2, 5: We went over words 9-12 on the Canterbury Tales Vocab #1 chart, and then we turned in the Beowulf Study Questions #3 sheet. There was a brief pop quiz over the dragon battle section. We began our film representational study of Beowulf by watching about 30 minutes of the 2007 Robert Zemeckis version depicted in the trailer below, and made notes on our Venn Diagram chart. 3, 4, 7: We went over words 9-12 and Latin term #4 on the Canterbury Tales Vocab #1 chart, and we turned in the Beowulf Study Questions #3 sheet. There was a brief pop quiz over the dragon battle section. We began our film representational study of Beowulf by watching about 30 minutes of the 2007 Robert Zemeckis version depicted in the trailer below, and made notes on our Venn Diagram chart. Continuation forms also continued to be due from unrepentant malingerers. ONGOING REMINDER: The Old English Recitation is due by Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 3:45PM. Your unit project is due on Thursday, September 8.
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2, 5: We went over words 5-8 on the Canterbury Tales Vocab #1 chart, and then Mrs. Firth went over the big-picture ideas from the Beowulf Study Questions #3 sheet (the two reasons why Beowulf's final battle was the most important, plus why the irony of Wiglaf's actions after Beowulf's death), which was due at the end of the period if possible but definitely by tomorrow.
3, 4, 7: We went over words 5-8 and Latin term #3 on the Canterbury Tales Vocab #1 chart, and then Mrs. Firth went over the big-picture ideas from the Beowulf Study Questions #3 sheet (the two reasons why Beowulf's final battle was the most important, plus why the irony of Wiglaf's actions after Beowulf's death), which was due at the end of the period if possible but definitely by tomorrow. Continuation forms were also due. ONGOING REMINDER: The Old English Recitation is due by Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 3:45PM. Your unit project is due on Thursday, September 8. Regrettably, Mrs. Firth was out on bereavement leave. She left the following memos to her classes.
Copies of today's vocab sheets are HERE for 2/5 and HERE for 3/4/7. The Part 3 study guide is HERE and the online text of Beowulf is HERE.
2, 5: We took the Beowulf Vocab Quiz #2, then worked in our groups to finish reading part 2 of Beowulf, which is lines 1251-1913. We finished/turned in the Beowulf Group Analysis sheet, although due to the extended picture day yesterday, 2nd period received an extension until Monday. 3, 4, 7: We took the Beowulf Vocab Quiz #2, then worked in our groups to finish reading part 2 of Beowulf, which is lines 1251-1913. We finished/turned in the Beowulf Group Analysis sheet. Every single student is required to submit the required Gifted Continuation Letter on Monday. ONGOING REMINDER: The Old English Recitation is due by Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 3:45PM. Your unit project is due on Thursday, September 8. 2: We went over words 13-15 on the Beowulf Vocab #2 chart, and then we went to the auditorium for class photos. It took the remainder of the period.
5: We went over words 13-15 on the Beowulf Vocab #2 chart, and then we went to the auditorium for class photos. It took the remainder of the period. We split into groups to read part 2 of Beowulf, which is lines 1251-1913. Reading groups worked on the Beowulf Group Analysis sheet, which we will work on tomorrow, when it is due. 3, 4, 7: We went over words 13-15 and Latin term #5 on the Beowulf Vocab #2 chart, and then we went to the auditorium for class photos. When we returned, we went back into our groups to read part 2 of Beowulf, which is lines 1251-1913. Reading groups worked on the Beowulf Group Analysis sheet, which we will work on tomorrow, when it is due. ONGOING REMINDER: The Old English Recitation is due by Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 3:45PM. Your unit project is due on Thursday, September 8. 2, 5: We went over words 9-12 on the Beowulf Vocab #2 chart, and then we split into groups to read part 2 of Beowulf, which is lines 1251-1913. Reading groups worked on the Beowulf Group Analysis sheet, which we will work on tomorrow and part of Friday, when it is due.
3, 4, 7: We went over words 9-12 and Latin term #4 on the Beowulf Vocab #2 chart, and then we split into groups to read part 2 of Beowulf, which is lines 1251-1913. Reading groups worked on the Beowulf Group Analysis sheet, which we will work on tomorrow and part of Friday, when it is due. TOMORROW IS PICTURE DAY: Fix up, look sharp. ONGOING REMINDER: The Old English Recitation is due by Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 3:45PM. Your unit project is due on Thursday, September 8. 2, 5: We went over words 5-8 on the Beowulf Vocab #2 chart, and then Mrs. Firth talked quiz stats from Friday. Quizzes will be returned when everyone who missed the quiz makes it up. We went over the Beowulf Study Questions #1 sheet in detail, which was due at the end of the period.
3, 4, 7: We went over words 5-8 and Latin term #3 on the Beowulf Vocab #2 chart, and then Mrs. Firth talked quiz stats from Friday. Quizzes will be returned when everyone who missed the quiz makes it up. We went over the Beowulf Study Questions #1 sheet in detail, which was due at the end of the period. Mrs. Firth also distributed the Beowulf Group Analysis sheet for part two of the epic, which we will begin working on tomorrow. ONGOING REMINDER: The Old English Recitation is due by Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 3:45PM. Your unit project is due on Thursday, September 8. 2, 5: We began with words 1-4 of the Beowulf Vocab #2 list. Then, because Mrs. Firth had her feelings hurt when only 45 out of 120 seniors watched her YouTube video about the Conventions of the Epic Hero and Epic Poem, she gave everyone a pop quiz about epics. Afterward, she passed back the Beowulf Study Guide #1 because we didn't have time to finish last week, and we were able to get through about #4 as a class.
3, 4, 7: We began with words 1-4 and Latin terms 1-2 of the Beowulf Vocab #2 list. Then, because Mrs. Firth had her feelings hurt when only 45 out of 120 seniors watched her YouTube video about the Conventions of the Epic Hero and Epic Poem, she gave everyone a pop quiz about epics. Some classes were able to watch the example video for the upcoming project. Afterward, she passed back the Beowulf Study Guide #1 because we didn't have time to finish last week, and we were able to get through about #4 as a class. ONGOING REMINDER: The Old English Recitation is due by Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 3:45PM. Your unit project is due on Thursday, September 8. Mrs. Firth was out, but the directions for the sub were as follows:
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