Welcome Back!! You look rested and ready to have a great second term!
I appreciated your willingness to get right down to work today.
Sadly our projector wasn't working so I couldn't show you the Milton put to music video I was hoping. To get inspired visit this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X23fCUov8S8
For the four students absent today we read it aloud again so I suggest you do that first and then re-read your notes. Next, go through your writing files and determine which aspect of literary paragraph writing you really want to master this month: effective thesis statements, scintillating vocabulary usage, clearly explained quotations, how to cite epic poems, how to incorporate quotations more smoothly, engagement of the reader, going beyond the obvious, insight, etc. We worked in groups to create what/sowhat charts before creating terrific thesis statements to answer one of the questions below.
PARAGRAPHS: (DOUBLE SPACED) DUE MONDAY JAN. 9. If you need an extension, you must let me know in advance. Do not arrive on the day an assignment is due and ask for an extension. Deadlines must be met; however, deadlines need to fit our schedules, too. Thank you. IF YOU ARE ABSENT TODAY, EMAIL ME IF YOU CANNOT MEET MONDAY'S DEADLINE.
In a 350 to 500 word formal, literary paragraph, ANSWER ONE OF THE QUESTIONS BELOW. CREATE A WHAT/SO WHAT CHART IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE BEST EVIDENCE AND TO CREATE KEY INFERENCES TO INFORM YOUR THESIS.
1. Examine how Milton effectvely draws out our sympathy and interest in Satan to make us aware that we share Adam and Eve's vulnerability to him.
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2. Milton's purpose in Paradise Lost, is to justify the ways of God to man. Discuss what is revealed about God in this section.
Bonus 10%: Use Milton's vocabulary in your paragraph: Leviathan, perdition, oracle, vanquish, ethereal, transgress, deluge, deify, extort, dubious, wrath, ignominy, providence, apostate, guile, obdurate. Plus, any other words not on our vocabulary list that are in the poem. You do not have to use them all. Use them accurately to create an intense persuasive tone.
Have a great weekend.
Remember to write the aspect of literary writing you are working on as your title.
