1. Warm-up Rewrite the sentences, placing the colons where they belong:
As I walked to the store, I thought of three things I needed apples, milk, and eggs.
I have a question regarding the comment you made was that intended at me?
Lady Macbeth asks the question “Are you a man?”
I enjoy reading mystery stories books by Stephen King are among my favorites.
There is only one thing left to do now confess while you still have time.

2. Whan that Aprill, with his shoures soote
The droghte of March hath perced to the roote
And bathed every veyne in wich licour
Of which vertue engendred is the flour

3. The History of the English Language

4. Proto Indo European (3,000 B. C
Proto Indo European (3,000 B.C.) The common ancestral language of all of Western Europe, Russia, and parts of India (Hindi)

5. Proto Indo European (3,000 B.C.)

6. Sir William Jones (end of 18th century) Studied Latin and Greek; came up with this theory

7. Sanskrit
Classical language of the Hindus
Jones studied it in India

8. Sanskrit + Ancient Greek + Latin = Common root language

9. Back to England…

10. The Celts

11. The Celts

12. The Celts

13. The Celts

14. The Celts

15. The Celts

16. Angles and Saxons and Jutes – oh, my!

17. 3 Powerful Germanic Tribes (early 5 century AD)
Angles
Language called “Englisc”
One of the main groups that settled in Britain.
Got their name from Angeln (city in Germany).
“England” and “English”
English people ended up being referred to as “Anglo”
Saxons
Jutes

18. Latin Alphabet

19. All three tribes spoke similar languages.
They didn’t write.
Were given the Latin Alphabet.
Languages merged.
Began writing it down AND…

20. VOILA! We got the first written version of English.
Uh, except to us, it looks and sounds nothing like
English…

21. Three attested periods:
…what does “attested” mean?

22. Old English

23. Old English Germanic tribes languages meshed together.
Formed “Old English”
Looks nothing like modern English.
Native speakers wouldn’t know what it means.
Our word roots can be traced back to Old English.
Ex: Beowulf

24. Middle Engish

25. Middle English 1066-William the Conqueror French influence
French was language of the Royal Court
Class division: lower classes (English) upper class (French)
Decline of Feudalism/growth of cities
English became dominant in Britain again
But French words were intermixed
The result was a new form of English: Middle English

26. Modern English

27. Modern English Early Modern (1500-1800) Late Modern English
Renaissance brought with it many new words and phrases.
Shakespeare.
Late Modern English
(1800-Present)
British Empire
Foreign languages filtered into English language.

28. Aka: The Dark Ages, The Medeival Era
The MIDDLE AGES
Aka: The Dark Ages, The Medeival Era

29. What do people think of when they hear “Medieval Times” ?
What traits of the “dark ages” do we see in these clips?

30. Introduction to the Middle Ages
I will divide you in six groups.
You will each get a section of the text.
You will read your assigned section as a group.
You will complete a poster following the guidelines of your group’s prompt.
You will teach the class about your part of the middle ages.
This should be finished by the end of class.