Monday 16 November: No class; Mrs. Shirvanian's funeral
Tuesday 17 November: Begin Sir Gawain in class; alliterative verse; bob-and-wheel Wednesday 18 November: Beowulf project due Thursday 19 November: Poetry OutLoud Classroom Competition; Vocab review Friday 20 November: Vocabulary quiz Monday 23 November: All of Fitt 1 due Tuesday 24 November: Fitt 2 due through p. 75 only; here is the handout from class Thanksgiving Break Monday 30 November: Extra day off! Tuesday 1 December: Extra day off! Wednesday 2 December: End of Fitt 2 due; Here is the handout from class; Recitation assigned; use this website if you choose Middle English Thursday 3 December: Fitt 3 due; parallels and overall discussion Friday 4 December: Fitt 4 due; parallels and overall discussion Monday 7 December: Review of Gawain material for test Tuesday Tuesday 8 December: Sir Gawain and the Green Test; Sir Gawain and the Green Writing Project assignment available Wednesday 9 December: Canterbury Tales introduced in class; HW: work on creative writing; here is the General Prologue; here is "The Nun's Priest's Tale" Thursday 10 December: General Prologue in class; HW: work on creative writing Friday 11 December: General Prologue group work in class; HW: work on creative writing; Here is a checklist for the creative writing assignment to remind you of standards. Monday 14 December: "The Nun's Priest's Tale" begun in class; HW: work on creative writing Tuesday 15 December: Sir Gawain creative writing project due in completeness for check and workday; consider running a draft by the teacher--office hours available, as always Wednesday 16 December: Snow day! Teacher available for help with Gawain creative writing; here are the first two stanzas of the student sample we discussed in class Thursday 17 December: Poetry OutLoud during class; Sir Gawain recitation due before school, during break, during lunch, or after school; teacher feedback for writing project available by email--I'll make you a screencast Friday 18 December: No class; half day! Teacher feedback still available this afternoon; Sir Gawain creative writing project due as a pdf uploaded to the assignment in Jupiter by 9pm. Please include all materials in one file as a pdf, with the final version of the poem on top and all draft work and any marked drafts underneath. Please label clearly and please make the first thing I see when I open the document the final version, the one you want me to grade. Christmas Break Comments are closed.
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