Mon, Sep 26, 2022
Discuss Unit 1 Essay Question and Beowulf Essays - Make Your Bed
Discuss The Wife of Bath's Tale and Sir Patrick Spens
Review background for "Everyman" pg 162
Read "Everyman Archetype" pg 168
Assignment: from Everyman
Read pg 162-174 "Everyman" in class reading parts Questions due after reading of one act.
Reflect on Mirrors and Windows (M&W)
Do questions 1-3 pg 174 for discussion on Wed
Objectives After reading this selection, students will be able to
apply reading strategies and skills.
analyze literary elements
use context clues to understand unfamiliar vocabulary words.
address critical thinking questions
use writing options to assess understanding of the text.
Tue, Sep 27, 2022
Reading in class of a one-act modern version of the 15th Century Allegorical Sermon of Everyman
Discuss Questions over Everyman.
College Assignment: Writing Option #1 pg 174. Write a one-act script that teaches a moral lesson. Create a work as an allegory using Everyman as a model. See instructions in text for more instructions. Script needs to be posted to the Stream by Fri with at least three responses to classmates. Make sure to respond to everyone that comments on your post.
Objectives
compare a modern version of Everyman to the medieval version in our texts
identify the use of metaphor in character, setting, and events.
infer the author’s views on certain abstract qualities by how they are portrayed in the play.
compare abstract allegorical characters to types of people, objects, and actions.
identify the moral or lesson of Everyman. 6. identify a morality play and its defining characteristics.
recognize the importance and the place of morality plays in the overall context of English literature.
Wed, Sep 28, 2022
Read together pg 175 - Chivalry and Romance
Assignment:: "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"
Read and discuss Build Background (BB) pg 176 (read together)
Assign Journal writing - Reader's Context pg 176
Discuss Arthurian romance and alliteration; Discuss Set Purpose pg 176
Read pg 177 - 189 "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" - Reflect on Mirrors and Windows (M&W)
Do questions 1,3 & 4 pg 201
Objectives After studying this lesson, students will be able to
read, interpret, analyze, and evaluate two Arthurian romances, one in verse and one in prose.
analyze and understand Arthurian romance and alliteration (What is Romance? Sparknotes)
compare and contrast the use of language in the two selection
Thu, Sep 29, 2022
Discuss questions pg 201 over "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"
Assignment:: Le Morte d'Arthur
Read pg 190-198 "Le Morte d'Arthur" - Reflect on Mirrors and Windows (M&W)
Do questions 2, 3 &5 pg 201
Fri, Sep 30, 2022
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