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Literature, both old and new,sheds light on today's moral and political issues. I'd like to hear your views. Scroll to the bottom for a relevant link on the issue of the day.

Friday, November 18, 2011

The Summoner and The Pardoner

Check out EddieS and BryanS beautiful and information packed powerpoint of the Summoner and the Pardoner!
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Canterbury Tales

Write the names of the two characters your group is researching.
Highlight the names, go to the link icon and paste the url of the google doc presentation you created.
Items in your presentation:
Title slide
one slide for each of the following qualities--
procession, appearance, dress, actions, motto, Chaucer's comments;
repeat these qualities on different slides for the second character.


Writing a Ballad

Write your own ballad about a tragic figure. Use 4-line stanzas, and rhyme lines 2 and 4. Compose a total of 20 lines (5 stanzas @ 4 lines each). Illustrate your ballad.

Victor Frankenstein

Victor Frankenstein

Forbidden Knowledge in Frankenstein

Victor Frankenstein belongs to the realm of science fiction. But human experimentation is being done today.Is human cloning permissible? How much genetic engineering should be allowed?

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Write a Nature poem

Use ample description. How does this aspect of nature makes you feel? Use sensory details. Choose words with appropriate connotations--if the subject is positive, use positive connotations, if negative, use negative connotations, if ambivalent, use ambivalent connotations.

Life in the Middle Ages.

Imagine yourself in the Middle Ages in Britain. Write a song, a monologue, or a letter about some person you have met or some event you have witnessed.

Riddles

Post your own riddle. Do not include the answer, which you will reveal later. The riddle should include clues, some misdirection, and an invitation to solve the riddle or name the object.

When you finish posting, try to solve three other riddles by reading them and posting your comments.

NYT > Washington

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Beowulf- a King Destined for Glory

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