The dates listed are estimates and may change throughout the semester due the progress of the course. 
More specific dates and assignments will be listed on the web page. Weekly syllabus will be updated on Sunday or Monday of a given week. 
It is the responsibility of the student to check syllabus updates when Mr. Gillespie notifies the class an update has been made.

8.13 - 8.17 Class procedures - Map exercises and information - Map quiz Open letters to self - History of the English Language - Vocab quiz – Set 1
 
8.20 - 8.24	Intro to Anglo-Saxon England – begin Beowulf *Open House – Tuesday 21st - Vocab quiz – Set 2
 
8.27 – 8.31	Beowulf - resume and cover letter rules – Vocab quiz – Set 3
 
9.4 - 9.7 * Labor Day - Complete Beowulf - Business letter - Resume and cover letter due - College application essay – Anglo-Saxon poetry - Seafarer/Wanderer – exam – The Anglo-Saxon period
 
9.10 - 9.14	Intro to Medieval England – Ballads; Chaucer. General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales - College application essay due – Vocab quiz – Set 4
 
9.17 - 9.21	Quiz on Chaucer’s pilgrims - The Pardoner’s Tale – Vocab quiz - Set 5
 
9.24 - 9.28	Library research begins for position paper – Vocab quiz - Set 6
 
10.1 - 10.5	Sources and notes due for position paper - Medieval Literature – Romance – Arthurian Legends – Vocab quiz – Set 7
 
10.10 - 10.12	*Fall Break – Research paper outline and thesis – Exam - Medieval England
 
10.15 - 10.19	In-class drafting – Vocab quiz – Set 8 – The Lion in Winter vocabulary
 
10.22 - 10.26	Begin The Lion in Winter – Rough Drafts Due – Wednesday Oct. 24 - Vocab quiz – The Lion in Winter

10.29 - 11.2	 Exam – The Lion in Winter - Renaissance background - Sonnets - Sonnet quiz
 
11.5 - 11.9	Begin Hamlet – Vocab quiz – Set 9
 
11.13 - 11. 16	* Veteran’s Day - Continue Hamlet – Vocab quiz – Set 10
 
11.19 - 11.20   Hamlet - *Thanksgiving Holiday
 
11.26 - 11.30	complete Hamlet - exam - Begin Macbeth

12.3 - 12.7	Complete Macbeth - exam; comparative essay
 
12.10 - 12.14	Metaphysical poets – Comparative essays due
 
12.17 - 12.20	review and exams