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Vocabulary 1-8 Words and Definitions

CYCLES 8 and 9:  13 November - 13 December
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13 November

--Character Essay

14-15 November
--Character Essay  Editing/Peer Review
--Homework:  Read "The Pardoner's Tale"

18 November
--Character Essay due 8:00 p.m. at tii.com

20 November
--PT Quiz (?)
--Discuss PT
--HW:  read "The Wife of Bath's Tale"

21 November
--Vocabulary 8 Quiz
--Discuss WB
--Conclude CT
--Punctuation Review:  TBA

2 December
--Malory
READ for Thursday:  (begins on page 688 of PDF)
Book 20: Chapters 1-4, 8-10
Book 21:  Chapters 3-7, 10-12
Le Morte d'Arthur - King Arthur, the Hero of Camelot
www.heroofcamelot.com › docs › Le-Morte-dArthur


3-4 December
--Punctuation
--Chaucer conclusion


5 December
--Malory

--Punctuation Review

9 December
--Vocabulary 8 Quiz
--Malory
​--Punctuation Review

10 December
​--Punctuation TEST




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CHAUCER LINKS:


Harvard's Chaucer Page
Please print out the texts below and bring the printout to class. 

Excerpts from "The General Prologue" of The Canterbury Tales: 
       a. Knight b. Squire c. Yeoman d. Prioress e. Friar f. Franklin 
       g. Wife of Bath h. Plowman i. Pardoner j. Summoner k. Prologue;
--Study Guide: here and here; background on Becket; 

  "The Wife of Bath's Tale" (a romance); questions here
  "The Pardoner's Tale" (an exemplum); questions here. 
           --Alternate link to PT here.

CYCLES 7, GW, 8:  30 October - 21 November


30 October
--SGGK III
--Homework:   conclude reading section/answer study questions

1 November
--SGGK IV


4 November
--Conclude SGGK

6 November
--Introduction to The Canterbury Tales
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Homework:  Read excerpts from "The General Prologue" (link above)
--Complete GP Study Guide (links above)
--Watch this video about the period:  ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DeFglQSHOY&list=PLYbocufkwRFAS80nLFShkXSblfcFTXwRH&index=20&t=0s

7 November
--Vocabulary 7 Quiz
--Discuss GP

--BRING PRINTOUT OF GP (first ten pages) TO CLASS FOR A GRADE


11 November
--GP Quiz

--HW: read "The Pardoner's Tale"

13 November
--PT Quiz (?)
--Discuss PT
--HW:  read "The Wife of Bath's Tale"

14-15 November
--Conclude CT

18 November

21 November
--Vocabulary 8 Quiz






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CYCLE 6:  18 - 25 October



--Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (SGGK) 
--General Notes:  SGGK
--Study Questions (from Borroff translation; wording may be slightly different)

18 October
--Essay due to tii.com at 3:00 p.m.
--Final essay revisions in class
--SGGK (bring this book every day)


21-22 October
--SGGK I
--Homework:   conclude reading section/answer study questions


23 October
--Beowulf quiz
--SGGK II
--Homework:   conclude reading section/answer study questions


25 October
--SGGK III
--Homework:   conclude reading section/answer study questions


28 October

--Vocabulary 6 Quiz
--
SGGK IV
--Homework:   conclude reading section/answer study questions



Study Questions for Beowulf
Suggested Essay topics for Beowulf


CYCLE 5:  4 - 15 October

4 October

--Homework:  read 491-862 + SUMMARY

7-8 October
--Beowulf:  read 2510 - End


9 October
--Beowulf quiz
--Essay workshop
--Homework:   conclude reading section/answer study questions


11 October
--Vocabulary 5 quiz
--Essay draft due, peer review


15 October
--Beowulf Essay due at 10:00 a.m.



CYCLE 4:  24 September--2 October

24 September

--Poetry Terms Quiz 2
--Homework:  read ix-xxx (Beowulf  introduction)

25-26 September
--Anglo Saxon Literature and Beowulf:  Introduction


27 September
--Beowulf, lines 1-188
--Essay assigned
--Homework:   conclude reading section/answer study questions

1 October
--Beowulf, lines 189-490
--Homework:   conclude reading section/answer study questions



2 October
--Beowulf, lines 491-661 + SUMMARY
--Homework:   conclude reading section/answer study questions

--Vocabulary 3 quiz





















CYCLE 3 + GW:  10-20 September

Anglo Saxon Literature; Beowulf; Writing/Editing; Vocabulary; 1984

Study Questions for Beowulf

10 September
--Poetry Terms Quiz
--Poetry Presentations

11-12 September
--Poetry Presentations
--1984 assignment in class

13 September
--Anglo Saxon Literature and Beowulf:  Introduction
--Beowulf

17 September
--1984 Journals due ( 1/2 Major Grade)
--Beowulf

18 September
--Beowulf
--V
ocabulary 3 quiz


24-5 September
--Beowulf


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UPDATE:  
1984 Matching Retake in class on 6 September


CYCLE 2: 29 August - 6 September
--1984 Journal Assignment (due dates:  9/5 and 9/17)
--Vocabulary Unit 2 Quiz (6 September)
--Poetry Terms Quiz --handout in class (10 September)
--English and Scottish Ballads:  Group Work 3-6 September, Presentations 10-12 September


​15-6 August 

--Welcome:  course expectations and syllabus
--Note check:  Summer Reading (Daily)
--Discussion:  Summer Reading 
--Writing guidelines/procedures.

HOMEWORK and UPCOMING Due Dates:

1.  Read to end of Part I, 1984 by 8/20 
2.  Sign in to Turnitin.com by 8/20.  Course number:  21893316    Password:  Gloriana  (Daily)
3.  Prepare for Summer Reading Test over Part I, 1984 on 8/22: matching/quote questions/short answer (Major)
4.   Prepare for Vocabulary 1 Quiz on 8/23 (Quiz)

Vocabulary List One:  Vocabulary List 1

 

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Resources for 1984:
Study Questions for each chapter.
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COURSE EXPECTATIONS FORM 
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