01/30/2019 Essential Question: How is our identity shaped and reshaped by the circumstances we encounter?
Warm Up: Finishing In Class Response - First part of class
-Introduction to Night (Part 1)
-Elie Wiesel's Childhood
-Images: Looking at Sighet
-Defining Terms
-Mini-Documentary: Phases of the Holocaust
FISHBOWL Response// Discussion: Frankenstein Volume III - Chapter VII
HW: 1. Book Check: Night by Elie Wiesel by Monday
01/28/2019 Essential Question: To what extent should society seek perfection?
Warm Up:
A. Does the feelings of pity allow one to convey compassion towards another - or do they place one on a pedestal above that individual?
B. Consider the Creature's pity towards Victor Frankenstein: does it place him in the position of sympathy or is it allowing him to have a position of power over Victor?
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TABLE GROUP REVIEW OF CHAPTER VII: As a group, select a passage from the last chapter that you think highlights the misery of the Creature or Victor. In your selection, consider the following to share with the class:
A. Why did you choose this passage?
B. How does it detail the loss of ambition/happiness in Victor/the Creature?
C. In what way does it connect to the loss of innocence through the acceptance of knowledge? (Plato's cave and the released prisoner)
Review:
Pg. 217 "What do you mean? What do you demand of your captain?"
- Victor's speech to Robert Walton's men: What is the purpose of his final words to them?
pg. 219/220 "Alas! the strength I relied on is gone; I feel that I shall soon die...seek happiness in tranquility..."
-Victor speaks of "duty" and happiness as well as "avoiding ambition" - why so when this was the motivator for Victor in the first place?
pg.221-222 "That is also my victim... in his murder my crimes are consummated; the miserable series of my being is wound to its close! Oh, Frankenstein! generous and self-devoted being!"
"After the murder of Clerval, I returned to Switzerland, heart-broken and overcome. I pitied Frankenstein; my pity amounted to horror..."
pg. 223 "Oh, it is not thus - not thus...yet such must be the impression conveyed to you by what appears to be the purport of my actions..."
pg. 224"But it is true that I am a wretch. I have murdered the lovely and the helpless; I have strangled the innocent as they slept..."
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Perfectionism & The Human Condition - Quote Resource with Table Group
Around the Room: Writing Claims and Evidence
-Outline Planning Guide
TUESDAY IN CLASS - Writing Response ( Intro - 2 Body - Conclusion)
HW: 1. Essay Planning Sheet - complete for in-class response tomorrow (1/29)
01/23/2019 Essential Question: To what extent should society seek perfection?
Warm Up: Finishing Zoloth Presentations
Group A: Questions 1-4
Group B: Questions 5-8
-Vocabulary Quiz Volume III
Perfection Unit Reading: Reading: Sandel - The Case Against Perfection
Perfectionism & The Human Condition - Quote Resource with partner
-Outline Planning Guide
-Writing Response ( Intro - 2 Body - Conclusion)
Turning In Response By End of Class
HW: 1. Read & Annotate Volume III: Chapter VI - Due Friday
01/22/2019 Essential Question: To what extent should society seek perfection?
Warm Up:
1. Do you know of anyone that has ever been framed for something? How did they act? How was it resolved?
2. Describe Victor's change of character in Chapters VI & V in Volume III: What seems to be going on in his mind?
2A. Find a passage or quote that you think reveals this change in character:
-Vocabulary Review: Volume III
-Epigraph #2 - Review: Write-up & Discussion//
Plato's Allegory of the Cave & Victor Frankenstein
Perfection Unit Reading: Presentations
Laurie Zoloth: "Embryonic Stem Cell Research Is Ethical"
Group A: Questions 1-4
Group B: Questions 5-8 /
Reading: Sandel - The Case Against Perfection
HW: 1. Finish Reading & Annotate: Sandel, The Case Against Perfection
2. Vocabulary Quiz and Part III Chapters I-V on BLOCK (1/23)
Warm Up:
Consider Victor's questioning in terms of making a companion for the Creature in Chapter III, Volume III:
"Had I a right, for my own benefit, to inflict this curse upon everlasting generations? [...] I shuddered to think that future ages might curse me...at the price, perhaps, of the existence of the whole human race" (171).
How might scholar Laurie Zoloth respond to Victor's claims? What answers and considerations might she present to Victor's dilemma?
-Epigraph #2 - Review: Write-up & Discussion//
Plato's Allegory of the Cave & Victor Frankenstein
Perfection Unit Reading:
Laurie Zoloth: "Embryonic Stem Cell Research Is Ethical"
Group A: Questions 1-4
Group B: Questions 5-8
HW: 1. Read & Annotate: Volume III - Chapters IV-V Due Tuesday (1/22)
2. Vocabulary Cards - Due Tuesday (1/22)
3. Vocabulary Quiz and Part III Chapters I-V on BLOCK (1/23)
01/16/2019
Warm Up: Free Write - Reflect on the Following Ideas before our class reading
A. To what extent should humanity seek perfection? Where is the line drawn when considering the advancement of one's genes?
(for example; having the ability to select specific qualities/advanced skill sets from a catalogue for one's children)
B. What are the benefits of research that advances health and medicine?
What are the costs/drawbacks?
-Vocabulary: Volume III
BLOCK-Perfection Unit Reading:
Laurie Zoloth: "Embryonic Stem Cell Research Is Ethical"
Group A: Questions 1-4
Group B: Questions 5-8
*Discussion With Responses
Birth of a Monster Documentary
HW: 1. Read & Annotate: Volume III - Chapters II-III Due Friday (1/18)
2. Read & Annotate: Volume III - Chapters IV -V Due Tuesday (1/22)
3. Vocabulary Cards - Due Tuesday (1/22)
4. Vocab Quiz and Part III Chapters I-V on BLOCK (1/23)
01/15/2019:
Warm Up: From the reading last night...Chapter IX Volume II:
1. Describe the conversation between the Creature and Victor:
A. What is the Creature's threat? What is his specific request?
B. What is Victor's response?
2. What do you think Victor is trying to convey by saying the following: "Oh! stars and clouds and winds, ye are all about to mock me: if ye really pity me, crush sensation and memory; let me become as nought; but if not, depart, depart, and leave me in darkness" (151).
Plato's Allegory of the Cave Reading and Discussion
Lacan's Mirror Stage: A Psychoanalytical Approach to the Creature in Volume II
Volume II: In Film
BLOCK-Perfection Unit Reading:
Laurie Zoloth: "Embryonic Stem Cell Research Is Ethical" (Part 1)
HW: 1. Read & Annotate: Volume III - Chapter I Due BLOCK (1/16)
01/14/2019:
Warm Up: From Chapters V-VIII, Volume II:
Find an excerpt from the reading this past week that reflects the Creature's psyche.
A. Choose a passage: identify what is going on in the quote and what it says about the Creature's awareness of self or self-esteem.
B. Connect this quote to the Creature's new found identity. What does it reveal about his guilt/shame? What does it portray about his thirst for knowledge and the ways of the world?
Plato's Allegory of the Cave Reading and Discussion
Volume II: In Film
BLOCK-Perfection Unit Reading:
Laurie Zoloth: "Embryonic Stem Cell Research Is Ethical" (Part 1)
HW: 1. Read & Annotate: Volume II - Chapter IX Due Tuesday (1/15)
2. Read & Annotate: Volume III - Chapter I Due BLOCK (1/16)
01/11/2019: New Seats!
Warm Up: From Chapter V, Volume II:
"But where were my friends and relations? No father had watched my infant days, no mother had blessed me with smiles and caresses; or if they had, all my past life was now a blot, a blind vacancy in which in which I distinguished nothing...I had been as I then was in height and proportion...I had never yet seen a being resembling me. What was I?" (124).
A. Reflect on the Creature's explanation of himself. He considers this question because of his time watching the De Lacey family. In terms of the id, ego, and superego, what would Freud's psychoanalytical theory say this is a crisis of? Which subconscious construct is controlling the creature's thought process?
