Syllabus

Week 9

Monday 10/27 (C Day)

Agenda:

• Composition lesson # 6: The Present Tense 

• About "Speaking & Listening" Grades

  • Speaking & Listening Self Evaluation

• "The Odyssey" Continued: 

  • Books 14 & 15 continued: Prep for discussion / notes  on Wednesday.

• Vocab: Lit Terms  *Schedule Vocab Quiz #2

Announcements & Reminders:

• Read Books 14 & 15; Prepare questions & comments for discussion on Wednesday.

• Student-Teacher Conferences continue this week. *Details available here. 

• Vocab Quiz # 2 (On all "General Lit Terms") on _____?

Week 8

Monday 10/20 (B Day)

Agenda:

• Grammar: The Semicolon Rule & Practice Quiz (Review if necessary)

•  "The Odyssey" Continued:

  • Book 12 Review / Discussion / Notes 

    • The Sirens

    • Scylla & Charybdis

    • (Abby, Christina, & Jordyn will cover 'The Cattle Incident')

  • Book 13 Summary

  • Intro / Reading: Book 14

  • Schedule Essay Test on Books 1-13 (Friday?)

• Vocab: Lit Terms 

Announcements & Reminders:

• Student-Teacher Conferences continue this week. *Details available here. 

• Comma/Semicolon Quiz on Thursday

• Essay Test on Books 1-13 on Friday (Open Book / Open Note)

Tuesday 10/21 (C Day)

• Composition lesson # 3: Transitions

• Composition lesson # 4: Topic Sentences (On Your Own)

•  'The Odyssey' continued:

  • First-Half Wrap-Up (Major themes & devices from books 1-13)

  • Sample Essay Prompts

  • Essay Scoring Scale

• Vocab: Lit Terms 

Announcements & Reminders:

• Comma / Semicolon Quiz on Thursday

• Essay Test on Books 1-13 on Friday (Open Book / Open Note)

• Student-Teacher Conferences continue this week. *Details available here. 

Wednesday 10/22 (D Day) -Off-

Thursday 10/23 (A Day) 

Agenda:

• Comma / Semicolon Quiz *This one counts

• About the Writing Rubric for Essays

• Composition lesson # 5: Writing the first paragraph *The prompts on this document are good examples of what you'll see for our essay tests.

• "Library Time": Books 14 & 15

Announcements & Reminders:

• Essay Test on Books 1-13 tomorrow (Open Book / Open Note)

• Student-Teacher Conferences continue this week. *Details available here. 

Friday 10/24 (B Day) 

Agenda:

• Essay Test on Books 1-13 of "The Odyssey"

Announcements & Reminders:

• Student-Teacher Conferences continue this week. *Details available here. 

Week 7

Monday 10/13 -Holiday-

Tuesday 10/14 (B Day) 

Agenda:

• "The Odyssey" Continued:

  • • Book 11 Student-Led Review -Odysseus' encounters with:

      • Achilles (Abby, Emily C. Emily B, Ava)

      • Ajax (Maurice, Lucas, Danielle, Jordan)

• Grammar: Comma Rules & Practice Quiz #3

• If time permits: New Words (Lit Terms)

Announcements & Reminders:

• Review Lit Terms (on your own) for upcoming quiz (date TBD).

• Quiz on Books 8-12 on Friday

Wednesday 10/15 (C Day) 

Agenda:

• Grammar: Comma Rules & Practice Quiz #2 Review ...& Practice Quiz #3 

• "The Odyssey" Continued:

  • • Book 12 Intro / Reading

  • New Words (Lit Terms)

Announcements & Reminders:

• Review Lit Terms (on your own) for upcoming quiz (date TBD).

• Quiz on Books 8-12 on Friday

Thursday 10/16 (D Day) -Off- 

Friday 10/17 (A Day) 

Agenda:

• Quiz on Books 8-12 of "The Odyssey" 

• Grammar: Semicolon Rule & Practice Quiz #1

Announcements & Reminders:

• Review Lit Terms (on your own) for upcoming quiz (date TBD).

Week 6

Monday 10/6 (A Day) 

Agenda:

• Grammar: Comma Rules & Practice Quiz #1

• "The Odyssey" Continued:

  • Book 10 Review / Discussion / Notes

  • Book 11 Intro

  • About Student-Led Review For Book 11

• Lit Terms Quiz #1 Give-Back & Review

Announcements & Reminders:

• Student-Led Review of Book 11 on Wednesday.

