Week of 3/9-3/13
Monday -- Individual work on drafting paragraphs for monarch research assignment -- due Friday.
Tuesday -- Canterbury Tales and Chaucer background (stations) assignment. Whole-class discussion of and note-taking on satire. Individual work on drafting paragraphs for monarch research assignment -- due Friday.
Wednesday -- Individual work on drafting paragraphs for monarch research assignment -- due Friday. Individual selection of Canterbury Tales characters. Small group reading of the prologue.
Thursday -- Individual work on drafting paragraphs for monarch research assignment -- due Friday. Individual work on Canterbury character's tale -- due Monday.
Friday -- Paragraphs for monarch research assignment due. Individual work on Canterbury character's tale -- due Monday.
Week of 3/2 -3/6
Monday -- NO SCHOOL
Tuesday -- Collection of family crest assignment. Finish reading Morte d'Arthur. Complete study questions for Wednesday. Whole-class discussion of research assignment. Work on research notes document -- due Friday.
Wednesday -- Check questions for Morte d'Arthur. Completion of "The Fall of Camelot" news assignment -- due Monday. Continue working on research notes document -- due Friday.
Thursday -- Continue work on "The Fall of Camelot" news assignment -- due Monday. Review for quiz over "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and Morte d'Arthur. Continue working on research notes document -- due Friday.
Friday -- Research notes due. Quiz over "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and Morte d'Arthur. Continue work on "The Fall of Camelot" news assignment -- due Monday.
Week of 2/24 - 2/27
Monday -- Discussion of Monarch assignment. Notes on Arthurian Legends and Medieval literature. Complete vocabulary assignment for Arthurian Legends for Tuesday.
Tuesday -- Distribution of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." Whole-class reading and completion of study questions -- due Thursday. Research and take notes on assigned monarch. Group jigsaw: Chivalry and code of honor.
Wednesday -- Finish "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." Whole-class reading and completion of study questions -- due Thursday. Research and take notes on assigned monarch.
Thursday -- Whole-class viewing of excerpts of The Green Knight. Check questions for "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."
Friday -- Journal entry: loyalty. Whole-class reading of excerpts from Sir Thomas Malory's Morte d' Arthur.
Week of 2/16- 2/20
Monday -- NO SCHOOL
Tuesday -- View Beowulf.
Wednesday -- Continue viewing Beowulf.
Thursday -- Review for Beowulf test. Finish viewing Beowulf movie.
Friday -- Beowulf test.
Week of 2/9 - 2/13
Monday -- Pass back "Otherness Breeds Monstrosity" papers and Beowulf recruiting rubrics. Whole-class reading of Part 5 and 6 of Beowulf. Complete study guide questions for Tuesday. Be prepared for a quiz over parts 1-4 of Beowulf on Tuesday.
Tuesday -- Quiz over parts 1-4 of Beowulf. Lesson on identifying mood. Check questions for Part 5 and 6 of Beowulf.
Wednesday -- Whole-class reading and discussion of Parts 7 and 8 of Beowulf.
Thursday -- NO SCHOOL
Friday -- NO SCHOOL
Week of 2/9 - 2/13
Monday -- Pass back "Otherness Breeds Monstrosity" papers and Beowulf recruiting rubrics. Whole-class reading of Part 5 and 6 of Beowulf. Complete study guide questions for Tuesday. Be prepared for a quiz over parts 1-4 of Beowulf on Tuesday.
Tuesday -- Quiz over parts 1-4 of Beowulf. Lesson on identifying mood. Check questions for Part 5 and 6 of Beowulf.
Wednesday -- Whole-class reading and discussion of Parts 7 and 8 of Beowulf.
Thursday -- NO SCHOOL
Friday -- NO SCHOOL
Week of 2/2- 2/6
Monday -- Binding activity for Exeter book assignment. Check questions for "The Wrath of Grendel" and "The Coming of Beowulf." Complete motivation activity.
Tuesday -- Beowulf recruiting activity. Read "The Battle With Grendel" and "The Monster's Lair" and complete questions for Wednesday.
Wednesday -- Check questions for "The Battle With Grendel" and "The Monster's Lair" and complete questions for Wednesday. Lesson on identifying mood.
Thursday -- Whole-class reading and discussion of "Otherness Breeds Monstrosity" and completion of group activity. Be prepared for a quiz over parts 1-4 of Beowulf on Friday.
Friday -- Quiz over parts 1-4 of Beowulf. Complete extension activity for "Otherness Breeds Monstrosity."
Week of 1/26 - 1/30
Monday -- (e-learning) Complete Beowulf background guided notes. Slide presentation and notes documents are in Classroom.
Tuesday -- (e-learning) Complete pre-reading viewing of Beowulf trailer. Answer video questions.
Wednesday -- Completion of Beowulf group learning stations activity. Work on Exeter Book assignment.
Thursday -- Completion of Beowulf vocabulary assignment. Whole-class reading of "The Wrath of Grendel."
Friday -- Tone activity. Whole-class reading of "The Coming of Beowulf." Complete study questions for Monday.
Week of 1/19 - 1/23
Monday - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday - Check questions for "The Wanderer." Found poems due. Group work on Exeter Book project.
Wednesday - Whole-class and individual work with "The Wife's Lament." Complete questions -- due Thursday. Be prepared for a quiz over Exeter book poems ("The Seafarer," "The Wanderer," and "The Wife's Lament") on Friday.
Thursday - Check questions for "The Wife's Lament." Be prepared for a quiz over Exeter book poems ("The Seafarer," "The Wanderer," and "The Wife's Lament") on Friday. Review for quiz.
Friday - Quiz over Exeter book poems ("The Seafarer," "The Wanderer," and "The Wife's Lament"). Group work on Exeter book project. Be prepared to bind projects on Wednesday next week.
Week of 1/12 - 1/16
Monday - Old English language activity. Listen to Old, Middle, and Modern English. Discussion of the Exeter Book and Old English. Complete cause-effect background notes. Pass back vocabulary.
Tuesday - Grammar activity. Distribution of Exeter Book assignment. Notes on Anglo-Saxon Poetry. Distribution of "The Seafarer." Read poem and complete questions for Wednesday.
Wednesday - Group work on Exeter Book assignment. Check questions for "The Seafarer." Work on poetry assignment.
Thursday - Individual and small group work with "The Wanderer." Read poem and complete questions for Friday. Continue work on Exeter Book Project.
Friday - (11:30 dismissal day) Continue work on Exeter Book Project.
Week of 1/5 - 1/9
Monday - Assignment of seating charts. Distribution of course overviews and binder dividers. Background notes for reading Anglo Saxon literature.
Tuesday - Notes on and discussion of Sutton Hoo. View burial site footage, clips from The Dig and documentary. Distribution of Anglo-Saxon unit vocabulary #1 -- due Wednesday.
Wednesday - Collection of vocabulary assignment. Distribution of and small group work with "If These Objects Could Speak" lesson activity. Virtual tour of British Museum artifacts from Sutton Hoo. Small group creative writing assignment -- due Friday.
Thursday - Continue work with "If These Objects Could Speak" lesson activity. Small group writing assignments due Friday.
Friday - Gallery walk presentation of creative writing assignments. Discussion of the Exeter book and Anglo-Saxon poetry. Distribution of "The Wanderer" text and questions -- due Monday.