Syllabus

Week 8

Monday 10/20 (B Day)

Agenda:

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

• Vocab: Lit Terms 

Announcements & Reminders:

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

Tuesday 10/21 (C Day)

Agenda:

• The Semicolon Rule & Practice Quiz

•  "The Odyssey" Continued:

  • Book 12 Review / Discussion / Notes (The Sirens)

  • Book 13 Summary

  • Intro / Reading: Book 14

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

• Vocab: Lit Terms 

Announcements & Reminders:

• Comma / Semicolon Quiz on Friday

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

Wednesday 10/22 (D Day)

Agenda:

• Composition lesson # 3: Transitions

•  "The Odyssey" Continued:

  • Book 12 Review / Discussion / Notes (Scylla & Charybdis [Mr. Carty] and 'The cattle incident' [Zach]).

  • Book 13 Summary

  • Intro / Reading: Book 14

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

• Vocab: Lit Terms 

Announcements & Reminders:

• Comma / Semicolon Quiz on Friday

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

Thursday 10/23 (A Day) -Off-

Friday 10/24 (B Day) 

Agenda:

• Comma / Semicolon Quiz

• The Odyssey Continued: 

  • Book 12 Review / Discussion / Notes (Scylla & Charybdis [Mr. Carty] and 'The cattle incident' [Zach]).

  • Book 13 Summary

• About Next Week's Essay Test:

  • Essay Rubric

  • Composition Lesson #5: Writing The First Paragraph

• Vocab: Lit Terms 

Announcements & Reminders:

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

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

Week 7

Monday 10/13 (Holiday)

Tuesday 10/14 (B Day)

• • Anticleia (Christian, John, Monty, Reagan)

  • Agamemnon (Natasha, Chloe, Sara, Maddie)

  • Achilles (Janelli, Juliana, Mason, Jordan)

  • Ajax (Zack, Sam, Ethan, Brody)

• Grammar: Comma Rules & Practice Quiz #3

Announcements & Reminders:

• Student-Led Review of Book 11 continues tomorrow.

• Quiz on Books 8-12 TBD

Wednesday 10/15 (C Day)

• • Achilles (Janelli, Juliana, Mason, Jordan)

  • Ajax (Zack, Sam, Ethan, Brody)

• Grammar: Comma Rules & Practice Quiz #3 Review

Announcements & Reminders:

• Quiz on Books 8-12 TBD

Thursday 10/16 (D Day)

• Grammar: Comma Practice Quiz #2 

• "The Odyssey" Continued: Book 12 intro / reading

• New Words (Lit Terms)

Announcements & Reminders:

• Quiz on Books 8-12 on Monday

Friday 10/17 (A Day) -Off-

Week 6

Monday 10/6 (A Day) -Off-

Tuesday 10/7 (B Day)

Agenda:

• Grammar: Comma Rules & Practice Quiz #1

• "The Odyssey" Continued:

  • Book 10 Review / Discussion / Notes

  • Book 11 Intro

  • About Student-Led Review

Announcements & Reminders:

• Student-Led Review of Book 11 on Thursday.

• Quiz on Books 8-12 TBD

Wednesday 10/8 (C Day)

Agenda:

• "Office Time":

  • ID Groups (4 people each) for Book 11 Student-Led Review

  • Reading / Notes (Book 11)

• Grammar: Comma Rules & Practice Quiz #2

Announcements & Reminders:

• Student-Led Review of Book 11 tomorrow.

• Quiz on Books 8-12 TBD

Thursday 10/9 (D Day)

Agenda:

• "The Odyssey" Continued: Book 11 review (Student-led)

  • Elpenor (Emily, Lucy, Keira, & Capri)

  • Tiresias (Gabby, Jaida, Eliyah, & Sharifa)

  • Anticleia (Christian, John, Monty, Reagan)

  • Agamemnon (Natasha, Chloe, Sara, Maddie)

  • Achilles (Janelli, Juliana, Mason, Jordan)

  • Ajax (Zack, Sam, Ethan, Brody)

• Grammar: Comma Rules & Practice Quiz #3

Announcements & Reminders:

• Student-Led Review of Book 11 continues on Tues.

• Quiz on Books 8-12 TBD

Friday 10/10 (A Day) -Off-

Week 5

Monday 9/29 (D Day) 

Agenda:

• Intro to Composition:

  • Mini Lecture: Why Writing Is Important, Why It's Is So Hard, & What To Do about It

  • Exercise: Writing the First Sentence

• "The Odyssey" Continued: Book 9

• New Words (Lit Terms)

Announcements & Reminders:

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

• Complete Book 9; Prepare Questions & Comments for Wednesday.  