• Quiz on Books 8-12 TBD

Tuesday 10/7 (B Day) 

Agenda:

• "The Odyssey" Continued:

  • "Office Time"

    • Group Assignments for Book 11 Student-Led Review

    • Reading / Notes

• Grammar: Comma Rules & Practice Quiz #2

Announcements & Reminders:

• Student-Led Review of Book 11 Tomorrow.

• Quiz on Books 8-12 TBD

Wednesday 10/8 (C Day) 

Agenda:

• "The Odyssey" Continued:

  • • Book 11 Student-Led Review -Odysseus' encounters with:

      • Elpenor (Ashleigh, Jaylen, Amanda, & Asher)

      • Tiresias (Rebecca, Melissa, Bianca, Hailey)

      • Anticleia (Hayden, Arman, Melody, Christina)

      • Agamemnon (Kennedy, Jo, Daniela, Paige)

      • Achilles (Abby, Emily C. Emily B, Ava)

      • Ajax (Maurice, Lucas, Danielle, Jordan)

*We'll probably do the last three next class.

• Grammar: Comma Rules & Practice Quiz #3

• If time permits: New Words (Lit Terms)

Announcements & Reminders:

• Book 11 Student-Led Review continues next week 

• Quiz on Books 8-12 TBD

Thursday 10/9 (D Day) -Off- 

Friday 10/10 (A Day) 

Agenda:

• "The Odyssey" Continued:

  • • Book 11 Student-Led Review -Odysseus' encounters with:

      • Anticleia (Hayden, Arman, Melody, Christina)

      • Agamemnon (Kennedy, Jo, Daniela, Paige)

*We'll probably do the last three next class.

• Grammar: Comma Rules & Practice Quiz #3

• If time permits: New Words (Lit Terms)

Announcements & Reminders:

• Book 11 Student-Led Review continues next week 

• Quiz on Books 8-12 TBD

Monday 9/29 (D Day) -Off-

Tuesday 9/30 (A Day) 

Agenda:

• About Student-Teacher Conferences / Sign-Ups

• New Words (Lit Terms)

• "The Odyssey" Continued:

  • Book 9 review so far.

  • Reading Cont'd

• (Optional) Possessives Practice Quiz #3

Announcements & Reminders:

• *Complete Book 9.  Prepare questions & comments for tomorrow.

• Possessives Quiz Tomorrow *This One Counts

• Vocab Quiz # 1 (On the first column of terms on the master list) on Thursday.

• Student-Teacher Conferences begin next week.  Here are the expectations.

Wednesday 10/1 (B Day) 

Agenda:

• Possessives Quiz *This one counts.

• "The Odyssey" Continued:

  • Book 9 wrap-up

  • Reading Cont'd

• New Words (Lit Terms)

Announcements & Reminders:

• Vocab Quiz # 1 (On the first column of terms on the master list) Tomorrow.

• Student-Teacher Conferences begin next week.  Here are the expectations.

Thursday 10/2 (C Day) 

Agenda:

• Lit Terms Quiz

• "The Odyssey" Continued: 

  • Book 9 Recap

  •  Book 10 Summary 

*If Time Permits: Film clip from "Troy"

Announcements & Reminders:

• Student-Teacher Conferences begin next week.  Here are the expectations.

Friday 10/3 (D Day) -Off- 

Week 4

Monday 9/22 (C Day) 

Agenda:

• Intro To Composition: 

  • Mini Lecture: "Why Writing Is So Hard & What To Do About It"

  • Exercise: Writing The First Sentence

• New Words (Lit Terms)

Announcements & Reminders:

• Vocab Quiz # 1 (On the first column of terms on the master list) On Oct. 3 

Tuesday 9/23 (D Day) -Off-

Wednesday 9/24 (A Day) 

Agenda:

• "The Odyssey" Continued:

  • Book 8 Intro / Reading 

• New Words (Lit Terms)

Announcements & Reminders:

• Complete Book 8 for tomorrow.  Prepare Questions & comments for discussion.

• Vocab Quiz # 1 (On the first column of terms on the master list) On Oct. 3

Thursday 9/25 (B Day) 

Agenda:

• Grammar: Possessives Rules & Practice Quiz #1

• "The Odyssey" Continued: 

  • Quiz 1 give-back.

