Turn Friday’s Homework into the tray prior to the start of class. 

While grading your homework this weekend, I realized that a few of you are still struggling with the elements of compare and contrast. Here is the text book response to the compare and contrast question about Gilgamesh and Beowulf:

Gilgamesh built Uruk and the keeping place for Anu and Ishtar; Beowulf destroyed Grendel and Grendel’s mother. Both accomplished heroic acts for their communities.

For a few extra credit points, leave a comment to this blog post by the end of the day that compares and contrasts this response with the response you turned in. You may even use the notes I wrote on your homework to help you out with this.

Also, let’s talk just a little bit about pronouns. What is a pronoun and why would it not be a good writing strategy to being a written response with a pronoun?

Unit notes will be collected again on Friday (April 8, 2016 by the end of the school day). Please be aware that all of your notes for the unit must be included in one file that you upload to Canvas. This means:

1. If you did not receive all of your points for any section of notes the first time around, you should have corrected them prior to turning them in for the second time.
2. You will be graded on the previous four sections being complete, as well as the following new sections for this week – Support, Medieval Romance, Vocabulary, Reading Notes.
3. You cannot wait until the last minute and simply take pictures of your notes and add the pictures individually to the Canvas assignment.

Support – Site * Justify * Maintain

To support something is to offer evidence, examples, or data in order to illustrate or bolster your claim or conclusion; cite those sources of information that justify your position.

Medieval Romance using Arthurian Legend

Vocabulary Builder Words 

assay	adroitly	entreated
adjure	largesse	peril
feigned	righteous	interred

 

Begin In class read aloud ”from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”