Friday, November 18, 2011

Day 31 (11.18.11) A Day

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

Class Activities:
  • Computers: YES (Turn on but keep closed.)
  • Warm-Up:
    • Angles of Literacy - Five - Focus on the Writer


(Pick up from the tray at the front of the room.)


  • Turn in (On Paper): (10 minutes)
    • The Rhetorical Precis Format paragraph you wrote for the Tragic Heroes essay.
      • Write neatly onto paper.
      • Skip lines.
      • Turn-in.
  • Record Homework:
    • Copy the homework assignments below.
    • Then, go to Blackboard> Record Homework
    • Fill out the form.
    • Paste in your homework.
    • Submit the form. 
  • Analyze: Review -
    • Review The Iliad Books 11-16 (1st)
    • Review The Iliad Books 5 - 8 (3rd)
    • Review The Iliad Books 5 -8 (4th)
    • Students will annotate PDF
  • Comprehend: LECTURE -
    • Mini-Lecture on Achilles and Helen (3rd and 4th Periods)[T. Holmes]
    • Students will take notes.
  • Synthesize: Journal - (1st -finish, 3rd, and 4th)
    • 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 Today (11.18.11) A Day: Formative - Read Books XIII - XVI of The Iliad by Homer (These books are posted on the AP Course Website)
  • DUE on Tuesday (11.29.11) A Day: Formative - Read Books XVI - XXIV of The Iliad by Homer (These are the remainder of Books in the poem.)
  • DUE on Today (11.18.11) A Day: Formative - Rhetorical Precis paragraph on Tragic Heroes essay.
      Work collected in class:
      • Warm-Up: Angles of Literacy - Five - Focus on the Writer
      • Iliad Outlines: Books 5 - 11 and Books 12-16 (1st Only)

    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)

      Monday, November 14, 2011

      Day 29 (11.14.11) A Day

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

      Class Activities:
      • Computers: YES (Turn on but keep closed.)
      • Warm-Up:
        • Angles of Literacy - Three - Shifting Perspectives

      (Pick up from the tray at the front of the room.)

      • Learn and Comprehend:
        • The Rhetorical Precis Format
          • For Writing Thesis Paragraphs
      • Analyze: Review -
        • Review The Iliad Books 9-12 (1st)
        • Review The Iliad Books 4 - 8 (3rd)
        • Review The Iliad Books 5-8 (4th)
        • Students will annotate PDF
      • Comprehend: LECTURE -
        • Mini-Lecture on Achilles and Helen (3rd and 4th Periods)[T. Holmes]
        • Students will take notes.
      • Synthesize: Journal - (1st -finish, 3rd, and 4th)
        • 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 Friday (11.18.11) A Day: Formative - Read Books XIII - XVI of The Iliad by Homer (These books are posted on the AP Course Website)
      • DUE on Tuesday (11.29.11) A Day: Formative - Read Books XVI - XXIV of The Iliad by Homer (These are the remainder of Books in the poem.)
      • DUE on Friday (11.18.11) A 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 (1st Only)