Thank you to everyone who has turned in assignments. I am diligently working on grading them. If you want to know how you did, just email me at jstark@rtcsonline.org. I will provide general responses from time to time. Right now I am waiting for the rest of the work to come in--you have until noon without penalty.
Thank you, too, to those who have asked about me. My wife and I are doing fine, I am glad to say. I pray for each of you regularly. If you have anything you would like for me to pray about, just email me. I miss you all already!
I'm trying something different today: I am putting all the assignments on the same post. Since this activity consumes a lot of time, I will update as I finish different sections. If you don't see anything for a certain class, check back in later. I hope this will help all of us manage our time well.
Literature 7-8
On p. 430, read "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost. I recommend reading it aloud--it is meant to be read that way. If you would like to listen to the poet himself read it, here is a link: The Road Not Taken.
Study Questions for "The Road Not Taken"
Due no later than 5:00 pm on Thursday, March 19.
1. Write out the rhyme pattern for the whole poem.
2. How many strong beats does each line have?
3. What makes the speaker hesitate in the woods?
4. Many people misread this poem, thinking that the speaker really did take the "road less traveled by." That is what he says at the end of the poem, when he will be telling the story to others. It makes a better story, after all. But in the present, he makes it clear that there's no real difference between the two roads. How can you tell?
5. He doubts that he will come back and travel the one he skipped. Give his reason in your own words.
6. If my reading is correct about exaggerating the story later, how would you explain the hesitation at the end of l. 18?
7. Roads and paths are often used as symbols for the lives we lead (like the staircase in "Mother to Son"). If the speaker really had taken a less-traveled road, what kind of life would that have been?
8. Read the biographical note on Frost on p. 432.
a. In what way had he taken a less-traveled road?
b. In what way was his life-road not less traveled?
American Literature
Here is an online link to Stephen Crane's Red Badge of Courage. It's free and you can choose your favorite format: Red Badge of Courage. Read ch. 1 for tomorrow. Here are a few notes to help you get started.
1. The book begins in medias res, that is, in the middle of things. The slight confusion you feel is normal and expected. It will make more sense as you go on. Later in the chapter, the narrator will fill in some of the backstory for you.
2. The narrator doesn't use names often at this stage. Our viewpoint character is "the youth," later identified as Henry (Fleming). Two of his friends are "the tall soldier," identified as Jim Conklin, and the "loud soldier" (no name given yet). Jim hears a rumor that ignites the camp.
3. This chapter is mostly exposition: life in the camp, life at home, a few characters. But we get a window into the youth's mind--not only through his words, but we are also given direct access to his thoughts and concerns.
4. When you have finished reading, write out a sparkle and email it to me with a brief but specific comment on why you chose it. Questions are of course always welcome, too.
British Literature
Coleridge gins up the strangeness in the third section of "Kubla Khan." Here are a few notes to help you out as you read it.
1. Abyssinia is an old name for Ethiopia.
2. A dulcimer is a stringed instrument that can be hammered or plucked. Here is a picture: medieval dulcimer.
3. Mount Abora may be a version of Mount Amara in Ethiopia (see above), near a source of the Nile River.
4. "Honeydew" is not the juicy melon we know, but a sweet substance secreted by certain insects. It may be connected here with manna.
5. The "milk of Paradise" may refer to divine inspiration, but it is also a name for opium (to which Coleridge was addicted).
There are no study questions for the third part, but you can expect some detailed comments on the poem as a whole within the next day or so.
Keep reading 1984.
C.S. Lewis
You should finish Out of the Silent Planet today. I will be asking you to respond beginning tomorrow. Questions are always welcome.
Bible 7-8
Review Question for Acts 3-4
Due no later than 5:00 pm tomorrow (March 19)
Retell in your own words the events in each chapter. Do it in two paragraphs of no fewer than 100 words each.
Bible 11-12
Review Questions for Isaiah 5-8
Due no later than tomorrow at 5:00 pm (March 19)
Ch. 5
1. Identify what is symbolized by the following:
a. the vineyard
b. the clearing of the stones, etc.
c. good grapes
d. bad fruit
e. removing the hedges, etc.
2. Summarize each of the 6 woes.
Ch. 6
3. Retell Isaiah's call in your own words with a few well-chosen details. (100 words)
Chs. 7-8A
4. What did Ahaz perceive as a threat?
5. What image does the Lord use to downplay this threat?
6. What nation is a much greater threat to Judah?
7. Tie this threat to a) bees, b) beards, and c) briers.
8. Who is Shear-Jashub, and what does his name mean?
9. Who is Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz, and what does his name mean?
10. What does the name "Immanuel" mean?
11. Briefly explain how this name relates to Jesus Christ and how it probably relates to at least one other child as well. Your class notes may be helpful. (50 words)
Beginning French
Read ch. 6 in Fama. Write and answer (in French of course) 10 questions taken from this chapter.
Due no later than 5:00 pm tomorrow (March 19).
Intermediate French
Read chs. 6 & 7 in EFR. Answer the chapter questions.
Due no later than 5:00 pm tomorrow (March 19).
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