February 14

We finally made it to the end of Liber 1.  The Wart is no more, and King Arthur has come to the throne of England.   Take time this week to read through some thoughts Mrs. Simcox was kind enough to write down for us before she left for Nantucket.  To access her notes, click on the pictures to the left of the screen.  You'll be glad you did!

Assignment for next class (not until February 28)

• Read chapters 6-10 o f Liber 2
• Highlight/underline the flow of thought
• Find something to mark in blue for EACH CHAPTER
• Write a title for each chapter
• Be prepared to narrate ANY chapter

February 7

Assignment

• Read the first chapters of the second book "The Queen of Air and Darkness." This book was originally titled "The Witch in the Wood."  Its the second of the four books included in The Once and Future King.  White intended The Book of Merlyn to be the fifth, but it was published later as a separate novel.
• Continue to highlight flow of thought.  Your aim should be to highlight enough of the text to allow you to scan back over your highlighted (or underlined) portions and remember the basic plot line and a perhaps a few interesting details.
• Now that we're all a bit more comfortable and have had more practice reading this way, I'd like you all to mark at least one blue per chapter.   If you have decided not to use highlighters on the thin pages (since it bleeds through) use a star in the margin to mark "blues".