Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Day 29 (11.15.11) B Day

Objective:
Students will
learn writing skills, demonstrate reading skills,
practice reading analysis, and read and discuss The Iliad.

Class Activities:
  • Computers: YES 
  • Learn and Comprehend:
    • The Rhetorical Precis Format
      • For Writing Thesis Paragraphs
  • Analyze: Review -
    • Review The Iliad Books 9-12 (8th)
    • Review The Iliad Books 2 - 8 (7th)
    • Students will annotate PDF
  • Comprehend: LECTURE -
    • Mini-Lecture on Achilles and Helen (7th Only)[T. Holmes]
    • Students will take notes.
  • Synthesize: Journal - (7th and 8th)
    • Write in Section 4 of your spiral for 20 minutes on the provided prompt.
      • Go to AP Course
      • Go to "Writing"
      • Go to "Journals"
      • Go to "The Iliad"
      • Go to "Journal # 1"

Homework:

  • DUE on Monday (11.28.11) B Day: Formative - Read Books XVI - XXIV of The Iliad by Homer (These are the remainder of Books in the poem.)
  • DUE on Monday (11.28.11) B Day: Formative - Rhetorical Precis paragraph on Tragic Heroes essay.
      Work collected in class:
      • Warm-Up Three: Angles of Literacy - Three - Shifting Perspectives
      • Iliad Outlines: Books 5 - 8 and Books 9-12 (8th Only)