WEEK 3

Good morning!

Here's your work for week 3:


1. FRONTIER VOCAB (same as last week)

2. Read "The Medieval Period" on p.45-49. In a 50-100 word response, discuss what the ideals of chivalry add to the Anglo-Saxon ideals of the epic hero.

3. Read "Sir Patrick Spens" and "The Wife of Usher's Well" on p.53,54. Answer the recalling and interpreting questions for both (p.55). 

4. Write a 12-line (3 stanzas) folk ballad. Yes, you heard that right. You're going to write a ballad. Read the Literary Focus section on p.55 for help. If you're familiar with the Gilligan's Island theme song, then you've got a good start for figuring out the rhyme and meter. Yes, your ballad can be silly. (Fun fact: Many of Emily Dickinson's poems can be read to the Gilligan theme song.) 

5. Revise your Beowulf essay. This is the FINAL DRAFT! ALL of your quotes must be incorporated, and most of you need to add a bunch. Here's a refresher on how to do that. And HERE is a deeper dive on the subject.

6. LBGB. Read chapter 2 and do the following: 

a) Flip these sentences (if it's active make it passive; if passive make it active). They may look familiar, like you did them in HSW1, but they're not. Not exactly:

i. "I threw the ball through the window."

ii. "The windows were washed by Billy."

iii. "Four moles were killed by my cats last week."

b)  Teach me (like last week) how to think about these often confused word pairs. And yes, show me examples for each:

i. less / fewer

ii. immigrate / emigrate

iii. imply / infer

Everything is due Friday at midnight.


HAVE A GREAT WEEK.