Category: English and Language Arts

  • English Weekly Activites

    Monday: Test for Unit 2 and Reading the historical backgrounds of Ancient Greek and Roman Literature Tuesday: Reading The Iliad  Book 1. Ans questions Wednesday: Reading The Iliad  Book 18 and 22. Ans questions Thursday: Reading The Iliad  Book 24. Ans questions Friday: Vocabulary quiz and Begin reading  The Aeneid. Ans questions Related articles Rhetoric and the Iliad (guardian.co.uk) Iliad Translation…

  • Thomas Aquinas

    To disparage the dictate of reason is equivalent to contemning the command of God.

  • English: Week Three Activities

    Class Activities for the week Monday Read Rubaiyait p557 Ans# 1,2,5,6 Read Dead Man’s Path p1000 Ans #4 Tuesday Read “The Train from Rhodesia” p1015 Ans#3-7 Read “The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses” p1029 #1-4,6,7 Wednesday Write an essay response to “Prisoner” p1029 #8-9 Thursday Read “Anecdotes” p568 Ans#1,3,5,7 Write three 3 of your own. Read “Norwegian…

  • English: Week Two Writing Journals

    Write a myth comparable to the ones we have read in class. Compare Gilgamesh and Sundiatta as Epic Heroes. Identify and describe an Epic Hero of Pop Culture.

  • English Writing Journals

    English Writing Journals List of reading topics for the semester List of personal topics for the semester Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Day Nevada Writing Project Random Writing Prompts Kevin Hodgson Writing Prompts tmblr Link to Mr. Wilson’s Book Reviews

  • Sophomore English

    Class notes today. Students received copies of the first unit’s note outline. englishii-unit01 We discussed the concepts of an Epic Journey and its hero character. In addition we generated notes for Freytag’s Pyramid and notes on Protagonist, Antagonist, Foil , and static characters. Would like to thank 12writing.com for great additional resources. Began reading the epic of Gilgamesh pg 20-31.