Page 123: "I cannot describe to you the agony that these reflections inflicted upon me..sorrow only increased with knowledge. Oh, that I had forever remained in my native wood, nor known nor felt beyond the sensations of hunger, thirst and heat!"
Plato's Allegory of the Cave Reading
-Perfection Unit Reading:
Laurie Zoloth: "Embryonic Stem Cell Research Is Ethical" (Part 1)
HW:
1.Read & Annotate: Volume II - Chapters VII-VIII Due Monday (1/14)
2. Read & Annotate: Volume II - Chapter IX Due Tuesday (1/15)
01/09/2019:
Warm Up: Consider the following passage from yesterday's reading:
"I had admired the perfect forms of my cottagers - their grace, beauty, and delicate complexions: but how was I terrified when I viewed myself in a transparent pool! At first I started back, unable to believe that it was indeed I who was reflected in the mirror; and when I became fully convinced that I was in reality the monster that I am, I was filled with the bitterest sensations of despondence and mortification..." (116-117).
A. Reflect on the Creature's self esteem - what motivates him to consider his physical form a "monster" with the "bitterest sensations of despondence and mortification" ?
Philosophical Chairs - Exit Slip
-Semester 1 Finals Return
-Psychoanalytic Theory Notes & Frankenstein
-Perfection Unit Reading:
Laurie Zoloth: "Embryonic Stem Cell Research Is Ethical" (Part 1)
Mary Shelley Background - Documentary: "The Birth of A Monster"
HW:
1. Read & Annotate: Volume II - Chapters V-VI Due Friday (1/11)
2. Read & Annotate: Volume II - Chapters VII-VIII Due Monday (1/14)
01/08/2019: Philosophical Chairs/ Sandel's The Case Against Perfection
Warm Up:
A. What comes to mind when you hear the statement "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" ?
B. What does this phrase mean to you?
C. Do you believe that this is true? Why/Why not?
Philosophical Chairs
Step One: Writing Reflection
Step Two: Speaking Responses
Exit Slip
HW: 1. Read & Annotate: Volume II - Chapter IV Due Tomorrow (1/9)
2. Read & Annotate: Volume II - Chapters V-VI Due Friday (1/11)
3. Read & Annotate: Volume II - Chapters VII-VIII Due Monday (1/14)
12/12/2018: Missed Vocabulary Quiz? See me!
Warm Up: From last night's reading:
Part II: Chapter III
A. In what way is the creature similar to an infant? Provide a few examples from the text that showcase this:
B. Describe the family that the creature observes
-Share Outs: The Many Faces of Victor Frankenstein
-Purpose of a Socratic Seminar
-Final Prompts
-Socratic Seminar Set Up/Collaborative Thinking Around Room
Reading Chapter IV, Part II
HW: 1. Socratic Seminar Prep due Friday
12/10/2018: Missed Vocabulary Quiz from Block? See me!
Warm Up: From last night's reading:
Chapter 8:
1. Explain why Victor does not announce the real murderer, nor confess to the crime himself.
2. Mary Shelley wrote Chapter Eight as a commentary on what was, in her opinion, a flawed legal system.
Provide a few examples of how Justine may have received an unfair trial.
Part II - Chapter 1 (Chapter 9):
3. Tell how Victor responds to William’s and Justine’s deaths.
Chapter 8: pg. 84 - "The trial began..."
pg. 84 - "She then related that, by the permission of Elizabeth..."
pg. 85-86 "Justine's use of [innocent] Creatures"
Part II: Chapter 1:
pg. 93: Inspiration, Desperation, Isolation
pg. 94: "About this time we retired to our house at Belrive"
pg. 95: "Crimes...malice...hated [Victor seeks to kill the monster]
pg. 96: Admittance: "I listened to this discourse with..."
-ROMANTICISM PRESENTATIONS
-Notes on Presentation Groups
-Final Prompts
-Socratic Seminar Set Up
-The Many Faces of Victor Frankenstein Writing
HW: - Read and Annotate:
1. Part II Chapter II (10) - Due Tuesday
2. Socratic Seminar Prep due Friday
12/7/2018: Missed Vocabulary Quiz from Block? See me!
Warm Up: From last night's reading:
Chapter 6:
A. In what way does Justine Moritz's personal history relate to that of the Frankenstein family?
Chapter 7:
B. What bad news does Victor receive from his father?
C. Who has been arrested? What does Victor see during the thunder storm?
Chapter 7: pg. 76 - mirror emotions of the creature
pg. 77 - Romanticism in detail - 1st natural appearance
pg. 80 - Murderer "discovered" -
-Epigraph Responses: w/ chrome book
Respond to two different questions that are posted.
Give a thoughtful response that provides an extension to the original discussion
-ROMANTICISM PRESENTATIONS
-Notes on Presentation Groups
-Starting Chapter VIII in Class
HW: - Read and Annotate:
Chapters VIII (8) and Part II Chapter I (9) - Due Monday
12/5/2018
Warm Up:
A. How do you define personal responsibility?
Create a brief definition that identifies this term:
B. In each case, discuss whether Mr. Redmond has a responsibility to Mr. Yoder/vice versa. Give a brief explanation for each scenario.
1. Yoder falls off Redmond’s roof while mending it. What is Redmond's responsibility to Yoder?
2. Yoder walks by Redmond, who is homeless and begging on the street. What is Yoder's responsibility to Redmond?
3. Redmond lends Yoder his car, which has faulty brakes, and Yoder has an accident. What is Redmond's responsibility to Yoder?
-Starting Chapter 5... (finish on own after quiz)
-VOCAB QUIZ
-ROMANTICISM PRESENTATIONS
-Notes on Presentation Groups
-Epigraph Blog + Questions
-BIRTH OF A MONSTER (if time)
HW: - Chapters 6 and 7 - Due FRIDAY
- Epigraph Blog Post # 1 Due Friday (Response + Question)
11/27/2018:
Warm Up: The Romantic Quest is a journey that takes place to discover ones goal in life:
Describe a trip you have taken that you were very excited about:
-Where were you going?
-What were you doing?
-How long were you there for?
-Vocab Week 1: Flashcards due Friday!
-Gallery Walk Responses
-Exit Ticket Response
-Starting Letters I-IV
Block: Romanticism Research Project
Friday: Vocab Cards Due
HW: 1. Read and Annotate Letters I-III Due Tomorrow [11/28]
2. Flash Cards due Friday [11/30]
3. Vocab Quiz #1 BLOCK [12/5]
10/26/2018: Turning in Annotations
Warm Up: Take a moment to turn in your warm up handout from this week.
-ILIAD EXAM: Parts I-V
-Greek Tragedy Notes
-Jigsaw: Oedipus Rex and the Role of Tragedy
-Crash Course: Tragedy
HW: 1. Google Classroom:
Antigone Pre-Reading Questions - Choose 3 and give
your thoughts/reflections for class on Tuesday
[Due Monday Night 9 PM]
10/24/2018:
Warm Up: Do you think Hector's death provides him with kleos?
Could we argue that he earn that status to his name? Or is his act of dying something else?
-Finishing Book XXII: The slaying of Hector
-The Motivations of Achilles - Working with Burke's Pentad & deciding on a ratio
-ILIAD JEOPARDY
HW: 1. Iliad Exam on Friday 10/26
2. Annotated Readings Due Friday 10/26
10/23/2018:
Warm Up: Can an individual who creates violence and mutilates his enemy still be considered a hero? Why?
-Iliad Study Guide
-Finishing the Death of Hector (starting on page 245 Line 154)
-The Motivations of Achilles
-ILIAD JEOPARDY TOMORROW
HW: 1. Iliad Exam on Friday 10/26
2. Annotated Readings Due Friday 10/26
10/22/2018:
Warm Up: Book XXII Response [Lines 1-154] -
1. How does Apollo trick Achilles? What does he do?
2. Look at Priam's request to Hector. What is he asking his son to do?
3. What does Hecuba (Priam's wife) ask of her son?
-Iliad Study Guide
-Presentations - Book IX: Assembly to Achilles / Homer Embassy Activity
-Reflection: Collaboration Report
-Finishing the Death of Hector (page 245 Line 154)
HW: 1. Iliad Exam on Friday 10/26
2. Annotated Readings Due Friday 10/26
10/15/2018: Bring Chrome Book all week! / Friday - Iliad STUDY GUIDE!
