Friday, December 04, 2009

December 7, 2009 - December 11, 2009; The Odyssey, A Son Seeks a Father










DECEMBER 7th - 11th WEEKLY SCHEDULE
FOR
9th GRADE HONORS

Monday, December 7th:

Break into groups, work on your scenes and present them to the rest of the class.
Small test on THE TROJAN WAR

Tuesday, December 8th:

Shortened day.

Begin working on THE ODYSSEY. Read “A Son Seeks a Father”, ”Calypso”, “The Princess and the Beggar”, “The Court of Antinous”. Begin a time line and a reading log for THE ODYSSEY.

Wednesday, December 9th:

Please bring your VOCABULARY WORKSHOP; Level D; Unit 3 will be assigned today and will be due on Wednesday, December 16.

Read “The Battle of the Ciccones”, “The Wind God”, “The Lotus Eaters” and “Polyphemus, the Cyclops”. Begin a time line and a captain’s log for THE ODYSSEY.

Thursday, December 10th:

Please bring your HOLT GRAMMAR BOOK to class today. An assignment on adjective clauses will be assigned today. This assignment will be due on Tuesday, December 15th.

Continue reading “Polyphemus”. Continue working on THE ODYSSEY timeline and your captain’s log on THE ODYSSEY.


Friday, December 11th:

Continue reading THE ODYSSEY. Sail to the island of Circes, visit the land of the dead, Hades, and back to Circes.

Continue working on THE ODYSSEY timeline and your captain’s log on THE ODYSSEY.