Books of The Iliad we will read: 1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 16, 22, 23, 24
Monday 25 September: Receive drafts in class; discuss drafts; quick intro to The Iliad. HW: Work on revising essay for Thursday Tuesday 26 September: Continue reading Book 1 in class. Epic, the oral tradition (here is the class handout); book annotation; HW: Finish reading Book 1 Wednesday 27 September: Book 1 due. Comparative translations; HW: Finalize essay Thursday 28 September: Keats final essay due; Iliad Book 2 handled in class; Singer of Tales video clips; sample Unlucky 13 quiz; here is a blank quiz; here is a key. Please read directions. Email tonight if questions, as I will not be in school tomorrow. Friday 29 September: Unlucky 13 quiz; Comparative translation exercise in class; HW: Everyone should read Book 3, up to just line 178. Feel free to read ahead (and annotate) if you have time Monday 2 October: 2nd period: Comparative translation discussion and paragraph writing, discuss the Paris–Menelaus duel; HW: Finish paragraph 4th period: Book 2 presentation (not a reading you have done); Singer of Tales video clips; HW: Finish paragraph Tuesday 3 October: School closed for funeral of Regina Marigold Bronzi Wednesday 4 October: Translation paragraph due; HW: Read and annotate Book 3 Thursday 5 October: Book 3 due; Read Book 5 Friday 6 October: No class; Full-Day Festival Day for Our Lady of the Rosary Tuesday 10 October: Book 5, through p. 180 (~line 566) due Wednesday 11 October: PSAT Thursday 12 October: Rest of Book 5 due Friday 13 October: Read ahead in Book 6; vocab for discussion in class Monday 16 October: Book 6 due Tuesday 17 October: Book 9 due; Unlucky 13 corrections (period 4) Wednesday 18 October: Continued discussion of Book 9; vocab review; Unlucky 13 retest (period 4) Thursday 19 October: Book 16 due Friday 20 October: Vocab quiz #2, 2 lists; getting from Book 16 to Book 21 Monday 23 October: Book 22 due Tuesday 24 October: Book 22 activity continued, ideas discussed Wednesday 25 October: Book 23 due Thursday 26 October: Read book 24 in class; remaining reading is homework Friday 27 October: No classes; Archdiocesan Professional Day Monday 30 October: Book 24 due Tuesday 31 October: Iliad Review Wednesday 1 November: No class; All Saints Festival Thursday 2 November: Iliad in-class writing Friday 3 November: More review! Here is the second review; here is the second review with the citations for the passages. N.B: Be sure that, when you write about context, you refer to the situations and events surrounding the quoted passage itself (rather than answering with a mere paraphrase of the passage itself). Monday 6 November: Iliad test; project ideas distributed Tuesday 7 November: Mrs. Walsh on Field Trip; workday for project Wednesday 8 November: Workday for project Thursday 9 November: Workday for project; more project parameters Friday 10 November: Workday for project; 4th period doesn't meet because of Veterans Day Observance Monday 13 November: 9th grade on field trip to Italian Embassy Tuesday 14 November: Begin Agamemnon in class while working on project at home; order of projects established Wednesday 15 November: Continue Agamemnon in class while finishing project at home Thursday 16 November: Project presentations Day 1 Friday 17 November: 9th grade on field trip to St. Alphonsus and Walters Monday 20 November: Project presentations Day 2 Tuesday 21 November: Project presentations Day 3 if needed (Project presentation quiz the day after projects are finished but not the Monday of return from Thanksgiving) Comments are closed.
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