Today we will finish up our background information on Hamlet and then we will participate in an interactive anticipation guide pertaining to the themes of the work.

Today we will be finishing up our Canterbury character presentations.  If we have tiem at the end of the hour, Miss Lamb will pass out our copies of Hamlet, which we will officially start tomorrow!

Today we will listen to the first half of our Canterbury character presentations.  When we are finished, we will go over the multiple choice poetry section that we did not finish yesterday.

Today we will be working on multiple choice sections from our Barron's books, beginning on page 77.

Today we will wrap up our discussion of Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath's Tale" by go over what women want today versus what the Wife of Bath claims they want in her story.  We will also discuss feminism if we haven't already done so!

Miss Lamb also hopes to give you some time in class to work on the variety of assignments you have:
+Research paper book
+Canterbury Tales presentation
+Barron's Book (Chapters 2 and 3)

We have several items on the menu for today:

First, you should turn in your Grendel/Beowulf essay ASAP.  Either put them in the basket or hand them to Miss Lamb. 

Next, we will discuss your Character Presentation from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.  You will select a character and sign up to present either Tuesday or Wednesday of next week.

Finally, we will go over the close reading assignment we worked on last week.

Miss Lamb will quickly review background information over Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.  Then we will take a few minutes to discuss the section from Faulkner's "Dry September."  FInally, we will use the rest of the class period to complete our close read of the piece.

Hope you brought your Barron's book today!

We will be using close reading strategies that Miss Lamb will go over with us to perform a close reading on a passage from our Barron's books.  :-)

But first we will watch two video clips from the History Teachers channel on YouTube.  One is about the bubonic plauge, set to Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl."  The other is about Chaucer's Canterbury Tales set to the Mama's and the Papa's "California Dreamin'."

Today we will be listening to a presentation from the counselors about college!  YAY!  :-)

Remember, today your forms, supplies, books, etc. are due!

First, we will go over the features of your Barron's books.  If you do not have yours, take note and follow along with a friend.  We will also discuss the structure of the AP exam.

Next, we will review background information on the Canterbury Tales and receive a packet and assignment associated with them.

Finally, we will have a little time in class to review existentialism, read Grendel and prepare for our essay that will be due MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2012.