World Literature
1. Socratic Seminar notes on Greek Heroism #1 - finish and be ready for the Socratic seminar tomorrow.
2. Catch up on anything - vocabulary, Odyssey reading, etc.
Composition
1. Finish your symbolism essay final draft (due Thursday, or earlier for extra credit).
2. Finish your origin myth - it should be typed and double-spaced (due Thursday, or earlier for extra credit).
3. VPP11 vocab stuff.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Friday, 01/28/11
World Literature
1. Continue reading The Odyssey (217-220), day two. Do the questions for day two in the Odyssey reading guide that was passed out in class.
2. Do a word picture for VPP11 - choose any word you'd like!
Composition
1. Finish your symbolism essay rough draft. Your organizer packet for the body paragraphs should already be finished. Please type it! (typing is suggested, not required)
2. Do a word picture for VPP11 - choose any word you'd like!
1. Continue reading The Odyssey (217-220), day two. Do the questions for day two in the Odyssey reading guide that was passed out in class.
2. Do a word picture for VPP11 - choose any word you'd like!
Composition
1. Finish your symbolism essay rough draft. Your organizer packet for the body paragraphs should already be finished. Please type it! (typing is suggested, not required)
2. Do a word picture for VPP11 - choose any word you'd like!
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Thursday, 01/27/11
World Literature
1. Read up to page 217 (up to "In the meantime, Hermes...") in The Odyssey.
2. Do the day 1 Odyssey questions (see below):
Click here to watch a complete animated version of The Odyssey by Homer...in 15 seconds.
Composition
1. Complete the symbolism essay organizer packet. Rough drafts of the entire essay are due Monday.
These downloads may help you:
1. Read up to page 217 (up to "In the meantime, Hermes...") in The Odyssey.
2. Do the day 1 Odyssey questions (see below):
1. What is going on in Ithaca while Odysseus is gone?
2. How does Penelope keep the suitors from forcing her to marry one of them (213)?
3. Which of the gods decides to help Odysseus after 10 years? Which one is still mad at him?
4. After ten years, where is Odysseus stuck (213)?
5. How does Athena disguise herself and who does she talk to in Ithaca (214)?
6. After getting help from Mentor (215), who does Telemachus visit first?
7. Who does Telemachus visit second (215-216)?
8. What information does this person have about Odysseus?
2. How does Penelope keep the suitors from forcing her to marry one of them (213)?
3. Which of the gods decides to help Odysseus after 10 years? Which one is still mad at him?
4. After ten years, where is Odysseus stuck (213)?
5. How does Athena disguise herself and who does she talk to in Ithaca (214)?
6. After getting help from Mentor (215), who does Telemachus visit first?
7. Who does Telemachus visit second (215-216)?
8. What information does this person have about Odysseus?
Click here to watch a complete animated version of The Odyssey by Homer...in 15 seconds.
Composition
1. Complete the symbolism essay organizer packet. Rough drafts of the entire essay are due Monday.
These downloads may help you:
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Tuesday/Wednesday, 01/25-26/11
World Literature
1. Heros and Zeros of the Iliad sheet - finish if you didn't do so in class.
2. Who's Who sheet - must be finished by Thursday.
3. Write a paragraph answering this question - What would you do if you were in the position of Penelope or Telemachus as Odysseus is coming home from the Trojan War?
Composition
1. Symbolism essay introduction - download the organizer packet by clicking here.
2. Finish the symbolism essay CDs sheet and use the pre-written first body paragraph to help you. Click here to get a CD sheet without the Charlie Brown CDs filled in for you.
3. Start working on the body paragraphs by filling in the organizer packet.
4. Make sure you bring in your Mythology book by Thursday.
1. Heros and Zeros of the Iliad sheet - finish if you didn't do so in class.
2. Who's Who sheet - must be finished by Thursday.
3. Write a paragraph answering this question - What would you do if you were in the position of Penelope or Telemachus as Odysseus is coming home from the Trojan War?
Composition
1. Symbolism essay introduction - download the organizer packet by clicking here.
2. Finish the symbolism essay CDs sheet and use the pre-written first body paragraph to help you. Click here to get a CD sheet without the Charlie Brown CDs filled in for you.
