In the comments section of this post, I have put the answers to numbers 17 and 18 of the Oedipus handout. It is your responsibility to put these answers in your notebooks by Tuesday.
On Tuesday, we will be working on finishing our summary of The Raven. Read over the poem and what you have written down so far-- in the beginning of class, we will be verbally summarizing the previous stanzas and the winners will get a good prize, so study hard for this!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
9th and 10th grade homework due Friday 4/10
9A: You must finish reading "God Sees the Truth, but Waits" and do the comprehension questions.
9B: You must read "God Sees the Truth, but Waits"
10A and 10B: You must finish reading Oedipus the King pages 171-187 and do comprehension questions 1-5. I posted those comprehension questions awhile ago, so go back and look for them on this website. Please print out all the questions because after we go over 1-5, I want you to work on the rest of the questions in class. All of these will be due on Monday-- so make sure that you do all of your reading tonight so that you will only have to do the questions tomorrow!
Just to be nice, I have posted the comprehension questions for Oedipus yet again in the comments section of this post. I love you and hope you have a good night!
9B: You must read "God Sees the Truth, but Waits"
10A and 10B: You must finish reading Oedipus the King pages 171-187 and do comprehension questions 1-5. I posted those comprehension questions awhile ago, so go back and look for them on this website. Please print out all the questions because after we go over 1-5, I want you to work on the rest of the questions in class. All of these will be due on Monday-- so make sure that you do all of your reading tonight so that you will only have to do the questions tomorrow!
Just to be nice, I have posted the comprehension questions for Oedipus yet again in the comments section of this post. I love you and hope you have a good night!
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights pages 44-78 Answers
In the comments section of this post, I have put the answers to the comprehension questions for The Story of King Arthur and His Knights pages 44-78. You must have these written in your notebooks by next Thursday, 4/16
HOWEVER, on Monday 4/13 I will be giving you a quiz covering pages 3-78 of The Story of King Arthur and His Knights so you should start studying these questions and answers now in preparation for the quiz.
HOWEVER, on Monday 4/13 I will be giving you a quiz covering pages 3-78 of The Story of King Arthur and His Knights so you should start studying these questions and answers now in preparation for the quiz.
The Raven Vocabulary Help
This is a list of words taken from Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven. I am hoping this list will help you understand the story as you read.
1. Dreary- causing sadness or gloom
2. Ponder- think
3. Weary- tired
4. Quaint strange, peculiar, or unusual in an interesting, pleasing, or amusing way, skillfully or cleverly made.
5. Lore- collected facts, traditions, and beliefs about a particular subject
6. Mutter- to speak in a low tone, to murmur
7. Distinctly- clearly
8. Bleak- without hope, depressing
9. Ember- a small live piece of coal, wood, etc., as in a dying fire.
10. Wrought- made, etched, marked
11. Morrow- the next day
12. Radiant- shining
13. Entreating- asking permission for
14. Presently- at that moment
15. Hesitating- pausing, stopping
16. implore- ask
17. Scarce- hardly
18. Peering- looking intently, searchingly, or with difficulty
19. Token- mark of evidence or proof
20. Window Lattice a structure of crossed wooden or metal strips usually arranged to form a diagonal pattern of open spaces between the strips.
21. Thereat- at that place or time
22. Flirt and Flutter- to move suddenly, like the flapping of a fan, the quick flapping of wings
23. Stately- elegant, majestic
24. Perched- sat
25. nevermore- never again
26. Beguiling- charming, bewitching
27. Fancy- imagination
28. Decorum- dignified proper behavior, speech, dress, etc.
29. Countenance- facial expression
30. Crest- the tuft at the top of an animal’s head—a rooster has a comb as a crest.
31. Shorn- cut
32. Shaven- cut very short
33. Craven- coward
34. Ghastly- shockingly frightful, horrid
35. Grim- serious and almost threatening in appearance
36. Ungainly- clumsy
37. Marveled- looked at with wonder or surprise
38. Fowl- bird
39. discourse- conversation, speech
40. relevancy- appropriate or suitable for the moment, applicable
41. bore- carried, had
42. sculptured- carved
43. bust- the sculptured or painted portrait of a person’s upper body
44. placid- peaceful
45. uttered- said
46. aptly- suitably
47. “what it utters is its only stock and store caught from some unhappy master”- what it says is the only thing it knows, taught by someone who was unhappy or unlucky
48. burden- that which is carried with difficulty or labor
49. melancholy- a gloomy state of mind, depression
50. beguiling: charming
51. fancy: imagination
52. betook: started
53. ominous: foreboding, threatening
54. yore: time past
55. bosom: chest, heart
56. reclining: resting
57. gloated: expressed great self-satisfaction, mocked
58. methought: I thought
59. denser: thicker
60. tufted: carpeted
61. wretch: an unfortunate and unhappy person
62. “Thy God hath lent thee—by these angels he hath sent thee respite—respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore”- with these angels God has sent and given you rest from your memories of Lenore and He has given you a chance to forget your memories of Lenore.
