Thursday's Commentary (absent students only)

Hi,
I know many are out due to sickness and have not been in class the last couple of days. The link to the story and the article we have read this past week are below. After reading the article and story, please see the commentary question in the previous blog post and email me your response when you have completed it. Feel free to email me any questions you may have.
p.s. Have a great holiday!

-- Ms. A

Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady:
http://englishlanguagearts-progressiveacademy.wikispaces.com/file/view/sir%20gawain.pdf/247079577/sir%20gawain.pdf

Article / Love or hate yourself, advertising may be to blame:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/love-inc/201304/love-or-hate-yourself-advertising-may-be-blame

Commentary Question for 12/19

For tomorrow's commentary you will have the entire class period to respond to the following prompt:

Write a commentary discussing the importance or lack of importance of inner beauty during the Middle Ages and in modern American society.

Please cite and use direct quotes from both "Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady" and from "Advertisement May Be The Blame." You may also cite Shallow Hal and/or the short video clip "Real Beauty Sketches" by Dove.

Class Assignment for 12/16 -- Journal #31

Read "The Crowning of Arthur" by Sir Thomas Malory in your textbooks (Pages 905 to 911).
Answer 1-4 on page 911 in your journals.

King Arthur: His Life and Legends

Textbooks Next Week

Please bring your text books Monday through Friday of next week (December 16th through December 20th).

--Ms. A

For Tomorrow's In-Class Commentary 12/13

For tomorrow's commentary you can choose to answer one of the following questions:

1. What are the qualities of the Anglo-Saxon epic hero? How are those qualities represented in Beowulf?

2. How does the Anglo-Saxon hero compare with the Mesopotamian hero (Gilgamesh) or the Greek hero (Odysseus)? The modern hero?

Please be sure to bring copies of the Beowulf text in addition to any notes you may want to use.
You must also bring in one outside source for this commentary (a newspaper article, a book, etc.) and you must cite from this source! If using an article, please staple a copy of the article to your commentary. Be sure to also cite Beowulf as well.

Beowulf - Seamus Heaney: Part 2 of 2

Beowulf - Seamus Heaney: Part 1 of 2

Seamus Heaney's Translation of Beowulf

Please click on the following link: http://www.dentonisd.org/cms/lib/TX21000245/Centricity/Domain/882/Beowulf%20-%20Seamus%20Heaney.pdf

Response to "Crisis and Christianity" Due Thursday Dec. 4th

Please write a 1 1/2 page reflection/commentary responding to "Crisis and Christianity." This is a very informal response. You may write about what you've learned from the reading, or you may write about what interested you specifically. You do not have to cite the author, nor do you have to create a work cited page for this response.

This response is worth 6 points.

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