Pizza cram Monday morn at 10 until noon. Make sure you are signed up. If not, email Ms. Egan.
Exam: Tues. Dec. 13th 1 p.m. in the double gym.
Friday, December 9, 2011
English 10 A
Bring two pens and two pencils to the gym for your exam, Tues. Dec. 13th at 1 p.m. Be sure to get a good night's sleep and eat a hearty breakfast and a light lunch. Dress in layers so you are prepared for gymnasium temperatures. Be sure to keep your feet warm. Bring a watch so that you keep to the suggested times on the exam.
This exam tests your reading and writing skills. It particularly tests your ability to read directions. The directions explain exactly how you will be marked. The criteria are listed there for you so it is key that you match all of the criteria in your answers.
To study: Go on line and do the practice exams. Take home your blue folders and see if there are one or two typical errors that you seem to keep making. Correct them. I'll be in my office Monday before 10 and all Monday afternoon and Tues. morning if you'd like some help.
Key literary terms for this test are the ones you know well
personification, irony, metaphor, simile, alliteration, onomatopoeia.
You may not use a dictionary or a thesaurus on the exam so study your vocabulary list and our verb lists so that you are prepared to elevate your diction. Memorize the literary must-haves list and memorize your favourite transitions from our list. The best way to prepare is to read as much as you can, especially your USSR books and To Kill a Mockingbird as a book trains your eye and your ear.
You are ready for this exam and I expect you to do well. Be confident. Be prepared. Write neatly. If I can't read your handwriting, you do not get the marks. You may not re-write this exam as it is a summative mark which should reflect what you can do after a term of advanced English 10.
If you plan to write a short story, study the sheet on how to punctuate speech. You will lose marks if you punctate it incorrectly.
Homework: Finish reading and post-it noting To Kill a Mockingbird as we will begin our quotation logs in January and use them to write the essay.
Update Shelfari by Dec. 14. Put your response under the November heading. Read as many books as you can over the holidays. We are starting a reading challenge (grade 9s against the grade 10s) and all of the books you've read since Sept. will count. Each book counts for one ticket for monthly book gift certificate draws and for our grand prize (to be drawn in June) of an e-reader. Lucky you!
I'm really proud of the work you have accomplished and I look forward to your literacy project presentations in May. Be sure to work on it as needed.
This exam tests your reading and writing skills. It particularly tests your ability to read directions. The directions explain exactly how you will be marked. The criteria are listed there for you so it is key that you match all of the criteria in your answers.
To study: Go on line and do the practice exams. Take home your blue folders and see if there are one or two typical errors that you seem to keep making. Correct them. I'll be in my office Monday before 10 and all Monday afternoon and Tues. morning if you'd like some help.
Key literary terms for this test are the ones you know well
personification, irony, metaphor, simile, alliteration, onomatopoeia.
You may not use a dictionary or a thesaurus on the exam so study your vocabulary list and our verb lists so that you are prepared to elevate your diction. Memorize the literary must-haves list and memorize your favourite transitions from our list. The best way to prepare is to read as much as you can, especially your USSR books and To Kill a Mockingbird as a book trains your eye and your ear.
You are ready for this exam and I expect you to do well. Be confident. Be prepared. Write neatly. If I can't read your handwriting, you do not get the marks. You may not re-write this exam as it is a summative mark which should reflect what you can do after a term of advanced English 10.
If you plan to write a short story, study the sheet on how to punctuate speech. You will lose marks if you punctate it incorrectly.
Homework: Finish reading and post-it noting To Kill a Mockingbird as we will begin our quotation logs in January and use them to write the essay.
Update Shelfari by Dec. 14. Put your response under the November heading. Read as many books as you can over the holidays. We are starting a reading challenge (grade 9s against the grade 10s) and all of the books you've read since Sept. will count. Each book counts for one ticket for monthly book gift certificate draws and for our grand prize (to be drawn in June) of an e-reader. Lucky you!
