We recapped the content of the first few stanzas of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," which we had read aloud in class on Friday (Dec. 19).
Miscellaneous things we mentioned along the way:
- "bob and wheel": the term for the 19-line stanzas (15 long, 4 short )
- Sir Gawain's most famous strengths: purity and the degree of his courtesy
- this story is set up as a quest--or, yes, a "hero's journey," but that concept was not formalized with all its many parts until much much later. Still, the traditional quest is where most of Joseph Campbell's ideas came from.
Then, students read the rest of the first part, with instructions to do three things:
1) Briefly note the essential content of each stanza in the margin.
2) Mark examples of colors OTHER than green.
3) Mark words/phrases you don't understand (or aren't sure about).
Be sure to hang on to this packet, which by now should have your name on it and be labeled "Packet 1." (There will be three.)
FOR TOMORROW
No homework, actually, mostly due to teacher-fail on getting the next packet to the copy room on that last day before break!
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