Why Is English So Hard To Spell?

Consider the words knight, night, through, though, bough, cough, rough, come, give, gone.

Take a short pretest about the history of English.  Look at this chart.


Old English spoken for us.


Anglo-Saxon art

Anglo-Saxons vs. Vikings  which leads us to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.


After Norman castles we come to Middle English.

Fold your handout and put it in your daybook as you hand it in.

For the final tomorrow:  Read pages 539-541 in the Bedford Guide. Be ready to write about it.

Books

We meet William Kamkwamba.
Now, William later.

From his book. His website.

Daybook work:  We go to the library, where you look at the books on the shelves upstairs.  You must find at least three titles that interest  you.  In your daybook, list the title, author, and what you would expect to find out if you were to read the book. If you have time, begin to read.