Wednesday, September 13th

Focus

· Combining Sentences

· The Middle Ages and the Canterbury Tales: The Canterbury Tales

Class work

· DOL: Revising Sentences

· Combing sentences lesson 12: Using Adjective Clauses (Continued)

· Take notes over Chaucer and the Introduction to the Canterbury Tales

· Discuss the first half of the Prologue and talk about character traits.

· Continue reading from The Prologue

To be turned in Today

· I will look at your character charts

Homework

· Finish reading the Prologue and assigning character traits (Each student has a specific character. Please see email.)

On-Going Projects

· The Middle Ages

· Canterbury Tales projects

Portfolio Additions

· Heroism Quick-write

· Beowulf study questions

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

Extra Credits

Musical Ballads (Monday 9/18)