September+Brit+Lit

- Assign seats - Introduce grading policy and classroom expectations
 * Tuesday, September 6**

HW: Obtain classroom materials Study for Summer Reading Quiz Sign up for Rauscherspace and respond to blog discussion __before__ **FRIDAY** **(9/8)**

- Ice breaker activity
 * Wednesday, September 7**

- Ice breaker activity (cont'd)
 * Thursday, September 8**

__HW: respond to blog post__

- Discuss online posts and role of reading and writing - Look at the nature of creativity and self-expression
 * Friday, September 9**

- Begin discussing personal narrative/college essay
 * Monday, September 12**
 * -** Introduce Unit 1 vocabulary terms


 * HW:**
 * FRI: Complete Unit 1 exercises and prepare for quiz**


 * Tuesday, September 13**
 * -** Student picture day
 * -** Discuss importance of college essay in terms of application process
 * -** Discuss a variety of prompts that may be explored in college essays

- Read sample college essay
 * Wednesday, September 14**
 * -** Complete Summer Reading Quiz

- Individually, students will read various student essays from teenink.com - Begin brainstorming/writing college essay
 * Thursday, September 15**
 * -** Folder retrieval


 * HW: Study for Unit 1 vocabulary quiz/complete vocab exercises in book**


 * Friday, September 16**
 * -** Unit 1 vocabulary quiz


 * HW:**
 * MON 9/19: Participate in Discussion Post (Hero post) before Monday's class.**
 * THURS 9/22: All College Essays must be submitted**

- Read background information about Anglo-Saxon period, epic narrative, and Beowulf
 * Monday, September 19**
 * -** Create a quiz or crossword puzzle synthesizing the information that was learned


 * HW: Complete discussion post if you have not already done so. . .**
 * Thurs: College Essay due**

- Take notes on Beowulf background info
 * Tuesday, September 20**
 * -** Discuss "Hero" posts



- Answer the following questions:
 * Wednesday, September 21**
 * -** Read from page. 33-44 (through the "Battle with Grendel")

- Analyze importance of events - Identify passages illustrating different themes in groups
 * Thursday, September 22**
 * -** Review plot of Beowulf: section one


 * HW: Finish Personal Narrative Essay for tomorrow (Fri, 9/23)**

- In class, read Grendel's Mother and Battle with Grendel's Mother - Complete study guide for this section; finish for homework if not completed in class
 * Friday, September 23**
 * -** Submit personal narratives

- Free write on the nature of good and evil
 * Monday, September 26**
 * -** Review section two of Beowulf


 * HW: Finish reading Beowulf (pg. 61 in the text); be ready for a quiz tomorrow**

- Quiz on Final Section of Beowulf
 * Tuesday, September 27**
 * -** Identify passages that illustrate certain heroic qualities from the Anglo-Saxon period
 * HW: Finish worksheet for tomorrow**

- Discuss responses from Hero Qualities worksheet
 * Wednesday, September 28**
 * -** Discuss Beowulf's role. . .is he a hero or not?
 * -** Identify qualities of both Paganism and Christianity within the text
 * -** Understand how kennings work and create a few of your own

- Discuss Capital Punishment - Begin reading "A Hanging" by George Orwell and completing worksheet
 * Friday, September 30**