Week 5-7.5

Monday 9/22--Read and take notes on "This Is What It Means to Say 'Phoenix, Arizona.'" (E)

Tuesday 9/23--Writing assignment (S-E). Please post on Canvas under "Assignments.

Part I

      • Read my comments

      • in the margins

      • at end of your paragraph

      • Fix all the mechanical errors in your paragraph

      • Revise/work on one aspect of your paragraph as suggested under “Content”

      • Post your old and new paragraphs on Canvas “assignments”

Part II

      • Answer the following questions:

      • Upon re-reading my paragraph, what surprised me?

      • What did I do well in my paragraph?

      • What do I want to work on in future writing assignments?

Wednesday 9/24--Read and take notes on "The Red Convertible" (not in blue reader; I will hand out copies and post the PDF) (E)

Thursday 9/95--Reread “The Red Convertible," thinking about the question below:

  • Why does Lyman release the car into the river at the end of the story?

    • This will be the question you'll answer in your paragraph due Wednesday.

  • Please do a 300 word free write on the story that you'll post under "Assignments" on Canvas (S)

    • By "freewrite," I mean just jot down ideas about the question without worrying about grammar, spelling, etc. The goal is to write quickly and fluidly--just "vomit" ideas out onto the screen.

    • Don't use bullet points; write in sentences (but the sentences don't have to be good)

    • You can use dictation software if you'd like

Friday 9/26--Quiz on Chapter 5 of Vocabulary Energizers.

  • Also, read about conjunctions in How Grammar Words (see link to PDFs under "Grammar Info").

  • Do examples in pink workbook, p. 29.

Monday 9/29--No school!

Tuesday 9/30--No homework. Bring your notes for "Red Convertible" mini-essay and your laptop.

Wednesday 10/1--Draft of your mini-essay due. (S-E)

Thursday 10/2-- Mini-essay due on "The Red Convertible." (E)

Friday 10/3-START The Odyssey, Book I (just do your best, you don't have spend much time if you have a lot of work!)

Monday 10/6--Read and take notes on The Odyssey, Book I

Tuesday 10/7--Read and take notes on The Odyssey, Book II.

Wednesday 10/8--Read and take notes on The Odyssey, Book III.

  • Brief quiz on character names in the Odyssey.

    • Link to Odyssey character names

      • Below are the names that got cut off the list above

        • Kirke (Circe)—a nymph with magical powers

          • Teiresias—blind prophet, now dead

          • Agamemnon—King of Argos, brother of Menelaos; led the troops to the Trojan War, now dead

          • Klytaimnestra—wife of Agamemnon, who kills him when he returns home from the Trojan War, now dead

          • Akhilleus/Achilles—greatest of the Trojan warriors, now dead

          • Kalypso (Calypso)—minor goddess, daughter of Atlas; detains Odysseus on her island of Ogygia for approx. 7 years

          • Nausicaa—daughter of King Alkinoos and Queen Arete, in the land of Phaiakia

          • Aigisthos—Menalaos’ and Agamemnon’s cousin, lover of Klytaimnestra and Agamemnon’s murderer

          • Orestes—son of Agamemnon and Klytaimnestra; killed his mother and Aigisthos

Thursday 10/9--Grammar Review

      • Note: For extra grammar practice, click here. Note that the first part of this sheet is the same as one of the above, but there's a new exercise on the second sheet (with answers on the third page).

Friday 10/10--Vocab 6 quiz and grammar test on parts of speech

Monday 10/13--Read and take notes on Book 4 of The Odyssey.