Monday: 1/24
IC: You'll begin class by completing a Lesson One Vocabulary Review Activity. We'll discuss your responses. I will pass back your thesis statements with some written feedback. You will then take some class time to work on your introduction and body paragraphs.
HW: You must bring a TYPED completed introduction or body paragraph (or both!) to class on Wednesday, 1/26 to workshop with your peers.
Tuesday: 1/25
IC: You will complete a reading quiz over books 13-15 of Homer's Odyssey. We'll discuss the reading selection, especially in relation to the development of themes or situations you may explore in your papers. You will complete Writer's Notebook Entry #4. Any remaining time will be spent working on your papers/vocabulary.
HW: You must bring a TYPED completed introduction or body paragraph (or both!) to class on Wednesday, 1/26 to workshop with your peers.
Wednesday: 1/26
IC: You'll begin class by completing a Lesson Two Vocabulary Review Activity. Then, you'll be given time to exchange and workshop an introduction or body paragraph from your paper on Homer's Odyssey. In addition to providing your peers with meaningful written feedback on their paragraphs, you will be expected to discuss your writing with a group of students. In turn, you are expected to use the feedback you receive to guide your writing and revision.
HW: Your literary analysis of Homer's Odyssey is due on Friday, February 4th. **Remember that you must turn in the final draft along with all original drafts and workshop sheets. It is imperative that you do this in order to receive credit for participating in Writer's Workshops during the weeks leading up to the due date. ALSO, you are expected to submit an electronic version of your paper to turnitin.com by midnight on February 4th. Come to office hours with any questions about this in advance.
Thursday: 1/27
IC: You will complete a reading quiz over books 16-17 of The Odyssey. We'll discuss the reading selection, especially in relation to the development of themes or situations you may explore in your papers. We will also discuss the development and purposes of revenge within the text. We'll conduct a vocabulary review, then you will have the remainder of the class period to confer with writing mates about your paper writing.
HW: Your literary analysis of Homer's Odyssey is due on Friday, February 4th. **Remember that you must turn in the final draft along with all original drafts and workshop sheets. It is imperative that you do this in order to receive credit for participating in Writer's Workshops during the weeks leading up to the due date. ALSO, you are expected to submit an electronic version of your paper to turnitin.com by midnight on February 4th. Come to office hours with any questions about this in advance.
Friday: 1/28
IC: You will begin class by completing the Lessons 1 & 2 Vocabulary Test. You will also hand in extra credit vocabulary exercises. We'll end the week with a poetic analysis.
HW: Your literary analysis of Homer's Odyssey is due on Friday, February 4th. **Remember that you must turn in the final draft along with all original drafts and workshop sheets. It is imperative that you do this in order to receive credit for participating in Writer's Workshops during the weeks leading up to the due date. ALSO, you are expected to submit an electronic version of your paper to turnitin.com by midnight on February 4th. Come to office hours with any questions about this in advance.
