Monday
8/18
Hurricane Fay
Tuesday
8/19
Hurricane Fay
Wednesday
8/19
Intro to Class and Teacher
Handout rules
expectations
Assign books and financial forms
Book report #1
Due: 8/28 (3 grades)
Thursday
8/19
Journal 1
Preview units of rest of course.
Read:
The Beginnings of English p. 12
Listen:
to Old English Recordings
Transparencies:
Viking Artifacts
Answer: questions
Friday
8/20
Journal 2
Discussion
Kenning, caesura, assonance, alliteration
Handout rules
expectations
Assign books and financial forms
Book report #1
Due: 8/28 (3 grades)
Thursday
8/19
Journal 1
Preview units of rest of course.
Read:
The Beginnings of English p. 12
Listen:
to Old English Recordings
Transparencies:
Viking Artifacts
Answer: questions
Friday
8/20
Journal 2
Discussion
Kenning, caesura, assonance, alliteration
Vocabulary
Note
Journals should be one page in length. They need to be written clearly, as you are required to type these for your portfolio.
Journal 1: What should I know about you, especially as it relates to this class? Also, tell me about your summer.
Journal 2: Choose one of the following topics: Marlins, Dolphins, Heat, Olympics, Obama vs. McCain.
Journal 3: Assimilation: Where were you and your parents born? If you or your parents come from another place, how was the experience of assimilating to a new language and a new culture?
If you can trace your roots back to this country (80 years back__a generation being 20 years, so four generations ago), how do you think your great grandfather's life was like?
Journal 4: Is Fate Stronger than any Man's mind or Desire.
Journal 5: Open Poem (use alliteration)
Journal 6: Explain Christian influences on the narrator of Beowulf and on the poem.
Journal 7: open Journal