Warm Up: Look at Page 229 [Lines 81 - 96]
1. What is Achilles complaint to his mother?
2. How is this different/similar to his first complaint with her in Book 1?
-Diomedes the Greek: page 216
-Reading: The Shield of Achilles (pages 236-242)
-Tomorrow: The Poem & Image of Shield
-Block Day: Substitute - Creating your own Homeric Shield (A Digital Representation)
-Book IX: Assembly to Achilles / Homer Embassy Activity (last part of class)
HW: 1. Rhetorical Embassy Writing/Performing w/ Table Group
Performance on Friday 10/19
2. Grammar Test: Tuesday 10/16
10/12/2018: Essay due Today!
Warm Up: Writing Reflection -Respond to both Questions
A. What did you work on specifically with this paper? Where did you put your best effort into?
B. What do you need more practice with or more time on?
-Turning in Essays
-Book IX: Assembly to Achilles / Homer Embassy Activity
HW: 1. Iliad Book XVIII - Shield of Achilles pages 227-234 (line 328)
2. Rhetorical Embassy Writing/Performing w/ Table Group
3. Grammar Test: Tuesday 10/16
10/10/2018: Peer Editing Day
Warm Up: Discussing the appeals of visual rhetoric.
*Please take out your rhetoric notes from yesterday
-Conclusion Ideas/ Writing + Samples (first half of class)
-Book IX: Assembly to Achilles / Homer Embassy Activity
**UPDATED DUE DATES**
HW: 1. Final Draft Due: Friday 10/12
(Digital Copy in Google Classroom /
Hard Copy Printed Out w/ outline & brainstorm,
peer edits)
2. Grammar Test: Tuesday 10/16
10/09/2018: Peer Editing Day
Warm Up: Aristotle's Rhetorical Triangle & Book 1 of Homer's The Iliad
-Conclusion Ideas/ Writing + Samples
-Starting Book IX Block Day: Assembly to Achilles
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-Peer Editing: 10/8-9
-Paper Due: Friday 10/12
**UPDATED DUE DATES**
HW: 1. Final Draft Due: Friday 10/12
(Digital Copy in Google Classroom /
Hard Copy Printed Out w/ outline & brainstorm,
peer edits)
2. Grammar Test: Tuesday 10/16
10/08/2018: Peer Editing Day
Warm Up: Have one member come up to grab testing folders.
*Please take out your Iliad reading from this weekend.
-Finishing Book I
-Conclusion Writing + Samples tomorrow
-Starting Book IX Block Day: Assembly to Achilles
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-Peer Editing: 10/8-9
-Paper Due: 10/10
HW: 1. Final Draft Due: BLOCK 10/10
(Digital Copy in Google Classroom /
Hard Copy Printed Out w/ outline & brainstorm,
peer edits)
2. Grammar Test: Friday 10/12
10/05/2018: Writing Day
Warm Up: Take out your book, outline & notes for today.
*Stamping Outline
-Grammar Study Guide
-Introducing the ILIAD: Book 1 Character List
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-Peer Editing: 10/8-9
-Paper Due: 10/10
HW: 1. Read & Annotate Book 1 (pages 180-187 - up to line - 514)
2. Final Draft Due: BLOCK 10/10
(Digital Copy in Google Classroom /
Hard Copy Printed Out w/ outline & brainstorm)
3. Grammar Test: Friday 10/12
10/03/2018: Bring Chromebooks on Friday
Warm Up: Introductions: With your group - Calibrating Sample C
-Thought Question
-Homeric Values/The Homeric Question
-Introducing the ILIAD
-Book I: Annotating & Character List
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-Writing Day: 10/5
-Peer Editing: 10/8-9
-Paper Due: 10/10
HW: 1. Outline due Friday 10/5
2. Final Draft Due: BLOCK 10/10
09/28/2018
Warm Up: 28.2 - Commas (in a series) Page. 166 - Exercise 2
TLQ Practice Turn In
-Legacy: Ozymandias by Percy Shelley - Annotate and Review
-Legacy Writing Task/Brainstorming
-Writing Day: 10/2
-Peer Editing: 10/3-10/5
-Paper Due: 10/9
HW: 1. Outline due Tuesday 10/2
2. Final Draft Due: Tuesday 10/9
09/26/2018
Warm Up: 28.2 - Commas (with compound sentences) Page. 166 - Exercise 1
TLQ Practice
-Legacy: Ozymandias by Percy Shelley - Annotate and Review
-Graphic Interpretation - Len Wein
-Legacy Writing Task
-Writing Day: 10/2
-Peer Editing: 10/3-10/5
-Paper Due: 10/9
HW: 1. TLQ Practice - due Friday 9/28
2. Outline due Tuesday 10/2
3. Final Draft Due: Tuesday 10/9
09/25/2018
Warm Up: 28.2 - Commas (with compound sentences, with series and adjectives)
TLQ Practice
-Legacy: Ozymandias by Percy Shelley - Annotate and Review
-Graphic Interpretation - Len Wein
-Legacy Writing Task
HW: TLQ Practice - due Friday 9/28
09/24/2018
Warm Up: Please take out Essay sample C and be prepared to speak about it
Noble Quest Essays - Review/Calibrate/ 9 point Rubric
TLQ Practice
-Legacy: Ozymandias by Percy Shelley - Annotate and Review
-Graphic Interpretation - Len Wein
-Legacy Writing Task
HW: 1. Reflection (end of reading) # 3 due by Tuesday 9/25
in Google Classroom
2. TLQ Practice - due Friday 9/28
Warm Up: Please take out your Essay Packet with Sample B.
Be prepared to share your score with your table group and justify your response.
We will share out momentarily.
Noble Quest Essays - Review/Calibrate/ 9 point Rubric
-Free write
-Noah vs Utnapishtim
Review: Tablet XI and XII
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Monday
-Legacy: Ozymandias by Percy Shelley
-Graphic Interpretation - Len Wein
HW:
1. Calibrate and Annotate Sample Essay C by Monday 9/24
2. Reflection (end of reading) # 3 due by Tuesday 9/25
in Google Classroom
09/19/2018
Collaborative Warm Up: Page 82: Exercise 2
Writing Sentences with Different Structures / with your table write 10 original sentences that are either:
Simple / Compound / Complex / Compound-Complex
Noble Quest Essays - Review/Calibrate/ 9 point Rubric
-Noah vs Utnapishtim
-Legacy: Ozymandias by Percy Shelley
-Graphic Interpretation - Len Wein,
HW:
1. Finish Tablet XI & XII by Friday 9/21
2. Calibrate and Annotate Sample Essay B by Friday 9/21
3. Reflection (end of reading) # 3 due by Tuesday 9/25
in Google Classroom
Warm Up: Have one member come up to grab quiz folders!
Tablet X: Brief Overview
The Old Testament: Genesis - The Creation/The Fall (pg. 97-101) & The Flood (pg. 101-104)
-Comparison: Utnapishtim vs Noah
HW:
1. Finish Tablet XI & XII by Friday 9/21
2. Reflection (end of reading) # 3 due by Tuesday 9/25
in Google Classroom
Warm Up: Have one member come up to grab quiz folders!
Grammar Quiz: Sentences Classified By Structure
21.1 (page 82)
*Notes May be used!
Old Testament Free write
Tablet X: Brief Overview
Tablet Debates -The Scholars vs the Iraqi Officials Overview/Reflection
Prompt:
Where do the tablets belong? *Who should keep the tablets?*
A. Should the Academic Scholars keep them for research at the University level?
B. Should the Iraqi Officials have the tablets returned to their point of origin (for museums, collections,
heritage use) ?
The Old Testament: Genesis - The Creation/The Fall (pg. 97-101) & The Flood (pg. 101-104)
HW:
1. Tablet X due on Tuesday 9/18
2. Finish Tablet XI & XII by Friday 9/21
09/14/2018
Warm Up: Grammar Pre-Test (#3.1)
Tablet IX: Brief Overview
Tablet Debates -The Scholars vs the Iraqi Officials
Planning Period: 20-25 min to construct arguments and counter arguments that can be utilized in your table debates.
