During the first half of the session, we completed our review of Joshua's homework essay from yesterday by determining where and how to eliminate words and sentences that are "filler" but add little substance to the essay. I then introduced our next reading,Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" as the first literary work actually composed and written in English (as opposed to Latin) .As Chaucer's English is Middle English ,not modern, we first read a modern version of the opening verses and then looked at and listened to the opening verses in the original Middle English which Joshua enjoyed.