Monday, December 8, 2008
9th Grade Homework: Comprehension Questions and Summary of "Appointment with Love"
In the comments section of this post, I have put the summary of Appointment with Love and the comprehension questions and answers. It is your responsibility to copy these into your notes.
10th Grade Homework: The Characteristics of Epic
In the comments section of this post, I have put the rest of the notes about epic poetry. You must be familiar with all of this information when you take the final. I ESPECIALLY recommend that you memorize the information about the homeric/epic simile.
10th Grade Final Exam Study Guide
10th Grade Final Exam Study Guide for Fall 2008
Your Fall 2008 Final Exam will include 3 out of these 6 passages. You will have to identify where these passages are from, who wrote it, and then write a passage analysis for each of these passages in which you discuss the relevance of the passage, the literary terms within the passage (at least three literary terms in each passage), and finally, the purpose/effect of the passage. Because you only have 50 minutes to take this exam, I recommend that you write these analyses ahead of time so that you can organize your thoughts and make it easier to express yourself on the day of the final.
Remember that your rubric will be the same one that we always have— where each passage is worth 20 points.
Because you have these passages in advance, I will be grading your analyses VERY CRITICALLY.
Passage I
“The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.”
Passage II
"This thou perceivest, which makes they love more strong,
To love that well which thou must leave ere long.”
Passage III
"A HEART alone
Is such a stone
As nothing but
Thy power doth cut.
Wherefore each part
Of my hard heart
Meets in this frame
To praise thy name.
That if I chance to hold my peace,
These stones to praise thee may not cease."
Passage IV
"But Paris in turn did not linger long in his high house, but when he had put on his glorious armour with bronze elaborate he ran in the confidence of his quick feet through the city. As when some stalled horse who has been corn-fed at the manger breaking free of his rope gallops over the plain in thunder to his accustomed bathing place in a sweet-running river and in the pride of his strength holds high his head, and the mane floats over his shoulders; sure of his glorious strength, the quick knees carry him to the loved places and the pasture of horses; so from uttermost Pergamos came Paris, the son of Priam, shining in all his armour of war as the sun shines, laughing aloud, and his quick feet carried him; suddenly thereafter, he came on brilliant Hektor, his brother, where he yet lingered before turning away from the place where he had talked with his lady."
Passage V
No, it’s no disgrace for a man, even a wise man,
To learn many things and not to be too rigid.
You’ve seen trees by a raging winter torrent,
How many sway with the flood and salvage every twig,
But not the stubborn—they’re ripped out, roots and all.Bend or break. The same when a man is sailing:
Haul your sheets too taut, never give an inch,
You’ll capsize, and go the rest of the voyage
Keel up and the rowing benches under.
Oh give way. Relax your anger—change!
Passage VI
Therefore
we must defend the men who live by law,
never let some woman triumph over us.
Better to fall from power, if fall we must,
At the hands of a man—never be rated
Inferior to a woman, never.
Your Fall 2008 Final Exam will include 3 out of these 6 passages. You will have to identify where these passages are from, who wrote it, and then write a passage analysis for each of these passages in which you discuss the relevance of the passage, the literary terms within the passage (at least three literary terms in each passage), and finally, the purpose/effect of the passage. Because you only have 50 minutes to take this exam, I recommend that you write these analyses ahead of time so that you can organize your thoughts and make it easier to express yourself on the day of the final.
Remember that your rubric will be the same one that we always have— where each passage is worth 20 points.
Because you have these passages in advance, I will be grading your analyses VERY CRITICALLY.
Passage I
“The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.”
Passage II
"This thou perceivest, which makes they love more strong,
To love that well which thou must leave ere long.”
Passage III
"A HEART alone
Is such a stone
As nothing but
Thy power doth cut.
Wherefore each part
Of my hard heart
Meets in this frame
To praise thy name.
That if I chance to hold my peace,
These stones to praise thee may not cease."
Passage IV
"But Paris in turn did not linger long in his high house, but when he had put on his glorious armour with bronze elaborate he ran in the confidence of his quick feet through the city. As when some stalled horse who has been corn-fed at the manger breaking free of his rope gallops over the plain in thunder to his accustomed bathing place in a sweet-running river and in the pride of his strength holds high his head, and the mane floats over his shoulders; sure of his glorious strength, the quick knees carry him to the loved places and the pasture of horses; so from uttermost Pergamos came Paris, the son of Priam, shining in all his armour of war as the sun shines, laughing aloud, and his quick feet carried him; suddenly thereafter, he came on brilliant Hektor, his brother, where he yet lingered before turning away from the place where he had talked with his lady."