I'm really proud of the work you have accomplished and I look forward to your literacy project presentations in May. Be sure to work on it as needed.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Writing 12
Thanks to Isabella and to Sophia for such a compelling look at Leonard Cohen's work. The exercises were wonderful.
Manuscript will be due the third week in January. I don't have the specific date yet. You have the manuscript guidelines which we will review in Jan.
Holidays are wonderful times to observe the world, read poetry, reflect on your life, maybe do some writing or editing. Email poems to each other. Ask for feedback. Be honest with which lines work and which ones don't.
Jan. 15th is the deadline for the national poetry contest. You may send them two poems (pick two you think you'd like to have published on their national website). Previous winners may be viewed at www.youngpoets.ca
We'll also be sending poems to three other contests and to three magazines so you really will want to polish them off. If you have time over the holidays, wonderful. If not, there will be time during classes in Jan. I've booked various computer labs for your convenience. Make sure you have all 11 poems in a safe and secure file as I will need both hard and electronic copies.
Manuscript will be due the third week in January. I don't have the specific date yet. You have the manuscript guidelines which we will review in Jan.
Holidays are wonderful times to observe the world, read poetry, reflect on your life, maybe do some writing or editing. Email poems to each other. Ask for feedback. Be honest with which lines work and which ones don't.
Jan. 15th is the deadline for the national poetry contest. You may send them two poems (pick two you think you'd like to have published on their national website). Previous winners may be viewed at www.youngpoets.ca
We'll also be sending poems to three other contests and to three magazines so you really will want to polish them off. If you have time over the holidays, wonderful. If not, there will be time during classes in Jan. I've booked various computer labs for your convenience. Make sure you have all 11 poems in a safe and secure file as I will need both hard and electronic copies.
AP Lit
I forgot to give you the novel, Portrait of the Artist, our next novel study. I will charge the novel to your account and give it to you during the exam tomorrow.
I suggest you do a first read of it over the break so that you know the characters, settings, conflicts, key themes, and post-it note the passages that you think would be important for us to discuss.
Ms. Fraser is a Joyce scholar so I'm hoping she will be a guest lecturer for us. What luck!
It is also a coming of age novel so you will see a lot of similarities to Hamlet. If you have not yet read, J.D. Salinger's novel, Catcher in the Rye, I suggest you read that one as well. You want to have as many novels and plays under your belts, so to speak, as possible, in order to be really well prepared for the final essay question.
You'll notice in Joyce's novel that he uses stream of consciousness style so we will need to pay particularly close attention to style as well as theme this time.
Death of a Salesman: Thank you for your rapt attention during this quick unit. The wonderful thing about reading and studying plays is that you can get a lot of mileage out of them. This play will be very useful on the AP exam. We'll finish up the presentations in Jan. spend one period on discussing the set and the use of past and present, decide on the tragic character question, and then you'll write a test. I've put it in SDS for Jan. 11.
Next term, we need to study poetry and practice the mutltiple choice sections and continue to write fabulous essays. It will be amazing. If there is a particular poem that you would love to study, please let me know.
I suggest you do a first read of it over the break so that you know the characters, settings, conflicts, key themes, and post-it note the passages that you think would be important for us to discuss.
Ms. Fraser is a Joyce scholar so I'm hoping she will be a guest lecturer for us. What luck!
It is also a coming of age novel so you will see a lot of similarities to Hamlet. If you have not yet read, J.D. Salinger's novel, Catcher in the Rye, I suggest you read that one as well. You want to have as many novels and plays under your belts, so to speak, as possible, in order to be really well prepared for the final essay question.
You'll notice in Joyce's novel that he uses stream of consciousness style so we will need to pay particularly close attention to style as well as theme this time.
Death of a Salesman: Thank you for your rapt attention during this quick unit. The wonderful thing about reading and studying plays is that you can get a lot of mileage out of them. This play will be very useful on the AP exam. We'll finish up the presentations in Jan. spend one period on discussing the set and the use of past and present, decide on the tragic character question, and then you'll write a test. I've put it in SDS for Jan. 11.
