BRETON+LAY+PROJECTS

= = = = =Welcome to the Breton Lay Homepage!= toc This is the space where you will create wiki pages for your Breton lay and find your classmates' stories to comment on. Let's start with a few couplets...

//Ah, a well balanced couplet, that's a beautiful sight. Now, throw in a lady and a handsome, proud knight. Add some nobles, a king, and his pal Lancelot. Why not set your story in Arthur's castle Camelot? Oh well, whatever the setting you decide, No one on this site shall dare deride. After all, constructive feedback is our holy grail, And a dropped couplet won't mean you will fail. Nevertheless, if this assignment, you find quite lame. Consider: At least it is not a beheading game!//

=The Wiki Pages for Each Student's Story= Directions: Follow the link below to see my example wiki page. Notice the picture, the fact that I added poetry line numbers, and that I posted a question on the discussion tab. Now, you are ready to make your own wiki page. Under the appropriate class block below, type your first name (Sean Z. and Sean D. must also use the first initial of their last names). Next, use the "New Page" button to the left to create your wiki page. Later, you will come back to this page and link your name to your new wiki page.

Ann's Example Story

A Block
Sam Annie Jermaine Micah Lindsay Taylor Heather Sean D. Ben brittany

B Block
Andrew Polly Paul Brendan Becca Sarah Jesse K Michel Connor Gabe

C Block
Eric Max Kayla Leah Jenna Nate Maddy Ben P.

D Block
Julia Emily Diego Grace Ben w Chris Daniel Steve Sean Z. Lizzi Mariah =The Writing Assignment=

__**Writing A Breton Lay**__ A Breton lay is a short, narrative poem that uses rhyme and usually deals with a crisis in the affairs of noble lovers. They were written primarily in the 1100s A.D. The assignment is to write a Breton lay, although it can vary a great deal from the original form.

You choose whether or not you want to write a: MODERN STORY or a PARODY or a MEDIEVAL PERIOD STORY

THE STORY SHOULD... Sir Lancelot, Sir Percival, Sir Gawain); if you write a modern story use a modern equivalent (i.e. Guin, the First Lady)
 * be a complete story, with a beginning, middle, and end
 * have characters that include two nobles (knights, ladies, king, etc.) or that include a modern equivalent (wealthy, upper-class leaders)
 * include at least one character from the King Arthur legend (Lady Guinevere, King Arthur, Merlin,
 * include a super natural character (fairy, monster, dragon, witch, goblin, etc.)
 * use a main character who faces a challenge or obstacle
 * be written in couplets
 * not use profanity
 * be about 2 pages long, double-spaced
 * have a title

OTHER SUGGESTIONS:
 * use slang or colloquialisms
 * include gender, class, or social twists (as Marie de France does in Lanval)

Photos Credits Castle by [|Saturn] Green Knight by [|Kevin H.]