Reminder

Lobby of the Hilton Portland, where Ms. O will be staying this week. 

I will be in Portland, OR from Wednesday, 9/19 through Sunday, 9/23. I will still have access to my GC e-mail and will be checking the blog daily. Feel free to send any questions to me by e-mail or post them as a comment here on the blog. I will try to post some pictures from my trip - one of the places I am going is Powell's City of Books, the world's largest bookstore, which occupies a whole city block! The store specializes in rare and out-of-print books, so who knows what I may find there.

Tuesday this week we will begin our study of Chaucer and will prepare for oral reading of The General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales. We will also view some of the other tales, including The Wife of Bath's Tale and The Pardoner's Tale.

On Thursday, a writing coach will visit our classroom and show you the documentary film In Search of the Holy Grail. Please take good notes while watching this film as you will be able to use them on your Take-Home Exam #1 and for Short Essay #2. On this day, you will receive copies of your take-home exam as well as some assigned homework reading, a handout titled "Medieval Literature: Chaucer and the Alliterative Tradition." You should read this handout prior to class next Tuesday, 9/25.