Dec 1

Classwork

Today in class we focused on irregular verbs and Book 11 of the Odyssey.  Our warm-up was Irregular Verbs Exercise 2.  We also got a list of (almost) all the irregular verbs in the English language.  

After working with irregular verbs, we focused on how Odysseus interacted with two different ghosts - his mother Anticlea and a crew-mate Elpenor.  We asked ourselves what Odysseus's treatment of these two ghosts revealed about his character.  Click here to see today's powerpoint or scroll down to the bottom of the page.

Homework and Important Dates

• Irregular Verbs Exercise 3 due 12/2
• Unit 7 Vocabulary Worksheet due 12/3
• Odyssey Test on 12/3
• Unit 7 Vocabulary Test on 12/8
• Irregular Verbs List

Today's PowerPoint

Wednesday, October 22

Classwork

Today we worked on our unit 4 vocabulary words and on our presentations.  Today was the last day that we will have the laptops in class to work on our Odyssey Research Project Presentations.

Homework

1. Vocabulary Worksheet due tomorrow 10/23
2. Study for Friday's Unit 4 Vocab Test
3. Work on your Odyssey Research Project
4. Visual Aid for Presentation due Monday, 10/27
5. Works Cited for Group Presentation due Monday 10/27
6. Presentations on 10/28 and 10/29

October 21 Classwork and Homework

Classwork

Today we reviewed the vocabulary work done in class with the substitute yesterday and worked in our presentation groups.  Once in our presentation groups, our goal was to accomplish the following:

1. Share contact information with each other
2. Decide what you are going to teach the class about your topic (select 3-5 sub-topics)
3. Assign group roles (who is presenting what, who is taking lead for powerpoint/visual aid, who is keeping track of time, who is checking in with everyone, etc...)
4. Decide what kind of visual aid you will use (if you are going to use a powerpoint, try using google docs or prezi which multiple users can edit online)
5. Identify Areas of further research
6. Begin working on presentation, further research, and visual aid

Homework

1. Study Unit 4 Vocabulary for Friday's Test
2. Work on your presentation
3. If you did not turn in your INDIVIDUAL works cited page today, turn in late so you can get project credit for it.  It is not eligible for homework points anymore.
4. If you did not turn in a source that you read AND annotated, turn in late so you can get project credit for it.  It is not eligible for homework points anymore.

Important Dates

Friday, October 24 - Unit 4 Vocabulary Test

Monday, October 27 - Visual Aid and Works Cited for presentations due

Tuesday, October 28 - Presentation Day 1

Wednesday, October 29 - Presentation Day 2

How to Annotate a Text/ Annotating Tips

Homework Assigned Oct 2

Homework

1. Study for our Unit 3 Vocabulary Test
2. Read "Traits of Effective Writing"

Important Dates

• October 3 - Unit 3 Vocabulary Test
• October 6 - Narrative Essay Due
• October 10 - 1st Quarter Ends & Midterm

Tips to Help you Earn an A on your Narrative Essay

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• Review/re-read the Narrative Essay Assignment
• Ask your parents or a friend to read your essay and grade it with the 6 Point Writing Rubric (which I'll use to grade your essay) or one of the Peer Editing Forms
• Read the "Traits of Effective Writing" and go over your essay to figure out if you exhibit all the traits.
• Make sure that it following MLA formatting guidelines...need help on this?  Check out https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Traits of Effective Writing

Narrative Essay Assignment

6 Point Writing Rubric

Peer Editing Worksheets

MLA Guidelines for All Written Work