Congratulations!
Let's watch A Knight's Tale!
* Note: iPad Network problems. The wifi is fine. The problem was
this, you can't just turn off the wifi and then turn it back on, you
have to "forget" the mustang wireless in your settings. Then join it
again.
Why? Actually, it's because the wireless is
so good, it gets a weak signal from that class on the other side of
campus...just enough to make your life miserable. So you have to make
it forget that part of the network and join that part that's closer to
the room you're now in. Make sense? Go forth and conquer!
Showing posts with label Chaucer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chaucer. Show all posts
Tuesday, 10/11: Journal 12 part II
* News: Baby picture and senior quote due this week.
* Note: I added up the journals incorrectly yesterday. We're actually working on journal 12; my apologies.
* Discussion
* Work in class on comparison #2.
* Note: I added up the journals incorrectly yesterday. We're actually working on journal 12; my apologies.
* Discussion
* Work in class on comparison #2.
Wednesday, 10/5: CWP Due
* Pray
* CWP
* Work on your vocabulary definitions
* Outside reading
HW: Finish your outside reading; vocabulary words 31-40
* CWP
* Work on your vocabulary definitions
* Outside reading
HW: Finish your outside reading; vocabulary words 31-40
Tuesday, 10/4: Vocabulary, CWP
* Pray
* Grammar: Section 16a and b
A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.
--Strunk and White
To write simply is as difficult as to be good.
--W. Somerset Maugham
I apologize for this long letter; I didn't have time to shorten it.
--Pliny
1. Read the sections.
2. Look through your essays and journals. Find four total examples of redundancies and repetitions. Copy them into your notes and strike out or rewrite them.
* Vocabulary words 31-40
31.akin
32.corroborate
33.inexorable
34.insipid
35.nefarious
36.physiognomy
37.retinue
38.suppliant
39.tedium
40.torrid
* CWP
HW: CWP
* Grammar: Section 16a and b
A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.
--Strunk and White
To write simply is as difficult as to be good.
--W. Somerset Maugham
I apologize for this long letter; I didn't have time to shorten it.
--Pliny
1. Read the sections.
2. Look through your essays and journals. Find four total examples of redundancies and repetitions. Copy them into your notes and strike out or rewrite them.
* Vocabulary words 31-40
31.akin
32.corroborate
33.inexorable
34.insipid
35.nefarious
36.physiognomy
37.retinue
38.suppliant
39.tedium
40.torrid
* CWP
HW: CWP
Monday, 10/3: "M.S. Found in a Bottle"; CWP
* Pray
* Preview of Upcoming Assignments
- CWP Due Wednesday, Oct. 5
- No School on Thursday or Friday
- Finish your Outside Reading for Monday, Oct. 10
- Journal 12 Comparison due Tuesday, Oct. 11
- In-class essay Wednesday, Oct. 12
- Binder check (this is going to be funky with all the different options and some having had notes crash, so I'll just be doing a quick look at your notes and basic organization).
* College Advice Notes
* Contest Review: Poe party post.
If you wish, you may take this prompt as the Q1 theme for your CWP. The limit for the contest is 750 words, so you could write a story and perhaps compose a poem or two along the same lines.
* Work on your CWP
HW: Work on your CWP
A Post Script Just for Fun:
The message in a bottle motif is still alive and well. The Police popularized it in 1979; it is said to be Sting's favorite song and one of his most covered.
Old School Improptu: He is said to have been visiting the concert and was then asked to play
More Recently
John Mayer does well
Matisyahu
But Poe's is quite another story (see the Poe post for the story link). I hope you enjoy it!
* Preview of Upcoming Assignments
- CWP Due Wednesday, Oct. 5
- No School on Thursday or Friday
- Finish your Outside Reading for Monday, Oct. 10
- Journal 12 Comparison due Tuesday, Oct. 11
- In-class essay Wednesday, Oct. 12
- Binder check (this is going to be funky with all the different options and some having had notes crash, so I'll just be doing a quick look at your notes and basic organization).
* College Advice Notes
* Contest Review: Poe party post.
If you wish, you may take this prompt as the Q1 theme for your CWP. The limit for the contest is 750 words, so you could write a story and perhaps compose a poem or two along the same lines.
