Arthurian+Legends

12/16/2013

Please complete review puzzles for the second Arthurian Legend Unit Test (65 points) tomorrow.



12/13/2013







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•Within the Arthur tradition is the belief that he will return or rise again (messiah). •Most legends list his “resting” place as Avalon or Avilion, an earthly paradise.

The Three Ravens'

Please answer questions 16-20 from Le Morte Darthur reading guide.

12/11/2013

•Le Morte Darthur is Middle French for the death of Arthur (properly written Le Morte d’ Arthur).

•Sadly, the brave Sir Gawain was killed in a battle with the usurper of Arthur’s throne: Mordred. Page 4 & 6: Background Information & Family Tree (Character Connections)

12/10/2013: SNOW DAY?!?

12/9/2013



Le Morte Darthur

12/6/2013

•The Faerie Queenewas written during a time of religious and political controversy.

•One of the major conflicts was between the Catholic Church and newly founded Protestant Church.

ACTIVITY

ANSWER KEY

12/5/2013

The Faerie Queene, Gloriana, is an allusion to Elizabeth I.

The other books in the poem represent the same knightly virtues as found on the pentangle.

Please read answer through stanza 50/question 25.

12/4/2013

•The Faerie Queene is an unfinished epic poem by Edmund Spencer.

•We are reading an excerpt of Book 1 of 12, Canto VIII “Holiness.”

Please read and answer through stanza 25/question 11.





11/26/2013

Watch Season 1, Episode 1 of Merlin: The Dragon's Call

11/25/2013

11/22/2013

Test: Tuesday, 11/26

65 points

30 stories/poems (m. choice/t. or f.)

20 vocabulary (matching)

10 bell ringers (m. choice)

5 grammar (a or b option)

•Next time: literary elements (all 20) and applying skills section (5-10 questions) also 65 points.  Review 1: Grammar Review 3: Vocabulary

11/21/2013

Integrating Quotes

Option 1: For example, “quote” (p. ref). Option 2: Noun (person) verb (says), “quote” (p.ref) Option 3: Finish your thought with “quote” (p.ref).



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 * EXAMPLES**

Rule 30h: Comma & Conjunction

1. The legend of King Arthur has proved impossible to verify, but “together they [stories] add up to the greatest theme in the literature of the British Isles” (Wood).

31a: Just a Semicolon

2. In the tradition of the Welsh poets, Nennius lists the many battles of Arthur; this proves “quote" (Wood).

11/20/2013

•In addition to containing several allusions, “The Lady of Shalott” is often alluded to.

•For example, the song and video “[|If I Die Young]” by the Band Perry allude to “The Lady of Shalott.”

Review grammar exercises 3-4.

11/19/2013

•A poetic foot is a pair of syllables/beats. •Tetrameter:4 feet of stressed and unstressed beats has 8 syllables (A/C rhymes). •Trimeter:3 feet of stressed and unstressed beats has 6 syllables (B rhymes). 11/18/2013

•“The Lady of Shalott” contains allusions to other texts.

•For example, the “red-cross knight” references our next text The Faerie Queene.

•Finally, Lancelot’s line “tirra lirra” is part of a Shakespearean song.

The Lady of Shalott

11/15/2013





11/13/2013

•Sir Gawain is the nephew of King Arthur and is portrayed as one of the greatest Knights of the Round Table.

•According to some legends, Sir Gawain is the rightful heir to the throne of Camelot.

Read Part 2 of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight





11/12/2013

Read Part 1 of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight



11/11/2013

•Heraldry: The system by which coats of arms and other armorial bearings are devised.

•Coat of Arms: The distinctive heraldic bearings or shield of a person, family, corporation, or country.





11/8/2013

•Excalibur is the sword from the Lady of the Lake, but the Sword in the Stone is unnamed.

•Gloam means twilight.







11/7/2013

•Excalibur is the sword from the Lady of the Lake, but the Sword in the Stone is unnamed. •Gloam means twilight.  Please read "La Belle Dame Sans Merci." Please answer questions 16-20. Finally, please answer questions 1-5 below the ballad. [|Ballad and Questions 1-5]

11/6/2013 •The etymology for “Arthur” is unknown; however, a few of the options mean “bear.”

•The Briton, Celtic, and Latin translations all link a bear to a man/king/guardian.

Please read: Please answer questions 1-15: