Thursday, January 28

Choice of silent reading or Quizlet work on Act 1 Macbeth vocabulary (quiz Friday!)

Postponed further work on the 32-second Macbeth challenge until (hopefully) we have a full complement of actors for the teams.  (Fingers crossed for Monday.)
Finished reading Macbeth, 1.2 (441--443 in our textbook).
Watched the scenes in film version.

Groups began work together to find 1 DEJ note on Macbeth as a tragic hero, 1 example of equivocation and four of the motifs identified in our notes.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, January 29: Act 1 Macbeth vocabulary.

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Wednesday, January 27

Choice of silent reading or Quizlet work on Act 1 Macbeth vocabulary (quiz Friday!)

Continued work on 32-second Macbeth warm up.
Read 1.1 in Macbeth, and began 1.2 (440--441 in our textbook).

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, January 29: Act 1 Macbeth vocabulary.

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Tuesday, January 26

Choice of silent reading or Quizlet work on Act 1 Macbeth vocabulary (quiz Friday!)

Finished note set on Macbeth.
Began work on 32-second Macbeth warm up.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, January 29: Act 1 Macbeth vocabulary.

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Monday, January 25

First session:  Students took midterm exam.

Second session:
Introduced Act 1 Macbeth vocabulary.
Silent reading.  (No logs due until next Monday.)

DUE DATES

MONDAY, January 25: Midterm Exam (Beowulf through Chaucer).

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Friday, January 22

No class; block 7 and 5 exams today.

DUE DATES

MONDAY, January 25: Midterm Exam (Beowulf through Chaucer).

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Thursday, January 21

No class; block 3 and 4 exams today.

DUE DATES

MONDAY, January 25: Midterm Exam (Beowulf through Chaucer).

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Wednesday, January 20

Scored Macbeth vocabulary pretest.
Began notes introducing Macbeth.

DUE DATES

MONDAY, January 25: Midterm Exam (Beowulf through Chaucer).

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Tuesday, January 19

Short silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.
Final Canterbury Tales presentation.

Began Macbeth vocabulary pretest.

DUE DATES

MONDAY, January 25: Midterm Exam (Beowulf through Chaucer).

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Monday, January 18

No school for Martin Luther King Day.

Friday, January 15

Reviewed materials to study and format for the midterm exam.
Choice of silent reading,  midterm vocabulary review, or last-minute project prep.
First performances.

Continued watching animated Canterbury Tales, Part 2, "The Pardoner's Tale."

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, January 15: Canterbury Tales Performance Projects due.
MONDAY, January 25: Midterm Exam (Beowulf through Chaucer).

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Thursday, January 14

Canterbury Tales performance project prep.
Began watching animated Canterbury Tales, Part 2.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, January 15: Canterbury Tales Performance Projects due.

MONDAY, January 25: Midterm Exam (Beowulf through Chaucer).

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Wednesday, January 13

Canterbury Tales performance project prep.

DUE DATES

TUESDAY, January 12: Medieval Lit Unit test.
FRIDAY, January 15: Canterbury Tales Performance Projects due.

MONDAY, January 25: Midterm Exam (Beowulf through Chaucer).

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Tuesday, January 12

Medieval Unit unit test .

DUE DATES

TUESDAY, January 12: Medieval Lit Unit test.
FRIDAY, January 15: Canterbury Tales Performance Projects due.

MONDAY, January 25: Midterm Exam (Beowulf through Chaucer).

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Monday, January 11

Reminder: Medieval Unit unit test tomorrow.
Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.

Groups met to work on one of three tasks:

• Pairs created/swapped Canterbury Tales character sets on Quizlet. (Due by the end of the day!  Email the link to Ms. Bishop when done.)
• Work preparing performance projects, due Friday, January 15.
• Optional: creating notes review sets for unit test with Quizlet.

DUE DATES

TUESDAY, January 12: Medieval Lit Unit test.
FRIDAY, January 15: Canterbury Tales Performance Projects due.

MONDAY, January 25: Midterm Exam (Beowulf through Chaucer).

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Friday, January 8

Reminder: Medieval Unit unit test Tuesday!
Warm up: choice of independent reading, or Quizlet study.

