Brit. Lit.:

Today
We defined the characteristics of Medieval romance:

-chivalry
-Set in a far off place
-Has supernatural events
-Hero Structure
-Love as major plot element
-Spontaneous fights

I asked you to discuss 4 of the 6 in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.  This was your quiz.

I passed back your quiz fro wed.

We watched a modern re-telling of one of the Canterbury Tales: A Knights Tale. 

Comp. Lit. II:

Today
We played 3 Strikes and You Quiz.  A Block took a quiz by getting three strikes.  This was on CH 10,11,12.

I broke you into small groups and asked you to give modern 2014 teenage examples of the following terms:

Slang
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Idiom

Txting in the Rye.  If Holden was writing this in 2014, what would his txt look like?  I asked you to write ten txt msgs that capture Holden's tone and style, considering what we have been looking at in terms of language.

I showed you a interview with the director of the Salinger Documentary.
This can be viewed here:
http://www.examiner.com/article/catcher-the-rye-sales-soar-after-salinger-documentary-on-pbs

HW:  Please read CH 13,14,15.  Please continue with your stickies looking for at least 5 things that you found interesting.

Follow Holden's Footsteps in NYC

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/01/28/nyregion/20100128-salinger-map.html

Brit Lit:

Today:

We finished your group presentations.

We took a quiz on the presentations/reading from last night.

I assigned the following:

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: the Video Game

Assignment: You work for a small indie video game company, and have just purchased the publishing rights for a new video game based on the story. Please design a manual that will explain how the game is played. You will be graded on the following rubrics:


1.) A cover that has the title of your game and cover art for the game.

10 points

2.) Weapons page. Detailing at least 5 weapons that you have researched from the 14th century. Please include a picture and detailed 3 sent description for each.  These need to be in your own words.
20 Points

3.) Intro page, which summarizes the entire story.  250 words min.
20 Points

4.) 10 Levels. For each, please do the following:

Create a title for the level

Give a 5-10 sentence description of the objective of the level.

30 Points

5.) End boss

Include a detailed picture or description, including the one weakness that allows you to destroy the boss and win the game.
20 Points.

 

We went to the lab and researched 14th c weapons and shared.

 

HW:  Read Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

 

Comp. Lit. II:

We reviewed your reading (ch7,8,9)

We took a quiz on your reading (A Block)  B Block played three strikes and you quiz and was able to win the game and not take this quiz.

We broke into small groups and found examples of the style/language terms.  We introduced stickies to record examples going forward.

We shared your findings to the class.

I gave those interested a very rare non-circulating story about the Caulfield's The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls (shhhhh.) illegal bootleg literature is fun....  Please share with anyone that loves Catcher.

HW:  Please read ch 10,11,12.  Please use the stickies and record 5 examples and state what it means.

Brit Lit:

Today:

I collected your journals.

I broke you into you pilgrim groups and we finished our look at characterization- indirect and direct.

1/2 the class was able to present their research.

We will finish the second 1/2 Wed.

Here is the link to the animated Canterbury Tales that the BBC did a few years ago.  See if you character description holds up to how they modeled the clay figures:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3zUoNG_P_0

HW:  Please read pgs 91-121 (The Prologue)

Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

I collected journals #1-10

We discussed ch 4-6.  Specifically we looked at: Holden's inability to connect to people in any way, J.D.Salinger's use of comas and how Holden's red hunting hat is used to help Holden escape.  We talked about escapism and how social media is connected to this same idea.

We took a quiz on CH 4-6

We went over the Lit. Terms from the novel and explained how we would be using stickies to record them.  This will lead us to our first paper.

HW:  Please read ch 7,8,9

Comp. Lit. II:

Today
Journal Prompt #10:  Please describe what you did over vacation.  If you did nothing, please describe the "nothing" in detail.    1 page

We finished the documentary on Salinger.

HW:  Please read ch 4,5,6.

We will have a quiz on your reading Tuesday- so read!

Brit Lit:

Today:

Journal Prompt #10:  Please write the story of you vacation as a ballad from the notes that I gave you before vacation.  Please try and use as many of the characteristics as possible  20 lines min.

We went over the history of the Canterbury Tales.  For those at the Jr. assembly, please get these from me or someone in class.

We looked at the life of Chaucer.

We defined direct and indirect characterization.

I broke you into small groups and gave you two pilgrims to do a character sketch on a giant poster sheet.  We will be presenting these in class on Tuesday.

HW;  Please read pgs. 91-112.  Expect a quiz on reading and presentations.