Objectives: take unit test; see group grade; write group evaluation; work on book projects
Activities: unit test; evaluations; book projects
HWK: finish book project!

Oops, I forgot to get Johnny to do this today. Am glad to be through the first unit as I think the second one is more fun. It's not literature-based like most of what we'll do in here.

LF

9/18 - 9/19

Objectives: learn about CT characters; finish CT; work on CT essay, reading logs and book projects
Activities: presentations; CT; book projects
HWK: study for unit test; finish CT essay

Rough day. Group work may be too challenging for now. I am ready for the weekend.

LF

9/16 - 9/17

Objectives: learn about characters in CT; work on reading logs and CT essay
Activities: presentations; reading logs; CT essay (medieval aptitude test)
HWK: read lines 455 - 765; keep up with your work!

Groups were uneven. Some people clearly worked hard but it's not clear if people read all the directions. Wednesday is the first day I really yelled at a class. I hope not to do that again for a long time.

LF

9/10 - 9/11

Objectives: read "the knight"; view presentation; take notes; plan group presentations; read/take reading test (if ready)

Activities: knight presentation; group work; reading time

HWK: groups assign HWK to one another; read library book

I thought class went better than usual. Since we worked in groups it was fun and I got work done in class there wasn't a lot of interruptions.

Ashly Brinson

9/8 - 9/9

Objectives: work on usage & mechanics
learn about group project
review your knowledge

Activities: group work; reading; 3-2-1

Hwk: read your group's section 1)81-279
2)280-454
3)455-640
4)641-765

We got a lot done. The people that weren't in class, were still picked for a group.
Leah

9/4 - 9/5

Objectives: polish note-taking skills, learn terms, discuss pilgrimages
Activities: intro to Canterbury Tales
HWK: re-read lines 1 - 42; write about what Chaucer is telling us in lines 35 - 42

I forgot to have someone take notes today. It's not much fun to do so much lecture, but I hope everyone has the background info on Chaucer and Canterbury Tales now. Some interesting pilgrimage ideas (Batman?).

LF

9-2 & 9-3

Objectives: discuss elements of poetry; write study questions on "The Seafarer"

Activities: "The Seafarer"; four corners; essay questions

Homework: write vocab on pg. 91

Class went pretty well today. There was quite a bit of talking but everyone got there work done and did well. We discuss "The Seafarer" in class and finished it.

Austin