Wednesday 1 November: Blending quotations and citing in-text
Thursday 2 November: Full draft of paper due; Begin Odyssey in class Friday 3 November: Odyssey Book 1 due; receive marked drafts; discuss common challenges Monday 6 November: More Odyssey in class; poem assigned Tuesday 7 November: Odyssey in class Wednesday 8 November: Final paper due; Begin Book 2 in class Thursday 9 November: Odyssey Book 2 due; vocabulary assigned Friday 10 November: Vocabulary due; begin Book 3 in class Monday 13 November: Poem check, first half memorized; Book 3 continued Tuesday 14 November: Book 3 due Wednesday 15 November: Begin Book 4 in class Thursday 16 November: Book 4 due; Vocabulary quiz 2; Books 5-24 presentations assigned Friday 17 November: No class; half day Monday 20 November: Poem due; Bildungsroman of Telemachus paper assigned Tuesday 21 November: No class; St. Cecilia's Day Festival Thanksgiving Break Monday 27 November: Book 5 in class Tuesday 28 November: Book 5 activity; more discussion about the paper Wednesday 29 November: Book 6 due Thursday 30 November: Poetry Out Loud in-class competition; thesis and informal outline for Telemachus paper due Friday 1 December: Book 7 due (Allison) Monday 2 October: Review for Iliad test
Tuesday 3 October: Review for Iliad test; project options distributed Wednesday 4 October: Iliad test Thursday 5 October: Introduction to the Oresteia Friday 6 October: Our Lady of the Rosary: no class Monday 9 October: Columbus Day: no class Tuesday 10 October: Agamemnon through p. 124 Wednesday 11 October: PSAT Thursday 12 October: Agamemnon through p. 140; sources for the Iliad project Friday 13 October: Workday for Iliad project; HW: work on project Monday 16 October: Agamemnon through p. 156 (begun in class) Tuesday 17 October: Class disrupted for social justice protest; project ostensibly due Wednesday 18 October: More Iliad project presentations; Agamemnon Thursday 19 October: speeches from Agamemnon Friday 20 October: Finish Agamemnon; quiz; discussion of the play and its relationship to Aristotle Monday 23 October: Thesis workshop; topic sentences Tuesday 24 October: Workday for paper Wednesday 25 October: Workday for paper Thursday 26 October: Process work for paper: Thesis, topic sentences, basic structure, passages Friday 27 October: No school; Archdiocesan professional day Monday 30 October: Draft of two paragraphs Tuesday 31 October: No class; Halloween festival |