Download Brit Lit Wed 1.28, CT Intro

BELLWORK
1. Pick up handouts—STAPLE
2. Get out your INTERVIEW
ANSWERS (I’ll check while we do
vocab)
3. Vocabulary unit 2 – Synonyms /
Antonyms (pg. 28-29)
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Wednesday, January 28th
• What am I learning today?
• ELACC12L1-6: Demonstrate the correct use of vocabulary and grammar in my writing.
• ELACC11-12RI1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences
drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
• What am I going to do today?
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Bellwork: Vocabulary unit 2 – Synonyms / Antonyms
Interview Answers Check
Read Sample Family Story
Go over all handouts and summative assessment – Inn Assignment or Medieval
Newspaper
• Introduce the Medieval community of Geoffrey Chaucer and his Canterbury Tales –
PowerPoint (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E-0PaK4RtI )
• Begin reading/analyzing the “General Prologue”
• What will I do to show I learned it?
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Interview Answers: TODAY!
Beowulf Musical Connection: Friday 1/30
6 Primary Quote Cards: Friday 1/30
Vocab Unit 2 "There's a Word for That": Friday 2/6
Family Story: Monday 2/9
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Musical Connection Assignment
• Remember to use CEI for in EACH
paragraph:
• Claim:
• Should be your first sentence
• introduce your claim/topic
sentence/thesis
• Evidence:
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1+ line from song
1+ line from Beowulf
Introduce all quotes with lead-ins
Don’t forget to CITE!
• Interpret:
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4-5 sentences of explanation
Connect the dots for your reader
SHOW your thinking
Be convincing!
Other Criteria
• 1 vocab word per paragraph, underlined.
• 1 higher-level sentence per paragraph,
underlined.
• MLA format
• “Song Titles” (quotation marks)
• Epic Poems (italics)
• Don’t forget: “lines of poetry that break / On
to the next line look like this” (47-8).
• Literary present tense
• Grendel rips (ripped) the heads off the Danes
• Address ALL required content:
• plot, characters, conflict(s), theme(s),
cultural values, STYLE
• Revise & Proofread
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