Academic Scholars: Window Side Iraqi Officials: Office Side
Prompt:
Where do the tablets belong? *Who should keep the tablets?*
OR
B. Should the Iraqi Officials have the tablets returned to their point of origin (for museums, collections,
heritage use) ?
-PUBLIC FORM DEBATE STRUCTURE
-Vocabulary on Monday
HW:
1. Tablet X due on Tuesday 9/18
09/12/2018
Warm Up: Grammar Pre-Test (#3)
Tablet VIII: Brief Overview
In Class Essay # 1: Schedule outside of class for completion (if not done)
Tablet Debates -The Scholars vs the Iraqi Officials
Planning Period: 20-25 min to construct arguments and counter arguments that can be utilized in your table debates.
Academic Scholars: Window Side Iraqi Officials: Office Side
Prompt:
Where do the tablets belong? *Who should keep the tablets?*
OR
B. Should the Iraqi Officials have the tablets returned to their point of origin (for museums, collections,
heritage use) ?
HW:
1. Tablet IX due Friday 9/14
2. Tablets VII, VIII, & IX Reflection due Friday 9/14
3. Prepare for in-class Table Debates!
09/11/2018:
Warm Up: Review Tablets VI & VII for our reading check...
Tablets VI & VII: Brief Overview
In Class Essay # 1: Schedule outside of class for completion (if not done)
Annenberg Learner: The Slaying of Humbaba/Death of Enkidu (w/ notes)
Block Day: Tablet Debates -The Scholars vs the Iraqi Officials
HW:
1. Tablet VIII due Wednesday 9/12
2. A Day in the Life of a Sumerian Writing due Tuesday
9/11 (in Google Classroom) Tonight!
3. Tablet IX due Friday 9/14
4. Tablets VII, VIII, & IX Reflection due Friday 9/14
09/10/2018: Quizzes Returned!
Warm Up: Please take out all of your materials for today's in class-essay
-Gilgamesh Text
-Outline
-Lined Paper
-Pen/Pencil
Tablet VI: Brief Overview
In Class Essay # 1 (utilizing -Essay Outlining from last class)
Prompt: Using the slaying of Humbaba (to make a door from the Cedar Forest) in tablet V of the Epic of Gilgamesh, write a well-reasoned essay with textual support that discusses whether or not this act of Gilgamesh is heroic in nature.
Annenberg Learner: The Slaying of Humbaba
Block Day: Tablet Debates -The Scholars vs the Iraqi Officials
HW:
1. Tablet VII due Tuesday 9/11
2. A Day in the Life of a Sumerian Writing due Tuesday
9/11 (in Google Classroom)
3. Tablets VII, VIII, & IX Reflection due Friday 9/14
09/07/2018: Quizzes Returned!
Warm Up: Please take out all of your materials for today's in class-essay
-Gilgamesh Text
-Outline
-Lined Paper
-Pen/Pencil
Tablet VI: Brief Overview
In Class Essay # 1 (utilizing -Essay Outlining from last class)
Prompt: Using the slaying of Humbaba (to make a door from the Cedar Forest) in tablet V of the Epic of Gilgamesh, write a well-reasoned essay with textual support that discusses whether or not this act of Gilgamesh is heroic in nature.
Next Week: Tablet Debates: The Scholars vs the Iraqi Officials
HW:
1. Tablet VII due Tuesday 9/11
2. A Day in the Life of a Sumerian Writing due Tuesday
9/11 (in Google Classroom)
09/05/2018: Tablet V discussion
Warm Up: Finish the following fragments. Turn them into complete sentences (from yesterdays pre-test)
Tablet V: The Missing Tablet
Define both terms in your own words at your group:
1. Noble & Worthy
2. What is a noble quest? How might a quest be worthy in nature?
-Essay Outlining for Friday
Tablet Debates: The Scholars vs the Iraqi Officials
HW:
1. Outline prompt for in class essay on Friday
2. Tablet VI due Friday 9/7
3. A Day in the Life of a Sumerian Writing due Tuesday
9/11
09/04/2018:
Warm Up: Grammar Pre-testing
-Friday/Tuesday - A Day in the Life of a Sumerian Writing
Directions: Today and Tuesday you will write a creative first person narrative as a Sumerian living in Uruk – a city within Mesopotamia. Using a short description chosen by you, answer the following questions as you imagine yourself during this time period.
*2 or 3 aspects of figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, etc) showcasing your “day in the life” of this figure (underline the uses of figurative language in your narrative)
*An insight based in either oral tradition, sumerian cuneiform, or Hammurabi’s Code in your narrative (highlight the use of this insight in your text - use the color green)
* A specific character trait (earnest/melancholic/hopeful/pessimistic) that your narrative exhibits [bold the character trait as it is stated or used]
* Can be from a diary entry (1st person) or an omniscient narrator (3rd person) that is revealed in your narrative
*Character must have a name (use name generator link in Google Classroom)
BLOCK DAY: Noble/Worthy Quests (prepping Friday in class essay)
*Informal Debates: Where do the tablets belong?
HW: 1. Tablet V due Block Day 9/5
2. Outline prompt for in class essay on Friday
8/31/2018: Bring Chromebook on Tuesday 9/4
Warm Up: Please turn in weekly Warm-Ups & prepare for today's quiz!
Tablet I-IV Quiz
-Friday/Tuesday - A Day in the Life of a Sumerian Writing
Directions: Today and Tuesday you will write a creative first person narrative as a Sumerian living in Uruk – a city within Mesopotamia. Using a short description chosen by you, answer the following questions as you imagine yourself during this time period.
-Must include:
*Descriptive imagery showcasing your “day in the life” of this figure
*An image that can be attached to your narrative figure
*This should be a creative display of your writing based on your character
*Character must have a name (use name generator link in Google Classroom)
HW: 1. Tablet V due Block Day 9/5
8/29/2018: Bring Chromebooks on Friday!
Warm Up:
A. What laws would you change in our society today? What about laws concerning your age?
B. Punishments/Consequences in our Society: When laws are broken, are the punishments justified? What would you change?
-The Tragic Tale of George Smith
-The Laws of Hammurabi
-Friday/Monday - A Day in the Life of a Sumerian
(a creative display: a drawing/ a short narrative/ a slideshow)
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In your table group, select 7- 8 from your page. Select laws that are either outstanding, interesting, or unbelievable. Be prepared to share your selected laws to the class and discuss why these stood out to you.
*Interpret these chosen laws on the board space and be ready to share out.
ITEMS TO CONSIDER
*Time Period – how does this law connect to the land/social structure*
*Influence on Today – where do we see similar laws in our own society / if at all?*
Group 1: Laws 8-25
Group 2: Laws 35-107
Group 3: Laws 108-128
Group 4: Laws 129-137
Group 5: Laws 138-155
Group 6: Laws 195-204
Group 7: Laws-205-214
Group 8: Laws 215-228
Group 9: Laws 229-235
HW: 1. Personal Statement due in Google Classroom 8/30
2. Tablets III & IV due Friday 8/31
3. Vocab Quiz Friday 8/31
8/28/2018
Warm Up: Consider this:
1.Describe an item that you own/something that you have in your possession that you would make an ultimate sacrifice for.
2. How far would you go to keep this item(s) from being harmed/taken?
-Tablet II: Discussion
-Vocabulary Card check
-Hammurabi's Code: Bringing Law to the Land - FINDING THE CODE OF HAMMURABI/ THE GREAT LAWMAKER
-The Tragic Tale of George Smith
HW: 1. Tablets I & II Reflection due Wednesday 8/29
2. Personal Statement due in Google Classroom 8/30
3. Tablets III & IV due Friday 8/31
4. Vocab Quiz Friday 8/31
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8/27/2018
Warm Up:
Warm Up: Finishing In Class Response - First part of class
-Introduction to Night (Part 1)
-Elie Wiesel's Childhood
-Images: Looking at Sighet
-Defining Terms
-Mini-Documentary: Phases of the Holocaust
FISHBOWL Response// Discussion: Frankenstein Volume III - Chapter VII
HW: 1. Book Check: Night by Elie Wiesel by Monday
01/28/2019 Essential Question: To what extent should society seek perfection?
