Mon 9/30 (S): Re-read/review “The Red Convertible," thinking about the following question:
"Why does Lyman release the car into the river?"
Please don't discuss your answer with other students.
Please do a 300-word freewrite on "The Red Convertible" that you'll post on Canvas
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 to experiment
Time for assignment: 30-40 minutes (no more!)
Tu 10/1 or W 10/2 (L): Writing workshop #2 on "The Red Convertible"
Link to the assignment is posted HERE
Also, please review the comments I gave you on your "Cell One" para
Make sure you understand what mechanical errors you made and that you know how to fix them.
Thurs 10/3 or Fri 10/4: (L) Writing assignment on "The Red Convertible" due
Essay topic and directions are posted here
Please note that this is a graded assignment
Please look at sample paras on "Cell One" for good examples of topic sentence and quotation analysis
These are posted on Google Classroom under "Classwork/Sample Essays"
Introduction to The Odyssey
Please bring the book to class, but you don't have to do any reading today.
Mon 10/7: (S) Introduction to The Odyssey
Make sure you have the Fitzgerald translation
Please study the character sheet (see attached) for a brief quiz later this week on the main characters of The Odyssey.
Click here for link to sheet with background info for The Odyssey.
Link to Odyssey character names (you'll have a quiz on these names on Weds/Thurs)
Below are the names that got cut off the list
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 Greek 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
Tu 10/8 (S): Read and take notes on The Odyssey, Book 1
Weds 10/9 or Thurs 10/10 (L): Read and take notes on Odyssey, Book 5.
QUIZ on Odyssey character names
Optional: If helpful to you, click HERE for link to Odyssey recordings.
Fri 10/11 (S): Read and take notes on Odyssey, Book 6.
Please mark extended similes in Book 6 (also called epic or Homeric similes) when you notice them (they often include words like "think" or "like" or "just so" or "so")
Mon 10/14 (S): Read and take notes on Odyssey, Book 7.
Tu 10/15 or Weds 10/16 (L): Read and take notes on Odyssey, Book 8.
Thurs 10/17 or Fri 10/18 (L): Read and take notes on Odyssey, Book 9.
Please do the attached epic simile exercise (see below)
Or click here
Mon 10/21 (S): NO SCHOOL
Tu 10/22 (S): NO SCHOOL
Weds 10/23, Block F or Thurs 10/24, Block C (L):
Read and take notes on Odyssey, Book 10.
Please re-read your "Red Convertible" mini-essay on turnitin.com
Make sure to read my bubble comments.
The bubble comments often have long, specific feedback on a line or section of your essay.
Sometimes the bubble comments contain links to sites that provide instruction on how to use punctuation or certain grammatical structures. Make sure to click on the links!
Also read my end comments. These are actually on the right side of your essay.
Note that my comments won't make much sense unless you re-read your essay
Do a brief re-write of one of the paragraphs according to the suggestions I made.
Note this doesn't have to be a total revision--just light re-writing of the paragraph is fine
Make sure all mechanical errors in the paragraph are fixed
For the para you do not revise:
Fix the mechanical errors and highlight these corrections in yellow
Clearly label which para is revised and which one only has the mechanical errors corrected, then...
Post the two paras here on Canvas
NOTE: sample essay on "Red Convertible" posted here
Please read the sample essay to get a sense of what I was looking for in terms of structuring paras, embedding quotations, analyzing qs, etc.
Fri 10/25 (S): Grammar:
Please review parts of speech
Read about subjects and verbs here
Read about direct objects in How Grammar Works (29-30).
Bring pink workbook to class on Friday
Mon 10/28 (S): Read and take notes on Odyssey, Book 11.
Scenes to focus on as you read:
Odysseus' encounters with Antikleia (his mother), Agamemnon, and Akhilleus (Achilles)
Tu 10/29, Block F or Weds 10/30, Block C (L):
Practice essay on Book 11 (Please don't look at the question until you're ready to write on it; that way, you'll give yourself better practice for the in-class essay)
Please post your essay here on Canvas
Thurs 10/31, Block F or Fri 11/1, Block C (L):
Read and take notes on Odyssey, Book 12
In-class essay #1 on Books 9, 10, and 12
Please bring your computer and copy of The Odyssey to class.
Peruse the sample essay on Book 11
This sample essay is posted under "Sample Essays" on Google Classroom.
Please do a freewrite on THREE of the below scenes to help you prepare for the in-class essay and post your freewrite (or practice essay) here on Canvas
Instructions on Canvas
Scenes/encounters to focus on as you prepare for the essay:
Polyphêmos, the Kyklops (Cyclops): pp. 150-161 (Book 9)
Kirkê (Circe): pp. 171-182 (Book 10)
the Sirens (Seirenes): pp. 210, 215-216 (Book 12)
Skylla and Kharybdis: pp. 211-212, 217-218 (Book 12)
Helios’ cattle: pp. 213, 220-222 (Book 12)
Optional: In-class essay writing tips