Getting Underway

Upcoming Essays, Tests, and Major Assignments (not a comprehensive list of all work assigned)

• Friday, Sept. 12--Self-Definition

Necessary information for turnitin.com
Class ID Numbers

British & Western Per. 1 = 8633282
British & Western Per. 2 = 8633303
British & Western Per. 5 = 8633333

Password for all three sections = gold

THIS WEEK IN CLASS
Monday

• Background discussion of the Self-Definition assignment; connection with the resume due in a few weeks as part of the Senior Culminating Project
• Overall course description; survey of student knowledge of England before 1500

Tuesday

• Self-Definition hand-out distributed
• Discussion of the appeal of reading literature; concept of universality
• Textbook:  Began "The Seafarer" (pp. 104-106).  We are reading the poem essentially together, and so far, just tracking the content/shifting focus of each small section.  Students are taking some guided notes on this poem, and these will be collected on Thursday. 

Wednesday--Continued work on "The Seafarer" 

HOMEWORK

No literature homework yet; just be working on the Self-Definition