Warm Up:
A. Does the feelings of pity allow one to convey compassion towards another - or do they place one on a pedestal above that individual?
B. Consider the Creature's pity towards Victor Frankenstein: does it place him in the position of sympathy or is it allowing him to have a position of power over Victor?
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TABLE GROUP REVIEW OF CHAPTER VII: As a group, select a passage from the last chapter that you think highlights the misery of the Creature or Victor. In your selection, consider the following to share with the class:
A. Why did you choose this passage?
B. How does it detail the loss of ambition/happiness in Victor/the Creature?
C. In what way does it connect to the loss of innocence through the acceptance of knowledge? (Plato's cave and the released prisoner)
Review:
Pg. 217 "What do you mean? What do you demand of your captain?"
- Victor's speech to Robert Walton's men: What is the purpose of his final words to them?
pg. 219/220 "Alas! the strength I relied on is gone; I feel that I shall soon die...seek happiness in tranquility..."
-Victor speaks of "duty" and happiness as well as "avoiding ambition" - why so when this was the motivator for Victor in the first place?
pg.221-222 "That is also my victim... in his murder my crimes are consummated; the miserable series of my being is wound to its close! Oh, Frankenstein! generous and self-devoted being!"
"After the murder of Clerval, I returned to Switzerland, heart-broken and overcome. I pitied Frankenstein; my pity amounted to horror..."
pg. 223 "Oh, it is not thus - not thus...yet such must be the impression conveyed to you by what appears to be the purport of my actions..."
pg. 224"But it is true that I am a wretch. I have murdered the lovely and the helpless; I have strangled the innocent as they slept..."
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Perfectionism & The Human Condition - Quote Resource with Table Group
Around the Room: Writing Claims and Evidence
-Outline Planning Guide
TUESDAY IN CLASS - Writing Response ( Intro - 2 Body - Conclusion)
HW: 1. Essay Planning Sheet - complete for in-class response tomorrow (1/29)
01/23/2019 Essential Question: To what extent should society seek perfection?
Warm Up: Finishing Zoloth Presentations
Group A: Questions 1-4
Group B: Questions 5-8
-Vocabulary Quiz Volume III
Perfection Unit Reading: Reading: Sandel - The Case Against Perfection
Perfectionism & The Human Condition - Quote Resource with partner
-Outline Planning Guide
-Writing Response ( Intro - 2 Body - Conclusion)
Turning In Response By End of Class
HW: 1. Read & Annotate Volume III: Chapter VI - Due Friday
01/22/2019 Essential Question: To what extent should society seek perfection?
Warm Up:
1. Do you know of anyone that has ever been framed for something? How did they act? How was it resolved?
2. Describe Victor's change of character in Chapters VI & V in Volume III: What seems to be going on in his mind?
2A. Find a passage or quote that you think reveals this change in character:
-Vocabulary Review: Volume III
-Epigraph #2 - Review: Write-up & Discussion//
Plato's Allegory of the Cave & Victor Frankenstein
Perfection Unit Reading: Presentations
Laurie Zoloth: "Embryonic Stem Cell Research Is Ethical"
Group A: Questions 1-4
Group B: Questions 5-8 /
Reading: Sandel - The Case Against Perfection
HW: 1. Finish Reading & Annotate: Sandel, The Case Against Perfection
2. Vocabulary Quiz and Part III Chapters I-V on BLOCK (1/23)
Warm Up:
Consider Victor's questioning in terms of making a companion for the Creature in Chapter III, Volume III:
"Had I a right, for my own benefit, to inflict this curse upon everlasting generations? [...] I shuddered to think that future ages might curse me...at the price, perhaps, of the existence of the whole human race" (171).
How might scholar Laurie Zoloth respond to Victor's claims? What answers and considerations might she present to Victor's dilemma?
-Epigraph #2 - Review: Write-up & Discussion//
Plato's Allegory of the Cave & Victor Frankenstein
Perfection Unit Reading:
Laurie Zoloth: "Embryonic Stem Cell Research Is Ethical"
Group A: Questions 1-4
Group B: Questions 5-8
HW: 1. Read & Annotate: Volume III - Chapters IV-V Due Tuesday (1/22)
2. Vocabulary Cards - Due Tuesday (1/22)
3. Vocabulary Quiz and Part III Chapters I-V on BLOCK (1/23)
01/16/2019
Warm Up: Free Write - Reflect on the Following Ideas before our class reading
A. To what extent should humanity seek perfection? Where is the line drawn when considering the advancement of one's genes?
(for example; having the ability to select specific qualities/advanced skill sets from a catalogue for one's children)
B. What are the benefits of research that advances health and medicine?
What are the costs/drawbacks?
-Vocabulary: Volume III
BLOCK-Perfection Unit Reading:
Laurie Zoloth: "Embryonic Stem Cell Research Is Ethical"
Group A: Questions 1-4
Group B: Questions 5-8
*Discussion With Responses
Birth of a Monster Documentary
HW: 1. Read & Annotate: Volume III - Chapters II-III Due Friday (1/18)
2. Read & Annotate: Volume III - Chapters IV -V Due Tuesday (1/22)
3. Vocabulary Cards - Due Tuesday (1/22)
4. Vocab Quiz and Part III Chapters I-V on BLOCK (1/23)
01/15/2019:
Warm Up: From the reading last night...Chapter IX Volume II:
1. Describe the conversation between the Creature and Victor:
A. What is the Creature's threat? What is his specific request?
B. What is Victor's response?
2. What do you think Victor is trying to convey by saying the following: "Oh! stars and clouds and winds, ye are all about to mock me: if ye really pity me, crush sensation and memory; let me become as nought; but if not, depart, depart, and leave me in darkness" (151).
Plato's Allegory of the Cave Reading and Discussion
Lacan's Mirror Stage: A Psychoanalytical Approach to the Creature in Volume II
Volume II: In Film
BLOCK-Perfection Unit Reading:
Laurie Zoloth: "Embryonic Stem Cell Research Is Ethical" (Part 1)
HW: 1. Read & Annotate: Volume III - Chapter I Due BLOCK (1/16)
01/14/2019:
Warm Up: From Chapters V-VIII, Volume II:
Find an excerpt from the reading this past week that reflects the Creature's psyche.
A. Choose a passage: identify what is going on in the quote and what it says about the Creature's awareness of self or self-esteem.
B. Connect this quote to the Creature's new found identity. What does it reveal about his guilt/shame? What does it portray about his thirst for knowledge and the ways of the world?
Plato's Allegory of the Cave Reading and Discussion
Volume II: In Film
BLOCK-Perfection Unit Reading:
Laurie Zoloth: "Embryonic Stem Cell Research Is Ethical" (Part 1)
HW: 1. Read & Annotate: Volume II - Chapter IX Due Tuesday (1/15)
2. Read & Annotate: Volume III - Chapter I Due BLOCK (1/16)
01/11/2019: New Seats!
Warm Up: From Chapter V, Volume II:
"But where were my friends and relations? No father had watched my infant days, no mother had blessed me with smiles and caresses; or if they had, all my past life was now a blot, a blind vacancy in which in which I distinguished nothing...I had been as I then was in height and proportion...I had never yet seen a being resembling me. What was I?" (124).
A. Reflect on the Creature's explanation of himself. He considers this question because of his time watching the De Lacey family. In terms of the id, ego, and superego, what would Freud's psychoanalytical theory say this is a crisis of? Which subconscious construct is controlling the creature's thought process?
Page 123: "I cannot describe to you the agony that these reflections inflicted upon me..sorrow only increased with knowledge. Oh, that I had forever remained in my native wood, nor known nor felt beyond the sensations of hunger, thirst and heat!"
