Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Lit 12: Complete the paragraph

Today we started "The Prologue" to The Canterbury Tales.

Tonight: complete the heroic ideals paragraph. Double space. Title, name, date at the top. Cite correctly. Focus on style. Use the list of vocabulary words.

Tomorrow: Anglo-Saxon group presents the elegy, "The Seafarer".  They will be presenting and marking an assignment.

Monday: The Medieval Group presents their glog.

Next week we will update quizlet.

Today we did a number of new vocabulary words and defined satire.

priory, penance, cloistered, absolution, absolved,

Satire: hyperbole, understatement, irony, sarcasm, wit (puns, double entendres)