M Mozart Monday Reading "Act 4" Working with Groups HW: Complete Act 4: Choose a soliloquy from "Othello", annotate and write a paragraph discussing the tone, diction, and sentence structure Shakespeare used to develop it. Complete Sonnet Handout | T Discussing Shakespeare's Language Reading "Act 5" Group Work HW: Complete Act 5 | W Rules for Writers Theme Statement Workshop Final Othello Discussion HW: DJournals, Group Project | T Class Project Work Day HW: Complete Projects; Independent Research: Voltaire's France, French Lit & Satire | F Vocab Quiz Present Projects HW: Intro to Voltaire & Candide |
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This Week's Vocab:
akin, corroborate, inexorable, insipid, nefarious, physiognomy, retinue, suppliant semantics, syllogism, invective, pedantic, subplot How is existential theory conveyed by Gardner in Grendel? What is the historical relevance surrounding Shakespeare & Renaissance Literature?
This Week's Vocabulary: Test Friday avocation, capricious, disparity, efficacy, epistle, hospice, impetus, moribund, reticent, vacillate catharsis, deus ex machina, allegory, homily, didactic Study the first and last page of Grendel....then the first and last passage of Beowulf. Consider the overall tone of the writing...how does the grammatical structure, word choice, flow (or lack of), further develop the work? Annotate and write one paragraph discussing the writing structure for EACH work (two paragraphs, total) Grendel Glasshouse Assignment:Madelyn & Mishaun-- Existentialism & Nihilism as represented by Grendel and the Dragon.... Hannah & Ashl & Alex-- Isolation vs. Community as represented in the novel Amanda & Rachel & Tanner: The power that words & art have to change perception--consider the Shaper. Morgan & CAC-- Will vs. Fate; does Grendel control his actions...his fate...his identity? Grendel Quote Analysis AssignmentWe have discussed the importance of studying a writer...specifically reviewing how he or she develops in the craft in hopes of emulating this brilliance. Often, a writer can construct a single quote so powerful that it weighs heavy on your mind long after you completed the work. Choose one quote from "Grendel" that you feel encapsulates the essence of the novel. What makes it haunting and memorable? At least 1.5 pages, personal response...so no textual evidence needed. Assignments: Thursday---MondayAssignments for Thursday & Friday (all due Monday)
Study for Anglo Saxon exam Complete group theme statement. Complete Grendel quote analysis Read through & annotate Shakespearean history packet Read & take notes regarding "drama" for the following pages in the red book (on shelf) 835-837 856-857 879-933 (complete checklist for greek tragedy- sophocles) 934-938 |