Weeks 12-15
Mon 11/6 (S): Read and take notes on Book 13
Tues 11/7 (S): Read and takes notes on Book 18
Also, click here for summary of Books 14-17
You'll also find the summary attached below.
Weds 11/8 or Thurs 11/9 (L):Read and take notes on Book 19
Review direct objects and read about indirect objects in How Grammar Works (28-30 and 121).
Fri 11/10 (S): Read and take notes on Book 20
Mon 11/13 (S): No class! For homework, read and take notes on Book 21
To visualize Odysseus' bow and the challenge Penelope gives the suitors, please look here:
Tues 11/14 (L) or Weds 11/15 (L): In-class essay on passages from Books 19 and 21.
In preparation for the essay, please look at the following scenes
Penelope’s first encounter with Odysseus as a beggar (357-358, 360, 363-364)
Penelope’s discussion of her dream (369-372)
Penelope’s interaction with the suitors (391-393, 401-402)
Thurs 11/16 or Fri 11/17 (L): Read and take notes on Book 22
Mon 11/20 (S): Read and take notes on Book 23
Please let me know which in-class essay you'd like me to comment on and grade
Tues 11/21 or Weds 11/22 (L): Read and take notes on Book 24
Read about predicate nouns and adjectives
Here's the link: subjective complements (predicate nouns and predicate adjectives) in PDF files of HGW (30 middle-31)
Bring pink workbook to class.
Thurs 11/23: THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Fri 11/24: THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Mon 11/27 (S): No homework
In class, we'll review grammar
Tues 11/28 (S) or Weds 11/29 (L): Grammar Review
Do grammar review exercises in pink workbook (43-45).
Note that "simple predicate" means the main verb of the sentence.
Bring pink workbook to class.
Also do the following practice sheets:
Thurs 11/30 or Fri 12/1 (L): Grammar Test #2
Test will cover:
Parts of speech
Subjects and simple predicates (main verbs)
Direct and indirect objects
Predicate nouns and predicate adjectives
Note:
Answers to practice sheets are now attached below