Files added in the Downloads Section:
Added additional links for Other Renaissance Writers, Essay principles, Research Variables, Grammar, and Writing Process, should mediafire becomes unavailable.
Lectures for Song of Roland, and Subject Verb Agreement coming soon.
Subject Verb Agreement (For 3rd yr)
http://www.mediafire.com/?dzynuzve0yu or
http://www.divshare.com/download/10204729-191
For the lecture on Song of Roland, the exam will only cover details found on your book. That is why I won’t upload any lectures on Song of Roland. I would just copy the book. The same with Nibelungenlied and A Filipino Candidate in Hawaii. For the literature domain, you just have to be prepared with your insights regarding the stories.
Linguistic features and Logical Fallacies already included in the coverage file (4th yr)
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Though there’s still an exam pending to be taken on Tuesday, I congratulate all of you for surviving all of the exams you’ve taken so far. I’m now checking your exams, hoping that no one will be getting a mark lower than 80% xD
For the meantime, please take note of the details written below.
4th year students: I’ll still discuss this on Wednesday. Anyway there are two things that I want all of you to remember this 3rd quarter.
- Monday to Wednesday of every week will be reserved for thesis lectures, so there’s no need to bring your books, unless otherwise stated. Thursday and Friday will be reserved for discussing World Literature and other pertinent stuff.
- For those who want to change their group membership, let me add rules to this, to avoid bad feelings and FO’s. One can only change his/her group membership if his/her parent group allows it, and if the group that he/she wishes to join also allows it. The member that will be transferring from one group to another should also be okay with it. There will be no forced eviction of group members, nor changing memberships without consent of BOTH groups.
- Your topics will be due next week, so please finalize your topics, as we will start discussing writing your introductions.
- I’ve arranged for all seniors to be allowed to use the Library for research purposes. I’ll announce when you’ll be allowed to use it.
3rd year students: You’ll have an activity where in you’ll have to report on the other writers of the Renaissance and their works. We will also have remedial grammar and composition lessons, probably every Monday for New Zealand and every Friday for Australia. Please start reading on the rest of the writers of the Renaissance.
I’ll post updates here as soon as I can. To those who were having hard time accessing this website, please bear with me for awhile, as I am currently in the process of buying my own domain, www.adobosoda.com, and hosting the website to a more reliable webhost.
4th year students: The lecture on Aeneid, To Licinius, Epigrams, and Enchiridion will uploaded later. Please check this post for updates. Quiz #4 which covers the above topics will be held on Monday, October26, 2009.
Exam details: Your 2nd Quarterly Exam will be composed of Multiple Choice items, Identification items, Explain items, and an Essay which worth 15 points. Topics that will be covered includes:
- Greek Drama (Dramatists and some of their works)
- Greek Lyric Poetry
- Introduction to Roman Literature
- Major writers of Roman Literature
- Aeneid, To Licinius, Epigrams, The Enchiridion
- Definition of Research Paper
- Knowledge of Essay principles and forms of paragraph development (for the essay part).
The questions will come from your book, and from the lectures that I uploaded here. As you already know from the previous exam, memorizing stuff is not enough; you also need to comprehend them especially our last topic (mostly stories and poems).
3rd year students: Lecture regarding the sonnets’ interpretations will uploaded later. Please check this post from time to time. Quiz #3 will be held on Tuesday, October 27, 2009. This will also serve as your review. The quiz will be a “Fill in the blanks” type of exam – you’ll need to supply the missing words. The quiz will be on Sonnet CXVI.
Exam details: Your 2nd Quarterly Exam will be composed of Multiple Choice items, Identification items, Vocabulary and Usage in a Sentence items, and Explain items. Topics to be covered includes:
- King Arthur (book and the supplement reading)
- Renaissance
- William Shakespeare
- Shakespearean Songs
- Shakespearean Sonnets
The questions will come from your book, and from the lectures that I uploaded here. As you already know from the previous exam, memorizing stuff is not enough; you also need to comprehend them especially our last topic (mostly stories and poems).
4th year Antartica: Your reports were rescheduled tomorrow. Please come to class prepared. Being able to anticipate problems is in itself preparation.
4th year Europe: Discussion of your respective reports.
3rd year students: Quiz #2 tomorrow. Topics to be covered are Renaissance, Shakespeare, and Songs used in Shakespeare’s Plays.
Since I’m too busy to update this site, this will be our schedule for the next few days:
Wednesday (Oct 21 2009)
See above.
Thursday (Oct 22 2009)
4th year students: Discussion on your reports cont’d. Deadline for the assignment on ‘Reading between the lines’
3rd year students: Discussion on Shakespearean Sonnets and the movie.
Friday (Oct 23 2009)
4th year students: Quiz #4 regarding Aeneid: Stratagem of the wooden horse, Horace’s To Licinius, Martial’s Epigrams, and Epictetus’ Enchiridion.
3rd year Australia: Quiz #3 on Shakespearean Sonnets. Homework for the sonnets to be given this day.
NO CLASSES. SJB FEAST DAY.
Monday (Oct 26 2009)
4th year students: Quiz #4 regarding Stratagem of the Wooden Horse, To Licinius, Martial’s Epigrams, and Epictetus’ The Enchiridion. Review of essay lecture + forms of paragraph development. If there’s still time.
3rd year New Zealand: Quiz #3 on Shakespearean Sonnets Special Activity
Tuesday (Oct 27 2009) (Shortened Period)
4th year students: Review for the upcoming quarterly examinations. Deadline for the brief analysis of your assigned theses.
3rd year students: Quiz #3 on Shakespearean Sonnets. Review for the upcoming quarterly examinations. Deadline for Shakespearean Sonnet Homework.
Wednesday – Friday (Oct 28 2009 – Oct 30 2009)
ALL STUDENTS: 2nd Quarterly Examinations
4th year students: Groupings in Thesis will be announced tomorrow, after our discussion. We will discuss research, and possibly techniques in choosing a topic. For those who doesn’t have a copy of the lecture, I uploaded an electronic version, which you can download in the Downloads section. On Monday we will begin with a new lesson on Roman Literature, so please read the pages that I assigned to be read. There will be a seatwork before we start.
3rd year students: I’ve assigned all of you a home work which requires you to search for two Shakespearean plays, to list down the major characters, to write in one paragraph its synopsis/summary/plot, to indicate if it’s a comedy, tragedy, or historical, and to write a short paragraph why you chose those plays. You will present them in class. I’ve also uploaded the lecture discussion on Renaissance and Shakespeare that we talked about hours ago, again to be found in the Downloads section.
Special: For 3rd year and 4th year varsity students who weren’t able to take the quiz, you all have to take a make-up quiz tomorrow at the library. 4th year students, please go there at around 12:30 pm, while 3rd year students will be given their make-up quiz at around 3:15 pm. Failure to appear at the said times will not be excused, and you will be given a failing mark for those missed quizzes.
Offtopic: Ad libitum is the long version of the familiar word ‘Ad lib’ which is a musical term to denote that the execution of the performance is left to the performer. I’ve already given all of you things that all of you needed. Your performance for these subjects will be left to you. A student must be responsible for his or her own learning.