Oh, my, catching up with the blog.  There are several things to be aware of:

1) The Beowulf essay was due online Thursday night (Nov. 20) and the hard copy was due in class on Friday, Nov. 21.  One-day extension papers were due today (class copy--get it online before midnight).  Two-day extension work is due tomorrow.

2) There was a Study Guide for Chaucer-related material that was checked off for completion on Friday.

TODAY IN CLASS
We talked about several of the more commonly missed questions (1, 3, 5), discussed different kinds of pilgrimages, learned a few things about bubonic/pneumonic plague (based in part on a current outbreak:  Plague Outbreak in Madagascar ), and added information about Henry II's friction with Becket.
Know the usual translation (from French) of the king's fateful words:  "Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?"  Sadly, King Henry did not mean for his exasperated outburst to be taken literally by his over-eager barons.

FOR TOMORROW
We'll get into the descriptions of the pilgrims.  For tomorrow, read carefully the material on the Knight, the Squire, and the Yeoman.  Starting on p. 146 in the section linked to this post, read lines 43-121.
Prologue to the Canterbury Tales