* Work on your CWP
HW: Work on your CWP
A Post Script Just for Fun:
The message in a bottle motif is still alive and well. The Police popularized it in 1979; it is said to be Sting's favorite song and one of his most covered.
Old School Improptu: He is said to have been visiting the concert and was then asked to play
More Recently
John Mayer does well
Matisyahu
But Poe's is quite another story (see the Poe post for the story link). I hope you enjoy it!
College Advice: My Notes from the Visit with Student Services
MVC: We're on a 4.0 point scale, weighted.
School CEEB Code: 053705
UC A-G List Site: http://www.ucop.edu/doorways/
Your Advisors and their duties (the letters correspond to the letter of your last name; for example, Marcus Schwager be would advised by Mrs. Waldinger):
Resident and International:
Carolyn Mariot
A-G UC courses
NCAA Clearing House
International student testing and advising
Fill out a Recommendation Packet to give to those that will be recommending you to the college(s). Please give us two weeks of notice.
Private Schools:
Common Application (most schools)
State Schools:
Some also do the Common Application (but none in California)
Build your Profile in the month of October
Send in your application in the month of November
UC Application:
ELC Progam: Top 9% of MVC class is guaranteed the UC of their choice.
CSU: CSU Mentor
Cal Poly prefers the ACT.
Paying for School:
FAFSA.ed.gov Opens January 1. Deadline is March 2. The earlier you submit your application, the more likely you'll get more funds available.
Income statements: You can use last year's W2 (your parents'), then go in and modify it later when the new W2 is posted for this year's taxes.
Cal Grant: State (free) Money (more weighted to GPA but also need-based)
Pell Grant: Federal (free) Money (need-based)
Bog Waiver: Tuition Waiver (free tuition) for Community College only
Transferring to another school in the West? Look here: http://wiche.edu/wue
School CEEB Code: 053705
UC A-G List Site: http://www.ucop.edu/doorways/
Your Advisors and their duties (the letters correspond to the letter of your last name; for example, Marcus Schwager be would advised by Mrs. Waldinger):
A-D: Valerie Mooney
College visits
E-K: Kim Frey (and Alexxa Craton on reserve)
Frey: Coordination of PSAT and AP testing, career day
Craton-National Honor Society
L-Q: Richard Podratz
A-G UC courses
MVVA
NCAA clearing house
CAL Grant forms
Dual credit options
SSD paperwork
R-Z: Shari Waldinger
California Scholarship Federation
AAP determination
Dual credit options
Carolyn Mariot
A-G UC courses
NCAA Clearing House
International student testing and advising
Fill out a Recommendation Packet to give to those that will be recommending you to the college(s). Please give us two weeks of notice.
Private Schools:
Common Application (most schools)
State Schools:
Some also do the Common Application (but none in California)
Build your Profile in the month of October
Send in your application in the month of November
UC Application:
ELC Progam: Top 9% of MVC class is guaranteed the UC of their choice.
CSU: CSU Mentor
Cal Poly prefers the ACT.
Paying for School:
FAFSA.ed.gov Opens January 1. Deadline is March 2. The earlier you submit your application, the more likely you'll get more funds available.
Income statements: You can use last year's W2 (your parents'), then go in and modify it later when the new W2 is posted for this year's taxes.
Cal Grant: State (free) Money (more weighted to GPA but also need-based)
Pell Grant: Federal (free) Money (need-based)
Bog Waiver: Tuition Waiver (free tuition) for Community College only
Transferring to another school in the West? Look here: http://wiche.edu/wue
Block Day, Week 7: More Rubrics
Reality Check from Student Services
Check J11
AP Rubric: Blake (we will simply read and briefly discuss the poems)
"The Knight's Tale"
HW: Finish Reading "The Knight's Tale"
Check J11
AP Rubric: Blake (we will simply read and briefly discuss the poems)
"The Knight's Tale"
HW: Finish Reading "The Knight's Tale"
Wednesday, 9/28: ICE Rubric
* Sweet Books: Masefield (1931), Chesterton (1932), Skeat's Translation
* Rubric
* Recent Examples
* Work in Class
HW: J11 "The Knight's Tale": Review the character of the Knight from "The Prologue." What about his tale relates to his person and personality? (1/2 page or more)
* Rubric
* Recent Examples
* Work in Class
HW: J11 "The Knight's Tale": Review the character of the Knight from "The Prologue." What about his tale relates to his person and personality? (1/2 page or more)
Tuesday, 9/26: Rhetoric, etc.
