We began by reading from The Scarlet Letter for about 25 minutes.

Next, we reviewed the vocabulary words from unit 2.

Finally, we reviewed proper thesis statement form.

HOMEWORK: Study for vocab quiz on unit 2 and continue to read The Scarlet Letter.

We read from Grendel for about twenty minutes.

Following that, I gave them their next essay assignment:

How does “Beowulf” and “The Canterbury Tales” show how society changed from the Anglo-Saxon period to the Middle Ages?

After that, we introduced “The Canterbury Tales” and began reading the Prologue.

HOMEWORK: For Wednesday, prepare for quiz on vocabulary Unit 2 and be prepared to discuss Grendel. For Monday, October 1, prepare for the test on Grendel and read the “Prologue” (107-127) and answer the reading check questions on page 127.

We discussed how to organize the introductory paragraph of an essay of literary analysis and talked about what specifically would be in our first paragraph.

HOMEWORK:  Write the introductory paragraph to our essay and find one similarity and one difference between the experiences of Bradford and Rowlandson.