Plato's Allegory of the Cave Reading
-Perfection Unit Reading:
Laurie Zoloth: "Embryonic Stem Cell Research Is Ethical" (Part 1)
HW:
1.Read & Annotate: Volume II - Chapters VII-VIII Due Monday (1/14)
2. Read & Annotate: Volume II - Chapter IX Due Tuesday (1/15)
01/09/2019:
Warm Up: Consider the following passage from yesterday's reading:
"I had admired the perfect forms of my cottagers - their grace, beauty, and delicate complexions: but how was I terrified when I viewed myself in a transparent pool! At first I started back, unable to believe that it was indeed I who was reflected in the mirror; and when I became fully convinced that I was in reality the monster that I am, I was filled with the bitterest sensations of despondence and mortification..." (116-117).
A. Reflect on the Creature's self esteem - what motivates him to consider his physical form a "monster" with the "bitterest sensations of despondence and mortification" ?
Philosophical Chairs - Exit Slip
-Semester 1 Finals Return
-Psychoanalytic Theory Notes & Frankenstein
-Perfection Unit Reading:
Laurie Zoloth: "Embryonic Stem Cell Research Is Ethical" (Part 1)
Mary Shelley Background - Documentary: "The Birth of A Monster"
HW:
1. Read & Annotate: Volume II - Chapters V-VI Due Friday (1/11)
2. Read & Annotate: Volume II - Chapters VII-VIII Due Monday (1/14)
01/08/2019: Philosophical Chairs/ Sandel's The Case Against Perfection
Warm Up:
A. What comes to mind when you hear the statement "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" ?
B. What does this phrase mean to you?
C. Do you believe that this is true? Why/Why not?
Philosophical Chairs
Step One: Writing Reflection
Step Two: Speaking Responses
Exit Slip
HW: 1. Read & Annotate: Volume II - Chapter IV Due Tomorrow (1/9)
2. Read & Annotate: Volume II - Chapters V-VI Due Friday (1/11)
3. Read & Annotate: Volume II - Chapters VII-VIII Due Monday (1/14)
12/12/2018: Missed Vocabulary Quiz? See me!
Warm Up: From last night's reading:
Part II: Chapter III
A. In what way is the creature similar to an infant? Provide a few examples from the text that showcase this:
B. Describe the family that the creature observes
-Share Outs: The Many Faces of Victor Frankenstein
-Purpose of a Socratic Seminar
-Final Prompts
-Socratic Seminar Set Up/Collaborative Thinking Around Room
Reading Chapter IV, Part II
HW: 1. Socratic Seminar Prep due Friday
12/10/2018: Missed Vocabulary Quiz from Block? See me!
Warm Up: From last night's reading:
Chapter 8:
1. Explain why Victor does not announce the real murderer, nor confess to the crime himself.
2. Mary Shelley wrote Chapter Eight as a commentary on what was, in her opinion, a flawed legal system.
Provide a few examples of how Justine may have received an unfair trial.
Part II - Chapter 1 (Chapter 9):
3. Tell how Victor responds to William’s and Justine’s deaths.
Chapter 8: pg. 84 - "The trial began..."
pg. 84 - "She then related that, by the permission of Elizabeth..."
pg. 85-86 "Justine's use of [innocent] Creatures"
Part II: Chapter 1:
pg. 93: Inspiration, Desperation, Isolation
pg. 94: "About this time we retired to our house at Belrive"
pg. 95: "Crimes...malice...hated [Victor seeks to kill the monster]
pg. 96: Admittance: "I listened to this discourse with..."
-ROMANTICISM PRESENTATIONS
-Notes on Presentation Groups
-Final Prompts
-Socratic Seminar Set Up
-The Many Faces of Victor Frankenstein Writing
HW: - Read and Annotate:
1. Part II Chapter II (10) - Due Tuesday
2. Socratic Seminar Prep due Friday
12/7/2018: Missed Vocabulary Quiz from Block? See me!
Warm Up: From last night's reading:
Chapter 6:
A. In what way does Justine Moritz's personal history relate to that of the Frankenstein family?
Chapter 7:
B. What bad news does Victor receive from his father?
C. Who has been arrested? What does Victor see during the thunder storm?
Chapter 7: pg. 76 - mirror emotions of the creature
pg. 77 - Romanticism in detail - 1st natural appearance
pg. 80 - Murderer "discovered" -
-Epigraph Responses: w/ chrome book
Respond to two different questions that are posted.
Give a thoughtful response that provides an extension to the original discussion
-ROMANTICISM PRESENTATIONS
-Notes on Presentation Groups
-Starting Chapter VIII in Class
HW: - Read and Annotate:
Chapters VIII (8) and Part II Chapter I (9) - Due Monday
12/5/2018
Warm Up:
A. How do you define personal responsibility?
Create a brief definition that identifies this term:
B. In each case, discuss whether Mr. Redmond has a responsibility to Mr. Yoder/vice versa. Give a brief explanation for each scenario.
1. Yoder falls off Redmond’s roof while mending it. What is Redmond's responsibility to Yoder?
2. Yoder walks by Redmond, who is homeless and begging on the street. What is Yoder's responsibility to Redmond?
3. Redmond lends Yoder his car, which has faulty brakes, and Yoder has an accident. What is Redmond's responsibility to Yoder?
-Starting Chapter 5... (finish on own after quiz)
-VOCAB QUIZ
-ROMANTICISM PRESENTATIONS
-Notes on Presentation Groups
-Epigraph Blog + Questions
-BIRTH OF A MONSTER (if time)
HW: - Chapters 6 and 7 - Due FRIDAY
- Epigraph Blog Post # 1 Due Friday (Response + Question)
11/27/2018:
Warm Up: The Romantic Quest is a journey that takes place to discover ones goal in life:
Describe a trip you have taken that you were very excited about:
-Where were you going?
-What were you doing?
-How long were you there for?
-Vocab Week 1: Flashcards due Friday!
-Gallery Walk Responses
-Exit Ticket Response
-Starting Letters I-IV
Block: Romanticism Research Project
Friday: Vocab Cards Due
HW: 1. Read and Annotate Letters I-III Due Tomorrow [11/28]
2. Flash Cards due Friday [11/30]
3. Vocab Quiz #1 BLOCK [12/5]
10/26/2018: Turning in Annotations
Warm Up: Take a moment to turn in your warm up handout from this week.
-ILIAD EXAM: Parts I-V
-Greek Tragedy Notes
-Jigsaw: Oedipus Rex and the Role of Tragedy
-Crash Course: Tragedy
HW: 1. Google Classroom:
Antigone Pre-Reading Questions - Choose 3 and give
your thoughts/reflections for class on Tuesday
[Due Monday Night 9 PM]
10/24/2018:
Warm Up: Do you think Hector's death provides him with kleos?
Could we argue that he earn that status to his name? Or is his act of dying something else?
-Finishing Book XXII: The slaying of Hector
-The Motivations of Achilles - Working with Burke's Pentad & deciding on a ratio
-ILIAD JEOPARDY
HW: 1. Iliad Exam on Friday 10/26
2. Annotated Readings Due Friday 10/26
10/23/2018:
Warm Up: Can an individual who creates violence and mutilates his enemy still be considered a hero? Why?
-Iliad Study Guide
-Finishing the Death of Hector (starting on page 245 Line 154)
-The Motivations of Achilles
-ILIAD JEOPARDY TOMORROW
HW: 1. Iliad Exam on Friday 10/26
2. Annotated Readings Due Friday 10/26
10/22/2018:
Warm Up: Book XXII Response [Lines 1-154] -
1. How does Apollo trick Achilles? What does he do?
2. Look at Priam's request to Hector. What is he asking his son to do?
3. What does Hecuba (Priam's wife) ask of her son?
-Iliad Study Guide
-Presentations - Book IX: Assembly to Achilles / Homer Embassy Activity
-Reflection: Collaboration Report
-Finishing the Death of Hector (page 245 Line 154)
HW: 1. Iliad Exam on Friday 10/26
2. Annotated Readings Due Friday 10/26
10/15/2018: Bring Chrome Book all week! / Friday - Iliad STUDY GUIDE!
