What's Schoolin'?
The olders have just finished reading T.S. Eliot's play Murder in the Cathedral
1. Independent instructions: Read up to page 16. List unfamiliar words in Lit Response Notebook. Write a brief summary of what is happening so far in the play.
2. Finish reading independently.
3. I read the Chorus part aloud on pages 18 - 19 beginning with "Here is no continuing city, here is no abiding stay. Ill the wind, ill the time..." and ending with "...A doom on the house, a doom on yourself, a doom on the world." [I read very dramatically :)]
4. Writing extension: Write a comparison/contrast essay comparing Murder in the Cathedral
5. Read If All the Swords in England: A story of Thomas Becket by Barbara Willard
6. Here is a biography of St. Thomas a Becket:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14676a.htm
7. Here is part 1 of 15 of the movie Becket starring Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole (1964).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJsy2bEj14g
Same movie except in only 4 parts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5Km6ZzGY4s
8. Horrible Histories of Henry II as he reaches the end of his pilgrimage of public penance for the murder [If you are not familiar with Horrible Histories... it's sort of like Monty Python-ish so preview first!]:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8NxoAwTYg4
Other resources:
This is an audio of the book:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxA_3qyN1lk
This book happens right after the martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket but really has nothing to do with it :). The Hidden Treasure of Glaston (Living History Library)
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