Friday 15 November (F/1): Odyssey introduction
Monday 18 November (F/2): No class; field trip Tuesday 19 November (F/3): Book 1 of Odyssey due Wednesday 20 November (F/4): No class; F/4 Thursday 21 November (F/5): Odyssey Book 2 due; Mrs. Walsh on field trip Friday 22 November (F/6): Books 1 and 2 activities in class; Official due date for Agamemnon final draft Monday 25 November (F/0): Agamemnon final draft accepted also this day; Odyssey Book 3 due; poem assigned for recitation Tuesday 26 November (F/1): Odyssey Book 4 due; the Bildungsroman of Telemachus assigned (but not a task for over Thanksgiving unless you find yourself with time); here's the essay checklist; here's the assignment sheet for the Odyssey presentation Monday 2 December (F/2): Surprise! Bio class Tuesday 3 December (F/3): Thesis statements developed in class Wednesday 4 December (F/4): Surprise! English class; Topic sentences due; Books 5-24 assigned to individual students for presentations Thursday 5 December (F/5): Intro and two body paragraphs due for workshop Friday 6 December (F/6): Full draft of paper due; poem assigned for recitation Monday 9 December (F/0): Abbreviated or missed class; Feast of the Immaculate Conception all-school Mass; Book 5 due (if no presentation today, then tomorrow) (Becky) Tuesday 10 December (F/1): Book 6 due (Nadia) Wednesday 11 December (F/2): No class; Poetry Out Loud Thursday 12 December (F/3): Book 7 due (Ruthie) Friday 13 December (F/4): No class; final paper due to Dropbox by 9pm Monday 16 December (F/5): (Skip Book 8 [Cristina]) Book 9 due (Anna); here’s an exploration of numbers on the boats; these numbers are lower than what we’d have if Odysseus’ crew is similar to the Boetians in Illiad Book 2 Tuesday 17 December (F/6): Book 10 due (Molly); French dictation of poem Wednesday 18 December (F/0): Book 11 due (Elise) Thursday 19 December (F/1): Book 12 due (Gabby) Friday 20 December (F/2): Book 13 due; poem due (Allison) Monday 6 January (F/3): Book 14 due (Isis) Tuesday 7 January (F/4): Book 16 is due. Possibly we will have class even though it is F/4; Mr. Hawley may not be available. If we have class, we will have the presentations for Books 15 (Franchi) and 16 (Yahfyah) Wednesday 8 January (F/5): We will continue presentations. Students are to have read Book 16 and 20, along with the summary of 17, 18, and 19. (Skip Books 17 [Abigail], 18 [Lilly], 19 [Benedetta]; read summary); Book 20 due (Lucia) Thursday 9 January (F/6): Book 21 due (Izzy); Midterm check-in: cards, questions about essay questions, notes toward short answer Friday 10 January (F/0): Book 22 due (Isha); Midterm vocabulary review Monday 13 January (F/1): Book 23 due (Grace); Midterm short answer practice Tuesday 14 January (F/2): Book 24 due (Portia) Wednesday 15 January (F/3): Surprise! Bio class! Thursday 16 January (F/4): Surprise! English class! Odyssey review Friday 17 January (F/5): Odyssey test Midterms (Quick review; more specific review materials available after break) Here is a quick outline of The Odyssey to help you stay oriented. |