Malala

Reading Plan:

Chapters 1-15 by Wed. Feb. 6

Chapters 16-36 by Wed. Feb. 13 - meet with groups for questions/discussion

Feb. 19 – Bio book and Malala Test

3rd Nine Weeks Important Dates

As always, this is a work in progress.  😊

Tuesday, Jan. 8 - first day back from the winter break
Monday & Tuesday, Jan. 14 & 15 - MAP Testing  (sorry)
Friday, Jan. 18 -  Wed. 1/ 23 - Prince and the Pauper Director's Notebook and Performance due BOC
Monday, Jan. 21 - MLK Day, no school
Friday, Jan. 25  Tuesday, Jan 29 - Need to have finished reading choice bio book - will be assessed on Bio Book test
Monday, Jan. 28 - Wednesday, Jan. 30 - Need to have copy of I Am Malala in class (will need every day until Feb. 14)
Tuesday, Jan 29 - Drama and "Prince and the Pauper" Quiz
Thursday, Feb. 19 - Bio Book test covering choice bio book, I Am Malala, bio books in general
Monday, Feb. 18 - President's Day, no school
Tuesday, Feb. 26 - Final Copy of Personal Narrative due, BOC
Tuesday, March 5 and/or  Thursday, March 7 - Non-fiction and Persuasion Assessment
Friday, March 8 - Last Day of the 9 Weeks
The week of March 11-15 - Spring Break!  Enjoy!


Membean

• For the first third weeks, the kids will have three daily grades for Membean.  That will be the 90 minutes of practice with 80% accuracy over the course of 3 instructional weeks.
• We will have a quiz towards the end of each window. Each quiz grade will go into an average so that there is one vocabulary quiz grade for the 3rd Nine Weeks.    
• Practice windows for the rest of the semester are: 1/8- 1/27, 1028 - 2/17, and 2/18 - 3/7. Each window is 3 instructional weeks.  
• A week runs from 12:01 am on Monday to 12 midnight the following Sunday. (Except for the last window this nine weeks.)
• Quiz dates are tentatively: 1/28, 2/19, 3/7. 

Membean Extra Credit Opportunity

To keep the words fresh, I will offer +5 points of your Membean quiz average for the 3rd Nine Weeks if you do at least 4, 15 minute practice sessions, with 80% or higher accuracy from December 17 - January 7.  All  requirements must be met.  I will not accept 60 minutes total if they are not in 15 minute increments.  If you run over a minute or two for any given session, that's okay.  You may also do additional sessions.   Happy Holidays!

The LA GT Dec. 2018 exam will have 50 questions – most are multiple choice and matching, but a few are short answer.

There are:

·       three Classical and Traditional stories to read and analyze. 

·       a poem to read and analyze.

·       some questions about The Children’s Homer as an example of a Hero’s Journey. 

·        a writing sample that needs revising and editing help.

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here is not A review sheet, but multiple practice activates and papers we will do each day to prepare you. Below you will find term/concepts you need to know:

·       Grammar and Writing

o   Word Crimes

o   Capitalization

o   Paragraphing

o   Quotations – dialogue and quote

·       Story Elements

o   Plot  (including drama)

o   Characterization

o   Conflict

o   Setting

o   POV

o   Foreshadowing

·      Literary Devices/Techniques

o   Figurative language

o   Irony

o   repetition

·       Literary Analysis

o   Author’s purpose

o   Theme

o   Mood/tone

·       Classical and Traditional Stories

o   Archetypes/Hero's Journey

o   Cultural values

o   Stylistic Elements

Iliad Sort for Study - 1/2 test tomorrow

1. Aphrodite                 

 2. Hera                                    

3. Apollo                                  

4. Athena                                

5. Zeus                           

6. Hephaestus

7. Ares

8. Hermes

9. Eris

1. Bribed Paris to give her the golden apple with a promise to make him the most handsome man in the world.

2. Queen of the gods.  Thought she should get the golden apple because of her position over family and marriage.

3. Shot plague-infected arrows at the Greek army because they kidnapped the daughter of one of his priests.

4. Wisest of the gods, admired Odysseus for his wisdom and accordingly helped him and his son on their journeys.

5. In support of his wife who was insulted by not receiving the golden apple, this god helped the Greeks several times during the war, such as giving magic horses to Achilles.

6. Armor and weapon maker to the gods and select mortals.  Who to call if you need some god-worthy armor!

7. God of war – instead of picking a side of the conflict, he does whatever make the conflict worse.

8. This god who is known for his traveling shoes (winged sandals) and messenger hat, delivers a message to King Priam so he can safely get Hector’s body home.

9. This goddess causes problems wherever she goes.  She showed up at a wedding she wasn’t invited to, tossed out a golden apple that eventually led to a 10 year war!