Notes:
-We have been considering Beowulf as the seed of chivalry and Chaucer as a flowering of the seed.
-Notice that "The Knight's Tale" takes up where Antigone left off but shares virtually nothing of its spirit.
-Notice that the medievalist took old tales and drew them through his own soul to recast them in light that is both more jovial and more chivalrous than their original context.
-Compare this with Fra Angelico's Annunciation.
-Notice the modern contrast where more emphasis is placed upon photographic realism on one hand, or fragmentary recasting on the other. The medievalist loves a narrative whimsy. The modern artist is often very self-absorbed which makes for absolute seriousness on the one hand (since he believes his personal vision controls the "value" of the art) and dark irony on the other (when he recognizes how little his vision accomplishes and how little the vision is even his own).
Rhetoric: Virtual Salt
This is to help you review last year's terms and rhetoric for your CWP.
Summary of "The Knight's Tale."
This is to make your reading experience of "The Knight's Tale" less confusing.
HW: Read
-We have been considering Beowulf as the seed of chivalry and Chaucer as a flowering of the seed.
-Notice that "The Knight's Tale" takes up where Antigone left off but shares virtually nothing of its spirit.
-Notice that the medievalist took old tales and drew them through his own soul to recast them in light that is both more jovial and more chivalrous than their original context.
-Compare this with Fra Angelico's Annunciation.
-Notice the modern contrast where more emphasis is placed upon photographic realism on one hand, or fragmentary recasting on the other. The medievalist loves a narrative whimsy. The modern artist is often very self-absorbed which makes for absolute seriousness on the one hand (since he believes his personal vision controls the "value" of the art) and dark irony on the other (when he recognizes how little his vision accomplishes and how little the vision is even his own).
Rhetoric: Virtual Salt
This is to help you review last year's terms and rhetoric for your CWP.
Summary of "The Knight's Tale."
This is to make your reading experience of "The Knight's Tale" less confusing.
HW: Read
Monday, 9/26: Chaucer
* Vocabulary 21-30
* Return Papers
* Chaucer
- Discussion
- Begin "The Knight's Tale"
HW: Continue Reading "The Knight's Tale"
Block Day, Week 6: Chaucer
* Quiz 1
* Work on your CWP
* Chaucer Notes
Consider pilgrimage and it's modern counterparts.
Consider other medieval impulses that have reformed, transformed, or deformed.
Why is Chaucer considered the father of English poetry (and English literature entirely to many)?
* 2009 (if time permits)
HW: Finish Reading the Prologue
* Work on your CWP
* Chaucer Notes
Consider pilgrimage and it's modern counterparts.
Consider other medieval impulses that have reformed, transformed, or deformed.
Why is Chaucer considered the father of English poetry (and English literature entirely to many)?
* 2009 (if time permits)
HW: Finish Reading the Prologue
Wednesday, 9/21: Ligaments and Linkages
* Let's Take a Stroll through the Links
A Chaucer Biography
Thomas Becket (1118-1170): Archbishop of Canterbury; at odds with King Henry II; assassinated:
"...The wicked knight leapt suddenly upon him, cutting off the top of the crown which the unction of sacred chrism had dedicated to God. Next he received a second blow on the head, but still he stood firm and immovable. At the third blow he fell on his knees and elbows, offering himself a living sacrifice, and saying in a low voice, 'For the name of Jesus and the protection of the Church, I am ready to embrace death.' But the third knight inflicted a terrible wound as he lay prostrate. By this stroke, the crown of his head was separated from the head in such a way that the blood white with the brain, and the brain no less red from the blood, dyed the floor of the cathedral. The same clerk who had entered with the knights placed his foot on the neck of the holy priest and precious martyr, and, horrible to relate, scattered the brains and blood about the pavements, crying to the others, 'Let us away, knights; this fellow will arise no more (Lee, This Sceptered Isle).
