In Search of Arthur video

This link will take you to youtube.

Watch the In Search of Arthur video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQaI4yzGeRw&list=PLwfFkP-0bmEqk-9KwWQFWk8aEIGi9pwTL

Week 10

Week 10

dialling code
crossroads

fortnight

holiday

quod

posh

jacket potato

Bin

Sello tape

Jumble sale

VOCABULARY MIDTERM ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23

The Brit Lit vocabulary midterm test is on Friday, Oct. 23.  It covers all 90 words from the first 9 weeks of vocabulary.

Quizlet is available for students to use for review:

https://quizlet.com/join/uygNrpAg4

Week 9 vocab

Week 9

Peg out

Surgery

Nick

Haggis

Garden

Geyser

Slimming

Collywobbles

Rasher

Sponge

Week 8

Week 8

Afters

Kerfuffle

Banger

Big dipper

Mean

Boiled sweets

Minced beef

Bubble and squeak

Mate

Funfair

Analysis of Beowulf as a Mythical Hero

 

Answer the following questions thoroughly in a typed document.  Please quote extensively from the Beowulf text.  Be sure to cite the lines you use correctly. 

• Grendel is related to "monsters and elves and the walking dead, And also those giants who fought against God" ("Beowulf" 112-113).

 

1. Do you think Beowulf is a hero based on the poem as a whole? Use quotes from the Beowulf text to support your answer.

 

2. Based on your answer to question 1, show how Beowulf is or is not a hero in terms of the following qualities. Use quotes from the Beowulf text to support your answers.

 

1. Courage
2. Heroism
3. Leadership
4. Loyalty
5. Action

 

3. How do Campbell and Jung define a hero? 

1. Do you think Beowulf is a hero by their standards?
2. Explain why or why not using examples from the hero’s journey. Use quotes from the Beowulf text to support your answer.

 

4. Analyze the three fights.  Use quotes from the Beowulf text to support your answer.

1. Explain how Beowulf was the same in each fight.
2. Explain how Beowulf was different in each fight.
3. What lessons did he learn as he fought each one?

 

5. Is Beowulf’s confidence/cockiness an asset or a flaw? Use quotes from the Beowulf text to support your answers.

 

6. Compare Beowulf with a modern hero.

a.    How are the two personalities similar?  Use quotes from the Beowulf text and the modern hero’s text to support your answers.

b.    How are the two personalities different?  Use quotes from the Beowulf text and the modern hero’s text to support your answers.

 

Vocab Midterm on Oct. 23

Also vocabulary midterm will be on Oct. 23--covering all the words Weeks 1-9.  There is a link to a review game called Quizlet:

https://quizlet.com/class/1630703/

Book Reviews Due Oct. 16

British Literature Book Project #1

30 points.

 

A book reviewer discusses the overall quality of the a book and reveals just enough of the plot to intrigue the reader.  The writer will also discuss the overall quality of the book.   Follow the suggested format below—remember this outline is in Section Format (there will be and should be multiple paragraphs within each Section).  You always need a proper introduction and conclusion as well.

 

Section I--The first sentence of your book review should give the title of the book (underlined), the author's name, and a general statement.  Also include why or how did you select this book? Also give a brief plot outline that discusses the time frame, the setting, the amount of time that passes from the beginning to the end, the major conflict and lists characters.

 

Section II—Discuss SOME of these questions:

·         What is the time frame (setting) of the book? How do you know?  How much time elapses (passes) from the beginning to the end?

·         What characters did you enjoy most?  Least?  Why?

·         Which character changed the most?  Why and how?

·         What was the setting of the book?  How was the setting important to the story?  How did the setting affect the characters actions?

·         What is the main conflict in the story? How is it resolved? If you were the main character, what would you have done?

·         What message did you take away from this book?  What do you think was the theme of the book?

·         What did you think was the best and worst part of the book?

·         What surprised or confused you in this text?  Why?

 

Section III—British Connection—all of the outside reading in Brit Lit obviously have British authors—answer these questions please:

·         Some novels have a definite British flavour to them.  Does your novel stand out in any way that is particularly British? 

·         Discuss the language the author uses.  What words are unfamiliar?  What vocabulary words that we have had in class showed up in your book?   

·         Does the novel give you a glimpse into what life is like for British people?  Describe the setting. Is it set in England or one of the colonies? 

·         Characters—describe them and also indicate how they are portrayed by the author—what are some traits that make them British? 

·         Does it matter that the novel was written by a British person?  What about the reading of this novel has done to add to your understanding of the British culture? 

 

                Section IV—Review the book.  Why do you think the author gave the book its title?  What relationship does the title have to the story or character?   What lessons did you learn from this book?  Would you like to read other books by the same author? Why? If you could talk to the author, what would you say?  Would you recommend this book to other students? Why? What would you tell them to interest them in the book?

Week 7 Vocab

Week 7

Tube

Flat

Hoover

Skip

Jumper

Lift

Motorway

Mad

Nappy

Biscuit

Brit Lit Tshirts have Arrived!

Fifth Block biting their thumbs!

Fifth Block silliness

Fifth Block seriousness

First Block more sillness

First block