Homework and Lecture Schedule 11/11 to 11/26

M, 11/11: Go over study guide

“Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.” Plutarch

Homework: Study for the Test Due T, 11/12.

Vocabulary List #11 A. Due TH, 11/15.

Reverberate

Rogue

Rudimentary

Metamorphosis

Misanthropic

Monolithic

Nebulous

Negligence

Nepotism

Notorious

Noxious

T, 11/12: TEST

“Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed than one in adversity.” Plutarch

Homework: Reading #11 of Homer. (pp. 241 - 254)

W, 11/13: Early Sparta and Early Athens. Mr. Simmons Lecture.

“Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.” Plutarch

Homework: Reading #12 of Homer (pp. 269 - 284),

TH, 11/14: Vocabulary Quiz,  Sophocles Oedipus.

“Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.” Plutarch

Homework: Reading #13 of Homer (pp. 284 - 293).  Due: M, 11/19.

Greek Project assigned: Do a power point presentation and a short page report on some aspect of Classical Greece. Due: T, 12/10.

 F, 11/15 (B): Socratic Discussion:  Why are we so enamored with super heroes? First Draft Due.

M, 11/18: Persian War I and II and rise of Classic Greece. Descriptive writing. 

“Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.” Plutarch

Homework: Reading #14 of Homer (pp. 298 - 314). 

*Write a descriptive paragraph describing a picture. Bring in the picture and the paragraph T, 11/19.

Vocabulary List 12 A, Due, TH, 11/21.

Obscure

Obsequious

Labyrinth

Lampoon

Lax

Loquacious

Lucid

Machination

Malleable

Maliciousness

Marred

T, 11/19: Peloponnessian Wars. Review descriptive paragraphs.

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.” Plutarch

Homework: Reading #15 of Homer (pp. 314 - 331).

Work on second term writing assignment. Due 11/21,

W, 11/20: Democracy in Athens. Sophocles, Antigone

“The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.” Plutarch

Homework: Reading #16 of Homer (pp. 332 - 341). Finish First Term Writing Assignment. 

TH, 11/21: Sophocles, Antigone & Greek Myth Final Paper DUE!.

“The real destroyer of liberty of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations, and benefits.” Plutarch

Homework: Reading #17 of Homer (pp. 341 - 351).

F, 11/22 (A): Is a democracy always better than a dictatorship? Read some of the myths.

M, 11/25: Plato, The Allegory of the Cave. Why did Athens fall?

Present Greek Project.

Greek Term Project: Present one aspect of Greek life using a PowerPoint or Prezi. Due T, 12/10.

“The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in a good education.” Plutarch

Homework: Reading #18 of Homer (pp. 352 - 365).

T, 11/26: The Rise of Macedonia. Watch The Odyssey Movie.

“The wildest colts make the best horses.” Plutarch

***Please work on your GREEK TERM PROJECT during Thanksgiving break!!!

Homework: Reading #19 of Homer (pp. 378 – 388, 423 - 436).
 

11/27, 11/28, 11/29 - NO SCHOOL