Juniors ~ Creative Writing

Your assignment is to write either a short poem in the style of a mock epic (and based on an argument) or a prose satire piece describing some everyday event. Follow the instructions on page 535, numbers four and five. The writing should be funny, so don't turn into something that's not. Use the techniques for satire that we've discussed in class.

The poem should be written in heroic couplets (iambic pentameter) and at least ten lines long. The prose should be at least one page, double-spaced. Again, you have a choice of the two. You do not have to type this assignment, but it would be easier to read if you did.

Juniors ~ Restoration Period

For more on the Restoration Period, go to the homepage for the Norton Anthology of English Literature . Click on the picture below to go to Wikipedia's page on Hogarth's Marriage a-la-mode :

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

What better way to spend Halloween than reading a story that begins with a beheading? For the next week or so, we'll be discussing Arthurian Literature, beginning with a look at " Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ," the anonymous tale of a test of courtly love, involving a supernatural green knight and a bet. For more information on the poem, read this introduction . I've also included a prose translation that you can compare with the verse translation we have in our book.

Homework

Seniors Your exam is on Thursday, and your final essay is on Friday. I'll talk more about the essay in class tomorrow. Also, the senior auction project lacks one more important detail - your memories! We will spend a bit of time tomorrow in class writing down some of your fondest memories of your senior year, and the rest of your time at RO. Sophomores Read "Lines Composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey," and complete the questions at the end of the selection in your book. As always, please use complete sentences and cite frequently from the text.

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