Next term, we need to study poetry and practice the mutltiple choice sections and continue to write fabulous essays. It will be amazing. If there is a particular poem that you would love to study, please let me know.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
English 10 A
If you were away today, be sure to hand in your Alyson Rowe response. Define and write sentences for the next two words on our list, disapprobation and dispensation. Read your USSR book for at least 15 minutes and pick up the study package from me or copy it from a friend. Be sure to read through the sample C section compositions.
Homework: Write a complete composition on any of the prompts on the handout. Be sure to follow the criteria and re-read the samples several times in order to fnd a writing style and scenario that you can rely on. Think--examples, good style, engaging topic. Keep the topic in mind but you do not have to connect directly to the topic, nor must you agree with the topic. This section is testing your ability to write a multi-paragraph sample in any combination of descriptive, narrative, expository or persuasive style. If you neglect to do a minimum of 3 paragraphs, you are docked on letter grade.
Bring in a double-spaced copy for peer comments.
We'll also review the literary terms and section B, the synthesis essay next class. Read through the samples and be sure to visit the website. Google BC provincial exams. Try the e-exams listed there, too.
Homework: Write a complete composition on any of the prompts on the handout. Be sure to follow the criteria and re-read the samples several times in order to fnd a writing style and scenario that you can rely on. Think--examples, good style, engaging topic. Keep the topic in mind but you do not have to connect directly to the topic, nor must you agree with the topic. This section is testing your ability to write a multi-paragraph sample in any combination of descriptive, narrative, expository or persuasive style. If you neglect to do a minimum of 3 paragraphs, you are docked on letter grade.
Bring in a double-spaced copy for peer comments.
We'll also review the literary terms and section B, the synthesis essay next class. Read through the samples and be sure to visit the website. Google BC provincial exams. Try the e-exams listed there, too.
AP Lit
We meet Thursday, first period, yay. We will watch the end of the film and discuss the play. I can also answer any questions you may have regarding the provincial exam.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Writing 12
Wasn't Carla Funk wonderful? I loved how she taught us to embrace anecdote (the things that happen to us in our daily lives) and then add tension to it in order to find the poem. What were your favourites? I really appreciated the questions and comments you made. By doing so you make the guest feel really welcomed and listened to.
I'm really looking forward to reading your poems. It seems like it's been a long time since your last submission. I suspect Carla's reading will inspire you.
Please give me your response to Carla's reading on Thursday.
Isabella and Sophia are presenting to us on Thursday. Yay.
I'm really looking forward to reading your poems. It seems like it's been a long time since your last submission. I suspect Carla's reading will inspire you.
Please give me your response to Carla's reading on Thursday.
Isabella and Sophia are presenting to us on Thursday. Yay.
Lit 12
We managed to make our way through Paradise Lost. Well done!! Approach it as a piece of fiction, i.e. an epic poem and then put it into its Puritan perspective, your knowledge of Milton, the historical context and it's a majesterial piece, no?
Vocabulary test tomorrow. Study the words. They are listed in a previous blog.
Review days: Wed. and Thurs. Bring the review sheets from unit one, bring in your sets of cards on literary terms. We'll be playing literary term bingo on Friday. Amazing prizes!!
Pizza exam cram with Ms. Egan's class Monday at 10:00 in our room. Sign up tomorrow in class.
Vocabulary test tomorrow. Study the words. They are listed in a previous blog.
Review days: Wed. and Thurs. Bring the review sheets from unit one, bring in your sets of cards on literary terms. We'll be playing literary term bingo on Friday. Amazing prizes!!
Pizza exam cram with Ms. Egan's class Monday at 10:00 in our room. Sign up tomorrow in class.
