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Thursday, September 24, 2009

THU, SEP 24, 2009

THU, SEP 24

Pd 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Quiz Act 2 Macbeth
3. Check questions p 271 & 284
HW: Rd Act 3, do scene synopses. Due tomorrow.
HW: Read from college essay handout pp 3-4: Some Common Approaches, Stylistic Devices, and General ideas. Write a first draft, using your approach as your title. Also tell what Stylistic Device you use and what General idea is important to you.
Due Monday

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Vocabulary 3 & 4, THESIS & THEME. Study, review 1&2, practice quiz 1-4.
3. Beowulf art
• Materials:
- 1 sheet unlined paper
- 3 colors minimum
- “Grendel” handout
• Requirements:
1) Find a quotation from “Grendel.”
2) Write the quotation in big, dark letters with quotation marks across the top of the paper, with chapter# in parentheses.
Example: "A powerful monster, living down in the darkness" (1)
3) Draw a picture of the image described (no stick figures).
4) Make the art fill the space.
5) Show effort by using details.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. Quiz on pp 91-95: the Nun, the Monk, and the Friar
3. Read aloud pp 87-88 in Middle English, 103 the Summoner in modern English
HW: Read p104 about the Pardoner, then “The Pardoner’s Tale” pp 122-129 for quiz.