Lit. 12 Wed. Feb. 16 and 17

Wed: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight--Was that really three boards full of notes? Good job.
We read the medieval romance and took notes.
We checked off all of the literary terms that will be on Tuesday's test.
I returned the irony paragraphs and the Beowulf projects.

Thurs: Novel Presentations: Each group member chose a different passage to present. The presenter spent 15 minutes making notes on the quote under the following categories: tone, language, significance, connections to tother events in the novel and ended with a sentence or two which explains how the quote exemplifies your theme. They handed in the notes at the end of class and took notes on all the presentations. Be sure to borrow notes from a partner and hand me your notes, Monday.
I handed out a practice test and practice essay topics. You need to do the test and the essay this weekend. Here are the essay topics: Choose one. Write a 600 to 700 word essays. I also handed out exemplars for the essay and a package of literary terms to help study for Tuesday's test.

1. Characters' actions often speak louder than their words.
2. The literature studied this year is often didactic in nature.
3. Colourful characters make Medieval Literature memorable but also teach valuable moral lessons.
4. Pathetic fallacy is a key method of creating mood.
5. Medieval literature is most often elegiac in tone to reflect the instability of the time period in which it was written.

 Tonight: Read your novel. Post-it note the key passages that apply to your theme.
Tomorrow: Arrive ready to discuss the passages and continue taking notes in the method we started last week.

Thursday night: Complete the practice unit one test for Monday. Complete your Chaucer projects. Read your novel!! Try to finish it quickly and then you can go back and re-read, which is always the best way to discuss a book, after you have read it completely.

Monday: Arrive ready to peer-edit your practice test essay. We'll correct the rest of the test Monday as well. We'll review the criteria for the essay and the provincial rubrics.