3. Start working on the body paragraphs by filling in the organizer packet.
4. Make sure you bring in your Mythology book by Thursday.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Friday, 01/21/11
World Literature
1. VPP10 packet. Test on Monday.
2. Grade check slip. Go to HomeLogic to check your grade and fill out the slip.
Composition
1. Scarlet Ibis Symbolism chart.
2. VPP10 packet. Test on Monday.
3. Grade check slip. Go to HomeLogic to check your grade and fill out the slip.
1. VPP10 packet. Test on Monday.
2. Grade check slip. Go to HomeLogic to check your grade and fill out the slip.
Composition
1. Scarlet Ibis Symbolism chart.
2. VPP10 packet. Test on Monday.
3. Grade check slip. Go to HomeLogic to check your grade and fill out the slip.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Thursday, 01/20/11
World Literature
1. Finish reading The Fall of Troy (201-210) and the Fall of Troy questions (see below).
2. Study and work on VPP10. Test Monday.
Composition
1. Scarlet Ibis symbolism chart - finish!
2. Study and work on VPP10. Test Monday.
1. Finish reading The Fall of Troy (201-210) and the Fall of Troy questions (see below).
2. Study and work on VPP10. Test Monday.
Fall of Troy questions:
1. How does Achilles die, and why is he vulnerable in this way?
2. How does Ajax die? Is it an honorable death?
3. How does Paris die? Why is it partially “his” own fault? (203)
4. Who comes up with the Trojan Horse idea? (204)
5. Explain the clever way that the Greeks got the Trojans to take the wooden horse into the city gates. (206)
6. What happens to Priam, king of Troy?
7. In your opinion, is the way the Greeks win the war honorable? Why or why not?
8. What terrible thing do some of the Greeks do after slaughtering the Trojans? (208-210)
2. How does Ajax die? Is it an honorable death?
3. How does Paris die? Why is it partially “his” own fault? (203)
4. Who comes up with the Trojan Horse idea? (204)
5. Explain the clever way that the Greeks got the Trojans to take the wooden horse into the city gates. (206)
6. What happens to Priam, king of Troy?
7. In your opinion, is the way the Greeks win the war honorable? Why or why not?
8. What terrible thing do some of the Greeks do after slaughtering the Trojans? (208-210)
Composition
1. Scarlet Ibis symbolism chart - finish!
2. Study and work on VPP10. Test Monday.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Tuesday/Wednesday, 01/18-19/11
World Literature
1. Finish reading The Iliad (195-200) and finish the Iliad questions part 2 (see below).
2. Finish the Who's Who in the Trojan War sheet.
3. Iliad Battle Quiz questions - 3+ questions, multiple choice, fair, answers circled.
4. Don't forget to study and work on your vocabulary!
2. How does Hera get the Greeks to start winning again finally (195)? Who helps Hector turn the battle in favor of the Trojans again (196)?
3. Who wears Achilles’ armor and leads the Greeks to fight back? What happens to him (197)?
4. What gets Achilles to fight again, and what armor does he use?
5. What happens when Achilles and Hector finally meet? Describe the battle.
6. What does Achilles do to Hector’s body (199)?
7. Who goes to get Hector’s body from Achilles?
8. In your opinion, in the end of the Iliad, who is winning - Greeks or Trojans? Explain why.
Composition
1. Finish reading "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst (343-354). Answer questions 1-7 on page 356 on a sheet of lined paper.
2. Don't forget to study and work on your vocabulary!
1. Finish reading The Iliad (195-200) and finish the Iliad questions part 2 (see below).
2. Finish the Who's Who in the Trojan War sheet.
3. Iliad Battle Quiz questions - 3+ questions, multiple choice, fair, answers circled.
4. Don't forget to study and work on your vocabulary!
Iliad questions (195-200)
1. What advice does Nestor give? Does it get Achilles to fight again?2. How does Hera get the Greeks to start winning again finally (195)? Who helps Hector turn the battle in favor of the Trojans again (196)?
3. Who wears Achilles’ armor and leads the Greeks to fight back? What happens to him (197)?
4. What gets Achilles to fight again, and what armor does he use?
5. What happens when Achilles and Hector finally meet? Describe the battle.
6. What does Achilles do to Hector’s body (199)?
7. Who goes to get Hector’s body from Achilles?
8. In your opinion, in the end of the Iliad, who is winning - Greeks or Trojans? Explain why.
Composition
1. Finish reading "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst (343-354). Answer questions 1-7 on page 356 on a sheet of lined paper.
2. Don't forget to study and work on your vocabulary!
Friday, January 14, 2011
Friday, 01/14/11
World Literature
1. Continue reading The Iliad (up to page 195). Continue working on the Who's Who chart and answer the following questions on a sheet of paper:
Composition
1. VPP10 - finish the notes and do a picture card. Also continue working on vocabulary so you are ready for the test on Friday of next week.