Groups met to work on one of three tasks:

• Pairs created/swapped Canterbury Tales character sets on Quizlet. (Will share with me via email when done to demonstrate completion.)
• Work preparing performance projects, due Friday, January 15.
• Optional: creating notes review sets for unit test with Quizlet.

DUE DATES

TUESDAY, January 12: Medieval Lit Unit test.
FRIDAY, January 15: Canterbury Tales Performance Projects due.

MONDAY, January 25: Midterm Exam (Beowulf through Chaucer).

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Thursday, January 7

Reminder: Medieval Unit unit test Tuesday!
Distributed Canterbury Tales character list for test review.
Warm up: choice of organizing review materials, independent reading, or vocabulary study.

Groups met to work on one of three tasks:

• Pairs created/swapped Canterbury Tales character sets on Quizlet. (Will share with me via email when done to demonstrate completion.)
• Work preparing performance projects, due Friday, January 15.
• Optional: creating notes review sets for unit test with Quizlet.

DUE DATES

TUESDAY, January 12: Medieval Lit Unit test.
FRIDAY, January 15: Canterbury Tales Performance Projects due.

MONDAY, January 25: Midterm Exam (Beowulf through Chaucer).

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Wednesday, January 6

Distributed Medieval Unit unit test review list.
Warm up: choice of organizing review materials, independent reading, or vocabulary study.
Unit Test Tuesday, January 12!

Watched animated Canterbury Tales: Prolog, Priests Tale, and Knight's Tale.
Groups continued planning performance projects, due Friday, January 15.

DUE DATES

TUESDAY, January 12: Medieval Lit Unit test.
FRIDAY, January 15: Canterbury Tales Performance Projects due.

MONDAY, January 25: Midterm Exam (Beowulf through Chaucer).

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Tuesday, January 5

Distributed Medieval Unit review vocabulary; brief Quizlet study session.
Unit Test Tuesday, January 12!

Discussed performance project; reviewed rubric.
Groups previewed four of the tales told by the pilgrims in Canterbury Tales, signed up for favorite.
Groups began planning performance projects, due Friday, January 15.

DUE DATES

TUESDAY, January 12: Medieval Lit Unit test.
FRIDAY, January 15: Canterbury Tales Performance Projects due.
MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Monday, January 4

Silent Reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.
(NOTE: You were right, and I was wrong, my students!  These logs were optional, and will be applied for either back or future credit.)

Watched animated version of Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Tale.
Briefly discussed The Wife of Bath's Tale as like and unlike a Medieval Romance.
Introduced performance project.

DUE DATES

MONDAY, January 4: Bank/amnesty logs accepted: 1 past log can be submitted w/o penalty on the Monday after break; up to 2 future logs can be banked.


TUESDAY, January 12: Medieval Lit Unit test.
MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Wednesday, December 23

Short blocks today due to Reindeer Games and holiday concert.

Allowed last minute work on Canterbury Tales posters.
COLLECTED Canterbury Tales posters.
Briefly discussed The Wife of Bath's Tale.
Collected Wife of Bath's DEJs (as described below).

DUE DATES

MONDAY, January 4: Bank/amnesty logs accepted: 1 past log can be submitted w/o penalty on the Monday after break; up to 2 future logs can be banked.


WEDNESDAY, December 23: 

• Canterbury Tales character posters due.
• Wife of Bath's Tale reading quiz.  Quiz cancelled owing to holiday spirit.
• 2 Wife of Bath's Tale + 1 DEJs on Summoner, Pardoner, Host will be collected.

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.

Tuesday, December 22

This lesson taught by a sub in Ms. Bishop's absence.
Watched Star Trek episode "The Changeling"

DUE DATES

MONDAY, January 4: Bank/amnesty logs accepted: 1 past log can be submitted w/o penalty on the Monday after break; up to 2 future logs can be banked.
WEDNESDAY, December 23: 

• Canterbury Tales character posters due.
• Wife of Bath's Tale reading quiz.  
• 2 Wife of Bath's Tale + 1 DEJs on Summoner, Pardoner, Host will be collected.

MONDAYS: Reading logs are due.