Thursday, January 28

BE SURE TO BRING YOUR TEXTBOOK TO CLASS!
Choice of reading or Quizlet vocabulary for Act 1 of Macbeth.  (Reminder: quiz Friday.)

Read 1.3 in Macbeth (443--448 in our textbook).
Watched film version.

Distributed Shoebox Shakespeare rubrics and briefly discussed the assignment.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, January 29: Macbeth Act 1 Vocabulary quiz.

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Wednesday, January 27

BE SURE TO BRING YOUR TEXTBOOK TO CLASS!

Choice of reading or Quizlet vocabulary for Act 1 of Macbeth.  (Reminder: quiz Friday.)

Groups finished working together to find 1 DEJ note on Macbeth as a tragic hero, 1 example of equivocation and four of the motifs identified in our notes.
COLLECTED DEJs.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, January 29: Macbeth Act 1 Vocabulary quiz.

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Tuesday, January 26

BE SURE TO BRING YOUR TEXTBOOK TO CLASS!
Choice of reading or Quizlet vocabulary for Act 1 of Macbeth.  (Reminder: quiz Friday.)
Finished reading Macbeth 1.2 (440--442 in our textbook).
Watched film versions of 1.1 and 1.2.

Groups met, began working together to find DEJs on Macbeth as a tragic hero, and examples of equivocation or the motifs identified in our notes.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, January 29: Macbeth Act 1 Vocabulary quiz.

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Monday, January 25

Introduced Macbeth Act 1 vocabulary.
Silent reading--no logs due until next week.

DUE DATES

MONDAY, January 25: No reading log due. BE SURE TO BRING YOUR TEXTBOOK TO CLASS!
MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Friday, January 22

Midterm exam.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, January 22: Midterm exam (Beowulf through Chaucer).
MONDAY, January 25: No reading log due. BE SURE TO BRING YOUR TEXTBOOK TO CLASS!
MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Thursday, January 21

No class; block 3 and 4 exams today.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, January 22: Midterm exam (Beowulf through Chaucer).
MONDAY, January 25: No reading log due. BE SURE TO BRING YOUR TEXTBOOK TO CLASS!
MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Wednesday, January 20

Wrapped up the 32-second Macbeth challenge: A NEW RECORD! 16.49 seconds!

Read 1.1 and began 1.2 in Macbeth (p 440 in our textbook).

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, January 22: Midterm exam (Beowulf through Chaucer).
MONDAY, January 25: No reading log due. BE SURE TO BRING YOUR TEXTBOOK TO CLASS!
MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Tuesday, January 20

Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.
Teams began work on 32-second Macbeth challenge.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, January 22: Midterm exam (Beowulf through Chaucer).
MONDAY, January 25: No reading log due.
MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Monday, January 18

No school for Martin Luther King Day.

Friday, January 15

Reviewed materials to study and format for the midterm exam.
Choice of silent reading or midterm vocabulary review.

Students took notes introducing Macbeth.
Began demo for 32-second Macbeth challenge.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, January 22: Midterm exam (Beowulf through Chaucer).
MONDAY, January 25: No reading log due.
MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Thursday, January 14

Silent reading/last group's final presentation prep.
Last group presentation.
Finished watching the animated Canterbury Tales.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, January 22: Midterm exam (Beowulf through Chaucer).
MONDAY, January 25: No reading log due.
MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Wednesday, January 13

Took, scored, and COLLECTED Macbeth vocabulary pretest.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, January 22: Midterm exam (Beowulf through Chaucer).

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Tuesday, January 12

Silent reading/last group's final presentation prep.
Last group presentation.
Continued watching the animated Canterbury Tales.

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, January 13: Macbeth vocabulary pretest.  (This is a pretest--it will not affect your grade.)
FRIDAY, January 22: Midterm exam (Beowulf through Chaucer).

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Monday, January 11

Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.
Last minute project prep.

Began group presentations.
Began watching "The Pardoner's Tale" in the animated Canterbury Tales.

DUE DATES

MONDAY, January 11:  Canterbury Tales performance projects due.

FRIDAY, January 22: Midterm exam (Beowulf through Chaucer).

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Friday, January 8

Silent reading/test wrap-up.
Project prep.
Watched "The Merchant's Tale" in animated Canterbury Tales.

DUE DATES

MONDAY, January 11:  Canterbury Tales performance projects due.

FRIDAY, January 22: Midterm exam (Beowulf through Chaucer).

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Thursday, January 7

Medieval literature unit test.

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, January 7: Medieval literature (Robin Hood through Chaucer) unit test.
MONDAY, January 11:  Canterbury Tales performance projects due.

FRIDAY, January 22: Midterm exam (Beowulf through Chaucer).

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Wednesday, January 6

Warm up: Short Quizlet study session or independent reading.
Reminder: test Thursday!

Groups completed Canterbury Tales study sets on Quizlet and shared them with me and with one another.
Groups continued preparation for performance projects; due date has been moved to MONDAY.

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, January 7: Medieval Literature (Robin Hood through Chaucer) Unit Test.
MONDAY, January 11:  Canterbury Tales performance projects due.

FRIDAY, January 22: Midterm Exam (Beowulf through Chaucer).

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Tuesday, January 5

Distributed unit test review sheet and vocabulary review sheet.
Reminder: test Thursday!

Groups met to create Canterbury Tales study sets on Quizlet and to continue preparing for Friday's performance projects.

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, January 7: Medieval Literature (Robin Hood through Chaucer) Unit Test.
FRIDAY, January 8:  Canterbury Tales performance projects due.

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Monday, January 4

Silent Reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.
(NOTE: You were right, and I was wrong, my students!  These logs were optional, and will be applied for either back or future credit.)

Watched animated version of Canterbury Tales: Prolog, Priest's Tale, and Knight's Tale.

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, January 7: Medieval Literature (Robin Hood through Chaucer) Unit Test.
FRIDAY, January 8:  Canterbury Tales performance projects due.

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Wednesday, December 23

Short blocks today due to Reindeer Games and holiday concert.
Finished Star Trek episode "The Changeling."

DUE DATES

MONDAY, January 4: Bank/amnesty logs accepted: 1 past log can be submitted w/o penalty on the Monday after break; up to 2 future logs can be banked.

FRIDAY, January 8:  Canterbury Tales performance projects due.

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Tuesday, December 22

This lesson taught by a sub in Ms. Bishop's absence.
Watched Star Trek episode "The Changeling"

DUE DATES

MONDAY, January 4: Bank/amnesty logs accepted: 1 past log can be submitted w/o penalty on the Monday after break; up to 2 future logs can be banked.

FRIDAY, January 8:  Canterbury Tales performance projects due.

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.