2. Redo your Cosby Show essay introduction and add it onto your notes to turn in next week for extra points.
1. Continue reading The Iliad (up to page 195). Continue working on the Who's Who chart and answer the following questions on a sheet of paper:
1. How does Paris escape from Menelaus?
2. Why do the Greeks and Trojans start fighting after the one-on-one battle (192)?
3. How does Aeneas escape death from Diomedes?
4. How is Ares scared away from helping the Trojans on the battlefield?
5. What does Hector pray for, and how does Athena respond?
6. After praying, who does Hector talk to?
7. Why do the Trojans do so well the next time they are on the battlefield (194-195)?
2. VPP10 - finish the notes and do a picture card. Also continue working on vocabulary so you are ready for the test on Friday of next week.2. Why do the Greeks and Trojans start fighting after the one-on-one battle (192)?
3. How does Aeneas escape death from Diomedes?
4. How is Ares scared away from helping the Trojans on the battlefield?
5. What does Hector pray for, and how does Athena respond?
6. After praying, who does Hector talk to?
7. Why do the Trojans do so well the next time they are on the battlefield (194-195)?
Composition
1. VPP10 - finish the notes and do a picture card. Also continue working on vocabulary so you are ready for the test on Friday of next week.
2. Redo your Cosby Show essay introduction and add it onto your notes to turn in next week for extra points.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Thursday, 01/13/11
World Literature
1. Continue reading The Iliad in your Mythology book up to page 193. Fill in the Who's Who in the Trojan War sheet as you go. You should be able to fill in about 80% of the sheet.
2. Bring your VPP vocab book tomorrow.
Composition
1. Bring your VPP vocab book tomorrow.
2. Make sure you have your Mythology book by next week.
1. Continue reading The Iliad in your Mythology book up to page 193. Fill in the Who's Who in the Trojan War sheet as you go. You should be able to fill in about 80% of the sheet.
2. Bring your VPP vocab book tomorrow.
Composition
1. Bring your VPP vocab book tomorrow.
2. Make sure you have your Mythology book by next week.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Tuesday/Wednesday, 01/11-12/10
World Literature
1. Continue reading The Iliad in your mythology book. Finish up to the end of page 190. Be ready for the quiz tomorrow. You should be able to answer the following quiz questions:
Which goddess "wins" the competition of who is fairest? How does Paris violate Menelaus's hospitality and trust? Why can't the Greeks leave for war against the Trojans? What sacrifice must they make?
Composition
1. Finish the notes we started taking in class on theme and the Cosby Show episode "The Juicer." Finish the essay introduction paragraph on the back of the notes page. Click below to rewatch the episode.
The Cosby Show - "The Juicer" part 1
The Cosby Show - "The Juicer" part 2
The Cosby Show - "The Juicer" part 3
1. Continue reading The Iliad in your mythology book. Finish up to the end of page 190. Be ready for the quiz tomorrow. You should be able to answer the following quiz questions:
Which goddess "wins" the competition of who is fairest? How does Paris violate Menelaus's hospitality and trust? Why can't the Greeks leave for war against the Trojans? What sacrifice must they make?
Composition
1. Finish the notes we started taking in class on theme and the Cosby Show episode "The Juicer." Finish the essay introduction paragraph on the back of the notes page. Click below to rewatch the episode.
The Cosby Show - "The Juicer" part 1
The Cosby Show - "The Juicer" part 2
The Cosby Show - "The Juicer" part 3
Monday, January 10, 2011
Monday, 01/10/11
Welcome back, students! Semester TWO starts today, and as of this moment every student has a 100% A grade. Our first assignment is due tomorrow.
World Literature
1. Finish copying the class rules. We will turn in the printed copy tomorrow.
2. Clean out your English binder section. Don't throw it away - store last semester's work! Keep mythology notes and work.
3. Get all paper and supplies you will need for the semester. This includes a three inch binder, blank paper, multiple pens, and the books you'll need.
Composition
1. Finish copying the class rules. We will turn in the printed copy tomorrow.
2. Clean out your English binder section. Don't throw it away - store last semester's work! Keep all notes and work that have to do with theme.
3. Get all paper and supplies you will need for the semester. This includes a three inch binder, blank paper, multiple pens, and the books you'll need.
World Literature
1. Finish copying the class rules. We will turn in the printed copy tomorrow.
2. Clean out your English binder section. Don't throw it away - store last semester's work! Keep mythology notes and work.
3. Get all paper and supplies you will need for the semester. This includes a three inch binder, blank paper, multiple pens, and the books you'll need.
Composition
1. Finish copying the class rules. We will turn in the printed copy tomorrow.
2. Clean out your English binder section. Don't throw it away - store last semester's work! Keep all notes and work that have to do with theme.
3. Get all paper and supplies you will need for the semester. This includes a three inch binder, blank paper, multiple pens, and the books you'll need.
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