Week 9 Oct. 18-22, 2010

Topics:
Literature: The Odyssey by Homer
Grammar: Parts of a sentence, phrases, verbals
Vocabulary: Odyssey #s 136-155/ Homonyms

Homework:
- Vocabulary SAT notes - every Thursday
- Notebook notes - due by Oct. 19 for a notebook quiz
- Language Handbook - pages 63-70 (First two numbers of each exercise due daily. ALL activities due next Tuesday, Oct. 28 after Stanford testing.)

Activities
Monday
1. Quiz #6 - Vocabulary #s 116-135/myth
2. Continue reading the epic poem.
3. Receive the notebook notes outline.

Tuesday
1. Review homonyms/homophones. Direct to links in the blog. (Textbook R71-72)
2. Review parts of speech, preposition and prepositional phrases, and verbals and verbal phrases. (Textbook R52-58, R60-61) Grammar Practice - R62
3. Work on practice assignment pages in the Language Handbook- 63 and 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, and 70.

Wednesday
1. Continue reading the epic poem.
2. Have a reading check.
3. Add examples to notes on epic hero, epithet, and epic simile.
4. Learn in media res.

Thursday
1. Continue reading the epic poem.

Friday
Write a short poem of one's own adventure. Use vcabulary words. - postponed - Benchmark test.