Monday, December 5, 2011
AP Lit
We watched the 1985 film version of Death of a Salesman today, directed by Volker Schlondorff, a member of the New German cinema. Here's a link to find out more about him here: Find out more about the director
The acting is extraordinary but what do you think of the set? We'll finish watching it next class and then we'll discuss Act 2. I hope you have read it thoroughly and have taken good notes or used post-its.
How is the studying for the English 12 exam going? Dec. 9th is Friday. 1 p.m.
The acting is extraordinary but what do you think of the set? We'll finish watching it next class and then we'll discuss Act 2. I hope you have read it thoroughly and have taken good notes or used post-its.
How is the studying for the English 12 exam going? Dec. 9th is Friday. 1 p.m.
Lit 12
We reviewed terms and author/titles today. Looks like the class needs to review the authors and titles. Wednesday, we'll have a quiz on the Paradise Lost vocabulary. You can get the list from the previous blog or it is on the board in our room. We'll finish off Paradise Lost tomorrow, which means we have just two more works and we'll be finished the Renaissance so prepare for a test on unit 2 in January. We'll use Wednesday and Friday classes to review for your Dec. 13th exam.
Study daily as there is simply too much content to leave it all the the day before.
Excellent work on Paradise Lost today. Read over the section we did today and I bet it will seem so much easier to read now. Look for the sympathetic way that Milton treats Eve. Why is that? How is Satan and hell portrayed? What question about God is he attempting to answer? Why? Why does he invoke the muse, Urania?
Don't get overwhelmed by the periodic sentences. Figure out what is the subject of each one and then you'll see how the extra details are their to add to the epic tone and create this amazingly visual masterpiece.
It's like a film on paper, isn't it?
Now, what is the difference between blank verse and free verse? Found any epic similes yet?
Study daily as there is simply too much content to leave it all the the day before.
Excellent work on Paradise Lost today. Read over the section we did today and I bet it will seem so much easier to read now. Look for the sympathetic way that Milton treats Eve. Why is that? How is Satan and hell portrayed? What question about God is he attempting to answer? Why? Why does he invoke the muse, Urania?
Don't get overwhelmed by the periodic sentences. Figure out what is the subject of each one and then you'll see how the extra details are their to add to the epic tone and create this amazingly visual masterpiece.
It's like a film on paper, isn't it?
Now, what is the difference between blank verse and free verse? Found any epic similes yet?
English 10A Alyson Rowe's talk
Thank you for your rapt attention, the feedback, and the respect you showed our guest today. What an amazing experience. I'd like you to think about how this talk has impacted you and write a response. Bring your response to class Wednesday.
You can visit warchild on facebook. You can read Alyson's tweets @alysonrowe
You can vist warchild's site: www.warchild.ca and you can sign up for their monthly newsletter.
In your response you can discuss any of the topics that Alyson raised:
Length: 300 to 500 words. Double space. Focus on your writing style as well. This type of writing is good practice for section C of the provincial exam which I will be explaining to you on Wednesday.
You can visit warchild on facebook. You can read Alyson's tweets @alysonrowe
You can vist warchild's site: www.warchild.ca and you can sign up for their monthly newsletter.
In your response you can discuss any of the topics that Alyson raised:
- social media
- social media and new ways you now know to promote your literacy project
- You can talk about your literacy project
- You can talk about the mockumentary films she showed us
- You can talk about warchild
- You can talk about service and student leadership
- You can talk about fundraising (what you've done, plan to do, re-thinking it etc)
- You can talk about Alyson's approach, her talk, her life,
- You can talk about what you enjoyed about the presentation, what questions you have
- You can talk about other sites you visited
- You can talk about whether you would like to learn to tweet in this class
- You can discuss Dr. Nutt's plans, approach, her book
- You can go hear her speak tomorrow night at 7 p.m. in the lecture theatre--you must register. See your email
Length: 300 to 500 words. Double space. Focus on your writing style as well. This type of writing is good practice for section C of the provincial exam which I will be explaining to you on Wednesday.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
English 10A Special Presentation on social media: Monday morning
Please arrive on time as we have a special presentation, which I feel will be beneficial to promoting your literacy projects. How to reach people with your message is a big part of your literacy campaigns so we're fortunate to have Samantha Nutt's publicist Alyson Rowe, visit us Monday. Please ensure that you are on time.
