First Knight Project

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First Knight Project

• By Gana Harris
• For English IV
• GLEs-W1A,W3C,W3D,W3E

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DESE GLEs

• http//dese.mo.gov/divimprove/curriculum/GLE/FINAL
  -CA_GLE_10.18.04.pdf

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Lesson Objectives

• To relate to a different culture and time period
• To understand rules of society in a different
  time period
• To understand the process of reaching a goal
• To creatively express a theme
• To write comparison essay

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Concept Map
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Age of Chivalry

• Cheval is a French word for horse
• Chivalry is a word meaning gentle, polite, and
  generous to weaker ones, comes from the rules of
  order

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Knighthood
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Ideals of Knighthood

• Service in war, in peace, in love in religion
• Brotherhood and Equality
• Right Pride of order, of country, of self
• Reverence for love and women
• Help and defense of the weak, the suffering, and
  the oppressed

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How to become a knight

• Before the age of seven a boy learns to ride a
  pony and care for horses
• At age seven the boy leaves home for training as
  a page
• A boy joins a household of a knight or nobleman
  and learns weapon usage, the code of courtesy,
  and correct behavior of knights

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How to become a knight continued

• At the age of fifteen or sixteen a male youth
  becomes a squire(a personal servant to the knight
  or nobleman). He rides into battle with the
  knight or nobleman, learning correct training as
  a soldier.
• AT the age of twenty or twenty-one the young man
  becomes a knight in an official knighting
  ceremony.
• Only an older knight or a priest can dub a young
  man a knight.

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Watch the movie The First Knight

• knighthood

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Choose one of the following writing prompts

• Compare Lancelot with King Arthur and determine
  which is the greater leader.
• It has been said that the directors of First
  Knight hoped to bring back the idea of chivalry.
  What ideals of chivalry and a place like Camelot
  would you like to see incorporated back into
  society today.

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Writing prompts continued

• Read the poemTwo Roads by Robert Frost or the
  poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight translated
  by Marie Borroff or The Lady of Shalott by
  Alfred Lord Tennyson. Compare the poems great
  idea of choice with Sir Lancelots idea of
  choice from the movie. Did Lancelots choices
  prove to be good ones or bad ones? Did he make
  the right choices?

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Writing prompts continued

• Compare Lancelot and Guinevere, by examining
  their attributes and flaws of ideals of
  knighthood in their lives, to the lives of John
  F. Kennedy and Jackie or Prince Charles and Lady
  Diana.

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Lesson Summary
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Scoring Guide

• Clearly addresses the prompt
• Has a effective beginning, middle, and ed.
• Progresses in a logical order
• Uses effective cohesive devices
• Uses precise and vivid language
• Contains sentences that are clear and varied

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Scoring Guide continued

• Effectively uses literary and stylistic
  techniques
• Reveals complexity of thought, freshness of
  thought, and individual perspective
• Contains few error sin grammar/usage,
  punctuation, capitalization, and /or spelling

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References

• LiteratureThe British Tradition.
• Upper Saddle River Prentice
• Hall Inc., 2002.

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Career Areas

• Literature Teacher
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