Reminder and Update

I wanted to remind everyone we will be meeting in the South Building this week.

I would also like to send an update on the homework from last week. I realized the instructions for the law assignment were incomplete. Sorry for any confusion.

Read

• Read Book 1: A Voyage to Lilliput chapters I-VIII

• Write a 2-3 sentence summery of each chapter.

• Turn this assignment in.

Homework Due October 30th

English Literature Textbook

• Review and define the vocabulary at the end of Unit 4. Put in notebook.
• Read the summery of The Puritan Age at the beginning of Unit 5
• Read all the poems pages 97-102.
• choose one of these poems, analyze
• write a paragraph summery of the poem. Turn in

Research

• Read a biography of Jonathan Swift
• What country is he from?
• What is his schooling? include primary and secondary
• What religion/denomination did Swift belong?
• What were his major works?
• Research the major social and historical events in and effecting Great Britain during Swift's life
• List at least four major events during Swifts life.
• Read and research satire
• Define the term
• Why is Gulliver's Travels called a satire?
• Turn in

Read

• Read Book 1: A Voyage to Lilliput chapters I-VIII
• Write a 2-3 sentence summery of each chapter.
• Turn this assignment in.

Reminder:

Remember to be studying your Hamlet notes, assignments, and activities for the test on Tuesday.

Homework Due October 16th

Presentation

Prepare presentation on one of your Shakespeare plays. Include plot outline (use  the story sequence chart items), key characters and important quotes.

Reference Charles Lamb Tales From Shakespeare, the English Textbook, and various study aids for these projects. 

Your presentation to the class should be around five minutes.  

English Literature

Doctor Faustus

Read and answer the study questions.

Shakespeare's Songs and Sonnets 

Read the excerpts and poems. 

Choose one and rewrite it in modern english line by line. 

Hamlet 

Read Act five from Hamlet. 

Come prepared to discuss your reading.

Worksheets

Complete both the short answer study guide. Found in the dropbox or underneath questions are underneath.

Review 

Past worksheets and notes for a test covering the play.

Questions

1. Laertes thinks that Ophelia should have a better funeral service. What is the priest's answer? 

2. Why does Hamlet jump into Ophelia's grave?



3. What does the King say to Laertes to console him after Laertes and Hamlet are separated? 

4. What did Hamlet do to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?



5. What news does Osric bring Hamlet?



6. What happens to the King, Hamlet, Laertes, and the Queen?



7. Who does Hamlet recommend to the throne? 

Additionally

You will find it helpful to read the page before the assignment from the English Literature textbook.

Report Card Notice

Notice:

I realized that I won't have your report/project score until after you have presented it for class tomorrow on October 9th.
Therefore, report cards will be given out next week on October 16th not this week on October 9th.

Sorry about the confusion.

Blessings,
Your teacher
CMM

Homework Due October 9th

Presentation

Prepare presentation on one of your Shakespeare plays. Include plot outline (use  the story sequence chart items), key characters and important quotes.

Reference Charles Lamb Tales From Shakespeare, the English Textbook, and various study aids for these projects. 

Your presentation to the class should be around five minutes.  

English Literature

Faerie Queen

Read and answer the study questions.

The Passionate Shepherd to His love / The Nymphs Reply

Write a paragraph comparing these two poems. 

Hamlet 

Read Act four from Hamlet. 

Come prepared to discuss your reading.

Worksheets

Complete both the short answer study guide. Found in the dropbox or underneath questions are underneath.

Characters

Create a character story from the first four acts from a minor character at least two paragraphs in length and predict what will happen to them in act 5.

Questions

1. What does Hamlet think of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

2. Why must the King "not put the strong arm on" Hamlet?

3. When the King asks Hamlet where Polonius is, what is Hamlet's answer?

4. What is the content of the letters the King sends with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to England with Hamlet?

5. What prompts Hamlet to say, "My thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth!"?

6. What has happened to Ophelia?

7. Why does Laertes force his way in? What does he want?

8. What is the content of Hamlet's letter to Horatio?

9. What plan do the King and Laertes discuss to kill Hamlet?

10. What news does the Queen bring Laertes?