you will find it on the Focus course under the Terms, Vocabulary, Rhetoric, Grammar, and Binder section. It's the last file in that section.
* J8: List the three most helpful and the three least helpful pieces of advice from this section. Briefly explain what makes each helpful or unhelpful.
HW: J8
* Finish basic Beowulf thoughts
* The Elements of Style Part V, "An Approach to Style." This section is a newer section that is not in the free, onlined edition; therefore, you will find it on the Focus course under the Terms, Vocabulary, Rhetoric, Grammar, and Binder section. It's the last file in that section.
* J8: List the three most helpful and the three least helpful pieces of advice from this section. Briefly explain what makes each helpful or unhelpful.
HW: J8
Monday, 9/12: Beowulf
.5 We may say there are two basic kinds of writing, prose and verse.
1. Old English Verse
* Alliterated, not rhymed
* Could have any number of syllables but only four stressed per line (not a descendent of the Greek, counted meter poetry)
* Each line was called a stich (pronounced STIK) and had four stressed syllables.
* Each half line was a hemistich (HEM e stik) and had two stressed syllables. There was a natural pause in the middle of each line.
* Any pause in verse is called a caesura.
* This verse style lost place to metrical verse around the time of Shakespeare, but it remains a poet's prerogative to employ.
* It was not divided into stanzas
Beowulf is bee-wolf, bee-hunter; consider.
Heorot is hart; consider.
Unfearth is without peace; consider.
How is Grendel like Cain?
Rather sour conclusion? Consider.
2. Begin reading Dr. Peter Leithart's post on Beowulf's Germanic background.
HW: J7 Finish reading Dr. Leithart's post. Answer these questions: According to Dr. Leithart, what challenges did Christian missionaries face before the Germanic tribes converted? What challenges after?
1. Old English Verse
* Alliterated, not rhymed
* Could have any number of syllables but only four stressed per line (not a descendent of the Greek, counted meter poetry)
* Each line was called a stich (pronounced STIK) and had four stressed syllables.
* Each half line was a hemistich (HEM e stik) and had two stressed syllables. There was a natural pause in the middle of each line.
* Any pause in verse is called a caesura.
* This verse style lost place to metrical verse around the time of Shakespeare, but it remains a poet's prerogative to employ.
* It was not divided into stanzas
Beowulf is bee-wolf, bee-hunter; consider.
Heorot is hart; consider.
Unfearth is without peace; consider.
How is Grendel like Cain?
Rather sour conclusion? Consider.
2. Begin reading Dr. Peter Leithart's post on Beowulf's Germanic background.
HW: J7 Finish reading Dr. Leithart's post. Answer these questions: According to Dr. Leithart, what challenges did Christian missionaries face before the Germanic tribes converted? What challenges after?
Block Day: Beowulf
* Books: If you have a copy from me, please comment to this entry with your name, period, title and the MV barcode (if applicable).
* Check Cards
* Study your Cards (this time)
* Card Quiz
* Beowulf
A. Notes
HW: Finish reading the Poem
* Check Cards
* Study your Cards (this time)
* Card Quiz
* Beowulf
A. Notes
HW: Finish reading the Poem
Wednesday, 9/7: Beowulf
1. Collect FD
2. Some more Examples.
3. Beowulf's background.
4. Read together.
HW: Study your card; Read Beowulf
2. Some more Examples.
3. Beowulf's background.
4. Read together.
HW: Study your card; Read Beowulf
Tuesday, 9/6: Beowulf
1. Notice the Creative Writing link on the right to see some work from past years.
2. Notice the College Guide link.
3. V & T
A. Vocabulary: Look up and copy definitions for words 1-10
B. Terms: Look up definitions for scop, kenning, and alliteration.
4. College Essay Review
HW: Write a FD of College Essay #1. Beowulf: Read through the death of the next monster (I don't want to give it away).
The Basic FD Rubric (we will go into more detail with our AP rubric training in future weeks)
A = Solid content; great style; few, if any, grammatical errors
B = Solid content; good style; a few grammatical errors
C = Reasonable content; uneven style; noticeable errors
D = Poor content; many distracting errors
2. Notice the College Guide link.
3. V & T
A. Vocabulary: Look up and copy definitions for words 1-10
B. Terms: Look up definitions for scop, kenning, and alliteration.
4. College Essay Review
HW: Write a FD of College Essay #1. Beowulf: Read through the death of the next monster (I don't want to give it away).
The Basic FD Rubric (we will go into more detail with our AP rubric training in future weeks)
A = Solid content; great style; few, if any, grammatical errors
B = Solid content; good style; a few grammatical errors
C = Reasonable content; uneven style; noticeable errors
D = Poor content; many distracting errors
Week 3 Block Day: The Eighth Wonder of the World
1. Review M.C. Testing Strategy
2. THS Discussion: Venus at St. Anne's
J6: Write out one discussion-worthy comment.
3. The Eighth Wonder of the World: Download G.K. Chesterton's Eugenics and Other Evils from iBooks. Review together.
4. Download Literature of the World .pdf into iBooks.
Read Book pp. 354 (369 on .pdf)- 362.
5. Download Gummere's Translation of Beowulf from iBooks. Also download the other free edition of the text there, which will show the Old English.
HW: Read through the battle with Grendel; you will have no reading from the Elements this weekend. We will cover a section together next week.
2. THS Discussion: Venus at St. Anne's
J6: Write out one discussion-worthy comment.
3. The Eighth Wonder of the World: Download G.K. Chesterton's Eugenics and Other Evils from iBooks. Review together.
4. Download Literature of the World .pdf into iBooks.
Read Book pp. 354 (369 on .pdf)- 362.
5. Download Gummere's Translation of Beowulf from iBooks. Also download the other free edition of the text there, which will show the Old English.
HW: Read through the battle with Grendel; you will have no reading from the Elements this weekend. We will cover a section together next week.
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