- Synthesize information between poetry and nonfiction -Write a multi-paragraph expository essay -Explain which poem, "Fireflies in the Garden” or “Fireflies”, uses more accurate details -Decide on graphic organizer -Write thesis -Write rough draft. DOUBLE SPACE! January 23 Warm-up: Edit M.U.G. Sentence 1 (Week 15)

Synthesize information between poetry and nonfiction Explain which poem, "Fireflies in the Garden” or “Fireflies”, uses more accurate details Revise and edit rough draft Write final draft January 24 Warm-up: Edit M.U.G. Sentence 2 (Week 15)

January 25 Warm Up: Edit MUG Sentence 3 (Week 15)  Notes on characteristics of a legend  Vocabulary in context  Read “from Young Arthur” - retold by Robert D. San Souci - text pages  Create a timeline of events from the legend in chronological order. Minimum: 10 events.

Legend Story about heroes or heroines Handed down from the past through storytelling Often based on real people and events Organized chronologically Highlights an admirable trait that should be followed Through generations of storytelling, the characters, setting, and events become more imaginary and less factual Example: Arthurian legends are based on a chieftain in Britain around A.D After many retellings, the setting changed to the time of knights, 900 years later.

In medieval times, a knight was a soldier who possessed weaponry and a horse – two signs that he had greater advantages than most people of his time. Often, a knight worked for a wealthy landowner. An aspiring knight might enter his master’s house as a child and become an apprentice, known as a page, while he trained for knighthood. Knights became associated with a code of values and ideals known as chivalry. These values included loyalty, courtesy, honor, and valor (bravery). Arthurian legend is one of the best-known sources of lore about knighthood and chivalry. Today, the sovereign (ruler) of the United Kingdom bestows honorary knighthood as an award for outstanding achievement. Among the Americans who have received this honor from Queen Elizabeth are film director Steven Spielberg, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, and former mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani. An honorary knight is entitled to use the letters KBE after his name for “Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.”

January 26 Warm Up: Edit MUG Sentence 4 (Week 15) Continue “from Young Arthur” - vocabulary - complete timeline of events in chronological order Read AR: 25 points due 2/15 Read, test, go to library

January 27 Warm Up: Edit MUG Sentence 5 (Week 15), turn in  Archetypes – notes  Beowulf notes – students top of reading selection  Read Beowulf (students have own copy)  explain/discuss  students write paraphrase