Week #12 November 12-16, 2012
Literature: The Odyssey by Homer
Writing: Persuasive Expository Writing
Vocabulary: Odyssey Week 5 - trance, bewitch, lurk, chaos, peril, quest, commandeer, throng, rubbish, aft, contemptible, aloof, defy, fraud, hone, incredulous, jest, lavish, justification, murmur, marvel, meddle, rash, reek, revulsion
Homework:
- SAT vocab notes for Odyssey #4 - due: Nov. 9
- Late essay outline - due: Nov. 12
- First draft - due: Nov. 14
- Second draft - due: Nov. 17 on www.turnitin.com
Monday-Tuesday
- Take a reading test- common assessment.
Wednesday
- Go over the reading test.
Thursday - Friday
- Continue reading and annotating the epic poem.
Week #11 November 5-9, 2012
Literature: The Odyssey by Homer
Writing: Persuasive Essay
Grammar:Sentence structure
Vocabulary: Odyssey #4 - abominable, assuage, atone, beguile, bereft, brazen, fawn, frantic, grapple, insolent, scourge, seethe, skirt, wrath, bliss, blunder, fend, profusion, sage, stately, tidbit, titanic, lag, besiege
Homework:
- SAT vocab notes on Odyssey #3 - due: Nov. 5
- Essay Outline - due: Nov. 8
- First draft - due: Nov. 14
- Second draft - due: Nov. 17 at www.turnitin.com
Monday
- Today, you will take a vocabulary quiz.
- We will continue reading and annotating the epic poem.
- Analyze examples of epic simile, epic hero qualities, epithet, and figurative language.
Tuesday-Friday
- The rest of the week will be spent reading The Odyssey.
- Essay products are to be accomplished this week.
