Monday, September 11th

Focus

· Combining Sentences

· The Middle Ages and the Canterbury Tales: Romance, Ballads, and The Canterbury Tales

Class work

· DOL: Revising Sentences

· Combing sentences lesson 11: Using Participial Phrases (Continued)

· Summer Reading: Andrew and Steve

· Quiz over the ballads and the format thereof

· Discuss the ballads and listen to them sung.

· Begin writing your own ballad. It must follow the form as noted on page 111.

· Continue working on your portfolio revisions

To be turned in Today

· Quick write over Gawain

Homework

· Finish writing your ballad. (For one point extra credit on your quarter grade, you can perform (sing) your ballad for the class next Monday.)

On-Going Projects

· The Middle Ages

· Summer reading projects

Portfolio Additions

· Heroism Quick-write

· Beowulf study questions

· Beowulf test (You should spend additional time on the content of this essay.)

Presentation Order

Summer Reading

Monday

Steve

Andrew