Tag Archives: CS Lewis

Writing Strategies

Writing Strategies 1, week 9: June 15th, 2012

Leave a comment

Today we studied chapters 9 and10 of LWW by C.S. Lewis.

  1. What is onomatopoeia?
  2. What is simile?
  3. What is personification?
  4. What are these examples of?
    1. “The house [of the White Witch] was really a small castle. It seemed to be all towers, little towers with long pointed spires on them, sharp as needles.” (p. 100)
    2. “As he [Edmund] got into the middle of it [the courtyard] he saw that there were dozens of statues all about – standing here and there rather as the pieces stand on a chessboard when it is halfway through the game.” (p. 104)
    3. “And she [Lucy] stopped looking at the dazzling brightness of the frozen river with all its waterfalls of ice and at the white masses of the tree-tops and the great glaring moon and the countless stars and could only watch the little short legs of Mr. Beaver going pad-pad-pad-pad through the snow in front of her as if they were never going to stop.” (pp. 112-113).
    4. “Wherever is this?” said Peter‘s voice, sounding rather tired and pale in the darkness. I hope you know what I mean about a voice sounding pale.” (p. 113).
  5. Answers: 1 = simile, 2  = simile, 3 = onomatopoeia, 4 = personification.
  6. Chapters 9-10: Multiple choice questions, Short Answer questions, Short Essay questions (finish for homework).

Homework:

  1.  Read in the Bible
    1. Romans 12:6-8
    2. Corinthians 12:4-11
    3. 1 Peter 4:10
    4. Joshua 1:9
  2. What is the connection between these verses and LWW?

 

C.S. Lewis
Cover of C.S. Lewis
Related articles
Enhanced by Zemanta
Writing Strategies

Writing Strategies 1, week 8: June 8th, 2012

1 Comment
Stained glass at St John the Baptist's Anglica...
Stained glass at St John the Baptist's Anglican Church http://www.stjohnsashfield.org.au, Ashfield, New South Wales. Illustrates Jesus' description of himself "I am the Good Shepherd" (from the Gospel of John, chapter 10, verse 11). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Today,

  1. reviewed homework questions,
  2. read part of chapter 9, where Edmund arrives at the Witch’s house. A theme of chapter 9 is “fear”. The theme for chapter 4 is “temptation”.
  3. What are the themes for chapters 7 and 8?
    1. The themes for chapter 7  and 8 are “hospitality” and “the wisdom of the past”.
  4. Mini-lecture on C.S. Lewis’ ideas:
    1. “enemy-occupied territory”:
      (from Book II. What Christians Believe, in “Mere Christianity“「 キリスト教の精髄」.  This has been translated into Japanese, but I cannot find an online version of it. If you find one, please tell me the URL.)
      * 2. The Invasion
      * “Christianity thinks this Dark Power was created by God, and was good when he was created, and went wrong. Christianity agrees with Dualism that this universe is at war. But it does not think this is a war between independent powers. It thinks it is a civil war, a rebellion, and that we are living in a part of the universe occupied by the rebel. Enemy-occupied territory-that is what this world is. Christianity is the story of how the rightful king has landed, you might say landed in disguise, and is calling us all to take part in a great campaign of sabotage.
      * Christians, then, believe that an evil power has made himself for the present the Prince of this World.”
    2. “Better to rule in hell than to serve in heaven” (spoken by Satan in “Paradise Lost” by John Milton).

Homework:

    1.  Vocabulary – what is the meaning in context of the following words from chapters 9-10?
      1. cold shoulder
      2. flask
      3. scheme
      4. grave
      5. spire
      6. solemn
      7. lithe
      8. sluice gate
      9. cordial
    2. What makes Edmund afraid (list as many examples as you can find in chapters 9-10)?
      1. How does he respond?
      2. What does this tell us about his character?
    3. Find examples of jealousy in chapters 9-10.
    4. What items do the Beavers pack?
    5. List the presents Father Christmas gives to the children.
      1. What do the presents tell us about the children’s characters?
      2. Father Christmas says, the girls are not to fight in the battle. Why not? Do you agree?
Related articles
Enhanced by Zemanta