• Possessives Quiz on Wednesday *This one counts

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

Tuesday 9/30 (A Day) -Off-

Wednesday 10/1 (B Day) 

Agenda:

• Possessives Quiz *This one counts.

• "The Odyssey" Continued: 

  • Quiz 1-7 Give-Back & Review

  • Book 9 Review

• New Words (Lit Terms)

Announcements & Reminders:

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

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

Thursday 10/2 (C Day) 

Agenda:

• Composition lesson # 2: Order of Ideas

• "Office Time": 

  • "The Odyssey" Continued: Book 10 Summary 

  • Prep for Lit Terms Quiz 

Announcements & Reminders:

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

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

Friday 10/3 (D Day) 

Agenda:

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

Announcements & Reminders:

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

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

Week 4

Monday 9/22 (C Day) 

Agenda:

• Quiz on Books 1-7 of "The Odyssey"

Announcements & Reminders:

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

Tuesday 9/23 (D Day) 

Agenda:

• Grammar: Possessives Rules & Practice Quiz #1

• "The Odyssey" Continued:

  • Book 8 Intro / Reading

• New Words (Lit Terms)

Announcements & Reminders:

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

Wednesday 9/24 (A Day) -Off-

Thursday 9/25 (B Day)

Agenda:

• Grammar: Possessives Practice Quiz #2

• "The Odyssey" Continued:

  • Book 8 Continued

• New Words (Lit Terms)

Announcements & Reminders:

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

Friday 9/26 (C Day) 

Agenda:

• "The Odyssey" Continued:

  • Book 8 Wrap-Up

  • Book 9 Intro / Reading

• New Words (Lit Terms)

Announcements & Reminders:

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

Week 3

Monday 9/15 (B Day) 

Agenda:

• Grammar: Syntax Practice Quiz #1 Review ...Practice Quiz #2

• 'The Odyssey' Continued

  • Book 5 Wrap-Up

  • Intro / Reading (Book 6)

• (If Time Permits) Vocab: Lit Terms

Announcements & Reminders:

• Read / Take Notes on Book 6.  *Prepare questions & comments for tomorrow.

• Syntax Quiz on Friday *This one counts.

• Vocab Quiz #1 on 9/29 (Tentative) *This will cover the first column of terms on The Master List. 

Tuesday 9/16 (C Day) 

Agenda:

• 10 Minutes of "Library Time"

• Book 6 Review / Discussion / Notes

Announcements & Reminders:

• Syntax Quiz on Friday *This one counts.

• Vocab Quiz #1 (on 9/29 (Tentative) 

Wednesday 9/17 (D Day) 

Agenda:

• Grammar: Syntax Practice Quiz #3

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

• Vocab: Lit Terms

Announcements & Reminders:

• Read / Take Notes on Book 7 *Prepare Questions & Comments for Friday

• Syntax Quiz on Friday *This one counts.

• Vocab Quiz #1 (on 9/29 (Tentative) 

Thursday 9/18 (A Day) -Off- 

Friday 9/19 (B Day)

Agenda:

• Syntax Quiz *This one Counts.

• "The Odyssey" Continued:

  • Sample Passage & Response for Odyssey Quiz.

  • Book 7 Review

• Vocab: Lit Terms

Announcements & Reminders:

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

• Vocab Quiz #1 (on 9/29 (Tentative) 

Week 2

Monday 9/8 (A Day) -Off-

Tuesday 9/9 (B Day)

Agenda:

• Summer-Reading Test Review

• Grammar: Syntax Guide & Practice Quiz #1

• (If Time Permits) Vocab: Lit Terms

Announcements & Reminders:

• Complete Background Reading for "The Odyssey": The Context ...and the summaries for Books 1-4.  *Prepare Questions & Comments for Wednesday.

Wednesday 9/10 (C Day) 

Agenda:

• Questions / Comments from Background Reading

• Mini Lecture: Intro to "The Odyssey" 

• Reading (Book 5) *Complete to & including pg 160 for tomorrow.

Announcements & Reminders:

• Read / Take Notes on Book 5 through pg. 160.  *Prepare Questions & Comments for tomorrow. 

Thursday 9/11 (D Day) 

Agenda:

• "The Odyssey" Continued:

  • Book 5 Review so far (Questions & Comments)

  • Reading Continued *Complete Book 5

Announcements & Reminders:

• Read / Take Notes on Book 5 *Prepare questions & comments for Monday

Friday 9/12 (A Day) -Off-

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: