GENERAL BRITISH LITERATURE

SEPTEMBER 2006

Pds. 2, 3, 4, 5

 

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
 

 

 

 

      30 First day of school

Intro to Course

31 In-class reading pp 2-11 & notes 1 In-class reading pp. 11-16 & notes

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NO SCHOOL

LABOR DAY

5 Finish notes

"Your name in runes"

6 QUIZ

"Your name in runes"

7 "The Glorious Messiness of English" article + handout 8 Video: The Story of English

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Video: The Story of English

Folders due

12 Anglo-Saxon riddles

Group composing

13 Anglo-Saxon Riddles

Group composing

14 QUIZ

Share riddles

 

15 The epic hero

notes

18 Begin BEOWULF

Sections 1-5 Arrival of Hero

19 BEOWULF 6-7

H.W: Boast (due Fri)

20 QUIZ

BEOWULF 8-11 Grendel

21 GUIDANCE OFFICE PRESENTATION 22 Boast due

Hero Cycle Handout

BEOWULF 12-13 Grendel's Mother

25 Hero Cycle "Grendel's Mother"

Film: Dragons in Mythology

26 Shortened classes--homecoming elections

BEOWULF 14-17 "Final Battle"

27 GRENDEL excerpts

Assign Point-of-View papers

Assign BEOWULF projects

28 REVIEW DAY 29 BEOWULF EXAM