63. quoth: said
64. tempest tossed thee here ashore: a storm brought you here onto the land
65. desolate: solitary, lonely
66. undaunted: not intimidated
67. enchanted: magical, under a spell, bewitched
68. implore: I beg, I ask
69. balm in Gilead: relief from pain and suffering
70. laden: burdened
71. clasp: hold, grasp
72. radiant: shining
73. our sign of parting: a sign that we will leave one another, our sign of goodbye
74. fiend: evil spirit, devil
75. shrieked: screamed, cried out
76. upstarting: standing up
77. get thee back: go back
78. Night’s plutonian shore: the shore of hellish night
79. black plume: black feather
80. token: souvenir, memento
81. thy: your
82. unbroken: uninterrupted
83. quit the bust: leave the bust
84. flitting: moving lightly and swiftly, flying
85. pallid: pale
86. have all the seeming: resemble, have the resemblance
87. o’er: over
88. floating: hovering
1. Dreary- causing sadness or gloom
2. Ponder- think
3. Weary- tired
4. Quaint strange, peculiar, or unusual in an interesting, pleasing, or amusing way, skillfully or cleverly made.
5. Lore- collected facts, traditions, and beliefs about a particular subject
6. Mutter- to speak in a low tone, to murmur
7. Distinctly- clearly
8. Bleak- without hope, depressing
9. Ember- a small live piece of coal, wood, etc., as in a dying fire.
10. Wrought- made, etched, marked
11. Morrow- the next day
12. Radiant- shining
13. Entreating- asking permission for
14. Presently- at that moment
15. Hesitating- pausing, stopping
16. implore- ask
17. Scarce- hardly
18. Peering- looking intently, searchingly, or with difficulty
19. Token- mark of evidence or proof
20. Window Lattice a structure of crossed wooden or metal strips usually arranged to form a diagonal pattern of open spaces between the strips.
21. Thereat- at that place or time
22. Flirt and Flutter- to move suddenly, like the flapping of a fan, the quick flapping of wings
23. Stately- elegant, majestic
24. Perched- sat
25. nevermore- never again
26. Beguiling- charming, bewitching
27. Fancy- imagination
28. Decorum- dignified proper behavior, speech, dress, etc.
29. Countenance- facial expression
30. Crest- the tuft at the top of an animal’s head—a rooster has a comb as a crest.
31. Shorn- cut
32. Shaven- cut very short
33. Craven- coward
34. Ghastly- shockingly frightful, horrid
35. Grim- serious and almost threatening in appearance
36. Ungainly- clumsy
37. Marveled- looked at with wonder or surprise
38. Fowl- bird
39. discourse- conversation, speech
40. relevancy- appropriate or suitable for the moment, applicable
41. bore- carried, had
42. sculptured- carved
43. bust- the sculptured or painted portrait of a person’s upper body
44. placid- peaceful
45. uttered- said
46. aptly- suitably
47. “what it utters is its only stock and store caught from some unhappy master”- what it says is the only thing it knows, taught by someone who was unhappy or unlucky
48. burden- that which is carried with difficulty or labor
49. melancholy- a gloomy state of mind, depression
50. beguiling: charming
51. fancy: imagination
52. betook: started
53. ominous: foreboding, threatening
54. yore: time past
55. bosom: chest, heart
56. reclining: resting
57. gloated: expressed great self-satisfaction, mocked
58. methought: I thought
59. denser: thicker
60. tufted: carpeted
61. wretch: an unfortunate and unhappy person
62. “Thy God hath lent thee—by these angels he hath sent thee respite—respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore”- with these angels God has sent and given you rest from your memories of Lenore and He has given you a chance to forget your memories of Lenore.
63. quoth: said
64. tempest tossed thee here ashore: a storm brought you here onto the land
65. desolate: solitary, lonely
66. undaunted: not intimidated
67. enchanted: magical, under a spell, bewitched
68. implore: I beg, I ask
69. balm in Gilead: relief from pain and suffering
70. laden: burdened
71. clasp: hold, grasp
72. radiant: shining
73. our sign of parting: a sign that we will leave one another, our sign of goodbye
74. fiend: evil spirit, devil
75. shrieked: screamed, cried out
76. upstarting: standing up
77. get thee back: go back
78. Night’s plutonian shore: the shore of hellish night
79. black plume: black feather
80. token: souvenir, memento
81. thy: your
82. unbroken: uninterrupted
83. quit the bust: leave the bust
84. flitting: moving lightly and swiftly, flying
85. pallid: pale
86. have all the seeming: resemble, have the resemblance
87. o’er: over
88. floating: hovering
Monday, April 6, 2009
10th Grade Homework
10B: You must read Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven by Thursday.
You must read Oedipus the King pages 171-187 by Friday.
10A: You must read The Erl-King and answer the comprehension questions. In addition to answering those questions, you must answer these questions:
What are the ways that the Erl-King tempts the boy?
And instead of answering question 3, answer this question:
What might be an explanation for what is happening to the boy throughout the poem? What could the Erl-king possibly represent symbolically?
You must read Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven by Thursday.
You must read Oedipus the King pages 171-187 by Friday.
10A and 10B: YOU WILL HAVE A TEST OVER OEDIPUS THE KING PAGES 159-187 on Thursday, 4/16.
You must read Oedipus the King pages 171-187 by Friday.
10A: You must read The Erl-King and answer the comprehension questions. In addition to answering those questions, you must answer these questions:
What are the ways that the Erl-King tempts the boy?
And instead of answering question 3, answer this question:
What might be an explanation for what is happening to the boy throughout the poem? What could the Erl-king possibly represent symbolically?
You must read Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven by Thursday.
You must read Oedipus the King pages 171-187 by Friday.
10A and 10B: YOU WILL HAVE A TEST OVER OEDIPUS THE KING PAGES 159-187 on Thursday, 4/16.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
10B Homework
10B- your homework is to read The Erl-King and answer the comprehension questions. When question number 1 asks you about devices, it is asking you about literary devices, which are literary terms-- think about the literary terms you know: conflict, imagery, dialogue, point of view, symbol, suspense, etc. Do you see any of these here?
In the comments section of this post, I have put up a list of vocabulary to help you with your reading.
In the comments section of this post, I have put up a list of vocabulary to help you with your reading.
10th Grade Homework-- Leiningen Versus the Ants
10th Grade,
In the comments section of this post, I have put the answers to the comprehension questions for Leiningen Versus the Ants. Remember that you need to have these written down in your notes by Monday.
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