Quarter One

Week Three: Sept. 28th - Oct. 2nd

Monday: Introduction to Geoffrey Chaucer. Chaucer video, prologue, and characters. Choose a character from the General Prologue and create a slide about them.

Tuesday: Working on slides. Check the grade sheet for expectations. 

Wednesday: Sharing character slides. Begin our own "pilgrimage" plan. 

Thursday - Friday: Writing our character sketches for "modern-day pilgrimage".

Week Three: Sept. 21st - 25th

Monday: Finishing up Beowulf presentations. Start watching "Beowulf". 

Tuesday - Wednesday: Watching Beowulf. 

Thursday: Boast Like Beowulf assignment. Finish post-viewing assignment.

Friday: Unit 2 Introduction. Geoffrey Chaucer webquest. (GC) 

Week Two: Sept. 14th -18th

Monday: Finish Hero Presentations. Anticipatory question set/discussion. Introduction to Beowulf, historical. 

Tuesday: Videos on the History of English. Kenning lesson (presentation and videos) and kenning assignment (GC). 

Wednesday: Read segments of the poem in groups. Take notes and prepare summary slide presentations for peers. 

Thursday: Working on slide presentations.

Friday: Working on presentations and Boast like Beowulf assignment.

Week One: Sept. 7th - 11th

Monday: No School 

Tuesday: Intro activities  -what doesn't belong, paragraph writing, etc. Join Google Classroom. 

Wednesday: Introduction to Unit One - heroes. Stream to start the video and vocabulary. Read Introduction - Anglo-Saxon, and check for Understanding. 

Thursday: Presentation on Intro to English - video clips, discussion. Hero assignment (Google Classroom)

Friday: Sharing hero assignments.