Week 2 vocabulary

Week 2

Haver

Bobby

Queue

Lorry

Mackintosh

Sweet

Chips

Flapjack

Iced lolly

Jelly

Regions of UK Powerpoint Project

DUE TUESDAY, SEPT 1

 

 

EMAIL POWERPOINTS TO Amanda.hapgood@olympia.org

 

To fully gain an understanding of Great Britain, it is important to have knowledge about the various regions of the nation.  For this assignment, you and a partner will select a region of the UK and research it.  What is there that people should know about?  What should people traveling to this area go see?

 

You are to create a PowerPoint (or GoogleSlides) with a partner about your region to present to the class.

 

Include the following information:

 

• Location—what is it near?  How do people get there?  Where is it in relation to major bodies of water, major towns?  Include a map of area and geographical description
• List at least 3 major towns
• Describe at least 5 major attractions—such as churches, museums, castles, palaces, natural wonders, National Trust Properties, old ruins, etc.
• Any other general information that you find interesting to share with others.
• Works Cited
• Grammar, spelling and punctuation are correct.
• Also include photos of region landscapes, major towns and attractions. 
• Use complete sentences in bulleted lists.

 

British Literature Quizlet Link

Below is a link to Quizlet--a vocabulary practice game site.  All of the weekly vocabulary lists have a practice quiz on the site.  Clink the link below to join.

https://quizlet.com/join/uygNrpAg4

Brit Lit Vocab Week 1

elevenses

barney

yob

berk

codswallop

knackered

bounder

wonky

motley

peckish

Brit Lit Syllabus

Thou art false of heart, light of ear, bloody of hand, quintessence of dust, all eyes and no sight and a veriset varlet that ever chewed with a tooth!!

It’s British Literature!

This course is a literature course aimed at upper classmen in high school and will focus on understanding the British culture through reading its prose and poetry.  The curriculum is arranged loosely in a chronological fashion, but with a few twists. 

 

Gaining a clear understanding of the United Kingdom’s geography, history and culture is the first unit of the course.  The first unit is a look the early Britons and Romans followed by a study of Beowulf and King Arthur.  Shakespeare will follow—including a look at who the Bard truly was, his time period and culture and two of his plays (Macbeth, a tragedy, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a comedy).  Discovering Mr. Darcy’s true nature and what it was like to be a female during Regency era is part of the Pride and Prejudice novel unit.  Students will dabble in the Victorian and Edwardian Eras, again gaining information about England and its culture during these interconnecting time periods—also reading a collection of short stories featuring Sherlock Holmes.  Five Red Herrings by Dorothy Sayers is a mystery novel featuring sleuth Lord Peter Whimsy and is set in Scotland (with lots of broad Scottish brogues)—this is a fun mystery that also gives some vital insights to the British hierarchy.

 

And now for something completely different--other areas of vital study will British vocabulary and popular culture.  Students also will need to read at least 2 novels of their choice (by British authors, of course!) and complete a writing assignment for each. 

 

Grades—yes!  Mrs. H uses the standard Olympia grading scale (see your handbook) and gives a 15% cumulative final at the end.  Students are expected to complete assigned readings in a timely fashion and complete related writing and cultural projects associated with those readings for a grade.  Quizzes and tests are certain.  Writing assignments, a definite.  

 

Welcome to Brit Lit!  I truly love teaching this class!!  I am very excited to share this class with you.

 

Questions?   Please email or chat with Mrs. Hapgood:

amanda.hapgood@olympia.org