Another School Year---What For.ppt

Another School Year---What For? Warming-up Questions Background Information Shakespeare/ Homer / Virgil / Dante / Aristotle Chaucer / Eistein / La Rochefoucauld ? Word Study 1. Verbal affixies 2. body / faculty / staff 3. testify / justify / verify / Certify 4. say / speak / talk / tell / converse 5. rather / fairly / quite / pretty 6. sensitive / sensible Writing Technique Euphemism Text Analysis Structure Difficult Sentences Discussion Warming-up Qs 1. Did you have a good holiday? What did you do during the holiday? 2. Have you had any reflections on your first term college life? What do you think is your most impressive experience in the last semester? 3. According to your own understanding, what are the major differences between high school and college educations? Background Information William Shakespeare Tragedies: (1) Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello; (2) Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar; (3) Richard II, Richard III, Timon of Athens; (4) King John, Titus Andronicus, Henry VI. Comedies: (1) The Tempest, As You Like It, The Winters Tale, The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, Much Ado about Nothing, Cymbeline, A Midsummer Nights Dream; Histories: (1) Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, Henry V, Richard II, Richard III, Henry VIII,; (2) King John, Henry VI, Parts 2 and 3, Henry VI, Part 1. Serious Plays, or Bitter Comedies: Measure for Measure, Troilus and Cressida. Globe Theatre in London The Globe Theatre, where dramatist William Shakespeare saw his plays performed 400 years ago, has been rebuilt near its original location on the south bank of the Thames River in London, England. The rebuilt theater opened in 1997 and offers performances of Shakespeare’s plays during the summer. Bach Homer Homer, name traditionally assigned to the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, the two major epics of Greek antiquity. Nothing is known of Homer as an individual, and in fac