Mrs. Yaworsky

Please address the following question as completely and thoughtfully as you can.  As always, if you find someone else's comment to the question intriguing, please feel free to respond, question, or comment to him or her as well - keeping in mind that we are always kind and respectful of one another and our individual opinions.

Many characters in medieval romances are knights who observed chivalry, a code of conduct that included a combination of qualities expected of an ideal knight, especially courage, honour, justice, and a readiness to help the weak. If you were to help develop a code of behavior for people today, what qualities and behaviors would you want to include and why? Be detailed.

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"HowStuffWorks "Introduction to How King Arthur Worked""Howstuffworks "History" Web. 17 Nov. 2010.

Please address the following question as completely and thoughtfully as you can.  

As always, if you find someone else's comment to the question interesting, please feel free to respond, question, comment to him or her as well - keeping in mind that we are always kind and respectful of one another and our individual opinions.

Please address the following question as completely and thoughtfully as you can.  

As always, if you find someone else's comment to the question interesting, please feel free to respond, question, comment to him or her as well - keeping in mind that we are always kind and respectful of one another and our individual opinions.

Beowulf is an ancient Anglo-Saxon epic poem about the hero Beowulf, who goes on a quest to earn himself fame, honor and wealth.  Reflect back on other epic stories you have read, seen or heard about.  (It doesn't have to be something you read in English class - comics books, movies like the Avengers, The Hunger Games or even t.v. shows like Lost may qualify for our purposes.) What made these stories "epic"?  (Relying on the literary definition of epic here, please!)  Then, connect your previous encounters with epic style storytelling and predict what kinds of events, characters, symbols, etc. you might encounter in your reading of the excerpts from Beowulf in the coming days.

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"Dragon and Warrior." Prelude to Beowulf's Last Fight. Pace University. 27 September 2012. Web.

Please address the following question as completely and thoughtfully as you can.  

As always, if you find someone else's comment to the question interesting, please feel free to respond, question, comment to him or her as well - keeping in mind that we are always kind and respectful of one another and our individual opinions.

In "the Wanderer", the narrative voice laments lost time with his family and friends as well as the loneliness he feels when at sea, but also lauds the excitement and adventure of life as a sailor.  If you were the narrator of this early Anglo-Saxon elegy, how would you feel about this same lifestyle?  Would you rather live an exciting life and die at 40 or live an ordinary life and die at 75? Explain why you feel as you do.

Prompt:

Gaba, Paul. "Anglo-Saxon Era Journal Prompts." Paul L. Gaba's English 4 Virtual Classroom. Web. 14 Sept. 2011. 

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"Kingdoms of Caledonia & Ireland - Viking Dublin." The History Files. The Kessler Associates, 02 Jan. 1999. Web. 14 Sept. 2011. 

Welcome to Mrs. Yaworsky's CP English 12 Blog!  

We will use this blog to discuss issues, questions, things brought up in class that we don't have enough time to devote to in class,etc.  I will give more information on how we will use it in class when we approach the time when we will begin to use it.