*Sophomore+Honors+English+Homework

__**10.21.11, Friday**__ IN-CLASS: Unit Test! HOMEWORK: None. Rest. :-)

__**10.19.11, Wednesday**__ IN-CLASS: Projects due today. We shared our work! HOMEWORK: Unit test next class. Bring your book!

__**10.17.11, Monday**__ IN-CLASS: //Odyssey// final discussion, part II; written summary/response to discussion; return invocations and discuss Odyssey project. HOMEWORK: Personal Odyssey Projects due next class. Please: print out final drafts of invocation and all your essays. Hand in these paper copies separate from the ones in your project; Ms. Wray will grade the separate copies. Also: do NOT call your project "My Odyssey." Please come up with a telling and original title. UPCOMING: Unit test and vocab quiz #4 Friday 10/21

__**10.11.11, Tuesday**__ IN-CLASS: Vocabulary quiz #3, Final Discussion, part I HOMEWORK: Vocabulary sentences #4, prepare to continue discussion next class UPCOMING: Unit Test Friday 10/21, Personal Odyssey Project due Wednesday 10/19

__**10.7.11, Friday**__ IN-CLASS: Peer Edit, Invocation info, revised project due date, group work, books 18-20 HOMEWORK: Finish The Odyssey! Pay particular attention to: violence (is it justified?), symbolism, resolution?, depiction of heroism (voyage of hero), the role of the divine in these final pages. Study for vocab quiz on Tuesday. PN #5 and invocation. Sleep. Breathe. Smile.

__**10.5.11, Wednesday**__ IN-CLASS: we finished sharing the Greek Deities we were assigned, went over the need to show insight and significance by examining quizzes, completed a "what's important" worksheet and used it as a basis for a discussion of books 14-17. HOMEWORK: read books 18-20, draft of personal narrative #4, read the two poems and write a 1/2 page response to ONE of the poems, in which you address EITHER (a) your reaction to the poem and how it sheds new light on //The Odyssey//, (b) the use of figurative language to create meaning in the poem, or (c) an idea of your own.

__**10.3.11, Monday**__ IN-CLASS: collect vocab and clarify words, Greek figures sharing, quiz over 9-13, tracking odysseus' journey HOMEWORK: read books 14-17, study vocab for quiz Friday, narrative #4 due Friday, read "voyage of hero" handout, fill in chart for rows you were assigned

__**9.29.11, Thursday**__ IN-CLASS: senate report, vocabulary quiz #2, peer revision on narrative #2, lit term clarification HOMEWORK: Read books 11-13 (Reading check over 9-13 next class). Vocabulary sentences #3. Personal Narrative #3. Part of Speech worksheet (so short. so easy!)

__**9.27.11, Tuesday**__ IN-CLASS: Journal Write #5; group discussion re: gender, heroism, and narrative structure HOMEWORK: vocab quiz #2 next class, read //The Odyssey// books 9-10, personal narrative #2

__**9.23.11, Friday**__ IN-CLASS: PSAT overview, [|personal odyssey project] introduction and overview, journal write #4, discussion of books 3 and 4 HOMEWORK: read books 5-8, compose personal narrative draft #1, bring info (a brief summary or paragraph) on your assigned topic ([|see assignments here]).

__**9.21.11, Wednesday**__ IN-CLASS: collect vocabulary sentences #2; Journal Write #3 and some important terms (xenia, moira, hamartia, epithet); discussion re: first impressions, role of gods in lives of man, and characterization; epithet practice HOMEWORK: read books 3 and 4. guiding questions are here. if you have questions, post them on the discussion board for your peers or Ms. Wray to answer. Tips: read aloud, take notes, use audio [|(for sale here)] to follow along.

__**9.19.11, Monday**__ IN-CLASS: vocab quiz #1, active verbs, Del Toro clip and discussion, Trojan War summaries, pick up //Odyssey// HOMEWORK: read books 1 and 2 of //The Odyssey// and be prepared to discuss questions, select a passage that illustrates characterization, compose vocab sentences #2

__**9.15.11, Thursday**__ IN-CLASS: lit term project intro (examples here), be the cookie, //A Complicated Kindness// discussion, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" HOMEWORK: Read Trojan War handout and summarize visually, vocab quiz #1 next class

__**9.13.11, Tuesday**__ IN-CLASS: reasons to study vocab, books we love, //East of Eden// discussion HOMEWORK: Journal Write #2, post on discussion page

__**9.9.11, Friday**__ IN-CLASS: Journal Write #1, "Why do we tell stories?" discussion, begin summer reading discussion HOMEWORK: read "Where are you going, where have you been," making notes as you read; vocabulary sentences #1; book review

__**9.7.11, Wednesday**__ IN-CLASS: Introductions and welcome, course overview & syllabus, what will you bring? HOMEWORK: register for wiki, reading and writing questionnaire, materials and signature by Tuesday 9/13