Monday, November 30

Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.

Reviewed objectives for the DEJs on The Canterbury Tales.
Reviewed DEJ entries from the post-it notes on "The Knight's Tale."
Continued reading The Canterbury Tales, "The Squire," "The Yeoman," and "The Nun" (144--147).
Students placed two Post-It notes to mark two more DEJs.
Groups met to discuss the character of "The Nun."

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, December 4: Quiz on Chaucer vocabulary (Prolog Part 2).
MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Tuesday, November 24

Due to special college week activities and students in workshops, today and tomorrow we will be watching the Star Trek episode "Amok Time" and doing independent reading.

DUE DATES

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Monday, November 23

Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.

Reviewed objectives for the DEJs on The Canterbury Tales.
Students created two DEJ entries from the post-it notes on "The Knight's Tale."
Shared examples with the class; discussed whether or not this selection is ironic or not.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, November 20: Quiz on Chaucer vocabulary (Prolog through the Doctor).
MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Friday, November 20

Quiz on Chaucer vocabulary (Prolog through the Doctor).
Silent reading.
Reading quiz on pages 137--140 in textbook, introduction to The Canterbury Tales.

Began reading The Canterbury Tales.
Placed two post-it notes on "The Knight's Tale," using Canterbury Tales DEJs.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, November 20: Quiz on Chaucer vocabulary (Prolog through the Doctor).
MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Thursday, November 19

Choice of silent reading or vocabulary study.
HOMEWORK: Read pages 137--140 in textbook, introduction to The Canterbury Tales.  Be prepared for a reading quiz!

Finished notes on The Canterbury Tales.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, November 20: Quiz on Chaucer vocabulary (Prolog through the Doctor).
MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Wednesday, November 18

Vocabulary study session.

Discussion of changing genres and purposes reflected across the time periods and literature we have studied so far in this course:

• Beowulf and the Pre-Christian, Warrior-centered Old English culture.
• Caedmon and the transition to Christian Old English culture.
• Robin Hood and the peasant's view of the post-1066 world; English oral culture.
• Medieval Romances and the noble's view of the post-1066 world; French and then Middle English literature.

Began notes on The Canterbury Tales.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, November 20: Quiz on Chaucer vocabulary (Prolog through the Doctor).
MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Tuesday, November 17

Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.

Groups presented DEJs on Medieval Romance in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
COLLECTED DEJs.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, November 20: Quiz on Chaucer vocabulary (Prolog through the Doctor).
MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Friday, November 13

Introduced vocabulary unit on Chaucer (Prolog through the Doctor).

Groups finished reading Part 2 of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Students wrote up DEJs on elements of Medieval Romance.
Shared DEJs in groups and chose representative ones to share with the class as a whole.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, November 20: Quiz on Chaucer vocabulary (Prolog through the Doctor).
MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Thursday, November 12

This class taught by a sub in Ms. Bishop's absence.

Watched BBC documentary, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

DUE DATES

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Wednesday, November 11

No school due to Veteran's Day.

Tuesday, November 10

This class short due to early release schedule.

Students labeled DEJs on Part 1 of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
COLLECTED DEJs.
Distributed Chaucer vocabulary set: available on Quizlet; quiz on Friday, 11/20.

Groups read Part 2 of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, noting down line numbers of notable elements of Medieval Romance in Gawain.  (Will finish task on Thursday.)

DUE DATES

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Monday, November 9

Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.

Groups discussed students' DEJs on elements of Medieval Romance in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and presented examples to the class.
Class discussion of elements of Medieval Romance in Gawain.

DUE DATES

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Friday, November 6

Quiz on King Arthur/Sir Gawain vocabulary.
Silent reading.

Accessed online text of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and finished reading first part of the poem.
Students completed 2 DEJs on elements of Medieval Romance in the poem, and saved them to share with their groups.

DUE DATES

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Thursday, November 5

Reminder: Vocabulary quiz tomorrow.
Choice of silent reading or King Arthur vocabulary.
Discussed elements of Medieval Romance from "The Day of Destiny" in students' DEJs.
COLLECTED DEJs.

PowerPoint notes on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Distributed new DEJs on elements of Medieval Romance.
Accessed online text, and began reading the poem, noting line numbers of examples for new set of DEJs.

DUE DATES

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Wednesday, November 4

Annual plagiarism training:

• Watched the You Tube video, "A Quick Guide to Plagiarism," stopping to discuss situations and definitions in greater detail.
• Visited the Bates College Plagiarism Resource Site, and reviewed their academic honesty materials.
• Students completed the academic honesty self test.
• Students signed off that they had completed the test, and reviewed and initialed they understood key concepts in academic honesty.

Saved DEJs on "The Day of Destiny"from Le Morte d'Arthur (216--222) for discussion in class tomorrow.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30: Final draft college essays were due via Google Docs.
MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Tuesday, November 3

Homework check: 4 DEJs on King Arthur packet.
Reading quiz.
Choice of silent reading or King Arthur vocabulary.
COLLECTED DEJs.

Reviewed elements of a Medieval Romance.
Read the Background information on Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur (215).
Read "The Day of Destiny"from Le Morte d'Arthur (216--222).
Students found two examples of elements of a Medieval Romance from "The Day of Destiny," and wrote them up as DEJs.
Groups met and shared their examples.  Students were free to add examples to their notes if they wished, being sure to use their own original language.

Saved DEJs for discussion in class.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30: Final draft college essays were due via Google Docs.
MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Monday, November 2

Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.

Reviewed why Robin Hood ballads were not written as Medieval Romances, what the political purposes of the genre of Medieval Romance were.
Reviewed the elements of Medieval Romance.
Shared DEJ notes from "The Drawing of the Sword," discussing how the story shows typical elements of a Medieval Romance.

Read "The Questing Beast" from the King Arthur packet.

HOMEWORK: Read the remaining stories in the packet, and fill out four additional DEJ notes for discussion tomorrow.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30: Final draft college essays were due via Google Docs.
MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.