HW for Wednesday 10/18

Read pp 234-235 and Sonnet 1, 35, and 39 by Edmund Spenser and answer #1-4 on p. 238.

HW for Friday 10/14

Read the selection from Morte d'Arthur (176-184) and answer #4 & 5 on p. 184 and #1-4 on p. 185.

Assignment for Tuesday 10/11

Read pp. 160-161 and the excerpt from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (162-175) and define unfamiliar words in context in vocab notebook. For homework, answer # 1, 2, 4 & 5 on p. 175.

Assignment for Wednesday/Thursday 10/5 & 10/6

Go to the link below and read the article carefully. You may want to have a word file open as you read to keep running notes on the author's argument. When you are finished, post a one-paragraph summary of the argument to the blog (no more than 200 words) and write a second paragraph explaining why you agree or disagree with the contentions made in the article.

If you do not finish during class, do so for homework.


http://american.com/archive/2007/july-august-magazine-contents/abolish-the-sat

Week 6 Itinerary

Tuesday 9/27 – Read Chaucer bio, etc., and begin Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
HW: finish Prologue and define unfamiliar words in context in vocab notebook

Wednesday 9/28 - Discuss Prologue and vocab, answer #1, 2, 6, & 8 on p. 115
HW: read The Nun’s Priest’s Tale and define unfamiliar words in context in vocab notebook

Thursday 9/29 - Discuss The Nun’s Priest’s Tale and vocab, answer #2-6 on p. 137
HW: read The Pardoner's Tale and define unfamiliar words in context in vocab notebook

Friday 9/25 – Research paper Work Day in 508 Comp. Lab
HW: work on papers…you may peer-edit for half the period on Monday

Week 5 Itinerary

Tuesday 9/20 - Heroes & Archetypes
HW: finish selections from Beowulf (pp 54-60) and answer #1-3, 6 on p. 60.

Wednesday 9/21 - CPS Quiz on Beowulf (20 pts.)
Watch/discuss scenes from 2007 film version
HW: read the selection from Bede (pp 72-78) and define the following words
in your vocab notebook: pasturage, veins, harmony, medium, grant,
immunity

Thursday 9/22 - Discuss reading/vocab
AP Essay Samples

Friday 9/23 - AP-prompt Essay #1 (9 pts.)
HW: excerpts from The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (pp 79-82).

HW for Tuesday 9/20

Continue reading the selections from Beowulf, pp 46-53.