Dec 3 & 4: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Students turned in Outside Reading. 1st period's works cited was due.
Journal: "Chivalry"
•Write about the following quote. If you are “stuck” and don’t know what to write, copy the quote, then brainstorm.
•“Some say that the spirit of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth.”

Students took notes on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. These are in the y-drive "Arthur" folder

Students read Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, starting on page 170. We read the first part. Students are to finish it and answer questions 1-30 below to prepare for a quiz.
1. Describe the setting as the story begins.
2. Describe the Green Knight.
3. What is suspicious about the Green Knight’s request to King Arthur?
4. What challenge does the Green Knight offer to King Arthur’s knights?
5. What angers King Arthur, and what decision does he make?
6. Who steps in, and how does his speech reflect a knight’s code of chivalry?
7. Describe the events that follow Sir Gawain swinging the gisarme. (battle-ax)
8. Why do you think King Arthur and Sir Gawain laugh as the Green Knight leaves?
9. Despite almost certain death, why do you think that Sir Gawain seeks the Knight of the Green Chapel in a year and a day?
10. What “game” does the lord of the castle propose?
11. What gifts do Sir Gawain and the lord of the castle exchange on day one? Day two? Day three?
12. How does Sir Gawain react after the first time the Green Knight lowers the ax? The second time? The third time?
13. How does the Green Knight explain the three strikes?
14. What is the Green Knight’s true identity?
15. Sir Gawain thought that his courage was being tested, but he had been tricked. What was the actual test?
16. Why doe the Green Knight forgive Sir Gawain for keeping the green girdle?
17. How does Sir Gawain feel about himself after he realizes his failure to live up to the code of chivalry?
18. According to the Green Knight, how has Sir Gawain paid for his transgressions.
19. Why does the Green Knight return the girdle to Sir Gawain?
20. Evaluate Sir Gawain’s actions. In what ways (provide at least three)does and doesn’t he follow the code of chivalry.
21. Is Sir Gawain a coward, or is the code of chivalry unrealistic to follow?
22. Was the Green Knight’s challenge a fair test of Gawain’s character? Why or Why not?
23. What do you think was the main lesson Gawain learned? Provide textual support for you answer.
24. Will Gawain be more likely to live by the rules of chivalry in the future? Provide textual support for your answer.
25. Why do you think that Gwain requests to take up the Green Knight’s challenge? Provide two places of textual support.
26. Who is more honorable Beowulf or Gwain? Provide two places of textual support and page numbers from both stories.
27. What might have happened if Gawain had refused to accept the sash? Provide textual support and page numbers for your answer.
28. List 5 components that you think make up a modern code of conduct or chivalry for today’s leaders.
29. List 10 components that you think make up the modern code of relationships and love.
30. Think of five components you would add to the list in # 28 and to the list in #29. (These would be components that you think do not exist in modern times but should be part of the codes)