Warm Up: Look at Page 229 [Lines 81 - 96]
1. What is Achilles complaint to his mother?
2. How is this different/similar to his first complaint with her in Book 1?
-Diomedes the Greek: page 216
-Reading: The Shield of Achilles (pages 236-242)
-Tomorrow: The Poem & Image of Shield
-Block Day: Substitute - Creating your own Homeric Shield (A Digital Representation)
-Book IX: Assembly to Achilles / Homer Embassy Activity (last part of class)
HW: 1. Rhetorical Embassy Writing/Performing w/ Table Group
Performance on Friday 10/19
2. Grammar Test: Tuesday 10/16
10/12/2018: Essay due Today!
Warm Up: Writing Reflection -Respond to both Questions
A. What did you work on specifically with this paper? Where did you put your best effort into?
B. What do you need more practice with or more time on?
-Turning in Essays
-Book IX: Assembly to Achilles / Homer Embassy Activity
HW: 1. Iliad Book XVIII - Shield of Achilles pages 227-234 (line 328)
2. Rhetorical Embassy Writing/Performing w/ Table Group
3. Grammar Test: Tuesday 10/16
10/10/2018: Peer Editing Day
Warm Up: Discussing the appeals of visual rhetoric.
*Please take out your rhetoric notes from yesterday
-Conclusion Ideas/ Writing + Samples (first half of class)
-Book IX: Assembly to Achilles / Homer Embassy Activity
**UPDATED DUE DATES**
HW: 1. Final Draft Due: Friday 10/12
(Digital Copy in Google Classroom /
Hard Copy Printed Out w/ outline & brainstorm,
peer edits)
2. Grammar Test: Tuesday 10/16
10/09/2018: Peer Editing Day
Warm Up: Aristotle's Rhetorical Triangle & Book 1 of Homer's The Iliad
-Conclusion Ideas/ Writing + Samples
-Starting Book IX Block Day: Assembly to Achilles
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-Peer Editing: 10/8-9
-Paper Due: Friday 10/12
**UPDATED DUE DATES**
HW: 1. Final Draft Due: Friday 10/12
(Digital Copy in Google Classroom /
Hard Copy Printed Out w/ outline & brainstorm,
peer edits)
2. Grammar Test: Tuesday 10/16
10/08/2018: Peer Editing Day
Warm Up: Have one member come up to grab testing folders.
*Please take out your Iliad reading from this weekend.
-Finishing Book I
-Conclusion Writing + Samples tomorrow
-Starting Book IX Block Day: Assembly to Achilles
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-Peer Editing: 10/8-9
-Paper Due: 10/10
HW: 1. Final Draft Due: BLOCK 10/10
(Digital Copy in Google Classroom /
Hard Copy Printed Out w/ outline & brainstorm,
peer edits)
2. Grammar Test: Friday 10/12
10/05/2018: Writing Day
Warm Up: Take out your book, outline & notes for today.
*Stamping Outline
-Grammar Study Guide
-Introducing the ILIAD: Book 1 Character List
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-Peer Editing: 10/8-9
-Paper Due: 10/10
HW: 1. Read & Annotate Book 1 (pages 180-187 - up to line - 514)
2. Final Draft Due: BLOCK 10/10
(Digital Copy in Google Classroom /
Hard Copy Printed Out w/ outline & brainstorm)
3. Grammar Test: Friday 10/12
10/03/2018: Bring Chromebooks on Friday
Warm Up: Introductions: With your group - Calibrating Sample C
-Thought Question
-Homeric Values/The Homeric Question
-Introducing the ILIAD
-Book I: Annotating & Character List
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-Writing Day: 10/5
-Peer Editing: 10/8-9
-Paper Due: 10/10
HW: 1. Outline due Friday 10/5
2. Final Draft Due: BLOCK 10/10
09/28/2018
Warm Up: 28.2 - Commas (in a series) Page. 166 - Exercise 2
TLQ Practice Turn In
-Legacy: Ozymandias by Percy Shelley - Annotate and Review
-Legacy Writing Task/Brainstorming
-Writing Day: 10/2
-Peer Editing: 10/3-10/5
-Paper Due: 10/9
HW: 1. Outline due Tuesday 10/2
2. Final Draft Due: Tuesday 10/9
09/26/2018
Warm Up: 28.2 - Commas (with compound sentences) Page. 166 - Exercise 1
TLQ Practice
-Legacy: Ozymandias by Percy Shelley - Annotate and Review
-Graphic Interpretation - Len Wein
-Legacy Writing Task
-Writing Day: 10/2
-Peer Editing: 10/3-10/5
-Paper Due: 10/9
HW: 1. TLQ Practice - due Friday 9/28
2. Outline due Tuesday 10/2
3. Final Draft Due: Tuesday 10/9
09/25/2018
Warm Up: 28.2 - Commas (with compound sentences, with series and adjectives)
TLQ Practice
-Legacy: Ozymandias by Percy Shelley - Annotate and Review
-Graphic Interpretation - Len Wein
-Legacy Writing Task
HW: TLQ Practice - due Friday 9/28
09/24/2018
Warm Up: Please take out Essay sample C and be prepared to speak about it
Noble Quest Essays - Review/Calibrate/ 9 point Rubric
TLQ Practice
-Legacy: Ozymandias by Percy Shelley - Annotate and Review
-Graphic Interpretation - Len Wein
-Legacy Writing Task
HW: 1. Reflection (end of reading) # 3 due by Tuesday 9/25
in Google Classroom
2. TLQ Practice - due Friday 9/28
Warm Up: Please take out your Essay Packet with Sample B.
Be prepared to share your score with your table group and justify your response.
We will share out momentarily.
Noble Quest Essays - Review/Calibrate/ 9 point Rubric
-Free write
-Noah vs Utnapishtim
Review: Tablet XI and XII
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Monday
-Legacy: Ozymandias by Percy Shelley
-Graphic Interpretation - Len Wein
HW:
1. Calibrate and Annotate Sample Essay C by Monday 9/24
2. Reflection (end of reading) # 3 due by Tuesday 9/25
in Google Classroom
09/19/2018
Collaborative Warm Up: Page 82: Exercise 2
Writing Sentences with Different Structures / with your table write 10 original sentences that are either:
Simple / Compound / Complex / Compound-Complex
Noble Quest Essays - Review/Calibrate/ 9 point Rubric
-Noah vs Utnapishtim
-Legacy: Ozymandias by Percy Shelley
-Graphic Interpretation - Len Wein,
HW:
1. Finish Tablet XI & XII by Friday 9/21
2. Calibrate and Annotate Sample Essay B by Friday 9/21
3. Reflection (end of reading) # 3 due by Tuesday 9/25
in Google Classroom
Warm Up: Have one member come up to grab quiz folders!
Tablet X: Brief Overview
The Old Testament: Genesis - The Creation/The Fall (pg. 97-101) & The Flood (pg. 101-104)
-Comparison: Utnapishtim vs Noah
HW:
1. Finish Tablet XI & XII by Friday 9/21
2. Reflection (end of reading) # 3 due by Tuesday 9/25
in Google Classroom
Warm Up: Have one member come up to grab quiz folders!
Grammar Quiz: Sentences Classified By Structure
21.1 (page 82)
*Notes May be used!
Old Testament Free write
Tablet X: Brief Overview
Tablet Debates -The Scholars vs the Iraqi Officials Overview/Reflection
Prompt:
Where do the tablets belong? *Who should keep the tablets?*
A. Should the Academic Scholars keep them for research at the University level?
B. Should the Iraqi Officials have the tablets returned to their point of origin (for museums, collections,
heritage use) ?
The Old Testament: Genesis - The Creation/The Fall (pg. 97-101) & The Flood (pg. 101-104)
HW:
1. Tablet X due on Tuesday 9/18
2. Finish Tablet XI & XII by Friday 9/21
09/14/2018
Warm Up: Grammar Pre-Test (#3.1)
Tablet IX: Brief Overview
Tablet Debates -The Scholars vs the Iraqi Officials
Planning Period: 20-25 min to construct arguments and counter arguments that can be utilized in your table debates.
Academic Scholars: Window Side Iraqi Officials: Office Side
Prompt:
Where do the tablets belong? *Who should keep the tablets?*
- Should the Academic Scholars keep them for research at the University level?
