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Activity:
- Get your summary from last week and take a look at it.
- On the back: write a new improved summary (of about 5 sentences).
- Add extra information that you have read in your reader for homework (underline all information you have to look up).
- Think about setting, main characters and plot
- If you are finished, hand in your summary (NAME!)
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Today
At the end of the lesson you'll know:
- The time period where Old English and Middle English are placed.
- (a part of) the main storyline of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
- The term and definition of the word chivalry. 
- Second hour: Listening practice Havo Exam

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From Old English to Middle English
  •  When did the old English period start?
  • The Middle English period starts around 1066 with the battle of Hastings
  • King Harold and William of Normandy
  • England became tri-lingual.

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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Introduction
  •  King Arthur and the knights of the round table
  • Chivarly: qualities a knight should possess
  • Romance genre: story that involves a hero who goes on a quest that tests his ability
  • Symbolism: The use of symbols to represent ideas and qualities that are different from their literal sense.
  • Animals, numbers, and colours can be symbols.

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Medieval romance characteristics
  • Embodies the ideals of chivalry
  • Set in a remote time or place
  • Emphasise rank and social distinctions
  • Convey sense of supernatural
  • Hero engaged in pure adventure
  • Include love or courtly love
  • Feature spontaneous fighting

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Stages of Medieval Romance
  1. Undertaking a dangerous quest
  2. Facing a test of honour or courage
  3. A return point from which the quest began

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Let's read the beginning of the story

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Listening practice
There are four options:
1. Practice listening on esl-lab.com
2. Practice listening in Of Course (Chapter 1+2)
3. Work on your Credits Dossier
4. Work on your homework for next week: Read Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

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When did the Middle English period start
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A
1100
B
975
C
1047
D
1066

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What does the term chivalry mean?
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What is symbolism?
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Homework for next week
  •  Finish reading the story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
  • Write a short summary (5-10 sentences) of the story and hand this in at the beginning of next week Wednesday's lesson.
  • Don't forget your credits dossier!

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