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Friday, October 27, 2006

Friday, October 27, 2006

Friday, October 27, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. Hand in poetry analysis essay and TP-CASTT analysis
2. Hand in 10 facts about Milton
3. AP exam essay in class
HOMEWORK due Mon: Read pp417-422 On His Blindness, On Shakespeare, "Paradise Lost," Reading Paradise Lost
ABSENT 1
none

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 mins & log AR DEADLINE BK 1: MON OCT 30
2. Handouts on Medieval Period and 2 column notes
3. Write 2 column notes on the Medieval Period and hand in
ABSENT 2&4
IGNACIA, J
NYUGEN, P
RIDELA, P
Domingo, J
Kimura, C
Lutali, E
Neal, D

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins & log AR DEADLINE BK 1: MON OCT 30
2. Quiz on lines 121-340 of The Canterbury Tales pp 91-96
3. Read pp110-121 "The Nun's Priest's Tale"
Write a response after each of these 4 lines 26, 61, 86, 149 & hand in
HOMEWORK due Mon: Finish reading The Nun's Priest's Tale p110 and write a response after each of these last 4 lines: 236, 312, 446, 462
ABSENT 3
Acacio, S
Brisley, Z
Marks, K
Santos, N

Thursday, October 26, 2006

Thursday, October 26, 2006

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 mins & log AR DEADLINE BK 1: MON OCT 30
2. Hand in any more papers on Grendel VS Beowulf FINAL DRAFT
3. Hand in art project Beowulf
4. Quiz: Vocabulary and Anglo Saxon Period
personification: (n) using human traits to describe nonhuman things.
hyperbole: (n) using exaggeration for effect
1) first people known to live in England were the CELTS
2) ROMANS came, built roads, but left when Rome was attacked
3) ANGLES and SAXONS invaded England from northern Europe, pushing the Celts north and west
4) DANISH vikings attacked the Anglo-Saxons and established a large area known as the DaneLaw in northeast England
5) NORMANS from France attacked England and took control of the country