Monday, February 27th:
Unit Four Vocabulary test
The following questions were not properly displayed on the
test paper:
7. Responsible computer users ________the tactics of hackers
who break into government and corporate computers.
a. muster b.
deplore c.
peruse d.
sustain
30. Deplore violence:
a. disapprove b.
foment c.
resist d.
ignore
Do remember: the last day to turn in your AR test results
and your AR reading log is March 25th!
Please bring your Vocabulary book tomorrow. Unit Five will
be assigned and will be due next Tuesday, March 7th!
Your essay will be due on Friday, March 3rd!!!! The essay must be typed and turned into turnitin.com
You will choose
two stories from The Odyssey and find a moral or life lesson in each
story.
You are going to take notes on writing your essay for the
last few stories we read in The Odyssey:
“The Battle of the Cicones”; “The Lotus Eaters”; “The Cyclops”; “Circe”; “The
Land of the Dead”; “Scylla”; “Charybdis”; and “Helios."
Tuesday, February 28th:
Corrected the test together:
This is going to be due Friday, March 3rd. It should be typed and you must submit
it to turnitin.com.
It should have a minimum of five paragraphs or 500 words.
The topic is the moral or life lesson to be learned from at
least two of the stories we read in The
Odyssey.
The first paragraph should have the title of the book, the
title of the two stories you will be discussing, and the author’s name. The
introductory paragraph should briefly list what you are going to be discussing
and it should have a grabber that makes the reader want to continue with your
essay!
Each body paragraph should have a topic sentence – or what
your paragraph is about! You are going to briefly describe the story you have
chosen. Then you need to use a brief quotation from the story to support your
claims about the story. Every time you use a quotation, then you need to
explain, elaborate, or clarify the quotation.Then you need to show how this
story provides a life lesson.
There should be a minimum of three body paragraphs.
Conclusion:
Briefly, recap the main points of the two stories and the life lessons drawn from the story.
Jassmyn will submit her ten note cards on Tuesday, February
28th. Ten more will be due this Friday, March 3rd. The research paper will be
due on Wednesday, March 9th.
Tuesday, February 28th:
Corrected the test together:
1. B.
Obsessed
2. C.
Recourse
3. D.
Residue
4. A.
Peruse
5. C.
Prone
6. D.
Bolster
7. B.
Deplore
8. C.
Ousted
9. A.
Ornate
10. C.
Frivolous
11. A. Porous
12. D. Muster
13. C. Sustain
14. D. Qualms
15. D. Staid
16. D. Blasé
17. D. Annul
18. D.
Solicitous
Definitions:
19. B.
Promontory
20. D. Prone
21. A.
Nonentity
Part of Speech
22. C.
Adjective
23. B. Noun
24. A. Verb
Synonyms:
25. B. to
think constantly about something or someone
26. C.
Strengthen
27. A.
Indifferent
28. C. Suffer
29. A.
Concerned
30. A.
Disapprove
Please put the number the student got wrong!
To correct your vocabulary test, please write the question,
the right answer, and then write an original sentence using the word.
Grammar: please work on the grammar handout on run-ons. If you do not finish during class, please finish it for homework tonight.
To correct the fifteen run-ons, you can:
put a period between the two sentences
put a semi-colon (;) between the two sentences
put a fanboy or a conjunction between the two sentences
(fanboy = for, and, nor, but, or, yet)
put a conjunctive adverb
;however,_______________. ;nevertheless,_________________.
Wednesday, March 1st:
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Wednesday, March 1st:
Quiet
reading time!
Review
last night’s homework on run-on sentences!
Onyx:
1.
Maria Tallchief….Indian. She became….
Sandy:
Maria
Tallchief….Indian; she became…
Ashanti:
2.
Reiko Amato designed….yearbook; the design….
Kimberly:
3.
Delaware….smallest states; however, Rhode
Island….smaller.
Itzel:
4.
The Adnes Mountains….South America, and the Alps
are in Europe.
Samantha:
5.
