Thursday, September 7th

Focus

· Combining Sentences

· The Middle Ages and the Canterbury Tales: Romance / Gawain

Class work

· DOL: Revising an essay

· Combing sentences lesson 10: Combining Notes into Sentences (Continued)

· Summer Reading: Steve and Kyle

· Beowulf Poems: Ai and Sophia

· Quiz over Gawain and Romance

· Write about and discuss the following: 1. The elements of Romance in the story, 2. Gawain’s chivalric code, 3. The role of the Narrator and what the story says about the society.

· Share your writing

To be turned in Today

· Sir Gawain Quiz

Homework

· Type your writing over Gawain, incorporating the elements of the class discussion

On-Going Projects

· The Middle Ages

· Summer reading projects

Portfolio Additions

· Heroism Quick-write

· Beowulf study questions

Presentation Order

Poem

Thursday

Ai

Sophia

Friday

Shally

Mary

Summer Reading

Thursday

Steve

Kyle

Friday

Chie

Grace, Linda

Andrew