  • Book 8 Review / Discussion / Notes 

  • Book 9 Intro / Reading 

• New Words (Lit Terms)

Announcements & Reminders:

• Read / Take Notes on Book 9.  Prepare questions & comments for tomorrow.

• Vocab Quiz # 1 (On the first column of terms on the master list) On Oct. 3

Friday 9/26 (C Day) 

Agenda:

• Grammar: Possessives Rules & Practice Quiz #2

• "The Odyssey" Continued:

  • Book 8 Review / Discussion / Notes 

  • Book 9 Intro / Reading 

• New Words (Lit Terms)

Announcements & Reminders:

• *Read to Line 128 of Book 9

• Possessives Quiz on Wednesday *This One Counts

• Vocab Quiz # 1 (On the first column of terms on the master list) on Oct. 2

Week 3

Monday 9/15 (B Day) 

Agenda:

• "Library Time" (15 Minutes)

• Review / Highlights / Discussion: Book 6

• New Words (Lit Terms)

Announcements & Reminders:

• Syntax Quiz on Thursday *This One Counts

Tuesday 9/16 (C Day) 

Agenda:

• Grammar: Syntax Guide & Practice Quiz #3

• "The Odyssey" Continued: Intro / Reading: Book 7

Announcements & Reminders:

• Syntax Quiz on Thursday *This One Counts

• Quiz on Books 1-7 of "The Odyssey" on Friday

Wednesday 9/17 (D Day) -Off-

Thursday 9/18 (D Day) 

Agenda:

• Syntax Quiz *This one counts.

• "The Odyssey" Continued:

  • Sample Passage & Response for Odyssey Quiz.

• New Words (Lit Terms)

Announcements & Reminders:

• Quiz on Books 1-7 of "The Odyssey" on Friday

Friday 9/19 (A Day)

Agenda:

• Quiz on Books 1-7 of "The Odyssey"

• New Words (Lit Terms)

Announcements & Reminders:

Vocab Quiz # 1 (On the first column of terms on the master list) On Oct. 2 

Week 2

Monday 9/8 (A Day) 

Agenda:

• Summer-Reading Test Review

• Grammar: Syntax Guide & Practice Quiz #1

• Vocab: Lit Terms

Announcements & Reminders:

• Complete Background Reading for "The Odyssey": The Context ...and the summaries for Books 1-4. 

Tuesday 9/9 (B Day)

Agenda:

• "Cheat Time" / Review Syntax Guide & Practice Quiz #1

• Mini Lecture: Intro to "The Odyssey" 

Announcements & Reminders:

• Syntax Quiz on Monday *This One Counts

Wednesday 9/10 (C Day) 

Agenda:

• "The Odyssey" Continued:

  • Book 1-4 Summary (Review)

  • Book 5 (From the Text) Reading / Notes *Complete Book 5 for Friday.

• Grammar: Syntax Guide & Practice Quiz #2

Announcements & Reminders:

• Read / Take Notes on Book 5 *Prepare Questions & Comments for Friday

• Syntax Quiz on Tuesday *This One Counts

Thursday 9/11 (D Day) -Off-

Friday 9/12 (A Day) 

Agenda:

• "The Odyssey" Continued:

  • Book 5 Review (Questions & Comments For Discussion)

  • Intro/Reading Book 6

• Grammar: Syntax Practice Quiz #2 review

Announcements & Reminders:

• Read / Take notes on Book 6.  Prepare questions & comments for Monday. *There will be 15 mins. of "Library Time" at the beginning of class on Mon. to finish this.

• Syntax Quiz on Tuesday (Tentative) *This One Counts

Week 1

Monday 9/1 -Holiday-

Tuesday 9/2 

Agenda:

• Course Intro & Syllabus

Announcements & Reminders:

• Summer-Reading Test on Thurs

Wednesday 9/3

Agenda:

• Student Survey

• Syllabus Review

• (If Time Permits) Summer-Reading Cram

Announcements & Reminders:

• Summer-Reading Test Tomorrow

Thursday 9/4

Agenda:

• Summer-Reading Test

Announcements & Reminders:

Friday 9/5

Agenda:

• TBD

Announcements & Reminders: