Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Honors English 12 (October 10, 2007)

William Blake's Engraving: The Canterbury Pilgrims

In Class:
  • Overview/ Discussion of Chaucer's The General Prologue: The Guildsmen, The Cook, The Skipper, The Doctor, and The Wife of Bath (lines 371-386)

  • Group Activity: The Parson and The Plowman


HOMEWORK:



Finish the General Prologue: The Reeve, The Miller, The Manciple, The Pardoner, and The Summoner



DO NOT FORGET THAT YOUR SECOND JOURNAL ENTRY (FOR UNIT TWO) ON GEOFFREY CHAUCER, AND HIS IMPACT ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, IS DUE OCTOBER 19, 2007!



Each Journal is worth 50 pts, and is to be treated as a critical thinking/ writing exercise--please consult the rubric.



There are a few of you who have yet to turn in journal one--you know exactly who you are...don't fall behind already!
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