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)
Please click the following for instructions: Instructions for Mini-Essay on "The Red Convertible"
Please bring your draft to class on a word document
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!)
If you'd like some tips for reading Book 1, click here: Book I Reading Tips
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
Please print out and do the following grammar review sheets for the Parts of Speech test.
Click here for HOMEWORK SHEETS TO DO TOMORROW: Parts of Speech Homework Practice AND outline of test
Note: you will not be writing your own sentences for this test.
(You don't need to print this one out) Click here for review sheet: Grammar Review #1
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.