For an article on Samantha Nutt, author of
For an article on Samantha Nutt, author of
'Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies and Aid visit: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/11/23/f-vp-stewart.html This book would be a great one for us to read as a class since, like To Kill a Mockingbird, it deals with topical issues key to our lives today.
To learn about War Child before Alyson's visit, click on this link: War Child, a world where no child knows war . . .
Alyson's presentation to our class, Monday morning, period 1, will address the following:
Social Media Presentations
Using Social Media for Social Change
Overview
As part of War Child’s “Blogging Challenge” held in 2010, War Child would like to host an information session at St. Michael’s University School on Monday, December 5th.
This presentation will use the “Blogging Challenge” as an example of how charities and not for profit organizations can raise awareness about social justice using social media.
Presentation Outline
This presentation will use the “Blogging Project” as an outline to show how you can use social media and will outline what the different social media tools are.
The presentation will focus on the following three questions:
1 – What is social media and why is it important for youth?
2 – How is social media shaping how we learn about world issues?
3 – How can you use social media to share information about world issues?
Alyson Rowe, War Child Canada’s Senior Manager of Community Development will be facilitating these presentations. Alyson is responsible for building a loyal supporter base for War Child that is both engaged and responsive. This is achieved through strategic outreach, both online and in real life. Alyson is more than an ambassador for War Child, she is the organizations voice, particularly online. As such, she is responsible for articulating War Child's often complex message in a compelling way that draws supporters into the discussion as participants, rather than mere listeners. Alyson plays a key role in developing War Child's overall marketing and communications strategy and the platforms that she is responsible for are increasingly the focus of War Child's advertising and advocacy.
Event Details
This presentation will run for approximately one hour. This presentation has been generously funded by the Canadian International Development Agency.
Friday, December 2, 2011
AP Lit
Thanks for your articulate and observant presentations today. I was transfixed. Please read Act 2 carefully, post-noting or taking notes. Pay particular attention to the motifs and characters that we focused on today.
We'll watch the film on Monday. Have a good weekend.
We'll watch the film on Monday. Have a good weekend.
Writing 12 - Friday, Dec. 2
Two fabulous poems are due Tuesday. You have all weekend to revise and tweek. Follow the editing rules and your heart and you'll be fine.
REMEMBER: Poet Carla Funk will be reading to us on Tuesday. Please be on time. Bring questions you have about your writing and Carla will attempt to answer them. Take notes. The response to Carla will be due Thurs. Dec. 8th. Follow the criteria on the Larissa Horlor sample.
Here is a link to some of Carla's work:
Discover Carla Funk
REMEMBER: Poet Carla Funk will be reading to us on Tuesday. Please be on time. Bring questions you have about your writing and Carla will attempt to answer them. Take notes. The response to Carla will be due Thurs. Dec. 8th. Follow the criteria on the Larissa Horlor sample.
Here is a link to some of Carla's work:
Discover Carla Funk
Thursday, December 1, 2011
English 10A: Homework extended until Wed. Dec. 8
Be sure to take your novel home for the weekend as you need to read and post-it note to the end of chapter 17 (page 178). If you think you'll be busy next week, please read ahead.
Next week we will go through the grade 10 provincial exam so that you will be able to get all your questions asked. If you would like to practice, there are several exams on line. Visit: http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/search/searchResults.php and search through the samples.
One great idea is to copy down any words from the mulitiple choice section that you do not understand. Words that describe tone can sometimes be confusing. For example: nostalgic, wistful, genial, etc. These words are often repeated. Make sure that your vocabulary is up to date.
