Nov. 5

Classwork

Today we learned the literary term epithet and looked for good examples of epithets in books 1-2 of The Odyssey.  Click here to see today's powerpoint, or scroll down to the bottom of this post.

Homework

1. Vocabulary Worksheet
2. Odyssey Paragraph
3. Study for Friday's Vocabulary Test

Today's PowerPoint

Nov 4

Classwork

Today in class we learned about how the literary term in medias res applies to The Odyssey.  We also began analyzing Books 1-2 of The Odyssey.  We focused on answering the question, "Is Telemachus a good son or a bad son?"  Click here for today's powerpoint, or scroll down to the bottom of this post.

Homework

1. Revised Works Cited due 11/5
2. Vocabulary Worksheet due 11/5
3. Vocab Test on 11/7
4. PERIOD 1 ONLY: MLA Citation Worksheet due 11/5

Today's PowerPoint

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

October 20 Classwork and Homework

Classwork

I was out sick today, so classes did not go to the LRC to work on their projects.  Instead you worked on Unit 4 Antonyms and Completing the Sentence on pgs 57-58 of our Vocabulary Workshop books.  Students were required to turn this work into the sub before class ended.  After working on Unit 4 Vocabulary, students got into their research groups and were told to do the following:

• Share what each of you found out about their topic during your independent research time.
• Begin to plan out their presentation.  
• Make an outline covering the information that will be shared in the presentation as well indicating who is in charge of each part of the presentation.  
• Share their contact information with each other
• Plan out when, where, and how they will continue their work on this project.

Homework

Students were supposed to turn in their Bibliography/Works Cited page and an annotated source today.  Since I was absent, you have an extra day to work on this.  

1. Your Bibliography/Works Cited page and an annotated source are due Tuesday.
2. Study for Friday's Vocabulary Test
3. Work on your Research Project Presentation

Unit 4 Antonyms and Completing the Sentence on pgs 57-58

October 17 Classwork and Homework

Classwork

We were in the LRC focusing on doing our own, independent, individual research related to our assigned topic for the Odyssey Research Project.  We received and went over the following handouts: Odyssey Research Project Calendar, MLA Citation Guide, Homework Due Monday.

Homework Due Monday

1.     Annotated source – Print out one of the sources you found.  Read it and annotate it.  I will collect it on Monday and return it to you on Tuesday.

2.     Individual Bibliography/Works Cited – This must be TYPED and follow all MLAguidelines.  You MUST have a total of 5 sources.  One of your sources must be a print source.

a.     If you are using electronic sources you must include the source’s url (web site address) in the citation.  Use the following (taken from the Purdue Owl website) as an example for how your web citations should look:

For instructors or editors who still wish to require the use of URLs, MLA suggests that the URL appear in angle brackets after the date of access. Break URLs only after slashes.

Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site. Version number. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access. <url>.

Aristotle. Poetics. Trans. S. H. Butcher. The Internet Classics Archive. Web Atomic and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 13 Sept. 2007. Web. 4 Nov. 2008. ‹http://classics.mit.edu/›.

Odyssey Research Project Calendar

Annotation Tips

October 15 Classwork and Homework

Classwork

Today we were in the LRC learning about creating Works Cited and Bibliography Pages.  We also had a quick tutorial on using databases in our research.  Students found out their groups and topics for our Odyssey Research Project.  Scroll to the bottom of this post for the 5 handouts that we got today: Group Assignments, MLA FAQs, Saving a Document to Your ID#, Easy Bib for Works Cited, LRC Bookmark.

Homework

Study Unit 4 Vocabulary Words - Test next Friday, October 24.

Continue researching your topic for your Odyssey Research Project.

Odyssey Research Project Group Assignments

MLA FAQs

Saving a Document to Your ID#


Easy Bib for Works Cited

LRC Bookmark
Odyssey Research Project Overview

Homer's World Article from week of October 6, 2014

Homer's World

Homer's World Questions

October 14 Classwork and Homework

Classwork

Today we got our copies of The Odyssey from the book room,  started learning Unit 4 vocabulary words, and took an open homework quiz.  We also learned about a new research project that we are starting tomorrow - The Odyssey Research Project.

Homework

Finish recording the parts of speech and definitions for Unit 4 vocabulary words.  Due tomorrow.  You can use my Quizet Flash Cards to help you out with this homework.

Unit 4 Vocabulary Words Worksheet

The Odyssey Research Project