Chekov's The Bet

Homework for Wednesday Night:

pp. 1003-1008

Song of Roland & Candide

Quiz:  "Bisclavret"

Mr. Stone read through the introductory material to the Song of Roland (877) and the selected passages in the text (879-884), providing commentary and explanation.

Homework:  Read pp. 960-966, "Meet Voltaire" and from Candide.  There will be a quiz over these pages at the beginning of the next class period.

Ragnarok & Bisclavret

Mr. Stone read through the introductory material (870-871) on Ragnarok:  the Twilight of the Gods and the excerpt from Sturluson's Prose Edda included in the text (872-874). 

The class viewed a movie trailer for Ragnarok and a youtube video about the Icelandic myth of Ragnarok.

Mr. Stone read the introductory material (886-887) on Marie de France and her "Bisclavret: The Lay of the Werewolf."  Mr. Stone read the first 115 lines of the lay (888-891).

Homework:  Students should finish reading "Bisclavret" (891-895).

Quizlet Sets Available to Study for Southwest and South Central Asia Test

Students have had a review sheet for the Southwest and South Central Asia test since the beginning of the unit, but Mr. Stone has made available four Quizlet sets for last minute study:

Title-Country

Author-Title

Title-Genre

Significant Facts

Surrah 12 Citation and Citing the Bible

“Quran: 12. Surat Yusuf (Joseph): Arabic and English translation HD” YouTube, uploaded by The Meaning of Islam, 29 January 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR611FNDTKM.

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/06/

Don Quixote, Frederico, & Editing of Comparative Analysis Paper

Students viewed thirty minutes of Don Quixote.

Quiz:  Frederigo from the Decameron

Mr. Stone went over changes in MLA using Purdue University's Owl.

Homework:  Edit comparative analysis paper.  Bring final hard copy to class on Wednesday.

Beginning of European Unit

Students took turns reading the introduction to Early Europe (862-868).

Mr. Stone then turned the class' attention to Petrarch (919-921) and read the sonnet "Laura" from Canzoniere.  He described the characteristics of a Petrarchan sonnet.

Homework:  Read Federigo's Falcon from Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron (926-932).

Housekeeping

Students received a grade printout for the first quarter and had the opportunity to compare their returned papers to the scores on the printout.  They were to speak to Mr. Stone about any disputes before the period was over.

Homework:  Review Rabindranath Tagore's "The Kabuliwallah" (607-615).

Arabian Nights, Panchatantra, & Aesop's Fables (Frame Stories, Folktales, & Fables)

Students took open-book quizzes over "The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor" from The Thousand One Nights and "The Lion-Makers" from the Panchatantra.

Students swapped papers and graded the quizzes in class.

The class spent a few minutes discussing Aesop and his possible African heritage which led into a discussion of race as a cultural construct.

Homework:  Read Rabindranath Tagore's "The Kabuliwallah" (607-615).

Folktales & Fables: The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor & The Lion-Makers from the Panchatantra

Students submitted their revised drafts of their analysis and response to the Joseph story in the Qur'an and Genesis.  Mr. Stone has delayed the editing and submission time for this paper.  He will announce the new deadline shortly.  He wants to create some distance from the drafting of the paper to help the students to edit it more objectively.

Mr. Stone read the introduction to "The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor" from The Thousand and One Nights.  He spent time making sure students understood what a folktale is and contrasted with household tales.  He shared several household tales from his own family.

Students took turns reading "The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor" (498-502) using the popcorn method.  After the ninth paragraph, Mr. Stone paused the reading and asked a student to summarize the story so far.  Mr. Stone drew attention to the use of periodic summarizing as a reading strategy to promote comprehension. The class stopped reading at the second column of p. 501.

Homework:  Finish reading pp. 501 & 502 of "The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor" and read pp. 595-598, "The Lion-Makers" from the Panchatantra.

There will be a quiz over these two stories at the beginning of the next class period.