King Arthur Restaged

One option for the creative assignment in Reading Period 3 was to read about the 19th century photographer Julia Margaret Cameron, and the illustrator Gustave Dore, and study the photographs and drawings that illustrated Tennyson's collection of poetry, Idylls of the King. The assignment then asked that students create an illustration of their own, or recreate a photograph. Here are the results.

The death of Elaine:

Photo by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1860s

Petra with an assist from Jayson

Here are some interpretations of the excerpt from Morte D'Arthur by Thomas Mallory, when Arthur gets his sword Excalibur: 

Illustration by Alfred Kappes, 1880

Rachael

Sarah and Carrie collaboration.

Martina with charcoal.

Gerry with Lego.

Benny with Zelda sword.

Sarah utilizing weather conditions.

Jasper portraying Arthur wearing a paper crown, pulling a Nerf sword out of a sink full of water, while sporting a booty tooch with duckface.

My students make me so happy.

Summer History

To get geared up for British Literature, we're going to catch up a bit with British History, during the period between the Romans and the Norman Conquest. This assignment, do be done over three weeks, involves approximately 100 pages in The Story of Britain by Rebecca Fraser, and approximately 100 questions, each corresponding to a page number. Here are the three assignments, linked to the question sets, and the due dates:

The Romans
p 1-30

Due Friday, Aug 19, 7pm

The Anglo-Saxons Ethelbert of Kent to the Viking Invasions

p 31-56

Due Friday, Aug 26, 7pm

The Anglo-Saxons Alfred the Great to the Battle of Hastings (865-1066)
p 57-92

Due Friday, Sept 2, 7pm

Remember, if you get stuck, that the number of the question corresponds with the page number! You'll find your answer there. 

On Friday, Sept 2, you'll be officially in your first reading period for the term, and from there on, we'll be sometimes reading a section of The Story of Britain and sometimes doing another historical assignment. The work we do in this class, combined with our research essay in fall semester, and last year's historical studies, or augmented by some extra work (videos, books, etc) to be determined by your parents, will count as a history credit as well as a literature credit. 

Submit your answers by copying and pasting into an email to me the questions themselves and also your answers.