- Prefix
- legis (lex) - law
- lexis - word
- liber - free, book
- Grammar
- Click here to practice identifying types of run-on sentences.
- Choose any two of these exercise questions to correct and record in the Grammar section of your journal. Otherwise...you're playing twenty questions. Make sure you click for explanation now and then, especially when you find you're incorrect.
- Esther
- The Creative Writing Quarterly Assignment
- The Hobbit
- A few discussion questions:
- How is Tolkien using light and dark imagery as a motif?
- How does Tolkien use the relationship with nature to show good and evil?
- How has Bilbo grown into more of a heroic character?
- The use of epithets is a characteristic of epic poetry. Explain what Tolkien may be trying to convey by Bilbo’s use of epithets to “name” himself. In what other ways does Bilbo remind you of Odysseus in Homer’s Odyssey?
- We are passing the halfway point this week. Let's check in on the text:
- Chapters 6-9 briefly discussed together
- Chapters 10 (or so) and following through the group assignment below:
- Groups
- We will group ourselves according to our progress in the text.
- In your composition books, answer the Beautiful, Good, and True element assigned to you. You will report back to the class. Begin by reviewing your chapter (and perhaps chapters immediately surrounding it) in the guide provided (Google Drive).
- Composition: Copy down your favorite line or lines from the chapter (copy the complete sentence(s). Describe the grammar, syntax, and compositional structure employed by the author in this work. Describe any repeating linguistic patterns you've noticed (repeated phrases or words, rhythm, rhyme, sounds).
- Distinction: How does this author communicate specific images and abstract ideas in ways that other authors do not? Explain. What are the key images in this chapter? Which one is the most memorable? Why?
Block Day 9/18-19: Slay the Blocky Dragons!
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