**SUB DAY REMINDERS FOR FRI 10/5** and HW DUE MON. 10/8!!!

1st British Lit./Comp.

**REMINDERS FOR SUB DAY/CLASS FRI. 10/5:

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE STUDIED FOR MAJOR QUIZ #2, to be completed in class MON. 10/8 (*and possibly TUES. 10/9, TBA)

**use the DETAILED STUDY GUIDE BELOW TO GUIDE HOW YOU STUDY FOR THIS QUIZ RE: our last few weeks' worth of class discussion, assignments, and notes on the following: 
--a few misc. grammar/writing conventions notes/reminders/skills  
--THE DARK AGES in EUROPE
--THE HISTORICAL, CULTURAL, LITERARY, and LANGUAGE-BASED BEGINNINGS OF THE ANGLO-SAXON ERA in BRITAIN
--The VIKING INVASIONS of BRITAIN

QUIZ #2 STUDY GUIDE
--THE DARK AGES DVD notes we took from the DVD and the board/**SEE YOUR NOTES and POP QUIZ #5 FOR GUIDANCE

--The ROMANS and then ANGLO-SAXONS arrival Britain intro notes we took from the board (**Latin words Old English borrowed)

--BBC TIMELINE Ages of English "The Viking Raids Begin" section notes we took from overhead (**Scandinavian words Old English borrowed)

--IMPORTANT!!! PLEASE UNDERSTAND what the 5th-century Christian missionaries who came to Britain first wanted to accomplish/spread in order to THEN spread the Gospel!

--the importance of the date *1066* for English history/BBC "Anglo-Saxons" history/era SUMMARY SHEET highlights (**from which you composed your SUMMARY EXTENDED PARAGRAPH/WRITING SECTION!)

--Anglo-Saxon LITERARY ERA terms/devices from "Introduction to Anglo-Saxon Literary Elements" printed notes sheet we highlighted (**scop/lyric vs. heroic verse; DEVICES: rhythm/alliteration/compounding & KENNING)

• ^^be able to IDENTIFY the four ASaxon LIT. DEVICES ABOVE at work in an excerpt from "THE SEAFARER" Anglo-Saxon poem

--T-CHART/NOTES ON BOARD re: Anglo-Saxon vs. Viking characteristics/key cultural differences 

--COMMON COMPOSITIONAL ERRORS SHEET: **RULES #1 through #6; be able to apply these rules/answer qu's RE: each of these writing conventions (WRITING section)

--DASHES -- /HYPENS - : know the difference (GRAMMAR section practice sheet)
--[  ] BRACKETS: when to use them properly (GRAMMAR section practice sheet)
--APOSTROPHES  ('s or s') for possession: know how to use properly (GRAMMAR section practice sheet)

--How to PROPERLY "blend direct text/quotes" in an MLA- style writing assignment with a citation (---). (WRITING SECTION printed guide sheet)

--using "direct text quotes" vs. paraphrasing material/putting it in your own words with citations (---). (**MON. 10/8 I'll be giving you/going over a printed guide sheet for these skills as well/WRITING SECTION)

**MISC. BONUS QUs RE: Anglo-Saxon names for days of the week; what 'ca'/circa means; 8th century = 700s, etc.; William of Normandy and Harold's 'claims' to the English throne in 1066; definition of summary, 'versus,' punctus

2nd/3rd Pre-AP American Lit./Comp.

**ASSIGNMENTS FOR SUB DAY/CLASS FRI. 10/5 AND ASSIGNMENTS/READING DUE MON. 10/8:

1) From the "Master Sentences" List #1 (WRITING section of your binder) given to you/explained this Thursday:

Complete/create your own version of sentence #1, labeled:
 "The Simple Sentence/Afterthought" 

REMEMBER:
**follow instructions given/modeled to you in class

**you may write your sentence(s) on this sheet, BUT please do so NEATLY and completely

--YOUR OWN CREATED SENTENCES WILL BE SHARED MONDAY IN CLASS AND FROM NOW ON IN CLASS FOR POINTS TOWARD YOUR WEEKLY DISCUSSION/PARTICIPATION GRADE!!

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2) GIVEN TO YOU BY THE SUB FRIDAY, complete the JOURNAL #9 assignment (WRITING SECTION) explained to you in class today:

• PART I--The Road and/or F451 HAIKUS Creative Writing Task:

**create THREE (3) original haikus following the instructions/guidelines in class/on the sheet 

• PART II--"Reshaping The Road" Dialogue Re-Creation Creative Writing Task:

**re-create/structure the section of dialogue from the novel on the sheet in any way you want so that the TONE, MOOD, and/or CHARACTERIZATION in the exchange is different, unexpected, more upbeat, given adjectives, etc. It's up to you! 

**PLEASE NOTE for J#9 that on MON. 10/8, EACH OF YOU for participation points will either share: 

• ONE of your three HAIKUS for F451 or The Road  ...OR...
• YOUR The Road Dialogue re-creation assignment 

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3) BY MONDAY, make sure you've completely read McCarthy's post-apocalyptic novel The Road: 

• through pp. 234 [LAST LINE/BOTTOM OF THE PAGE: "Pray for lightning" (234).]

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FYI ALL/**LAST CHANCE THIS WEEK!!!!**: for anyone interested, you can earn an EXTRA CREDIT 100% for 'formally' using **'post-it notes/notations' for our entire reading of THE ROAD over the next couple weeks; **MORE DETAILED INFO TBA in class!