Passage V
No, it’s no disgrace for a man, even a wise man,
To learn many things and not to be too rigid.
You’ve seen trees by a raging winter torrent,
How many sway with the flood and salvage every twig,
But not the stubborn—they’re ripped out, roots and all.Bend or break. The same when a man is sailing:
Haul your sheets too taut, never give an inch,
You’ll capsize, and go the rest of the voyage
Keel up and the rowing benches under.
Oh give way. Relax your anger—change!
Passage VI
Therefore
we must defend the men who live by law,
never let some woman triumph over us.
Better to fall from power, if fall we must,
At the hands of a man—never be rated
Inferior to a woman, never.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
9th Grade Homework for this Week
9A- Read pages 418-19 in your textbook and do the comprehension questions. This is due Tuesday, 12/9.
9B- Read pages 418-419 in your textbook and do the comprehension questions. This is due Wednesday, 12/10. You will be turning these in to me-- so be ready to rip them out of your notebook.
9A and 9B- you have a quiz over The Black Arrow on Wednesday, 12/10.
*I am planning to have a final study guide ready for you by this Friday after school. This final will be on Monday.
9B- Read pages 418-419 in your textbook and do the comprehension questions. This is due Wednesday, 12/10. You will be turning these in to me-- so be ready to rip them out of your notebook.
9A and 9B- you have a quiz over The Black Arrow on Wednesday, 12/10.
*I am planning to have a final study guide ready for you by this Friday after school. This final will be on Monday.
9th Grade Homework-- Comprehension Question Answers for "The Ugly Duckling"
9A and 9B-
In the comments section of this post, I have put the answers to the comprehension questions for A. A. Milne's "The Ugly Duckling." It is your responsibility to copy these answers into your notebook.
In the comments section of this post, I have put the answers to the comprehension questions for A. A. Milne's "The Ugly Duckling." It is your responsibility to copy these answers into your notebook.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
10th Grade Quiz on Tuesday 12/2
10th Grade--
On Tuesday, 12/2 you will be given a quiz covering the comprehension questions from Book I of Homer's Iliad.
I decided not to quiz you over Antigone because I want to give you a test over it later instead.
10th Grade Homework: Iliad Book VI Comprehension Questions
Here are the comprehension questions for Homer's Iliad, Book VI. Write each answer thoroughly and thoughtfully, and do not forget to provide a page and line reference for each question.
You must finish comprehension questions 1-10 by Tuesday, 12/2
1. When Menelaos captures Adrestos, what does Adrestos ask him and offer him? How does Menelaos respond to this?
2. Who changes Menelaos's mind about Adrestos? How does he do this?
3. Why does Helenos tell Hektor to go back to Troy? What must Hektor do there?
4. Which warrior is causing great damage to the Trojans in the battle?
5. When Glaukos (a Trojan) and Diomedes meet in battle, what do they realize about their ancestors?
6. What do Glaukos and Diomedes trade? Who got the better deal in this trade? Why?
7. Who greets Hektor when he returns to Troy? What do they want to know?
8. Where does Hektor first go once he gets to Troy?
9. When Hektor's mother offers him some wine, what does Hektor say to her?
10. What does Hektor wish would happen to his brother Paris?
11. When the women go to the temple of Athene and beg her to protect the men againstt Dimoedes, who does Athene respond?
12. What is the second place that Hektor goes after leaving Priam's palace?
13. What is Paris doing when Hektor goes to see him?
14. What does Hektor say to Paris about the battle? How does Paris reply to him?
15. What does Helen say to Hektor about the war and about her decision to run away with Paris?
16. How does Hektor reply to Helen's attempt to make peace between Hektor and Paris?
17. After Hektor sees Paris and tells him to return to battle, where does he go next? Why is he going there?
18. What is the name of Hektor's wife? When Hektor goes to look for her, where does he find her? Why is she there?
19. When Hektor finds Andromache, what does she say to him about her family?
20. Who killed Andromache's family?
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