Week The Feast of Saint Valentine

Bassano, Jacopo. St Valentine Baptizing St Lucilla.
1575. Oil on canvas. Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa

Happy St. Valentine's Day! Here Bassano shows the influence and beneficent effect of that mysterious figure, Valentinus. He takes his name from the Latin adjective valens, meaning "strong, effective, or influential." Although there is little known about the man, we honor his martyrdom: "The feast of St. Valentine was first established in 496 by Pope Gelasius I, who included Valentine among those "...whose names are justly reverenced among men, but whose acts are known only to God." One story, that he married Christians during a time of Roman persecution, influenced the holiday, which flourished in the days of Chaucer, during the chivalric days of the courtly love of the Middle Ages. 

Agenda for Monday, February 10:

1. Pray
2. Latin for the Week: Si vis amari ama.
1. "If you want to be loved, love." - Seneca the Elder."
3. Work on Revisions and Oral Presentations of Macbeth Essays
4. Read Sir Gawain and the Green Knight!
5. Review HW:
1. Read Sir Gawain Stanzas 22-79. Quiz tomorrow! (2/11)
2. Macbeth Presentations (2/14)
3. Study Grammar Notes on Pronoun Reference. Quiz next Tuesday!
4. Be perfect.

Agenda for Tuesday, February 11:

1. Pray
2. Grammar Quiz: Pronoun Reference 23-1
3. Reading Check Quiz: Stanzas 22-79, Sir Gawain
4. Collect, grade and discuss
5. Read Sir Gawain and the Green Knight:
6. Review HW:
1. Read Sir Gawain Stanzas 80-the end. Quiz next week.  
2. Macbeth Presentations (2/14)
3. Study Grammar Notes. Quiz next week!
4. Be perfect.

Agenda for Wednesday, February 12:

1. Pray
2. Go to Shakespeare Tavern for Much Ado About Nothing!
3. Review HW:
1. Read Sir Gawain Stanzas 80-the end. Quiz next week.
2. Macbeth Presentations (2/14)
3. Study Grammar Notes on Pronoun Reference. Quiz next Tuesday!
4. Be perfect.

Agenda for Thursday, February 13:

1. Pray
2. Read Sir Gawain and the Green Knight!
3. Work on Macbeth Presentations
4. Review HW:
1. Read Sir Gawain Stanzas 80-the end. Quiz next week.
2. Macbeth Presentations (2/14)
3. Study Grammar Notes on Pronoun Reference. Quiz next Tuesday!
4. Be perfect.

Agenda for Friday, February 14:

1. Pray
2. Macbeth Presentations
3. Read Sir Gawain and the Green Knight!
4. Review HW:
1. Finish Sir Gawain. Quiz Tuesday! (2/18)
2. Study Grammar Notes on Pronoun Reference. Quiz next Tuesday!
3. Be perfect.