Orientation: Policy sheet
Feel free to refer to this outline of The Iliad to help you manage the gaps as we read only selected books. Thursday 2 September: Poem recitation; poem is due before the Assembly on Friday; Friday 3 September: No class because of Assembly Monday 6 September: No classes; Labor Day Tuesday 7 September: Epic, the oral tradition (here is the class handout); book annotation; beginning of Book 1; Using Jupiter to upload documents Wednesday 8 September: 'Using Jupiter' mini-assignment due; Iliad Book 1 due; vocabulary introduced and assignment discussed Thursday 9 September: Mrs. Walsh presents Book 2 (you are not assigned to read Book 2) Singer of Tales video clips; Comparative translations exercise: look here and here for examples of interpreted differences; we will collect vocabulary answers over the next few days Friday 10 September: Comparative translations paragraph due; vocabulary answers Monday 13 September: Notebooks due before school to be returned in class; Blend and cite exercise in class; Book 3 due. Here is the Laura Nesbitt "Consider the Lobster" piece that's an example of excellent blend and cite Tuesday 14 September: First attempt blend and cite due; Begin Book 5 (Diomedes) in class Wednesday 15 September: First half of Book 5 due Thursday 16 September: Final blend and cite due; Second half of Book 5 due Friday 17 September: Iliad Book 6 due; Vocab sample quiz in class to show format, etc. After you've tried it, here are the answers. Monday 20 September: Notebooks due before school to be returned in class; Friendship and rhetoric in The Iliad; thesis writing exercise (with an eye to the in-class writing ahead) Tuesday 21 September: Iliad Book 9 due Wednesday 22 September: Prep for in-class writing on Book 1, 3, 5, 6, and/or 9 Thursday 23 September: In-class writing Friday 24 September: No class; half day Monday 27 September: Notebooks due before school to be returned in class; Iliad Book 16 due; here are questions for in-class activity Tuesday 28 September: Vocabulary Test #1; Book 18 in class; Iliad project options distributed Wednesday 29 September: Iliad Book 22 (Death of Hector) due; Iliad review with sample questions available Thursday 30 September: Commit to your project; Iliad Book 24 (Peace) due; discussion of some sample quotation identification questions Friday 1 October: Iliad review; project proposal due for students inventing their own topics Monday 4 October: Iliad test; book annotations due Tuesday 5 October: Notebooks due before school to be returned in class; Workday for Iliad project; bring devices; work in groups; have materials to accomplish good work in class Wednesday 6 October: Sources due for Iliad project; lesson on MLA Works Consulted page; presentation notes and advice Thursday 7 October: No class; Our Lady of the Rosary Festival Day Friday 8 October: Project building; update due at the end of class Monday 11 October : Columbus Day; No school Tuesday 12 October: Iliad project due; presentations in class Wednesday 13 October: No class; PSAT Thursday 14 October: More project presentations; Iliad in-class re-write meetings Friday 15 October: Last project presentations; continue to work on Iliad in-class re-write Monday 18 October: Iliad in-class rewrite workday Tuesday 19 October: Presentation open-note quiz; some discussion of rewrites Comments are closed.
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