ENGLISH – HOURS 1 & 3 – Day 12
Pick up this week’s vocabulary sheet (on center table) – begin working on backside Ex. 1
Announce NEW test date…
Study for Wednesday’s test fill-in-blank and short answer test on “The Most Dangerous Game”
INTRODUCTION TO - Sentence “chunking” – meaningless vs. meaningful
a. Unscrambling sentences
b. Complete “chunking” exercises (divide sentences into meaningful chunks) – Killgallon ACTIVITY 1,2,3
ENGLISH homework – HOURS 1 & 3:
Complete backside of vocabulary handout for tomorrow (both exercises…1 & 2)
Study for Wednesday’s fill-in-blank and short answer test on “The Most Dangerous Game”
Study for vocabulary test on Friday (the test will have a word bank and 20 fill-in-the-blank sentences – you provide the correct vocabulary word for each sentence)
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ENGLISH – HOURS 4 & 5 – Day 12
1. While I collect homework: Odyssey packet of questions #1 – 52…begin the following:
Add these 5 KEY THEMES from The Odyssey to your notebooks:
a. Loyalty, devotion, and fortitude (courage; strength of mind)
b. The Greek ideal of strong mind and body
c. Wandering hero who weeps for home and family
d. Triumph of good over evil
e. Obedience to the laws of the gods
2. Next, take out your notes on the 5 Odyssey THEMES
a. Choose any 3 of the 5 and FOR EACH OF THE 3, briefly explain what would happen in a fictional story if it were based on that theme. (2 - 3 sentences each)
3. Check your ANSWERS to 1 – 52.
4. Watch excerpts of SPARKNOTES video (which reviews past Odyssey stories)…(start at 6:09 – 14:50)… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fwoTWlrfYg
5. Pick up your graded homework off your table
a. Trade your practice tests with each other.
6. Announce test on the information on pages 1025-1036 in textbook – WED.
ENGLISH homework – HOURS 4 & 5:
Study pgs. 1025-1036 – TEST on Wednesday
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