Exam Schedule

Study for your exams. We will discuss exemptions on Monday. 

The end is in sight! 

-Mrs. Cantu

King Arthur Movie Assignment

Here are some of the more popular movie choices:

• The Sword in the Stone (cartoon)
• Excalibur (live action)
• Camelot (musical)
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (live action/comedy)
• Merlin (tv miniseries)
• The Spaceman and King Arthur

There are also movies about lesser know characters like 

• Tristan and Isolde 
• Guinevere
• Lancelot of the Lake
• First Knight (about Lancelot)

Again, your assignment is to watch a second version of the King Arthur legend and write a review of it and King Arthur (the movie we watched in class) .

You are:

• Explaining the basic plot of each movie,
• Answering the questions on the handout you received last week,
• Comparing the two versions,
• Giving your opinion about which to see and/or skip.

This assignment is due on Tuesday, December 3, 2013.

Chivalry Essay

Ok, here is a step-by-step break down of what you are expected to do:

• Analyze how is Gawain chivalrous in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
• Analyze how Arthur is chivalrous in Morte D'Arthur.
• Compare/Contrast Sir Gawain's and King Arthur's chivalrousness (yes it is a real word).

     Your essay is going to require you to compare the two characters in terms of chivalry.

     Whatever you write in your notebook on pages 46-47 (my page numbers) is what you can use to help you with your essay tomorrow.

Feel free to comment here to ask questions, discuss possible responses, or help your fellow students.

-Mrs. Cantu

Eng III: The Pit and the Pendulum

Good afternoon!  

Okay, I know this week is going to be a little hectic, but I still need to see some assignments in your notebooks. 

As far as "The Pit and the Pendulum" goes, I am going to check for the following activities: 

• Edgar Allan Poe notes,
• Gothic Elements Key
• A Plot Summary, 
• Symbolism (candles, pit, pendulum), and 
• your A.P.E. notes & Open-Ended responses.  

Whew, that is a lot! We have work on many activities for this story, so I hope you remember it well.

If you have any questions, you can ask me in class, email, comment on this post, or check my notebook in class on Wednesday.

Remember: we will be in the Main Gym again tomorrow, Tuesday 11-5-13.

-Mrs. Cantu

The 3 Cs: Chivalry, Courtly Love, and Civility

In my last post, I shared he link to the website where you can find the lists of rules noblemen and women had to follow in order to be considered civilized, chivalrous, and properly in love.  There was a bit of confusion about what to do in your notebooks, so I hope this post helps alleviate some of that.

First, you were supposed to summarize the rules/ guidelines in your King Arthur notes on page 42 (this is in my notebook, your page #s may vary).  Your summary should note the reoccurring traits of chivalry, then love, then civility NOT all three together. 

On the next three pages you are going to do the following: choose 1 rule from each section and analyze it in terms of its relevance in the Middle Ages and today. You also need to create a visual for each rule. 

When writing your analysis think about the following: this rule was accepted as appropriate to the crown, nobility and knights of the time, but is it still relevant today? Briefly explain in your notebook.

Here are pictures do these pages in my notebook: 

King Arthur notes (42) If you need to finish the notes, you can find the Prezi here.

Code of Chivalry (43):

Courtly Love (44):

Civility (45):

I hope this helps.  Have these ready to turn in on Monday.  Also, you need to read "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" pgs 171-183 by Monday. There will be a quiz over this.

One last thing about Monday- because of benchmark testing 1-6th periods will meet in the Main Gym on Monday and Tuesday 11-4 & 11-5.  7th and 8th- we will be back in the classroom.





Have a great weekend!
-Mrs. Cantu

EDITED: Medieval Coats of Arms

Here is a website that explains a lot of the symbolic meanings of images, colors, and patterns on shields and coats of arms.

We will be covering King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table soon.  I will be posting updates as we go along.

Extra credit to the first person from each class who can correctly identify who this coat of arms belongs to:

ADDED: I am going to tag on to this post, the link for the Code of Chivalry, Courtly Love, and Civility.

-Mrs Cantu

The Canterbury Tales Review

Here is the review page we filled out in class.  Again you should study all the notes you took about The Prologue, The Pardoner's Tale, and The Wife of Bath's Tale.