This is a poem about the creator of Minecraft, Notch. He is one of my personal heroes because he created my favorite video game, which also happens to be the best-selling game of all time, and I really respect him for that. My assignment is to write a poem in the style of Alfred Lord …
Monthly Archives: August 2023
History 7 #70: John Wycliffe
John Wycliffe was born in a small town on a sheep farm 200 miles from London. Not much is known about what year he was born, but the convention is 1324. We don’t know when he arrived at Oxford University, but we know that we was there in 1345. Wycliffe was heavily involved in Oxford …
English Lesson #140: Macbeth
Macbeth is a Scottish thane who is close kin to King Duncan of Scotland. Duncan has two sons: Malcolm and Donalbain. Macbeth is married, but his wife is always refered to as Lady Macbeth in the play. Macduff is Macbeth’s biggest rival, and he has a wife (Lady Macduff) and a son (no title given …
English 7 #135: The Taming of the Shrew
A note for readers/teacher: this is based mostly off of the prose version from Tales From Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb. I forgot most of the details of the original play because it has been a long time since I read it, so I re-read the prose version so I could understand the play …