Wednesday

TONIGHT: Wed. 10/3/18 @ 8pm: We will have a live stream study session. Subscribe to my channel or check Twitter/weblog for notification of live status.

• Root of the Week: -IC (suffix meaning "nature of" or "-like"). Note that -IC turns a noun into an adjective.
• Create a sketchnote page in the vocab/terms section of your notebook for this suffix. Remember to include:
• image reminder
• definition
• color
• basic, advanced, and super words using the suffix (and their definitions)

• Poem of the Week: Shakespearean sonnet notes / discussion
• HW Due Fri. 10/5/18: Fully annotate the poem & identify a topic and poetic idea. Remember that your annotations should show evidence of stage 1, 2, and 3 level questioning of the poem.
• 2A: Sonnet 29
• 3A: Sonnet 60
• 4A: Sonnet 73

• College Admissions Essays
• We will start writing college admissions essays next week. For Wed. 10/10/18, please research the schools to which you plan to apply and come to class with ALL of the essay topics you plan to complete. Here are some resources:
• Apply Texas Essay Topics 
• Search to find application requirements (including essays) by university
• The Common Application

• Beowulf: 
• Beowulf and Genre sheet turned in
• Individual assignment: Themes in Beowulf

• Fri. 10/5/18: Final Beowulf test. Here are the details:
• The test will cover the entire book.
• Study Guide Section 1
• Study Guide Section 2
• Watch Video Study Session for Section 1 & 2 test
• Check answers for your Section 1 & 2 test
• Study Guide Section 3
• Study Guide Section 4
• Wed. 10/3/18 @ 8pm: We will have a live stream study session. Subscribe to my channel or check Twitter/weblog for notification of live status.
• There will be multiple choice and written portions. You will be allowed to use your annotated book on the written section.
• The test will be similar to the first test, except that it will include passages from the epic poem and questions from our wrap-up activities (Halverson article, themes, genres). 
• For the passage-based questions, you will need to identify things like vocabulary, the speaker in the passage, who is being addressed, the importance of the passage to the narrative as a whole, whether or not the passage is a digression. The written sections will come from the passages as well. Here is a sample passage-based series of questions.
• Background information will appear on the exam. Review:
• Slideshow: Setting & Language in Beowulf
• Anglo-Saxon Language
• Halverson article + notes
• Beowulf Genres
• Beowulf Themes