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he following schedule is tentative and subject to change:
In class essay, due at the end of class, Monday, May 7: Download Rubric for Tone-POV Essay-College Prep
PRACTICE EOCT: CLICK HERE. This is our online workbook. There are practice questions that will give you an idea what the EOCT is like... Page 71 - the practice test questions begin; at the end of the test questions, there is an answer key so you can double check your answers against the correct answers.
TEST on The Odyssey, Part II, will be on Friday, May 11. We will review Thursday, in between finishing your hero's journey presentations. Captain's Log will be due on Friday also - Download Captain's Log - student copy. How to study? Review your Captain's Log, which should summarize each adventure of Odysseus and review the lit terms. Download Lit Terms College Prep 2012.
*Your Prezi presentation is due Monday, April 30th! We will present a couple each day on a volunteer-first basis. We will be finished presenting after EOCTs.
Download The_Odyssey_Project. Here is an excellent sample of a Prezi - not of the Odyssey project - but an excellent example of what you can do with Prezi...
* WIT letter assignment or alternate assignment is due Wednesday, April 25. NO EXCEPTIONS.
This week, we will read about Odysseus and his encounters with The Keeper of the Wind and Circe and his trip to The Land of the Dead.
Mon
day (16): Circe- summary; NPR story on modern day (super) heroes: Phoenix Jones; class discussion; define lit terms (due Wednesday) Download Lit Terms Honors 2012
HW: picture of yourself - email or if you can't open email at school - save to a flash drive. Do NOT copy into a word document - it must be in jpeg or gif format!
Tuesday (17): Review of plot through Land of the Dead; Download 20 Study guide questions 2012;
Wednesday (18): Review lit terms; complete opinionnaire; begin writing assignment Download Opinionnaire, Download Writing assignment 1 friends
Thursday (19): Read myth about god, goddess, or hero (your choice). Then, complete the Tagxedo pro
ject: Download Tagxedo project 2012 (WORD); Download Tagxedo project 2012 (PDF)
Due by end of class today.
REMEMBER: QUIZ TOMORROW - KNOW LIT TERMS (H/O) and basic plot (Captain's Log and "20 Questions" h/o)
Friday (20): Quiz on literary terms and plot (see "20 Questions" handout)
Monday (23): Begin comparative myth project using Prezi - media center presentation. You should have completed the first half of the Hero's Journey graphic organizer (up to The First Threshold). That means you have read over half of your parallel reading (The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian OR American Born Chinese).
This assignment will be due on Monday, April 30th. Download The_Odyssey_Project
See example powerpoint and Prezi... Download Project example - Copy.
Be prepared to present your project to the class.
HW: Introduction to Vocabulary Unit 14- complete page on synonyms and antonyms and sentences; Quiz will be Friday, April 27th. I will check Captain's Logs on Tuesday - you should have entries up through and including The Sirens.
Tuesday (24): #1-2 Mentor sentences: Download Week-3-4-mentor-sentences1; Captains' Logs checked for completion. Review of The Sirens... moving on to Scylla and Charybdis (video clip).
Wednesday (25): WEB. Media center oppotunity to continue working on Prezi presentations. ALSO you must submit your essay to Blackboard. Over half of you still have to submit your essays!!!
Thursday (26): Review vocab assignment; The Hero's Journey
Friday (27): Vocabulary Unit 14 Quiz
Monday (30): Prezi presentations to be uploaded to a common file; brainstorm/presentation and review of literary analysis - purpose, terms, and application. Download Powerpoint review lit analysis 2012. Pay particular attention to slides 21-29.
Tuesday (5/1): in class writing
Wednesday (2): Yearbooks distributed; in class writing
Thursday (3): typing essay and submitting to Blackboard
Friday (4): Presentations
Monday (7): In class essay Download Wr Prompt AP-Sirens and The Odyssey 2000; Unit 15 vocab will be included on The Odyssey Test (definitions/synonyms only)
End of Course Tests - May 8,9,14,15, 2012
Tuesday (8): Presentations after EOCT
Wednesday (9): Review and Presentations after EOCT
Thursday (10): Review for Final Test - The Odyssey (lit terms and story content); review vocab words.
Friday (11): Final Test - The Odyssey (lit terms and story content - as per your Captain's Log - which you will turn in today as well); will include some vocabulary words from Unit 15
Finals 9th-11th grade - May 21 (zero hr.), May 22 (periods 3,4,5), May 23 (periods 1,2), May 24 (periods 6,7)