Tuesday, October 16, 2012
The OED and "punk."
Writing your first draft: think about organizing your material. Will you move through time or space? Are there events to organize, or impressions? Describe in a way that puts all our senses to work.
Homework:
1. Bring a hard copy of your Draft #1 Observation/Description to class.
2. TWFTD: "punk" from the OED. You must choose a quote used in the OED, give the year only (not the source, unless you wish to), and give the definition that matches that quote. So you have an entry for "punk" from yesterday, AND one from today.
Monday, October 15, 2012
Why is English so Hard to Spell?
Hand in your short essay and daybook (at the end of class).
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.
What does England look like in the year 0? -ish? Well, this is already 2,000 years old.
Think Roman Empire.
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.
Here are some related links of interest on this topic:
The History of English in 10 Minutes Video
An animation of one of Chaucer's Tales
National Geographic on the buried Vikings
Homework:
1. Wednesday the first draft of your observation paper is due. It can be either hand-written or typed and PRINTED OUT BEFORE CLASS. See the back of the blue assignment sheet for drafting help. Also, Bedford pages 88-90.
2. Tomorrow (Tuesday) there will be SOME time to work on your draft, but there will be some other work as well.
3. TWFTD: punk. What can you find for the origin of the word?
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.
What does England look like in the year 0? -ish? Well, this is already 2,000 years old.
Think Roman Empire.
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.
Here are some related links of interest on this topic:
The History of English in 10 Minutes Video
An animation of one of Chaucer's Tales
National Geographic on the buried Vikings
Homework:
1. Wednesday the first draft of your observation paper is due. It can be either hand-written or typed and PRINTED OUT BEFORE CLASS. See the back of the blue assignment sheet for drafting help. Also, Bedford pages 88-90.
2. Tomorrow (Tuesday) there will be SOME time to work on your draft, but there will be some other work as well.
3. TWFTD: punk. What can you find for the origin of the word?
Friday, October 12, 2012
Work Day Short Essay #2
Today class does not meet.
You are to type up your five paragraph essay on Audience Awareness.
Be sure to follow the formatting on the yellow handout that you got when you typed your Lego directions. A copy of that handout is in our Moodle class.
The Audience Awareness essay is due Monday; so is your daybook.
You are to type up your five paragraph essay on Audience Awareness.
Be sure to follow the formatting on the yellow handout that you got when you typed your Lego directions. A copy of that handout is in our Moodle class.
The Audience Awareness essay is due Monday; so is your daybook.
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