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Lessons and projects by students and teachers on every aspect of Literature (that we have on the site anyway). This is the parent view for British, American, World Literature and Shakespeare.
The Wart and the King: The Once and Future King - Group/Partner Work #2
An in-depth and critical thinking based partner work consisting of two handouts that asks students to look at some key quotes from T.H. White's The Once and Future King as well as Walt Whitman's "A Child went Forth," Burns's "To a Mouse," The Dark Knight (Batman) and more. It asks students to consider what happened to Arthur in his growing up - how this fits in with what else they have read (or will read) including the quote from The Tempest - "What's Past is Prologue." [There is now a revised version (2010) that does not have Batman, but does have more ties to Macbeth]
Slaying the Questing Beast: A Group (or solo) Work for T.H. White's The Once and Future King
During Winter Break my students read (well most of them do anyway) T.H. White's "The Once and Future King." They whine, they grumble, and they resent their time being taken up with a forced reading - but when they are done they are usually (to a person) grateful. They often come back, in fact, to tell me it was their favorite book that we read - although it is the book that they read on their own (and maybe that is part of it). This Group (or solo) Work has them tie some of the ideas from that book to Macbeth (though the lesson could be easily altered) - and it has them look at Arthur's quest - and how he does or doesn't achieve it.
The Once and Future King Wordle Page 560
This is from when Lancelot is waiting for the Queen to call for him because King Arthur has gone hunting. He is ready for bed, meaning he is naked.
The Once and Future King Characters
Most of the Characters from T.H.White's The Once and Future King and the four book titles (The Sword in the Stone, The Queen of Air and Darkness, The Ill-Made Knight, and The Candle in the Wind).
