The Crucible-Background Webquest

Download this Word document and answer the questions using the website provided:

Crucible_Background

Harlem Renaissance Wrap-up

Today you will be wrapping up what you know about the Harlem Renaissance by putting it all together in a Venn Diagram. Complete the following steps:

1. Go to this website and explore some of the given links. In a Word document, take brief notes summarizing each section based on what you find in your research. Skip the broken links. If too many of the links are broken, you can do your own search on the subject.

2. Go to the interactive Venn Diagram here. Fill out diagram and print out when complete.

*When you finish, go to Quizlet page and study for your stems quiz tomorrow*

No Fear Shakespeare

Click HERE to access Sparknotes’ NFS series for Macbeth.

This is NOT a study guide, rather it is a modern English translation for Shakespeare’s play Macbeth. On one side, you’ll see the original Shakespearean text; on the other, you’ll see the modern translation. Use this resource if you are getting bogged down in the hard-to-understand Elizabethan language.

 

Assignment for 10/13/10

1. Choose 3 of the characters from the Canterbury Tales Prologue. You will be researching them within the context of medieval history. Answer the following questions about each character:

-What was their job description?

-Who did they work for?

-What types of duties did they face on the job each day?

-Did they have to have any training or education to do this job?

-Did they have a uniform or outfit they had to wear on the job each day?

-How does the character in the prologue seem different than your researched job?

-Name one other interesting fact you learned about this job.

When you finish, go to one of the grammar/word game websites found on the links bar.

Canterbury Tales Webquest–1st period

Click below for your assignment for Wednesday, Sept. 29. Anything not finished in class will be for homework!

Canterbury Tales webquest

Trying something new…Edmodo!

1. Go to edmodo.com

2. Click on student sign-up

3. Enter 8wfssl as your access code.

4. Sign up for notifications.

5. Look around site…what do you think?

Beowulf “Monster” Essay

Monster essay topic

Monster essay outline

Step 1: Figure out your topic
Step 2: Find an article (from a reputable source) about your “monster.”
Step 3: Fill out your outline
Step 4: Start writing your rough draft based on your outline.
Step 5: Editing/revision process
Step 6: Complete final paper

Diamante Poem Assignment

Today you will be creating 2 poems, called “Diamante Poems.” You will be creating one from the “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” sermon by Jonathan Edwards and one from the words of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

Steps:

1. Generate a list of powerful words found in each of the works, according to assignment printout.
2. Use the Diamante poem generator to make your poems. You will be using the “antonym” example. Use your assignment handout to help.
3. Create one for each work of literature.
4. Print your poems when complete and turn in to me. If you don’t finish by the end of class, they are due at the beginning of the class period tomorrow.

Click here for the MLK speech text.

*When you are finished, go to the Stems page of the website and study using Quizlet.

2nd period: Stems list 3 questions

1. Do a pendant and a necklace have anything in common?

2. Do homologous structures have dissimilar constructions?

3. Is a vivacious personality a vicious personality?

4. Is a convivial person a wallflower?

5. Is a dependent person self-sufficient?

6. Is a pantheon one god or  a group of gods? (theo=god)

7. Is polygamy marriage to more than one person? (gamy=marriage)

8. If a culprit is exculpated, is he out of trouble? (culp=blame)

9. Is a weak, indecisive person omnipotent? (potent=power)

10. Is a clam’s pseudopod a true leg? (pod=foot)

The Puritan Influence

What do you know about the Puritan people? How do you think their lifestyle influenced the type of literature they wrote?

Respond to these questions in a comment below in at least one paragraph. Make sure that you read all comments posted before yours and build on those comments. You can reply directly to another student’s response by hitting the “reply” button below their comment.