So the blog is late . . .

Because the faculty meeting lasted until nearly 4:20, and I arrived back at my room--geared up to do the blogs before leaving--only to encounter about six guys armed with power tools who were taking apart the computer tables and building new ones.  I left.

So now it's 6 p.m., I'm 35 miles north, where we still have some snow around the edges, and here is what you need to know/do for sure:

1) If you missed the super-short reading check quiz today, you need to take it ASAP upon arriving in class tomorrow.  YOU remind ME, please.

2) Also, there were three hand-outs on Wednesday.  To recap--

• The Pilgrims "Quiz" is actually just for PRACTICE.  Complete it,  closed-book, by Friday.  We will go over it then, but the answers aren't the point--the process is for you to know how well you are learning and retaining info about these individuals.  That's part of the process of studying Canterbury Tales.
• The questions over "The Pardoner's Tale" are to make sure that you have followed the details of this story.  It's direct, and clear, but every single step is important.  But you do NOT need to write these out in full.  They are for you to review, for tomorrow, so that we can build a discussion around them.  (We may not get to talking much about the story on Thursday, but it's important to think through them for Friday because there is other work for Friday/Tuesday.
• That third piece is the hand-out on "The Nun's Priest's Tale."  These questions are to be done in writing (ink or typed), in complete sentences, and in nicely developed detail.  At least the first 9 should be completed for Friday (will be stamped), and they must be finished, of course, by Tuesday.  The first part of this story will be discussed on Friday, so I can't give you credit for 1-9 if they aren't done by the time you get to class--and WITH YOU IN CLASS TO VERIFY and get the stamp,

FINAL EXAM--
I'll try to type up a little more later, but essentially, the final covers everything except the short stories.  That means the historical background, literary terms, and literature for the Anglo-Saxon and Medieval periods.  The test will contain both objective questions (answers on Scantron) as well as several paragraph and/or short essay questions.