09/26/2014

• Complete Character Charts
• Finish the Odyssey 
• Review story

“... when someone sees a soul disturbed and unable to see something, he won't laugh mindlessly, but he'll take into consideration whether it has come from a brighter life and is dimmed through not having yet become accustomed to the dark or whether it has come from greater ignorance into greater light and is dazzled by the increased brillance.” 
― Plato, The Republic

09/25

Study vocab
study adverbs
read "The Revenge"


Happy almost Friday

09/24/2014

Please read "Argus" and "The Suitors" and be prepared to quiz or discuss those sections.

***Today's discussion: You can rewrite any writing assignment for me--you can retake grammar quizzes--I am always available to help you/talk with you at lunch:)

Beyond The Quote
If you can manage your own life and have complete power over what you wish to achieve, you can actually reduce stress. Separate and focus on your daily goals and set practical expectations of yourself. 

09/18/2014

VOCAB AND GRAMMAR QUIZ TOMORROW! Study your subject/predicate notes and your three vocabulary words.


Highlight of the Day: Austin Stack's hilarious paragraph!!!

09/16/2014

Read the "Sirens" and be prepared to discuss or quiz over it.


“Always do right – this will gratify some and astonish the rest.” – Mark Twain

09/15/2014

Homework:

New Vocabulary Words: amiable, amendable, amicable

Read "The Land of the Dead" of The Odyssey tonight and go over questions at the end of the reading. You do not need to write answers out as we will have a facilitated discussion on this tomorrow.

Ms. Johnson

09/11/2014

Study Vocab!
Study Parts of Speech!
Quiz on both tomorrow!
No reading homework tonight:)

09/10/2014

Excellent discussion today!

Homework:

• Read "Lotus Eaters" one page 685-686 in Green Lit Book
• Study vocab words
• Study parts of speech

Ms. Johnson

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

- Gandhi

09/09/2014

Write a summary of the Odyssey notes

Green Lit Book Homework:

Pages 681-684

09/08/2014

Homework:

• Study the following words for Friday's quiz: adapt, adept, adopt

If absent today, see me tomorrow at lunchtime or directly after school to make up the Iliad quiz or take a zero.

"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."

Aristotle

Ms. Johnson

09/05/2014

Homework:

• Study Iliad Notes.

Today in class:
I taught reading strategies, and you took notes on the Iliad. If you were absent, either see a friend for notes or come in and take notes from the text at lunch or after school on Monday. There will be a quiz over these notes on Monday.

Happy first week of high school!!!

"I am Odysseus son of Laertes, known before all men for the study of crafty designs, and my fame goes up to the heavens" (Book Nine lines 19-20).

09/04/2014

Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow on two words--see older post or your notes from class.

MLA notes Power Point today--you will need these in order to use correct format on assignments.

Due tomorrow: Structured Paragraph

The only way round is through.

- Robert Frost

09/03/2014

Welcome to class!

Homework:

1. Quiz Friday over these words: acidulous and assiduous
2. Syllabus signature due tomorrow
3. Structured Paragraph Due Friday

"If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is worth any number of old ladies." William Faulkner Paris Review