Read with Care--Different for Each Class!!

TODAY IN CLASS
Part of what we did in each class was the same. We continued work on Packet #2 of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," focusing on the ways in which Gawain responds to the the aggressiveness of the lovely lady who comes to his bedside each morning.  The role of chivalry overall, the role of "courtly love," and the degree to which Gawain is tested to preserve his own honor and loyalties without offending the woman were discussed both in general terms and by looking at the precise strategies, language, and style of what Gawain does and says.  And this section also contains summaries of the first hunt (the deer) and some of the second hunt (the boar).

But then . . read carefully for YOUR class--paired with what you need to do for tomorrow:
1st period
I gave you one more page (stanzas 71-72) and had you staple that to the rest of Packet 2.  For tomorrow, you are to read the rest of the story in the actual textbook, starting on p. 237.

3rd period
You received two pages as a new hand-out to be called the 3rd packet, covering 71-74 on one page (front and back) and then 75 and 77. You had to staple this together yourselves.  Read it for tomorrow.  I am pretty sure you also received the final hand-out, which is a John Gardner translation (larger print; stanzas not numbered).Bring it with you, but you don't need to have it read for Friday. We WILL be working with this together as part of Friday though, with the remainder to be read on your own.  So if you are gone for DECA   tomorrow (or for any other reason), you DO need to have read it for Monday.

5th period
You received two pages as a new hand-out to be called the 3rd packet, covering 71-74 on one page (front and back) and then 75 and 77. You had to staple this together yourselves.  Read it for tomorrow.  You definitely received the final hand-out, which is a John Gardner translation (larger print; stanzas not numbered).Bring it with you, but you don't need to have it read for Friday.  We WILL be working with this together as part of Friday though, with the remainder to be read on your own.  So if you are gone for DECA   tomorrow (or for any other reason), you DO need to have read it for Monday.