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12/5/2014

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Today, we finished Paradise Lost!

If you need a summary, try reading this by Shmoop! It may not be as fun as when I chop and screw it for you, but if you are lost, it should help!

We also watched the trailer and a snippet from the movie The Devil’s Advocate. It’s rated R, and while it’s not scary, it is pretty disturbing.

The assignment for the day is writing Satan’s Letter to his Girlfriend. You can find this either in BB (Go to Hell > Paradise Lost and you can find the file and the drop box).

letterThis is worth 40 points – 20 points will be based on your understanding of the text (did you read the story? Did you get the facts right?) and 20 points will be based off of your voice – does this have *personality* when I read it, or does it sound like you are just answering questions. This should like the character is really writing this letter! Have fun! See if you can demonstrate his sins (based off the Seven Deadly sin foldable we did).

12/4/2014

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Get ready for the hardest thing you’ll ever read. Worse than Shakespeare! Harder than a stereo manual! Even more difficult than trying to file your taxes! It’s John Milton and Paradise Lost!

We listened to the Rolling Stones Sympathy for the Devil before we began today, and I even dressed up for the lesson today.

riley devilI gave you all MY notes for this, so it should be saved as a OneNote file on your desktop. If you weren’t here, or I couldn’t send it to you (Elizabeth and Kawika!), I’ll give it to you tomorrow. No point in making you do extra work!

Big ideas to remember: free will, pride, invocation, topic statement, epic, Adam and Eve, inversion, run on sentences, and sects.

If God is all powerful and all good, how is it that evil exists?

This is the essential question that John Milton is trying to answer with this poem, and for him, it goes back to Adam and Eve making a poor decision. So then he had to explain WHY Adam and Eve made that bad decision, which is why he spends so much time writing about Satan.

Make sure if you weren’t here and this confuses you, try this summary from Shmoop.

12/5/13

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I love teaching Paradise Lost because while we are reading poems about Hell, I can tell you guys to open up your computers and “go to Hell!” I know, I only entertain myself, but at least I have fun!

riley devil

Get ready for the hardest thing you’ll ever read. Worse than Shakespeare! Harder than a stereo manual! Even more difficult than trying to file your taxes! It’s John Milton and Paradise Lost! Why? Because Riley thinks you guys are up for the challenge! By reading this, you’ll counted among the smartest people in the world!

Make sure that you get the notes from the background information from a classmate for the John Milton background and the first 75 lines.

Words to remember: free will, pride, invocation, topic statement, epic, Adam and Eve, inversion, run ons, sects

If God is all powerful and all good, how is it that evil exists?

IV – 11/27/2012

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Riley once again played the part of the devil as we finished up Paradise Lost today. Make sure you get the notes from a classmate. Ben, you missed the entire unit. Riley has an old video that you can watch, BUT MAKE SURE YOU GET THE NOTES FROM A CLASSMATE.

We ended the day with Satan’s Letter to his Girlfriend – you can find the letter in LMS in the Hell folder and then clock on the Paradise Lost folder.

Does it make sense now why Riley used the flames for this folder?

IV – 11/26/2012

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Get ready for the hardest thing you’ll ever read. Worse than Shakespeare! Harder than a stereo manual! Even more difficult than trying to file your taxes! It’s John Milton and Paradise Lost!

Make sure that you get the notes from the background information from a classmate for the John Milton background and the first 75 lines.

Big ideas to remember: free will, pride, invocation, topic statement, epic, Adam and Eve, inversion, run ons

If God is all powerful and all good, how is it that evil exists?

 

5/8/2012

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Today, we finished Paradise Lost (again, if you read Shmoop, you only need to read to the bullet about the Read Sea). If you missed this information, please make sure that you still get the notes/highlighting from another student.

Afterwards, we did the assignment in LMS entitled “Satan’s Letter to his Girlfriend.” You can characterize Satan however you like, but you need to make sure that you answer the questions accurately from the story of Paradise Lost. There is a drop box for this in LMS when you are done!

Hugs and kisses!
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