* Check in books; check out books on this blog entry. Please do not check out Canterbury Tales if you have a Beowulf book presently. Please
1. Post a comment (anonymous in the pull-down list)
2. Type in your name, period, and title you are checking in or out (and barcode from front, inside cover if applicable)
3. Somehow figure out the crazy code you have to type in.
4. Refresh to see if it posted.
5. Do it again if it did not post. Sorry, that's how it goes with this sometimes.
* CWP
* Cards to Check?
* Study your words. Review your notes. You will have a short quiz tomorrow (or Friday, depending on your period).
HW: Study; Continue with the Prologue
A Chaucer Biography
Thomas Becket (1118-1170): Archbishop of Canterbury; at odds with King Henry II; assassinated:
"...The wicked knight leapt suddenly upon him, cutting off the top of the crown which the unction of sacred chrism had dedicated to God. Next he received a second blow on the head, but still he stood firm and immovable. At the third blow he fell on his knees and elbows, offering himself a living sacrifice, and saying in a low voice, 'For the name of Jesus and the protection of the Church, I am ready to embrace death.' But the third knight inflicted a terrible wound as he lay prostrate. By this stroke, the crown of his head was separated from the head in such a way that the blood white with the brain, and the brain no less red from the blood, dyed the floor of the cathedral. The same clerk who had entered with the knights placed his foot on the neck of the holy priest and precious martyr, and, horrible to relate, scattered the brains and blood about the pavements, crying to the others, 'Let us away, knights; this fellow will arise no more (Lee, This Sceptered Isle).
* Check in books; check out books on this blog entry. Please do not check out Canterbury Tales if you have a Beowulf book presently. Please
1. Post a comment (anonymous in the pull-down list)
2. Type in your name, period, and title you are checking in or out (and barcode from front, inside cover if applicable)
3. Somehow figure out the crazy code you have to type in.
4. Refresh to see if it posted.
5. Do it again if it did not post. Sorry, that's how it goes with this sometimes.
* CWP
* Cards to Check?
* Study your words. Review your notes. You will have a short quiz tomorrow (or Friday, depending on your period).
HW: Study; Continue with the Prologue
Tuesday, 9/20: Chaucer
* Check Cards
* Vocabulary: --20
* Review Commas: Punctuation Section 32 in Bedford
* Reading Chaucer
Testing these on the iPad, Harvard may be the best and easiest for you:
Harvard's interlinear translation of the Prologue. For now, you're just beginning the "Prologue."
Here is the complete index: The Index of Translations.
Here is the Harvard background page.
Others that also look good:
A Good Place to Start: With notes and side translations: .pdf
Side by Side: Easier
Skeat's (Original): Too Hard
More Resources:
* Primo! * Norton Online (a great resource for the year)
* World Literature: Chaucer (our text)
* Coppee: Chaucer and the Early Reformation (for extra goodness)
HW: Begin Reading The Canterbury Tales
* Vocabulary: --20
* Review Commas: Punctuation Section 32 in Bedford
* Reading Chaucer
Testing these on the iPad, Harvard may be the best and easiest for you:
Harvard's interlinear translation of the Prologue. For now, you're just beginning the "Prologue."
Here is the complete index: The Index of Translations.
Here is the Harvard background page.
Others that also look good:
A Good Place to Start: With notes and side translations: .pdf
Side by Side: Easier
Skeat's (Original): Too Hard
More Resources:
* Primo! * Norton Online (a great resource for the year)
* World Literature: Chaucer (our text)
* Coppee: Chaucer and the Early Reformation (for extra goodness)
HW: Begin Reading The Canterbury Tales
Monday, 9/19: The Next Step
* Check J9: RD
* Card
* World Literature: Beowulf to The Renaissance Spirit
* Choose a Work: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, or Pearl, or Inferno (from the course plan)
HW: Card, Reading
* Card
* World Literature: Beowulf to The Renaissance Spirit
* Choose a Work: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, or Pearl, or Inferno (from the course plan)
HW: Card, Reading
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