Honors English August 17-19 (We had NWEA testing on Monday & Tuesday)

Welcome to class! August 17, 2016 Do Now: Take our your journal and your copy of “The Seafarer.” In your journal complete the SWAGR acronym for YOUR culture: Source of food/water Writing & literature Achievements Government Religion What questions do you have about the culture assignment?

Seaing meaning in “The Seafarer” Each group will be assigned a question. Work with your group to answer the question fully. Use textual evidence to support your thinking. We will then present our findings to the class. This will give us a chance to teach others (the highest form of learning) and learn from other groups.

“The Wanderer” Read and annotate “The Wanderer.” Do NOT complete the questions.

August 18, 2016 Happy Thursday! I’m happy you’re here! Do Now: Take our your journal and your copy of “The Seafarer.” (You’ll also need “The Wanderer.” Answer the following question in your journal: Lines 101-124 of “The Seafarer” are controversial. Do YOU think they were part of the original poem? Why or why not?

What sounds similar? Could you recognize anything? “The Wanderer” Old English version "The Wanderer” What sounds similar? Could you recognize anything?

Glossing the Text In your group, talk about how to best paraphrase each stanza of “The Wanderer.” Write your decided paraphrase on the posters. Look for alliteration, caesuras, and kennings. Do we feel better about the poem now?

Creative Culture Projects How are you feeling about the project, the deadline, the artist statement? Action? What needs to happen now?

Finish your culture projects. Homework Finish your culture projects. Quiz on Tuesday over all 3 poems and Anglo-Saxon poetry techniques. The quiz consists of 22 questions. It is multiple choice.

August 19, 2016 Happy Friday, Americans! Do Now: Take out both poems. Hand in your Creative Culture Assignment to the back table. Make sure you have an artist’s statement and a rubric attached. Make sure you have a copy of the summer reading rubric, and a copy of the sample paragraphs. (On the podium)

On the blank summer reading rubric, write “Fabulous” next to 2.5, Summer Reading Review On the blank summer reading rubric, write “Fabulous” next to 2.5, “Good” next to 2, “Mostly right” next to 1.5, “Not fully realized” next to 1, and “attempted” next to .5.

Grade the three sample assignments using the rubric. Summer Reading Review Grade the three sample assignments using the rubric. What makes for a solid constructed response?

“The Wanderer” We will be working in pairs to answer 10 questions about the poem. Talk to each other and ask each other questions. Hand in 1 copy per pair. You will have a quiz over all three poems and poetic terms (elegy, caesuras, kenning, alliteration) on Tuesday.

Complete the comparison between ”The Wanderer” and “The Seafarer.” Homework Complete the comparison between ”The Wanderer” and “The Seafarer.” You will have a quiz on all 3 poems on Tuesday. Back to School Night is Monday.