Friday, November 11, 2011
Friday, November 4, 2011
Week #12 November 7-11, 2011
Literature: Homer's The Odyssey
Writing/Grammar: sentences, appositive and verbals
Vocabulary: Odyssey Week 5 - trance, bewitch, lurk, chaos, peril, quest, commandeer, throng, rubbish, aft, contemptible, aloof, defy, fraud, hone, incredulity, jest, lavish, justification, murmur, marvel, meddle, rash, reek, revulsion
Homework:
- SAT vocabulary notes - due on Monday
- Odyssey "Who's who?" - due: on the day of the 3rd notebook quiz (TBA- soon)
- Odyssey essay - due on http://www.turnitin.com/ on TBA
http://www.greeka.com/ionian/ithaca/ithaca-myths/odysseus.htm
Activities
Monday
1. Take Test #11 on week #4 vocabulary and prepositional phrases.
2. Continue reading and annotating The Odyssey.
Tuesday
Continue reading and annotating The Odyssey.
Wednesday
Take a short adjective and adverb prepositional phrase test.
Thursday and Friday
Work in the library on a project.
Writing/Grammar: sentences, appositive and verbals
Vocabulary: Odyssey Week 5 - trance, bewitch, lurk, chaos, peril, quest, commandeer, throng, rubbish, aft, contemptible, aloof, defy, fraud, hone, incredulity, jest, lavish, justification, murmur, marvel, meddle, rash, reek, revulsion
Homework:
- SAT vocabulary notes - due on Monday
- Odyssey "Who's who?" - due: on the day of the 3rd notebook quiz (TBA- soon)
- Odyssey essay - due on http://www.turnitin.com/ on TBA
http://www.greeka.com/ionian/ithaca/ithaca-myths/odysseus.htm
Activities
Monday
1. Take Test #11 on week #4 vocabulary and prepositional phrases.
2. Continue reading and annotating The Odyssey.
Tuesday
Continue reading and annotating The Odyssey.
Wednesday
Take a short adjective and adverb prepositional phrase test.
Thursday and Friday
Work in the library on a project.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Week #11 Oct. 31-Nov.4, 2011
Literature: Homer's The Odyssey
Grammar: Adjective and adverb prepositional phrases
Vocabulary: Abominably, Ardor, Assuage, Atone, Avail, Beguile, Bereft, Brazen, Dire, Dwindle, Fawn, Frantic, Grapple, Implacable, Insolent, Scourge, Seethe, Skirt (v), Vile, Wrath, Bliss, Blunder, Fend, Profusion, Sage, Stately, Tidbit, Titanic, Lag, Besiege
Homework:
- SAT vocabulary notes - due every Monday
- Annotations in the packet - due daily
Activities
Monday
1. Take vocabulary quiz on week 3 words.
2. Continue to read and annotate the epic poem.
2. Continue to read and annotate the epic poem.
Grammar: Adjective and adverb prepositional phrases
Vocabulary: Abominably, Ardor, Assuage, Atone, Avail, Beguile, Bereft, Brazen, Dire, Dwindle, Fawn, Frantic, Grapple, Implacable, Insolent, Scourge, Seethe, Skirt (v), Vile, Wrath, Bliss, Blunder, Fend, Profusion, Sage, Stately, Tidbit, Titanic, Lag, Besiege
Homework:
- SAT vocabulary notes - due every Monday
- Annotations in the packet - due daily
Activities
Monday
1. Take vocabulary quiz on week 3 words.
2. Continue to read and annotate the epic poem.
- epic hero qualities
- epic formula
- epic plot
- epithet
- epic simile (Homeric)
- figurative language
- imagery
- details/description
- characterization
2. Continue to read and annotate the epic poem.
- epic hero qualities
- epic formula
- epic plot
- epithet
- epic simile (Homeric)
- figurative language
- imagery
- details/description
- characterization
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Week #10 October 24-28, 2011
Literature: Homer's The Odyssey
Writing/Grammar: phrases, sentence structure, clauses, figurative language
Vocabulary: adversity, desolate, douse, exile, forlorn, formidable, immortal, mandate, ornate, pine, plunder, pummel, versatile,maelstrom, avail, ardor, dwindle, tumult, travail, flay, dire, blanch, din, heft, implacable
Homework:
- SAT vocabulary notes - Due Monday
- Annotations - due Daily
PROJECT IDEA: Interactive Odyssey MAP making. (If you have ideas how to make reading of The Odyssey more interesting, let Mrs. T. know. She will give extra credit to whoever will come up with a unique idea that is academic, time-friendly, and creator-friendly.)
