Reading Assignment Dates
March 25: Prologue and Part 1, pages 1-80 April 17: Parts 2 and 3, pages 81-170 April 24: Parts 4 and 5, pages 171-303 April 30: Parts 6 and 7, pages 305-403 May 8: Parts 8 and 9, pages 405-493 May 15: Part 10 & Epilogue, pages 495-550 Students agree to have the assigned portions of the text read and any assignments for the week completed by the dates listed above
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My advanced reading class has been examining the prologue to "The Canterbury Tales" over the last two weeks. I realized today that many students do not understand the value of a prologue as it relates to books, and even films. To help them to understand the importance I am sharing a few examples of well done film prologues that really help to set the scene of the movies themselves. We will later move into analyzing a few more notable literary examples of prologues such as the one found at the beginning of Romeo & Juliet and A Tale of Two Cities. My 2014-15 Testing Team recently took some pictures before our team building day (Build a Bruin) on October 31st. I have a great bunch of students on my testing team this year! I'm looking forward to the time we'll be able to spend together this school year.
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