Tuesday 15 October: Personal mini-essay due; Begin Beowulf in class
Wednesday 16 October: No class; PSAT in the morning & half-day for upper school Thursday 17 October: Beowulf in class Friday 18 October: Draft of Confessions essay due; Beowulf classwork through l. 370 due Monday 21 October: (People who left for sports may hand in Beowulf classwork today) Draft discussion; reading through p. 49 due Tuesday 22 October: Reading 1 due Wednesday 23 October: Reading 2 due Thursday 24 October: Paper conferences and workday Friday 25 October: No school; Archdiocesan Professional Day; Confessions paper due Monday 28 October: Reading 3 due Tuesday 29 October: Reading 4 due Wednesday 30 October: Reading 5 due Thursday 31 October: No class; Halloween festival; Reading 6 due; review available Friday 1 November: Beowulf review in class; Beowulf Quest for students on Italian trip (other students may take it this day as well if an extra grade is desired) Monday 4 November: Beowulf project assigned; last day to hand in Confessions in-class rewrite Tuesday 5 November: Proposals approved in class; Workday for Beowulf project Wednesday 6 November: Workday for Beowulf project; Beowulf quest Thursday 7 November: Workday for Beowulf project Wednesday 6 November: Workday for Beowulf project Thursday 7 November: Workday for Beowulf project; project update due at the end of class Friday 8 November: Workday for Beowulf project Monday 11 November: Beowulf project due (represents 5 class days and homework times, about 6 hours of work total) Tuesday 12 November: Vocabulary quiz; Begin Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Important dates: Essay final is due no later than midnight Friday 25 October, to the Dropbox; include pictures/scans of the marked draft if you submit electronically. In-class rewrite along with the old, marked original is due Wednesday 30 October. Reading 1: pp. 49-69 Reading 2: pp. 69-103 Reading 3: pp. 103-135 Reading 4: pp. 135-165 Reading 5: pp. 165-197 Reading 6: pp. 197-end |