We wanted to…..dress rehearsal; however, we had
to go to…soccer practice.
Sandra:
6.
The sound of the motorcycle…me up, but I still didn’t get…of bed.
Karla:
7.
Fifth Chinese Daughter…for the book group, and I
am so glad….it.
Mercedes:
8.
The storm….; therefore, we had already….shelter.
Malia:
9.
Did you attend the concert? My mom….school
night.
Sandy:
10.
I have always love….animals, and someday….a vet.
Gina:
11.
Chen will march….parade, but his sister will
not.
Helen:
12.
Do you enjoy hiking? We are…next weekend.
Maria:
13.
We will take….bottle of water; they won’t…much
space.
Pamela:
14.
His older brother….Thanksgiving, and his younger
brother….is, too.
Kimberly:
15.
Their house has …..with boxes. Treasures from
the past….inside each box.
Ellipses
are dots which show that something has been omitted or a continuation of a
thought in a sentences or pauses in a script.
Writing
The Odyssey Essay:
Open
your books to The Odyssey, skim the
stories, and decide which two stories you are going to write about. Remember
the prompt is: analyzing the stories in terms of the life lesson learned.
You
can write about two of the following stories:
Calypso,
the Bag of Winds, the Battle of the Cicones, the Lotus Eaters, the Cyclops, Circe, Land of the
Dead, Circe, the Sirens, Scylla, Charybdis, Helios, etc.
This should be the outline for your essay:
Outline
of Your Essay:
Introduction
Title
of the two stories and name of author
One
sentence each describing the life story learned in each story
Interesting
grabber sentence
Transitional
sentence
First
body paragraph:
Thesis
statement for the first body paragraph
Very
brief summary of the story – in your own words
Quotation
which conveys the moral of this story
In
your own words explain the moral to be learned.
In your own words do you think that Odysseus and his men learned the lesson.
Second
body paragraph:
Thesis
statement for the second body paragraph
Very
brief summary of the story – in your own words
Quotation
which conveys the moral of this story
In
your own words explain the moral to be learned.
In your own words do you think Odysseus and his men learned the lesson.
Third
body paragraph:
Thesis
statement for the third body paragraph
Show
how both stories give important life lessons by comparing and contrasting them.
Use
summary and quotations to prove point.
Concluding
paragraph:
Briefly
list the life lessons learned
Write
a final summing up of the lessons learned.
Thursday, March 2nd:
Thursday, March 2nd:
Went over how to create an account on turnitin.com:
Website: turnitin.com
Class id# 132628756
Your Odyssey paper is due tomorrow by midnight Friday, March
3rd.
Starter paragraph for The
Odyssey essay:
One of the purposes of The Odyssey was to teach young Greeks
important life lessons - important things such as not to waste time, or to be
polite to guests. During Odysseus’ long voyage home he encountered many
strange and difficult situations which challenged him and his men. During his wanderings Odysseus
and his crew many times found themselves as guests in other people's homes. In Book Nine of The Odyssey, Odysseus lands on two different islands - the island of the Cicones and the island of the Cyclops. Due to the very rude behavior of his crew as guests on these islands horrible things happened and some of the men lost their lives at the hands of the angry hosts. Had they behaved intelligently tragedy could have been avoided. Odysseus's men never learned the lesson that in Greek society, the ties between guests and hosts were sacred. Both host and guest must be respected, and because the crew never learned that lesson, they died. When Odysseus, alone, returned home, he had one final lesson to learn - ironically, he was now the host and a large number of rude, violent, and dangerous "guests" were there at his house, robbing him of his home.
Friday, March 3rd:
Friday, March 3rd:
Work on essay, which is due at midnight tonight, Friday,
March 3rd.
You must turn it in to turnitin.com
The class id is:
The class code is: English9
The essay is the life lessons taught in The Odyssey
Today is quiet work today. You may do one of the following:
Work on your essay
Read and work on your reading log for you AR book
Work on Unit Five Vocabulary
Work on the grammar handout on run-ons.