Here are the examinable terms:
Examinable Terms and Devices in Literature
A
Alliteration
Allusion
Antagonist
Aside
Atmosphere
Audience
B
Ballad
Bias
Blank verse
C
Character
Chronological order
Cliché
Climax
Colloquial
Comedy
Compare
Conflict (internal, external)
Connotation
Contrast
D
Denotation
Description
Dialogue
Direct presentation
Drama
Dynamic character
E
Exposition; expository
F
Falling action
Figurative language
First person point of view
Flashback
Flat character
Foil
Foreshadowing
Free verse
G
Genre
H
Hyperbole
I
Image
Imagery
Indirect presentation
Irony
J
Jargon
L
Limited omniscient
point of view
Lyric
M
Metaphor
Mood
N
Narration
Narrative
Narrator
O
Objective point of view
Omniscient point of view
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
P
Paradox
Personification
Persuasion; persuasive
Plot
Point of view
Propaganda
Protagonist
R
Refrain
Resolution
Rhyme
Rhyme scheme
Rhythm
Rising action
Round character
S
Sarcasm
Satire
Setting
Simile
Slang
Sonnet
Speaker
Stanza
Static character
Stereotyped character
Style
Suspense
Symbol; symbolism
T
Theme
Tone
Tragedy
U
Understatement
Next week we will go through the grade 10 provincial exam so that you will be able to get all your questions asked. If you would like to practice, there are several exams on line. Visit: http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/search/searchResults.php and search through the samples.
One great idea is to copy down any words from the mulitiple choice section that you do not understand. Words that describe tone can sometimes be confusing. For example: nostalgic, wistful, genial, etc. These words are often repeated. Make sure that your vocabulary is up to date.
Here are the examinable terms:
Examinable Terms and Devices in Literature
A
Alliteration
Allusion
Antagonist
Aside
Atmosphere
Audience
B
Ballad
Bias
Blank verse
C
Character
Chronological order
Cliché
Climax
Colloquial
Comedy
Compare
Conflict (internal, external)
Connotation
Contrast
D
Denotation
Description
Dialogue
Direct presentation
Drama
Dynamic character
E
Exposition; expository
F
Falling action
Figurative language
First person point of view
Flashback
Flat character
Foil
Foreshadowing
Free verse
G
Genre
H
Hyperbole
I
Image
Imagery
Indirect presentation
Irony
J
Jargon
L
Limited omniscient
point of view
Lyric
M
Metaphor
Mood
N
Narration
Narrative
Narrator
O
Objective point of view
Omniscient point of view
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
P
Paradox
Personification
Persuasion; persuasive
Plot
Point of view
Propaganda
Protagonist
R
Refrain
Resolution
Rhyme
Rhyme scheme
Rhythm
Rising action
Round character
S
Sarcasm
Satire
Setting
Simile
Slang
Sonnet
Speaker
Stanza
Static character
Stereotyped character
Style
Suspense
Symbol; symbolism
T
Theme
Tone
Tragedy
U
Understatement
Lit 12
Today we created Fact / React charts to get us more involved in the readings and to ensure that more people get an opportunity to talk during class. I'll mark the charts and return them to you, Monday.
Review today's terms:
Puritan
blank verse
periodic sentence
in medias res
epic poem
epic similes
invocation
heavenly muse
classical influences of Homer's The Ilyiad and The Odyssey and Virgil's Aeneid.
justify the ways of God to man
divine right of kings
A Poet of God
John Milton's life
individual relationship with God
Make sure that you read Paradise Lost. Use Spark notes or a similar site to assist you. It will be a challenge but it will be worth your while because if you know what is happening, you are much more able to infer, to make connections, and to analyse the text when you arrive for class on Monday. There could be a surprise quiz on Monday, right? There could be cookies for those who made notes, right? There could be any number of wonderful things happening in the universe knowing that the Lit 12 students have integrity and do their homework in a timely fashion, right?
