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An Introduction
How many countries make up the
United Kingdom?
• Answer: Four
– England
– Scotland
– Wales
– Northern Ireland
What is the current currency of
The United Kingdom?
• The Pound
• Although the UK joined the EU in 1973, thus far
the country has not switch their currency to the
Euro. This has helped keep the UK financially
strong,
– $1= € .69
– $1= £.62
– €1 = £.90
– So for example, if you liked a desk that was £200,
you would be paying $321.
Who is the current Monarch?
• Queen Elizabeth II—not to be confused
with the Virgin Queen Elizabeth of the
Elizabethan/Shakespearean age.
• Next in line to the throne?
– Prince Charles
• Then?
– Prince William
Where does the monarch
OFFICIALLY reside?
• Buckingham Palace
What famous river flows through
London?
• The Thames (pronounced “Tims”
What Centuries did William
Shakespeare Live?
th th
• 16 and 17 ; baptized in 1564, died in
1616.
– Apprx. 38 plays
– 154 sonnets
– Other prominent works
How many times did King Henry
VIII get married? What is the name
of at least one of his wives?
• Six times
• His wives include (in this order)…
– Catherine of Aragon (Spanish Princess)
• Divorced
– Anne Boleyn (mother of Elizabeth I)
• Executed
– Jane Seymore
• Died
– Anne of Cleves
• Divorced
– Kathryn Howard
• Executed
– Katherine Parr
• Widowed
What are the two largest political
parties in the UK?
• Conservative
• Labour
Where are the crown jewels kept?
• The Tower of London
– Most haunted
– Former prisoners
Where were the Beatles from?
• Liverpool
Who is Nessie and where does
she reside?
• Loch Ness Monster; Loch Ness (lake in
Scotland)
What is a Double Decker?
• A two story bus
St. George is the patron saint of
England—what is he famous for
killing?
• A dragon
What is the most popular food in
Britain?
• Fish and chips
Most famous timepiece?
• Big Ben
Works cited (pictures) in order
• Microsoft clip art
• bedandbreakfasts.co.uk
• visitbritain.co.uk; nihongo.istockphoto.com
• topnews.in
• treehugger.com
• latelink.com; londonpermaculturalists.ning.com
• Microsoft clip art
• royalpaperdolls.com
• aboutmyarea.co.uk
• goingtolondon.wikispaces.com
• liverpoollodge.com
• paranormal.about.com; scotlandcalling.com; tripadvisor.co.uk
• Microsoft clip art (2)
• frot.co.nz
• englisheso.wikispaces.com
UK US UK US UK US
Clothing Items School Terms Food
Knickers Under Rubber eraser Biscuit Cookie
wear/
panties
Jumper Sweater Public Private Chips FRIES
School School
Vest Under State Public Jelly Jello
shirt School School
Wellies galoshes Zebra crosswal Runner Green
Crossing k Beans beans
Trainers Sneaker Marks grades Scone Biscuit
s
• Open the dictionary to a
Etymology random page.
Main Entry: et·y·mol·o·gy Pronunciation: \jē\
• Look at the first word on
Function: noun Inflected Form(s):
plural et·y·mol·o·gies the page and make note
Etymology: Middle English ethimologie, from
AngloFrench, from Latin etymologia, from Greek,
from etymon + logia logy Date: 14th century
of the etymology
by tracing its development since its earliest recorded • Words noted as AS or
1 : the history of a linguistic form (as a word) shown
occurrence in the language where it is found, by
tracing its transmissionfrom one language to another,
by analyzing it into its component parts, by
OE are native; the rest
identifying its cognates in other languages, or by
tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral are borrowed
form in an ancestral language
2 : a branch of linguistics concerned with etymologies
• Make note of the
etymologies of 15 words
at the TOP of 15
separate pages
What is the ratio?
13 Borrowed
2 Native • Irrevocable (Latin)
• Outlandish (OE) • Jangle (O French)
• Woodruff (OE) • Motion (Latin)
• Pointillism (French)
• Pulse (Latin)
• Serviette (O French)
• Suit (Latin)
• Vamplate (AngloNorman
French)
• Wheedle (German)
• Zygoma (Greek)
• Adequate (Latin)
• Aperture (Latin)
• Close (Latin)
2:13
(13%)
Percentage Latin/Greek Percentage Other
• 8/13 = 62% • 5/13 = 13%
Swedish
Danish Old English Old Frisian Old Low German
Icelandic
Middle English Modern English
Old English
• Old English has different LETTERS.
• "Thorn" (Þ or þ)
– Cloth (cláþ)
– Thin
• The letter "eth" (ð)
– Clothes
– Then
• Old English does not require a specific word
order, the way Middle and Modern English do.
• Instead, OE uses declensions (little endings
stuck on the end of nouns)
Middle English
• Spelling has not yet been formalized in a
systematic way, and many Latinate terms
have entered English through
intermediary French influences under the
Norman conquerors in 1066.
Early Modern English
• Shakespeare’s day
– thou/you,
– thy/your,
– thine/yours,
• Shakespeare's alphabet in the early modern is
practically identical to ours
• Doesn't yet have identical punctuation
conventions to ours. For instance, the exclamation
mark still wasn't invented in 1590.
Narrative Writing
Page 8 of Writing Handbook
• There are 7 major components in most
stories:
1. Plot
2. Character
3. Setting
4. Theme
5. Mood
6. Tone
7. Viewpoint
Plot
• A series of related actions that lead to the
– Climax
– Resolution
• Every good plot needs a conflict, or a
struggle between two forces in the story.
This creates interest and suspense.
There are 2 basic types of conflict
– Internal
– External
Plot
• There are 6 steps in a typical plot:
1. Exposition
2. Narrative hook
3. Rising Action
4. Climax (indicates how conflict will be
resolved) and Denoument (turning point/
Ahha moment)
5. Falling Action
6. Resolution
To practice
• Using all of the target words AND at least 23 of the UK
words from our earlier discussions (underline them in
your story as you use them), complete the rest of the
story. Really let your imagination flow. Don’t forget to
create a title.
– You need a PLOT and CONFLICT in your story but that is all
that is absolutely required other than the use of the target words
and language as per our discussion today
• Target words: England, suitcase, aviator sunglasses,
brick wall, dangerous, cliff, rose colored vase,
Stonehenge
Everyone’s first line should be: I was on my way to the
Tower of London when…