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Week 1 Monday
First Day of School
Hand out syllabus and go over all aspects.
Talk about the class: books, projects, tests, essays, vocab, etc.
Discuss what is expected of students in this class.
Have the students fill out contact cars:
Name, Email, Phone #, Favorite Subject, Book, their Goal of the Year, and what they believe to be their weakest skill in English.
Ice Breaker: To help learn student name, get students talking to each other, and figure out potential groups students might form. -
Week 1 Tuesday
Ice Breaker: What book, movie or video have you seen/read recently you would recommend? Why?
Pick up English text book and The Odyssey from library
Give background knowledge on the Iliad, Greek Gods, and back stories on the characters in the Odyssey.
Homework
Read The Odyssey Books 1-4 (Due Thur. 25th) -
Week 1 Wednesday
Ice Breaker: If you could learn any skill, what would it be?
Begin a class discussion on morality and ethics. (See Assign. Page)
Have the class come up with a definition of what they think about being moral and having ethics.
Talk about the differences between moral and ethics.
Go over Moral & Ethics Journal (M&E Journal) for the Unit (See Assign. Page) -
Week 1 Thursday
Ice Breaker: The thing that makes me laugh is…
Begin class discussion of The Odyssey (See Assign. Page)
Have students use their M&E Journal record the decision made by the characters
See Assign. Page for complete M&E Journal purpose and assignment
Also have students records words they do not know in reading
Begin to talk about the essay at the end of the unit -
Week 1 Friday
Ice Breaker: A Little Known Fact About Yourself
Read 4 article on morality and ethics (See Assign. Page)
Begin talking about the differences between morality and ethics
Have students write down their discussions in M&E Journal
Homework
Read The Odyssey Books 5-8 (Due Mon. 29th) -
Week 2 Monday
Continue discussing The Odyssey (See Assign. Page)
Continue writing in the M&E Journal (See Assign. Page)
Ethics from Movies Worksheet (See Assign. Page)
Homework
Quick write #1 (See Assign. Page) -
Week 2 Tuesday
Finish up Ethics from Movies Worksheet (See Assign. Page)
Continue discussing The Odyssey (See Assign. Page)
Continue writing in the M&E Journal
Homework
Read The Odyssey Books 9-12 (Due Wed. 31st) -
Week 2 Wednesday
Continue discussing The Odyssey (See Assign. Page)
Continue writing in the M&E Journal
Homework
Quick write #2 (See Assign. Page) -
Week 2 Thursday
The Morals of Aesop’s Fables Worksheet (See Assign. Page)
One week notice of Odyssey Test
Homework
Read The Odyssey Books 13-16 (Due Fri. 2nd) -
Week 2 Friday
Continue discussing The Odyssey (See Assign. Page)
Continue writing in the M&E Journal
Assign vocabulary list (See Assign. Page)
Homework
Quick write #3 (See Assign. Page) -
Week 3 Monday
Continue discussing The Odyssey (See Assign. Page)
Continue writing in the M&E Journal
Homework
Read The Odyssey Books 17-20 (Due Tues. 6th) -
Week 3 Tuesday
Finale discussion of The Odyssey (See Assign. Page)
Continue writing in the M&E Journal
Homework
Quick write #4 (See Assign. Page) -
Week 3 Wednesday
Bio Poem, Create Your Own, and Bingo Worksheets to be fun study activities for test on Thursday (See Assign. Page)
Homework
Read The Odyssey Books 21-24 (Due Thurs. 8th) -
Week 3 Thursday
The Odyssey Test (See Assign. Page Article and Worksheet section)
Homework
Quick write #5 (See Assign. Page) -
Week 3 Friday
Movie Day
Pick up Beautiful Creatures book from the library.
Watch clips from the 1997 miniseries The Odyssey.
First Clip: Taking of Troy and Insulting the Gods (20.50-27.30)
Second Clip: The Cyclops and "Nobody" (34-43)
Third Clip: The opening of Aeolus' bag of wind (51.30-55.25)
Forth Clip: Calypso's Island &Telemachus (1.49.00-1.57.36)
Fifth Clip: Penelope's Loom (2.09.55-2.12.51)
Sixth Clip: The End (2.45.00-2.57.53)
Homework
Read Chap. 1-6 of Beautiful Creatures Due Monday -
Week 4 Monday
First vocab test
Begin discussing Beautiful Creatures (See Assign. Page)
Continue writing in the M&E Journal
Homework
Quick write #6 (See Assign. Page) -
Week 4 Tuesday
Talk about MLA format (See Assign. Page Article and Worksheet section)
First Quick write check-in
First check-in of M&E Journals entries for completion
Ethics and Morality Article advancing the discussion from individual to society in general
Homework
Read Beautiful Creatures Chap 7-12 (Due Thurs. 15th) -
Week 4 Wednesday
Continue discussing Ethics and Morality Article
Assign Essay prompt (See Assign. Page)
Continue discussing Beautiful Creatures (See Assign. Page)
Continue writing in the M&E Journal
Homework
Quick write #7 (See Assign. Page) -
Week 4 Thursday
Assign second list of vocab (See Assign. Page)
First Grammar Day in preparation for essay workshop (See Assign. Page)
Ideas, plans, goals, and worksheets will be in Grammar Section of the Assignment Page
Homework
Read Beautiful Creatures Chap 13-18 (Due Mon. 19th) -
Week 4 Friday
Continue discussing Beautiful Creatures (See Assign. Page)
Continue writing in the M&E Journal
Homework
Quick write #8 (See Assign. Page) -
Week 5 Monday
First Essay Workshop (See Assign. Page)
Homework
Read Beautiful Creatures Chap 19-24 (Due Wed. 19th) -
Week 5 Tuesday
Continue discussing Beautiful Creatures (See Assign. Page)
Continue writing in the M&E Journal
Homework
Quick write #9 (See Assign. Page) -
Week 5 Wednesday
Continue discussing Beautiful Creatures (See Assign. Page)
Continue writing in the M&E Journal
Homework
Read Beautiful Creatures Chap 25-30 (Due Fri. 23rd) -
Week 5 Thursday
Discussion of morals dilemmas worksheet (See Assign. Page)
Continue writing in the M&E Journal
Would You Rather…(See Assign. Page Article and Worksheet Section)
Homework
Quick write #10 (See Assign. Page) -
Week 5 Friday
Second Essay Workshop (See Assign. Page)
Homework
Read Beautiful Creatures Chap 31-36 (Due Mon. 26th) -
Week 6 Monday
Second Grammar Day (See Assign. Page)
Homework
Quick write #11 (See Assign. Page) -
Week 6 Tuesday
Final class discussion of Beautiful Creatures (See Assign. Page)
Continue writing in the M&E Journal
Homework
Quick write #12 (See Assign. Page) -
Week 6 Wednesday
Third Essay Workshop (See Assign. Page)
Homework
Quick write #13 (See Assign. Page) -
Week 6 Thursday
M&E Journal Activity (See Assign. Page)
Homework
Quick write #14 (See Assign. Page) -
Week 6 Friday
Essay Due
Second Quick write check-in
2nd vocab test
Have final discussion on morality and ethics
Check M&E Journals entries for completion
Homework
Quick write #15 (See Assign. Page)