OR
B. Should the Iraqi Officials have the tablets returned to their point of origin (for museums, collections,
heritage use) ?
-PUBLIC FORM DEBATE STRUCTURE
-Vocabulary on Monday
HW:
1. Tablet X due on Tuesday 9/18
09/12/2018
Warm Up: Grammar Pre-Test (#3)
Tablet VIII: Brief Overview
In Class Essay # 1: Schedule outside of class for completion (if not done)
Tablet Debates -The Scholars vs the Iraqi Officials
Planning Period: 20-25 min to construct arguments and counter arguments that can be utilized in your table debates.
Academic Scholars: Window Side Iraqi Officials: Office Side
Prompt:
Where do the tablets belong? *Who should keep the tablets?*
- Should the Academic Scholars keep them for research at the University level?
OR
B. Should the Iraqi Officials have the tablets returned to their point of origin (for museums, collections,
heritage use) ?
HW:
1. Tablet IX due Friday 9/14
2. Tablets VII, VIII, & IX Reflection due Friday 9/14
3. Prepare for in-class Table Debates!
09/11/2018:
Warm Up: Review Tablets VI & VII for our reading check...
Tablets VI & VII: Brief Overview
In Class Essay # 1: Schedule outside of class for completion (if not done)
Annenberg Learner: The Slaying of Humbaba/Death of Enkidu (w/ notes)
Block Day: Tablet Debates -The Scholars vs the Iraqi Officials
HW:
1. Tablet VIII due Wednesday 9/12
2. A Day in the Life of a Sumerian Writing due Tuesday
9/11 (in Google Classroom) Tonight!
3. Tablet IX due Friday 9/14
4. Tablets VII, VIII, & IX Reflection due Friday 9/14
09/10/2018: Quizzes Returned!
Warm Up: Please take out all of your materials for today's in class-essay
-Gilgamesh Text
-Outline
-Lined Paper
-Pen/Pencil
Tablet VI: Brief Overview
In Class Essay # 1 (utilizing -Essay Outlining from last class)
Prompt: Using the slaying of Humbaba (to make a door from the Cedar Forest) in tablet V of the Epic of Gilgamesh, write a well-reasoned essay with textual support that discusses whether or not this act of Gilgamesh is heroic in nature.
Annenberg Learner: The Slaying of Humbaba
Block Day: Tablet Debates -The Scholars vs the Iraqi Officials
HW:
1. Tablet VII due Tuesday 9/11
2. A Day in the Life of a Sumerian Writing due Tuesday
9/11 (in Google Classroom)
3. Tablets VII, VIII, & IX Reflection due Friday 9/14
09/07/2018: Quizzes Returned!
Warm Up: Please take out all of your materials for today's in class-essay
-Gilgamesh Text
-Outline
-Lined Paper
-Pen/Pencil
Tablet VI: Brief Overview
In Class Essay # 1 (utilizing -Essay Outlining from last class)
Prompt: Using the slaying of Humbaba (to make a door from the Cedar Forest) in tablet V of the Epic of Gilgamesh, write a well-reasoned essay with textual support that discusses whether or not this act of Gilgamesh is heroic in nature.
Next Week: Tablet Debates: The Scholars vs the Iraqi Officials
HW:
1. Tablet VII due Tuesday 9/11
2. A Day in the Life of a Sumerian Writing due Tuesday
9/11 (in Google Classroom)
09/05/2018: Tablet V discussion
Warm Up: Finish the following fragments. Turn them into complete sentences (from yesterdays pre-test)
Tablet V: The Missing Tablet
Define both terms in your own words at your group:
1. Noble & Worthy
2. What is a noble quest? How might a quest be worthy in nature?
-Essay Outlining for Friday
Tablet Debates: The Scholars vs the Iraqi Officials
HW:
1. Outline prompt for in class essay on Friday
2. Tablet VI due Friday 9/7
3. A Day in the Life of a Sumerian Writing due Tuesday
9/11
09/04/2018:
Warm Up: Grammar Pre-testing
-Friday/Tuesday - A Day in the Life of a Sumerian Writing
Directions: Today and Tuesday you will write a creative first person narrative as a Sumerian living in Uruk – a city within Mesopotamia. Using a short description chosen by you, answer the following questions as you imagine yourself during this time period.
- What is it like to be this character employed in this specific field of work?
- What do you think are some of the challenges that you might face on a day to day basis?
- Include an aspect about oral tradition, sumerian cuneiform, or Hammurabi’s Code in your
*2 or 3 aspects of figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, etc) showcasing your “day in the life” of this figure (underline the uses of figurative language in your narrative)
*An insight based in either oral tradition, sumerian cuneiform, or Hammurabi’s Code in your narrative (highlight the use of this insight in your text - use the color green)
* A specific character trait (earnest/melancholic/hopeful/pessimistic) that your narrative exhibits [bold the character trait as it is stated or used]
* Can be from a diary entry (1st person) or an omniscient narrator (3rd person) that is revealed in your narrative
*Character must have a name (use name generator link in Google Classroom)
BLOCK DAY: Noble/Worthy Quests (prepping Friday in class essay)
*Informal Debates: Where do the tablets belong?
HW: 1. Tablet V due Block Day 9/5
2. Outline prompt for in class essay on Friday
8/31/2018: Bring Chromebook on Tuesday 9/4
Warm Up: Please turn in weekly Warm-Ups & prepare for today's quiz!
Tablet I-IV Quiz
-Friday/Tuesday - A Day in the Life of a Sumerian Writing
Directions: Today and Tuesday you will write a creative first person narrative as a Sumerian living in Uruk – a city within Mesopotamia. Using a short description chosen by you, answer the following questions as you imagine yourself during this time period.
- What is it like to be this character employed in this specific field of work?
- What do you think are some of the challenges that you might face on a day to day basis?
-Must include:
*Descriptive imagery showcasing your “day in the life” of this figure
*An image that can be attached to your narrative figure
*This should be a creative display of your writing based on your character
*Character must have a name (use name generator link in Google Classroom)
HW: 1. Tablet V due Block Day 9/5
8/29/2018: Bring Chromebooks on Friday!
Warm Up:
A. What laws would you change in our society today? What about laws concerning your age?
B. Punishments/Consequences in our Society: When laws are broken, are the punishments justified? What would you change?
-The Tragic Tale of George Smith
-The Laws of Hammurabi
-Friday/Monday - A Day in the Life of a Sumerian
(a creative display: a drawing/ a short narrative/ a slideshow)
---------Hammurabi Presentations----------
In your table group, select 7- 8 from your page. Select laws that are either outstanding, interesting, or unbelievable. Be prepared to share your selected laws to the class and discuss why these stood out to you.
*Interpret these chosen laws on the board space and be ready to share out.
ITEMS TO CONSIDER
*Time Period – how does this law connect to the land/social structure*
*Influence on Today – where do we see similar laws in our own society / if at all?*
Group 1: Laws 8-25
Group 2: Laws 35-107
Group 3: Laws 108-128
Group 4: Laws 129-137
Group 5: Laws 138-155
Group 6: Laws 195-204
Group 7: Laws-205-214
Group 8: Laws 215-228
Group 9: Laws 229-235
HW: 1. Personal Statement due in Google Classroom 8/30
2. Tablets III & IV due Friday 8/31
3. Vocab Quiz Friday 8/31
8/28/2018
Warm Up: Consider this:
1.Describe an item that you own/something that you have in your possession that you would make an ultimate sacrifice for.
2. How far would you go to keep this item(s) from being harmed/taken?
-Tablet II: Discussion
-Vocabulary Card check
-Hammurabi's Code: Bringing Law to the Land - FINDING THE CODE OF HAMMURABI/ THE GREAT LAWMAKER
-The Tragic Tale of George Smith
HW: 1. Tablets I & II Reflection due Wednesday 8/29
2. Personal Statement due in Google Classroom 8/30
3. Tablets III & IV due Friday 8/31
4. Vocab Quiz Friday 8/31
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8/27/2018
Warm Up:
