Period 1--ELA B 30
We finished talking about the Pardoner and looked at the background of what pardons/indulgences were in Medieval Catholicism and how that influenced the Pardoner. From there, we went straight into the "Pardoner's Tale." We didn't quit get it finished, but will finish it tomorrow. We're then going to back-track and start looking at an assignment for the Prologue that I forgot to introduce today.
Period 2--ELA B 30/AP 30 split
We finished discussing the Miller and Pardoner with all the background of indulgences, etc. (see above!). When we finish with the last bit of the Prologue, we'll start the Prologue Assignment! Jessi Zlatnik is on the Blues News next week!
Period 3--Pre-AP 10
We looked at Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" and did various activities with it. We started with the kids just reading it through the first time and jotting down in their books, what they think the poem is about. They came up with the usual, standard reading of the poem about choices and not taking teh easy way out. Then I told them that we needed to look deeper and read the poem "AP style" because they might discover that they've barely scratched the surface of the poem and possibly even misread it. We started out by looking only at the first two stanzas of the poem with a group and looking for anything that struck their interest (imagery, metaphors, rhyme scheme, shifts, etc.). They started to realize that the poem wasn't nearly as simple as they thought! We'll continue with the rest of the poem on Monday. We don't have ELA tomorrow because of the Remembrance Day Service during period 3.
Period 4--History 10
The kids had a final chance to work in the computer lab to finish typing up their summaries and getting their pictures. Many, if not most of them, ended up coming back to the room or working in the library to put everything together for their time line. They have their exam tomorrow, but Miss Campbell will allow them a bit more class time on Monday to finish putting their timelines together.
Period 5--History 30
We spoke about the effects of the American Revolution on the British Colonies north of the 49th parallel. One of the effects of this was the Constitution Act of 1791. The formation of Upper and Lower Canada was clever of the British government and a concerted effort to prevent those in Lower Canada from joining with the French in Europe during the French Revolution. This act left BNA in a stable, peaceful place for the next several year. We were just starting to get into the War of 1812 as the bell rang.
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