Wednesday 5 September: Welcome, policies, vocabulary plan (incremental study and pop quizzes), Jupiter "testing" buddy, website introduction, poem practice. HW: "Testing" assignment, poem review
Thursday 6 September: Poem due in class; "testing" assignment due Friday 7 September: No class; afternoon assembly. HW: Begin reading Confessions Book 1.; keep up with vocabulary ***** Monday 10 September: Augustine lecture; HW: Continue reading Confessions Book 1 Tuesday 11 September: Confessions Book 1 due along with one study question Wednesday 12 September: Book 1, continued; Plato's Ladder of Love Thursday 13 September: Confessions Book 2 due along with one study question Friday 14 September: Book 2, continued; Aeneas and Dido excerpt (for Book 3) in class; keep up with vocabulary ***** Monday 17 September: Confessions Book 3 due along with one study question Tuesday 18 September: Book 3, continued Wednesday 19 September: Confessions Book 4 due along with one study question Thursday 20 September: Book 4, continued Friday 21 September: Confessions Book 5 due along with one study question; keep up with vocabulary ***** Monday 24 September: Book 5, continued Tuesday 25 September: Confessions Book 6 due along with one study question Wednesday 26 September: Book 6, continued Thursday 27 September: Confessions Book 7 due along with one study question; Friday 28 September: No class; Field Day. HW: Review vocabulary ***** Monday 1 October: Vocabulary review; Book 7, continued (Plato's "Allegory of the Cave") Tuesday 2 October: Vocabulary test; Book 7 "Allegory" discussion; Book 8 begun in class Wednesday 3 October: No class, Michelle Ratti Upper School Hiking Day Thursday 4 October Confessions Book 8 due along with one study question Friday 5 October: No class, Our Lady of the Rosary festival ***** Monday 8 October: No school, Columbus Day Tuesday 9 October: Confessions Book 9 due along with one study question; culminating assignments announced; common errors: Unlucky 13 Wednesday 10 October: No class, PSAT Thursday 11 October: Book 9, continued; review vocabulary Friday 12 October: Confessions Book 10 through #10 only due; revised study questions (2) due (see culminating assignments handout, linked above); review given ***** Monday 15 October: Review of The Confessions (HW: study for test; work on personal mini-essay) Tuesday 16 October: No class; field trip for grade 10 Wednesday 17 October: Test: The Confessions Thursday 18 October: Personal mini-essay due; work on essay draft Friday 19 October: Workday for essay draft ***** Monday 22 October: Begin Beowulf in class Tuesday 23 October: Wednesday 24 October: Thursday 25 October: Draft of Confessions essay due Friday 26 October: No school; Archdiocesan Professional Day |