Monday

Set 1: Odyssey 1-50

Powerpoint on The Trojan War

http://prezi.com/wje3vr3sr1qx/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

Wed

Journal--Write 1 paragraph:

Which is worse: to lie to a parent and say that you don't have a quiz, or to cheat on the quiz?

 (don't feel like you have to say that cheating is bad! Pretend you're talking about someone else)

Write a minimum of 4 sentences
1. Topic sentence
2. Example
3. Explanation
4. Conclusion
*It really helps to add a couple of sentences to make a paragraph more powerful. For example, you could start by saying . . . 


Read the Cyclops story in The Odyssey, pages 686-698 and then answer questions 1-6 found on page 698. These questions stay in your notebook with the questions from the first two chapters. 

Then draw a picture that illustrates part of that chapter. Try to come up with an original picture (not just the blinding of the Cyclops scene, for example).

If you've missed class anytime during the last week, be sure to answer the question for the first two chapters from The Odyssey (pages 684 and 686).
Also, you always need to be sure to check the blog to find the vocabulary for the week.
Remember, you have a vocab test Friday

Tuesday

Journal--Write 1 paragraph:
If you had to be a vampire or werewolf, what would you be, and why?

Write a minimum of 4 sentences
1. Topic sentence
2. Example
3. Explanation
4. Conclusion


Read the Cyclops story in The Odyssey, pages 686-698 and then answer questions 1-6 found on page 698. These questions stay in your notebook with the questions from the first two chapters. 

Then draw a picture that illustrates part of that chapter. Try to come up with an original picture (not just the blinding of the Cyclops scene, for example).

If you've missed class anytime during the last week, be sure to answer the question for the first two chapters from The Odyssey (pages 684 and 686).
Also, you always need to be sure to check the blog to find the vocabulary for the week.
Remember, you have a vocab test Friday

Wednesday

Journal--Write 1 paragraph:
If you had to be blind or deaf, which would you pick, and why?

Write a minimum of 4 sentences
1. Topic sentence
2. Example
3. Explanation
4. Conclusion

Read The Odyssey, pp. 683-684 and then answer the four questions on page 684
Then draw a picture that illustrates part of that chapter
(The part about Ismarus starts at line 41 toward the bottom of page 683)

Read The Odyssey, pp. 685-686 and then answer the four questions on page 686
Then draw a picture that illustrates part of that chapter

Journal entry for September 17
Which Greek god is your personal favorite? Why?
1 paragraph

• Topic sentence (what the paragraph is about)  My favorite god is _______.
• Example
• Explain how that ex. proves the point of your topic sentence
• sum up/conclude

Here's another translation of The Odyssey. This one is a little easier to read, I think.
The Odyssey

Friday!

Vocab Quiz

Set 1: Odyssey 1-50
Greek Mythology

Hero Quest

Start reading The Odyssey

The 12 Olympians
Check out this cool site with all of the mythology that the Percy Jackson movies are based on:
Chiron's Guide to Greek Mythology

Flashcards for Greek Gods and other people and creatures in Greek Mythology

Summary of The Odyssey in story form
Summary of The Odyssey, informational

Thursday, September 12

Memorize names for Friday
Memorize vocabulary from the Odyssey for Friday: 
Set 1: Odyssey 1-50
Greek Mythology

Start reading The Odyssey

The 12 Olympians
Check out this cool site with all of the mythology that the Percy Jackson movies are based on:
Chiron's Guide to Greek Mythology

Flashcards for Greek Gods and other people and creatures in Greek Mythology

Wednesday

Memorize names for Friday
Memorize vocabulary for Friday: Odyssey
Set 1: Odyssey 1-50
Greek Mythology

The 12 Olympians
Check out this cool site with all of the mythology that the Percy Jackson movies are based on:
Chiron's Guide to Greek Mythology

Reading comprehension pre-test: The Day I Got Lost

September 10

Practice poem
Pass off poem
Memorize names for Friday

Greek Mythology

The 12 Olympians
Check out this cool site with all of the mythology that the Percy Jackson movies are based on:
Chiron's Guide to Greek Mythology

Sept 6

To find the syllabus for the course, check this link which will take you to a Google Doc:

2013/2014 English 9 Syllabus

Memorize poem for Tuesday:

"We Real Cool" by Gywendolyn Brooks

We real cool. 
We Left school.
We Lurk late. 
We Strike straight. 
We Sing sin. 
We Thin gin. 
We Jazz June. 
We Die soon.

Icarus "about me" assignment.
Using the template provided, make a collage representing you. As a starting point, refer to all of the things that you wrote in your journal: "I Am"
After you've done that, think a bit more about what kind of person you are. Then select a magazine from the table at the front of the room, grab a pair of scissors, and start finding pictures, words, parts of pictures, parts of words, colors, etc. that you'd like to glue to your collage. 

One extra thing that you should consider doing is finding a quote somewhere that helps us understand who you are and writing it over part of the collage. 

This is a creative assignment, so you might think of other ways to improve your collage so that it expresses who you are (applying some paint, for example).

20 points, due Monday

Journal:
I am . . .
In your notebook, date today's journal entry (Tuesday, September 3) and write "I am . . ." at the top.
Then answer the following 5 questions:
1. a character from a book, movie, poem, or song who is similar to me
2. something most people don't know about me
3. how most people see me
4. the part of myself I feel most proud of
5. an adjective that describes me (pick a word other than "fun," "cool," or other common words)
*6. a sentence explaining what you like to do when you have a choice 
*7. two sentences telling me how you feel about your classes and/or school this year.


See "Resources" tab for how to set  up your class notebook, which has a journal section

Tomorrow we will discuss the cool artist Matisse: Matisse website
And the Icarus myth from Greek mythology: Icarus
Vocabulary, Odyssey
Set 1: Odyssey 1-50
Extra credit words (not required) Set 1
Extra credit words (not required) Set 2

Friday, September 6

To find the syllabus for the course, check this link which will take you to a Google Doc:

2013/2014 English 9 Syllabus

Memorize poem for Tuesday:

"We Real Cool" by Gywendolyn Brooks

We real cool. 
We Left school.
We Lurk late. 
We Strike straight. 
We Sing sin. 
We Thin gin. 
We Jazz June. 
We Die soon.

Now write 3-4 sentences telling me what the message of the poem is.

Journal:
I am . . .
In your notebook, date today's journal entry (Tuesday, September 3) and write "I am . . ." at the top.
Then answer the following 5 questions:
1. a character from a book, movie, poem, or song who is similar to me
2. something most people don't know about me
3. how most people see me
4. the part of myself I feel most proud of
5. an adjective that describes me (pick a word other than "fun," "cool," or other common words)
*6. a sentence explaining what you like to do when you have a choice 
*7. two sentences telling me how you feel about your classes and/or school this year.


See "Resources" tab for how to set  up your class notebook, which has a journal section

Tomorrow we will discuss the cool artist Matisse: Matisse website
And the Icarus myth from Greek mythology: Icarus
Vocabulary, Odyssey
Set 1: Odyssey 1-50
Extra credit words (not required) Set 1
Extra credit words (not required) Set 2