The Middle Ages pages 94107

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The Middle Agespages 94-107

• Read pages 94-107 and take notes on each section
  with blue headings. Give at least three facts
  from each section.

• William the Conqueror and Norman Influence
• The Normans Change England

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The Middle Agespages 94-107

• Feudalism From the Top Down
• Knights in Shining Armor
• Women in Medieval Society

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The Middle Agespages 94-107

• Chilvary and Courtly Love
• The Rise of Romance
• The New City Classes
• The Great Happenings

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Copy and define the following terms page 1181 in
textbook.

• Antagonist
• Ballad
• Couplet
• Characterization
• Frame Story
• Iambic pentameter
• Irony

• Protagonist
• Rhyme
• Satire
• Medieval Age terms like feudalism, serf, etc. (
  bold terms in the reading on p. 94-107)

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The Middle Ages and Grammar Quiz

• Copy and respond to the short response questions
  on page 94 in your textbook.
• You should answer each question thoroughly using
  your book and even your notes.
• You should respond in paragraphs using correct
  spelling, grammar and usage.
• Correct/add punctuation to sent. in your Lang.
  Handbook Wkbk., page 118 (1-10) Only write the
  word and the punctuation necessary.

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Middle Age Quiz

• What effects did the Norman Invasion have on the
  way the English were governed?
• What were the main features of feudalism? How did
  feudalism change the social structure of
  Anglo-Saxon England?
• What developments in the fourteenth and fifteenth
  centuries began to undermine (change/take away)
  the feudal system?

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knightpage 134-152
(Glencoe Text)

• Knights of the Round Table (King Arthur)
• Physical characteristics of a knight
• Strength, skill at arms, horsemanship
• Nonphysical characteristics
• Courage, humility, courtesy, and loyalty
• Romance Genre
• A dangerous quest, a test of courage or honor,
  and a return to the point from which the quest
  began.

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knightpage 134-152
(Glencoe Text)

• In the first 25 lines, give 3 examples of
  alliteration.
• Describe in your own words the horseman and his
  horse.
• What was Arthurs custom concerning a feast?
• The tradition was to tell stories of the knights
  and their adventures.
• What is the challenge from the green knight?
• Who accepts the challenge?
• What supernatural element is part of this event?
• How does Gawain prove to be a true knight?
• What bargain does Gawain make with the lord of
  the castle?
• What gifts do the lord and Gawain exchange the
  first day?
• Second Day? Third Day?

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight page 134-152
(Glencoe Text)

• What does Gawain decide to keep? Why?
• Do you think that Gawain has followed the code
  of chivalry? Why or why not?
• How is the Green Knight characterized?
• Why does the GK claim he is a better man than
  Gawain?
• What does the Gawain point out as being the
  difference between the two of them?
• Why does the GK inflict only a slight wound?
• Explain each swing with the ax and the reason the
  GK gives for them.
• How had Gawain failed his test of courage?
• Who was the Green Knight?
• What lesson does Gawain learn?
• List the characteristics of the genre of
  Romance. Explain how this tale of Gawain
  exemplifies a Romance.

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

• Assignment p. 152 Glencoe Text Interpret
  (6-10).
• Review Notes Test tomorrow (Fri. 3/2)
• Assignments Due March 2
• Sir Gawain Questions 1-20
• Interpret and/or Evaluate and Connect Questions
  p. 152 6-10 and 11-15
• Starters 11-20