10. Odysseus

11. Telemachus

12. Penelope

13. Pheimus

14. Mentor

15. Menelaus

16. Helen

17. Agamemnon

10. Wisest, most respected of the Greek kings.  Takes him 20 years to get home after the Trojan war – a war he didn’t even want to fight.  Still MIA during the Iliad.

11. Respectful and brave son of Odysseus who goes on a journey to find news of his father at the urging of Athena.

12. Odysseus’s faithful and clever wife who is trying to buy time and not marry anyone else in his absence.

13. Minstrel/story- teller for Odysseus’s court. Travels with Telemachus to see what has happened to Odysseus.

14. One of the forms that Athena takes to help Telemachus find his father and rid Ithaca of the unwanted wooers.

15. Helen’s husband.  Goes to Troy to get her back.  When they refuse, he gets his brother, Agamemnon, to organize all the Greek kings and go to war. 

16. The most beautiful woman in the world.  Married to Menelaus. Kidnapped by Paris who thinks he deserves her since he’s the most beautiful man in the world.

17. Top king of the Greek kingdoms/city states. Brother of Menelaus. Sends for Odysseus and the other kings to form an army against the Trojans. Causes problems for the Greeks with his jealousy.

18. Nestor

19. Achilles

20. Patroklos

21. Priam

22. Hector

23. Paris

  

18. Oldest of the Greek kings.  Well respected and reasonable. Friends with Odysseus.  Sends his son and transportation to help Telemachus find word of his father when T. shows up in his kingdom looking for information.

19. This famous demi-god hero’s mother is the goddess, Thetis.  Odysseus finds him in hiding at his mother’s request and happily takes his BFF, Potroklos, - along with his father’s undefeated warriors, the Myrmidons and immortal horses to war. Invincible to weapons except for his ankle.

20.Achilles’ BFF.  An accomplished warrior who takes Achilles armor to build the Greek’s moral and scare the Trojans.  Ends up getting killed.

21. King of Troy.  Honorable and noble king who wanted to return Helen to her husband.  Loves and appreciates his son, Hector.

22. Eldest and most responsible prince of Troy.  Heads up their army. Battles Achilles knowing he will probably die rather than allow the Greeks to get inside the gates of Troy.

23. Problem child of Troy.  Foolishly judges who is the fairest between Hera, Athena and Aphrodite when Eris throws the golden apple. Kidnaps Helen from Sparta and Menelaus.  Refuses to return her along with the Trojan counsel. Kills Achilles with a well-placed arrow to the heel.

The Children's Homer Reading Plan +

Right now, this is the reading plan for Part One of The Children's Homer.  I will add dates for the rest of the book and assignments after Thanksgiving.  We will read each day in class, but anything we don't finish in class each day is homework.


You need to read these chapters and do the
questions for those chapters by B.O.C. on...                      ...this day

Chapters 1-6 (I-VI)                                                         Tue. 11/13

Chapters 7-12 (VII-XII)                                                  Wed. 11/14

Chapters 13-19  (XIII-XIX)                                            Thu.  11/15

Chapters 20-23  (XX-XXIII)                                           Fri. 11/16         Wed. 11/28, EOC               

Major Dates for the Second Nine Weeks

This post will be a regularly updated list of major grades and events for the second nine weeks.    I will revise and add to the list as dates firm up. 😀

Thur., 11/1 - First Independent Reading Book Due, BOC - free choice
Mon., 11/5 - Start Reading The Children's Homer - if you want a book to write in, bring it. Otherwise, I have copies you may borrow.
Between Nov. 7 and 16, we will have the first draft of their original stories due, group revising, and a writing conference.
November 19-23 - Thanksgiving Holiday
The week of Nov. 26-29, we will do the final edit and turn in the final copy of their original stories. -FINAL COPY due Nov. 28, BOC
The Children's Homer test
Part One - Tuesday, 12/4 over god and goddesses and the "Iliad"
Part Two -  Thursday, 12/13, EOC over the "Odyssey"
Thur., 12/6 - Second Independent Reading Book Due, BOC - free choice
Tues. - Fri., Dec. 18-21 - Fall Semester Exams  - We will take the exam for LA during the 8th period exam time on Tuesday.  During the 7th period exam time, we will go over the graded exams and update portfolios.  They will not take two exams for my LA class.

Membean:

• For the first second weeks, the kids will have three daily grades for Membean.  That will be the 90 minutes of practice with 80% accuracy over the course of 3 instructional weeks.
• We will have a quiz towards the end of each window. Each quiz grade will go into an average so that there is one Membean quizz grade for the 2nd Nine Weeks.    
• Practice windows for the rest of the semester are: 10/1 - 10/21, 10/22 - 11/11, and 11/12 - 12/9. Each window is 3 instructional weeks.  
• A week runs from 12:01 am on Monday to 12 midnight the following Sunday.