1. MONDAYTUESDAYWEDNESDAYTHURSDAYFRIDAY Choose Your Own Adventure PROJECT DUE 12/15 Choose Your Own Adventure RESEARCH Medieval Literature Review Medieval Literature Review Intro to Shakespeare Bring HAMLET to class

3. Choose Your Own Adventure due MONDAY 1.THE TEXT with ANNOTATIONS--your interpretation of the text, your thoughts, your ideas, your understanding 2.RESEARCH NOTES —someone else’s interpretation of the text, someone else’s thoughts, someone else’s understanding 3.CRITICAL SQUARE —a graphic organizer detailing setting, character, events, symbolic material 4.PLOT OUTLINE 5.ESSAY

4. CRITICAL SQUARE SETTING Countryside King Arthur’s Court Traveling through different towns for a year and a day Into the woods Back to the Court CHARACTERS King Arthur Guinivere Knight Fair Maiden Townspeople, Old Woman SYMBOLIC ELEMENTS Arthur lets Guinivere decide the fate of the Knight, giving power to the woman forthright The knight goes on a quest to find more than just an answer—he is on a quest for knowledge, forgiveness, grace, and redemption Supernatural element of transfiguration and/or disguise, the spell is broken when the knight responds to the challenge with the correct answer Meeting with the mysterious old woman—meeting with the mentor EVENTS Rape Punishment Knight on a quest for a year to find out what women want Finds out many different things—but all answers are incorrect Sees an old woman and finds out the answer Queen spares his life Old woman says as a reward she must marry him He does and is miserable until he passes a final test about respecting women and then the old woman turns beautiful

5. PLOT OUTLINE The Hook Inciting Incident Establish situation and conflict Develop and complicate situation The Climax Resolution Denouement

6. ESSAY (5 PARAGRAPHS) MLA/WORKS CITED 1 INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH 3 PARAGRAPHS OF DEVELOPMENT 1 CONCLUDING PARAGRAPH How does Chaucer use satire to critique an important social institution (the church, capitalism, marriage, the crusades, chivalry, etc)? How does Chaucer use symbolism to do a serious job of conveying an important religious theme? How does Chaucer do a realistic job of capturing life as it was in the 14 th century (as opposed to stereotyped notions of life as it was supposed to be that were popular in the morality tales or French romances)?

7. MEDIEIVAL LITERATURE What does it say? What does it mean? What does it matter?

8. The importance of COLLABORATION We remember ____percent of what we read ____ percent of what we hear ____ percent of what we see ____ percent of what we both see and hear ____ percent of what we talk about with others

9. using METAPHOR to deepen comprehension ABSTRACT Love Hate Betrayal Jealousy Envy Trust Friendship Commitment Anxiety Confidence CONCRETE Skateboard iPhone Driver’s license Bracelet Pizza Backpack Locker Jay-Z Movies Video games

10. Some examples: Friendship is like a drivers license because it will expire if you don’t renew it. Jealousy is like a backpack because it can get heavy to carry around. Trust is like a video game because there are many levels to it

11. EXTENDED METAPHOR Friendship is like a drivers license because it will expire if you don’t renew, it takes skill to obtain, and it requires that you pass a test. Jealousy is like a backpack because it can get heavy to carry around, it’s hard to zip up, and everyone can see you wearing it. Trust is like a video game because there are many levels to it, it requires practice, and it’s hard to repair once it’s broken.

12. THE ICEBERG SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE ARCHERY TARGET INGREDIENTS LISTING WALLET/PURSE PENCIL/ERASER

13. using METAPHOR to deepen comprehension ______ is like a______ because_________. _______ is like a ______ because ______, _______, and _______.

14. MEDIEVAL HISTORY KING ARTHUR SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT THE PROLOGUE TO THE CANTERBURY TALES THE PARDONER’S TALE THE WIFE OF BATH

15. EXTRA CREDIT DANCING SANTAS NEEDS YOU! Rehearsals Friday, Dec 12 and Wednesday, Dec 17 from 3:15-4:15 AUDITIONS FOR GREASE! NEXT WEEK AFTER SCHOOL