http://www.classics.upenn.edu/myth/php/homer/index.php?page=odymap
http://library.thinkquest.org/19300/data/Odyssey/voyage1.htm
http://academic.reed.edu/humanities/110tech/iliad.html
http://www.sigmabooks.gr/maps_en_enArgoEur.html
Activities
Monday
1. Take a vocabulary quiz, and notebook quiz #2.
2. Finish the sentence stories, and transfer draft to posters.
Tuesday- Friday
1. Read and annotate The Odyssey.
2. Take sporadic reading checks.
3. Write thoughts about The Odyssey on paper/in binder notes consistently.
4. Be on the look-out for literary techniques/styles, character changes/motives, heroic qualities, hubris, hamartia, etc.
Writing/Grammar: phrases, sentence structure, clauses, figurative language
Vocabulary: adversity, desolate, douse, exile, forlorn, formidable, immortal, mandate, ornate, pine, plunder, pummel, versatile,maelstrom, avail, ardor, dwindle, tumult, travail, flay, dire, blanch, din, heft, implacable
Homework:
- SAT vocabulary notes - Due Monday
- Annotations - due Daily
PROJECT IDEA: Interactive Odyssey MAP making. (If you have ideas how to make reading of The Odyssey more interesting, let Mrs. T. know. She will give extra credit to whoever will come up with a unique idea that is academic, time-friendly, and creator-friendly.)
http://www.classics.upenn.edu/myth/php/homer/index.php?page=odymap
http://library.thinkquest.org/19300/data/Odyssey/voyage1.htm
http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/english/fajardo/teaching/eng120/odyjour.htm - Order of Odysseus’s journey
http://academic.reed.edu/humanities/110tech/iliad.html
http://www.sigmabooks.gr/maps_en_enArgoEur.html
Activities
Monday
1. Take a vocabulary quiz, and notebook quiz #2.
2. Finish the sentence stories, and transfer draft to posters.
Tuesday- Friday
1. Read and annotate The Odyssey.
2. Take sporadic reading checks.
3. Write thoughts about The Odyssey on paper/in binder notes consistently.
4. Be on the look-out for literary techniques/styles, character changes/motives, heroic qualities, hubris, hamartia, etc.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Week #9 October 17-21, 2011
Literature: Reading - Homer's The Odyssey
Discussion - "What is a myth?"
"How Evil Came into the World"
"Creation"
Writing: phrases/sentence structure
Vocabulary: #121- 145 divers, breach, tactic, convey, adversary, fury, avowal, disdain, glade, stealth, snare, vile, fodder, foreboding, kinsmen,succumb, dote, entice, flawless, chide, treachery, exquisite, consent, cleft, regale
Homework:
- SAT vocabulary notes - due Monday
- Finished assignments ("What is a myth?," "How Evil Came into the World," "Creation") - Due for grading on Monday and Tuesday
- TSI study guide and annotated passage - Due Wednesday
Activities
Monday
1. Quiz # 8 on vocabulary #s 96-120 and "What is a myth?."
2. Go over the sentence writing classwork.
Tuesday
1. Go over myth homework and reading classwork.
2. Receive Odyssey handout for annotation.
Wednesday
1. Go over a reading classwork.
2. Read about Homer's world, and take notes using Cornel notes format. Refer to the format on the board.
Thursday- Friday
1. Take note of the characteristics of an epic.
2. View a powerpoint presentation, and discuss epic characteristics.
Discussion - "What is a myth?"
