Week #13 Nov. 14-18, 2011

Literature: Homer's The Odyssey
Writing: The Odyssey Project - a narrative letter or blog post -
Vocabulary: Week #6 - azure, bare, brim, courier, craft, crane, crimson, deflect, dislodge, downcast, entrails, expel, flutter, impostor, infuse, jostle, lithe, lurch, pliant, rally, revelry, taut, thunderstruck, tremulous, underhanded

Homework:
- SAT vocabulary notes - due every Monday
- Vocabulary worksheet - due Monday, 11/14
- Five (5) sets of notes (taken from book article, magazine article, web article, etc.) - due Wednesday, 11/16 (Check for completion today.)
- Narrative letter or blog post draft - due Thursday 11/15 (before one-on-one conference on Friday)
- Narrative letter or blog post - due 11/21 on http://www.turnitin.com/ (We will do the submission together as a class and take a trip to the library.  You should have an electronic copy as well as a hard copy of your letter or blog post with you on this day. You can email the assignment to your own email, so that it will be easy to access it from the library. DO NOT SUBMIT THE ASSIGNMENT FROM HOME.)

NOTE: A reading schedule will be given on Tuesday for home reading.

Activities
Monday
1. Read an article on plagiarism (provided by Mr. C.). Have a small or big group dialogue on the issue of plagiarism. (20 minutes)
2. Take a 25 minute test on The Odyssey.

Tuesday
1. Mr. C. will come and visit us in the classroom, and talk about plagiarism.
2. Depending on how long we will spend on plagiarism, if we have time, we will continue reading. Other readings will be assigned at home.

Wednesday
1. Continue reading for the first half of the class period.
2. Write a draft of the narrative letter or blog post while I call students to present their five (5) sets of notes to me for check-up.

Thursday
1. Prepare for a reading check according to reading schedule.
2. Present draft of narrative letter or blog post.

Friday
1. Prepare a redaing check according on reading schedule.
2. Have a one-on-one conference with about your draft to prepare it for the final draft.