Personal Choice Parallel Reading Analysis - 100 Points

1.  Bibliographic information for your novel.  Follow MLA format!  5 
POINTS
    
Okuda, Michael, and Denise Okuda. Star Trek Chronology: The Historyof 
the Future.  New York: Pocket,
 1993. 
2.  Explain the meaning of the title.  5 POINTS
    (NOTE:  If the meaning of your title is obvious, like Silas 
Marner, then create a new title for your book.  Explain why it would 
be appropriate.)

3.  What is the main conflict in the novel?  Explain in detail using 
examples from the rising action, climax, and conclusion.  10 POINTS

4.  Identify the protagonist.  List three (3) physical 
characteristics. Identify three (3) personality traits.  Provide one 
example from the story to support each personality trait.  (NOTE: Do 
not try to repeat yourself by saying "kind, nice, and sweet" as 
personality traits.  Each trait must be distinctly different.)  10 
POINTS

5.  Describe the setting in the following terms:  10 POINTS
    a. Year
    b. Season of the year
    c. Amount of time the novel spans
    d. Location in the universe
    e. Place where most action occurs
    f. Cultural background of characters
    g. Political system

6.  a.  What is the main theme of your novel?  (An idea that is 
introduced, relating to the plot - like power, jealousy, etc.)  10 
POINTS

    b. What message does the author want the reader to understand 
about the theme?  5 POINTS

7.  a.  Write the last sentence of your novel.  Explain how the 
conclusion of the novel leads up to that sentence. 
    5 POINTS
     b. Is this sentence appropriate as "the last sentence" of your 
book?  Why or why not?  5 POINTS

8.  Is the novel based upon the workings of the heart (meant to 
affect you emotionally) or of the mind (meant to make you think)?  
Explain why using at least three (3) examples from the novel.  10 
POINTS

9.  With which character do you most identify?  Why?  Explain using 
examples from the character's life and your life.  If none, explain 
the differences between yourself and the most opposite character from 
you using examples from the character's life and yours.  10 POINTS

10.  Would your novel be different if the main character was of the 
opposite gender?  Assume that significant others would change genders 
as well, if that is a factor.  Explain how this change would or would 
not affect your story. 
 5 POINTS

11.  Create a mini-movie poster (at least 8 ½ x 11 inches).  Include 
pictures/photos.  Really sell your novel. 
10 POINTS

REMEMBER:  Since I have probably not read your book, there is no way 
I can read your mind.  If your answers are not very detailed, I will 
count them as wrong.





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A History of the English Language Webquest

Access the following websites to answer the questions below.

1.  Go to http://brtom.org/gr/jutes.html	
Describe these tribes including where they came from and what part of
England they occupied?

Jutes

Angles

Saxons

2.  Go to
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761564210_2/English_Language.html
a. What four major dialects of Old English emerged and where?


b. According to this site, what portion of Modern English words has
Old English roots?


c. In what year, do most scholars agree, did Old English end and what
historical event coincided with its demise?

3.  Go to http://www.britainexpress.com/History/anglo-saxon_life.htm
List and describe the significance of the following aspects of
Anglo-Saxon life.

Religion

Slavery

Farming

List and describe the Anglo-Saxon social classes.

4.  Go to http://www.regia.org/village.htm
Read through the description of this virtual Anglo-Saxon village. 
Pick one tradesperson listed, click on the link and read about that
person.  Below describe that person’s life including his or her job. 
In your response, include what aspect of this life you would enjoy
most, least and why.


5. Go to http://www.danshort.com/ie/timeline.htm
List the dates attributed to the following periods and at least three
groups of people who influenced the language of each period.

Old English
Middle English
Modern English


6a. Go to http://www.askoxford.com/worldofwords/history/
Scroll down to and read the paragraph entitled “1066 and after 1066…”
List three of the “enormous changes” that occurred in the English
language in the centuries after the Norman Conquest.

b. Google: “Explain what effect the printing press had on the english
language describe the great vowel shift”  
Explain what effect the printing press had on the English language. 
Describe the Great Vowel Shift.

c.Google :“Colonization and Late-Modern English.”  Explain and
describe in your own words the main difference between early-and
late-modern English.

7a. Go to http://encarta.msn.com/media_461535430/Geoffrey_Chaucer.html
Listen to a portion of the Prologue from Chaucer’s The Canterbury
Tales, and explain what the language sounds like to you.  Does it
resemble any language you have heard?  Does it remind you of the Old
English you listened to earlier or does it remind you more of Modern
English?  Explain your response.

b. Go to
http://encarta.msn.com/media_461535515/Shakespeare’s_Sonnet_18.html
Listen to this reading of Shakespeare’s 18th Sonnet which is an
example of Modern English.  Explain how this is different than what we
speak today and why.


8. Go to
http://www.pbs.org/speak/education/curriculum/high/regional/#backgroun
d
Read the section entitled “Why are There Dialects” and explain in your
own words three major influences on the variety and frequency of
dialects in the United States.  In your response include whether you
believe dialects help to preserve and celebrate our multiculturalism
or rather serve as a way to distance further and keep separate the
many cultural groups in this country.


9. Finally, go to http://www.wordorigins.org/histeng.htm#chron
Review “A Chronology of the English Language.”  List at least two
works written and/or published during the following periods.
 
Old English (500-1100 AD)

Middle English (1100-1500)

Early Modern English (1500-1800)

Late-Modern English (1800-present)
***********See Powerpoint Page for Medieval Period Information



Beowulf Vocabulary

1.	Kenning						
2.	Fiend
3.	Goblin
4.	Brood
5.	Sprawled
6.	Lair
7.	Plunder
8.	Affliction
9.	Mail
10.	Keel
11.	Moor
12.	Gable
13.	Shroud
14.	Bog