HW for Tuesday, 9/25

Read Chapters 5-6 and complete the questions (complete sentences!).

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IRP 4 
Please type a 200 word response to the following question. Make sure to label the assignment with your name, the title of the assignment, and the date. DOUBLE SPACE!

What aspects of the plot or story can you relate to your own experiences? Describe how.

Daily Warm Up for Tuesday, 9/25

Click here and scroll down to the Greek and Roman Art section.
Explore the collection and fill out the following information for at least five different objects on the Art Objects Analysis Worksheet.

For Catfish

http://percy-jackson-online-reader.blogspot.com/2010/05/last-olympian.html

HW for Monday, 9/24

Read Chapters 3-4 of "The Lightning Thief" and answer the questions I handed out in class (you can also find them here: Chpts. 3-4 Questions.

HW for Thursday, 9/20

Read Chapters 1-2 of "The Lightning Thief" and answer the questions I handed out in class (you can also find them here: Chpts 1-2 Questions.

HW for Tuesday, 9/18

1) IRP week 3

(Please type your response, and include your name, the date, and the title of the assignment.)

Week 3 Question: Describe the character(s) you most identify with. Why or how do you relate to him/her or them? (200 words)

2) Re-do the writing assignment I handed out in class.  Staple the new one to the top of the old.

3) Make up work.

Daily Warm Up for Tuesday, 9/18

Go to this site and click on the "Putting It Together" link.
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/pmp/interactive_guide/g05/g05home.htm

HW for Monday, 9/17

Read Chapters 9-10 and write journal 5 (please follow the formatting guidelines, and remember, at least 250 words!).  Why do you think Athena is on Odysseus's side?  Do you think the story has a happy ending?  Do you think Odysseus is brave?  Why?  Do you think he is clever?  Why?

HW for Thursday, 9/13

Read Chpts. 6-8 and complete journal 4.
What do you think of the fact that Odysseus was determined to hear the sirens?  Would you have done the same?  What do you think about the fact that Odysseus's men killed the cows?  Do you think Poseidon is being fair by punishing Odysseus so much?  Do you think Zeus should intervene?

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IRP Week 2

(Please type and double-space your response. Be sure to label it with your name, the date, and the title of the assignment -- see the Paper Formatting Guidelines to your right.) 

Week 2, Question 1: Are you liking the book so far? Why or why not? (100 words)

Week 2, Question 2: Describe in detail where and when the book takes place. Cite sections of

the book or lines that give you a sense of place. (150‐200 words)

HW for Tuesday, 9/11

Read Chapters 3-5 and write journal 3.  Why does the narrator say it was foolish for Odysseus to tell his men that the bag of wind held treasure (pg. 25)?  What do you think of Circe's trick?  Why do you think Poseidon hates Odysseus?

HW for Monday, 9/10

Read Chapters 1 and 2 of the Odyssey and complete journal #2 - What do you think of the book so far?  Had you heard the story of the Cyclops before? What do you think about the way Odysseus defeated him?  What have you already learned about Odysseus?

Warm Up for Thursday, 9/6

For today's warm up, begin to write Journal 1 (at least 250 words, typed and formatted as we discussed in class -- click here for a reminder) in response to this prompt:

Write about a story, book, movie, or piece of music that is important to you.  Why do you like it?  Why has it stuck with you?

YOU WILL FINISH THIS FOR HW!

HW for Tuesday, 9/4

We won't usually have class on Wednesday -- tomorrow is special!  We're going to watch a famous movie that is inspired by a famous myth.  To prepare, please read the short handout I gave you in class: "Pygmalion."  We'll discuss it before we start the movie on Wednesday.

Welcome!

In this class, we’ll set out to become more culturally literate – that is, to have “a grasp of background information that writers assume their audience already has” (E.D. Hirsch, Jr). We’ll figure out why someone might warn you not to cut your long hair, and what it means to call something a “Cinderella story.”  You may discover what to be (or not to be), and become acquainted with the man who made some people so afraid of showers and flocks of birds.  We’ll read (and write!) novels, short stories, plays, essays and poetry, as well as listen to music and study some visual arts.  We’ll discuss what makes these stories and ideas so lasting, and apply what we learn to our own writing.  (1 English credit).

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