"How Evil Came into the World"
"Creation"
Writing: phrases/sentence structure
Vocabulary: #121- 145 divers, breach, tactic, convey, adversary, fury, avowal, disdain, glade, stealth, snare, vile, fodder, foreboding, kinsmen,succumb, dote, entice, flawless, chide, treachery, exquisite, consent, cleft, regale
Homework:
- SAT vocabulary notes - due Monday
- Finished assignments ("What is a myth?," "How Evil Came into the World," "Creation") - Due for grading on Monday and Tuesday
- TSI study guide and annotated passage - Due Wednesday
Activities
Monday
1. Quiz # 8 on vocabulary #s 96-120 and "What is a myth?."
2. Go over the sentence writing classwork.
Tuesday
1. Go over myth homework and reading classwork.
2. Receive Odyssey handout for annotation.
Wednesday
1. Go over a reading classwork.
2. Read about Homer's world, and take notes using Cornel notes format. Refer to the format on the board.
Thursday- Friday
1. Take note of the characteristics of an epic.
2. View a powerpoint presentation, and discuss epic characteristics.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Week #8 October 10-14, 2011
Literature: James Hurst's "The Scarlet Ibis"
Homer's The Odyssey
"What is a myth?"
"How Evil Came into the World"
"Creation"
Grammar and Writing: phrases, short answer paragraphs
Vocabulary: #s96-120 contend, harried, valor, guile, muster, indifferent, prodigious, solitude, victuals, vessel, stoke, rogue, ravage, entreat, avenge, whim, appall, ponderous, dispatch, brace, ponder, hew, venture, cordial, bellow
Homework:
- SAT vocabulary notes - Due: Every MONDAY
- CASPAR chart - Due: TBA (I know this assignment has appeared on the blog so many different times, but soon you will get to submit it. Let us finish one last short story and annotate it to the MAX. What you will learn in annotating "The Scarlet Ibis" are skills you will get to use in The Odyssey and other literature in the future. 8=) Be patient with good, old Mrs. T.)
- "What is a myth?" - Due: Friday, Oct. 15
Activities
Monday
1. Take Quiz #8 - "The Scarlet Ibis" vocabulary.
2. Complete reading and annotating of "The Scarlet Ibis."
Tuesday
1. Review/practice for PSAT.
2. Continue reading and annotating "Ibis."
3. Receive "What is a myth?" homework. - Sorry, Mrs. T. forgot. I will give you the assignment tomorrow. Please remind me.
Wednesday
PSAT testing
1. Continue reading and annotating "Ibis." (diction, imagery, figurative language, tone)
2. Continue discussion.
Thursday
1. Continue reading annotating "Ibis." (flashback, diction, author's purpose, symbolism).
Friday
1. Submit the "myth" homework.
2. Read "How Evil Came Into the World" and "Creation" and annotate.
3. Write sentences.
Homer's The Odyssey
"What is a myth?"
"How Evil Came into the World"
"Creation"
Grammar and Writing: phrases, short answer paragraphs
Vocabulary: #s96-120 contend, harried, valor, guile, muster, indifferent, prodigious, solitude, victuals, vessel, stoke, rogue, ravage, entreat, avenge, whim, appall, ponderous, dispatch, brace, ponder, hew, venture, cordial, bellow
Homework:
- SAT vocabulary notes - Due: Every MONDAY
- CASPAR chart - Due: TBA (I know this assignment has appeared on the blog so many different times, but soon you will get to submit it. Let us finish one last short story and annotate it to the MAX. What you will learn in annotating "The Scarlet Ibis" are skills you will get to use in The Odyssey and other literature in the future. 8=) Be patient with good, old Mrs. T.)
- "What is a myth?" - Due: Friday, Oct. 15
Activities
Monday
1. Take Quiz #8 - "The Scarlet Ibis" vocabulary.
2. Complete reading and annotating of "The Scarlet Ibis."
Tuesday
1. Review/practice for PSAT.
2. Continue reading and annotating "Ibis."
3. Receive "What is a myth?" homework. - Sorry, Mrs. T. forgot. I will give you the assignment tomorrow. Please remind me.
Wednesday
PSAT testing
1. Continue reading and annotating "Ibis." (diction, imagery, figurative language, tone)
2. Continue discussion.
Thursday
1. Continue reading annotating "Ibis." (flashback, diction, author's purpose, symbolism).
Friday
1. Submit the "myth" homework.
2. Read "How Evil Came Into the World" and "Creation" and annotate.
3. Write sentences.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
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