Mon.Students received a copy of the Odyssey group project, which is a group oral presentation of section of the epic to be presented Dec. 8-10. Class practiced writing Homeric similes.
Tues. From the Odyssey, students read "The Land of the Dead" as well as "Scylla and Charybdis". Class once again practiced writing Homeric similes.
Wed. Preposition quizzes are coming this week! Classes wrote and shared Homeric similes for the third time, then read about the Cattle of the Sun God, Helios.
Thurs. Fourth round of Homeric similes, plus continued reading of the Odyssey. We're rapidly approaching the conclusion.
Fri. All 3 classes finished reading "The Odyssey". Odysseus and Penelope are reunited (and it feels so good!).
Friday, November 13, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
Week 13: Nov. 9-13
Mon. Assignments this week include posting outside reading comments to edublogger and memorizing prepositions on pg. 28 of HH (1st two columns). Also, the third draft of Autobiographical Narrative assignment is due on Friday for 1st period, on Monday for 2nd period.
Students checked in their outside reading choices today, and read pp. 651-654 in HA (Homer's Invocation and Calypso's Island). Questions were provided as well, which students worked on in class.
Tues. Class read Homer's account of Calypso's Island out loud, and prepared a drawing of 4 parts of the story. Details need to be included, with references to specific lines.
Wed. Happy Veteran's Day!
Thurs. Class read a lengthy chunk of the Odyssey, including Odysseus' self-introduction, his account of departure from Troy and troubles with Cicones, encounters with Lotus Eaters and Polyphemus the Cyclops.
Fri. Students demonstrated their prowess at memorizing and reciting preposition. I announced that Ch. 3 of Holt Handbook would be the grammar focus for the final exam.
Students worked on Ex. 1 on pg. 72, which dealt with Adjective Phrases.
Students checked in their outside reading choices today, and read pp. 651-654 in HA (Homer's Invocation and Calypso's Island). Questions were provided as well, which students worked on in class.
Tues. Class read Homer's account of Calypso's Island out loud, and prepared a drawing of 4 parts of the story. Details need to be included, with references to specific lines.
Wed. Happy Veteran's Day!
Thurs. Class read a lengthy chunk of the Odyssey, including Odysseus' self-introduction, his account of departure from Troy and troubles with Cicones, encounters with Lotus Eaters and Polyphemus the Cyclops.
Fri. Students demonstrated their prowess at memorizing and reciting preposition. I announced that Ch. 3 of Holt Handbook would be the grammar focus for the final exam.
Students worked on Ex. 1 on pg. 72, which dealt with Adjective Phrases.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Week 12: 11/2-6
Mon. Students will take a multiple choice/true-false test on Of Mice and Men, followed by trials.
Tues. As the test took a bit longer than expected, the final day of trials was today.
Wed. "Trial Writing Assignment" introduced and discussed. "Reporters" write the story of their trial. Format: 2 columns w/ headline and writer's name below that. In journalistic expository writing,
the "5 W's" are the key. Newspaper articles are characterized by multiple, short, informational paragraphs at the beginning, with longer "why" paragraphs appearing down below.
250-350 words
use at least 3 direct quotes from the trial.
Thurs. After discussing aspects of Steinbeck's style as preparation for the test tomorrow, the class moved forward to the Odyssey. Students read a 6-page overview of the Odyssey and answered questions about it. Key words and concepts, such as epic, myth, theme, the oral tradition, and Homer were introduced.
Fri. Class concluded its study of Steinbeck's novel with the second part of the test. Have a good weekend everybody!
Tues. As the test took a bit longer than expected, the final day of trials was today.
Wed. "Trial Writing Assignment" introduced and discussed. "Reporters" write the story of their trial. Format: 2 columns w/ headline and writer's name below that. In journalistic expository writing,
the "5 W's" are the key. Newspaper articles are characterized by multiple, short, informational paragraphs at the beginning, with longer "why" paragraphs appearing down below.
250-350 words
use at least 3 direct quotes from the trial.
Thurs. After discussing aspects of Steinbeck's style as preparation for the test tomorrow, the class moved forward to the Odyssey. Students read a 6-page overview of the Odyssey and answered questions about it. Key words and concepts, such as epic, myth, theme, the oral tradition, and Homer were introduced.
Fri. Class concluded its study of Steinbeck's novel with the second part of the test. Have a good weekend everybody!
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