Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a story from the Canterbury Tales that depicts the mighty Sir Gawain. The Green Knight approaches King Arthur about a challenge but Sir Gawain insists he must take Arthur’s place. Gawain thinks he is the most useless of all the knights. Sir Gawain struggles to abide by the …
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Historical Background Project
In this project I researched a plethora of things such as chivalry and the hundred years war. In my article about chivalry I learned about squires and the ideology behind chivalry. In another article I learned about King Henry the Conqueror. In my third article I learn about the hundred years war. In the final …
About my Website
This websites purpose is to meet the requirements for my English 12 assignment. To that end it will have multiple posts reflecting on the things I complete throughout the year. Along with the English 12 requirements I may use it as a basis for a personal blog. (Wish I knew how to add a picture, …
Beowulf/Elegies Reflection
I learned Beowulf is the first true hero story that all of our modern stories are based upon. I also learned much about the time period during which Beowulf was written. The English middle ages where vikings and Normans invaded England. I learned about the beginning of feudalism and christianity in Angle-Land, future England. Beowulf …
Clutter Reflection after reading
The clutter reading helped me understand why clutter needs to be eliminated and how to go about actually eliminating it. The article also had helpful writing advice. I found myself writing more efficiently after learning about clutter. I recorded information through a graphic organizer: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Smn0O84s-nYN3wiAX-poaN0o31fT5Ah8-RtlkabaDmI/edit Here I tell what exactly helped me the most. Zinser …
Scholarship Essay Reflection
Writing the scholarship essay and pier reviewing others helped me in my strategy for writing and with eliminating clutter. This project also gave me a foundation for what my actual scholarship essay will be. I was able to look at other scholarship essays that actually won scholarships. In my scholarship essay https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OdxLsWuWzVo_tr1whk8Fm8_Q1xrGv5XvNAyk2st2Pj8/edit I use what …
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