Vocabulary is needed to help you. Copy the following words into your Paradise Lost notes. There will be a vocabulary quiz on Monday and you may use your notes. You have to actually copy out the words into your notes. As you copy, make sure you are able to use the word in a sentence. If you are not sure, bring sentences with you to class. We'll be creating sentences on Monday.
guile (noun) cunningness, slyness
Leviathan (noun) a giant sea creature found in the Bible
perdition (noun) hell or eternal damnation
to vanquish (verb) to defeat in battle
oracle (noun) source of wisdom or prophecy (foretelling the future)
impetuous (adjective) impulsive
to transgress (verb) to sin, to break the law
transgression (noun) the act of making a mistake, sinning, going off track
ethereal (adjective) not of the earth, spiritual
deluge (noun) a great flood, a lot of water
to deify (verb) to make god-like
deity (noun) a god
to extort (verb) to steal or to obtain money via intimidation, extortion is the noun
dubious (adjective) doubtful
wrath (noun) anger, usually associated with violence, the wrath of God is a common phrase
ignominy (noun) ignominous is the adjective, the state of feeling ashamed or disgraced, shameful,
apostate (noun or adjective) Satan is an apostate or hell is an apostate setting, it means a person who renounces one's faith, a renegade or defector, or it can mean abandonment of a previous loyalty--the act of committing apostasy, can be religious or political in meaning
providence (noun) God's grace or protection
sufferance (noun) putting up with something, suffering through but not enough to do anything about it ie God's sufferance of Satan, another definition is patient endurance
This list of words can be found in Paradise Lost; however, these words will be applicable to several poems we study this year so memorize away!!
Review today's terms:
Puritan
blank verse
periodic sentence
in medias res
epic poem
epic similes
invocation
heavenly muse
classical influences of Homer's The Ilyiad and The Odyssey and Virgil's Aeneid.
justify the ways of God to man
divine right of kings
A Poet of God
John Milton's life
individual relationship with God
Make sure that you read Paradise Lost. Use Spark notes or a similar site to assist you. It will be a challenge but it will be worth your while because if you know what is happening, you are much more able to infer, to make connections, and to analyse the text when you arrive for class on Monday. There could be a surprise quiz on Monday, right? There could be cookies for those who made notes, right? There could be any number of wonderful things happening in the universe knowing that the Lit 12 students have integrity and do their homework in a timely fashion, right?
Vocabulary is needed to help you. Copy the following words into your Paradise Lost notes. There will be a vocabulary quiz on Monday and you may use your notes. You have to actually copy out the words into your notes. As you copy, make sure you are able to use the word in a sentence. If you are not sure, bring sentences with you to class. We'll be creating sentences on Monday.
guile (noun) cunningness, slyness
Leviathan (noun) a giant sea creature found in the Bible
perdition (noun) hell or eternal damnation
to vanquish (verb) to defeat in battle
oracle (noun) source of wisdom or prophecy (foretelling the future)
impetuous (adjective) impulsive
to transgress (verb) to sin, to break the law
transgression (noun) the act of making a mistake, sinning, going off track
ethereal (adjective) not of the earth, spiritual
deluge (noun) a great flood, a lot of water
to deify (verb) to make god-like
deity (noun) a god
to extort (verb) to steal or to obtain money via intimidation, extortion is the noun
dubious (adjective) doubtful
wrath (noun) anger, usually associated with violence, the wrath of God is a common phrase
ignominy (noun) ignominous is the adjective, the state of feeling ashamed or disgraced, shameful,
apostate (noun or adjective) Satan is an apostate or hell is an apostate setting, it means a person who renounces one's faith, a renegade or defector, or it can mean abandonment of a previous loyalty--the act of committing apostasy, can be religious or political in meaning
providence (noun) God's grace or protection
sufferance (noun) putting up with something, suffering through but not enough to do anything about it ie God's sufferance of Satan, another definition is patient endurance
This list of words can be found in Paradise Lost; however, these words will be applicable to several poems we study this year so memorize away!!
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