11/5 - 11/20 Classroom Discussions and Homework

11/5 - 11/20 Classroom Discussions and Homework

M 11/5: Review Reading #8 in Iliad, Discuss Lyric Poetry and Sophocles

Homework: Homer Reading #9 (pp. 205-221). Start Lyric Poetry Assignment: Write a Lyric Poem. Due W, 11/7.
Vocabulary List #10, Due TH, 11/8
Intellect
Interference
Interpretation
Interruption
Interval
Irrelevant
Irresistible
Magnificence
Maintenance
Maneuver

T 11/6: Start reading Oedipus Rex.

Homework: Finish Lyric Poem. Write first draft of Greek Myth for First Term Writing Assignment. Due F, 11/9 (A) Fridays or F, 11/16, (B) Fridays.

W 11/7: Read Lyric Poems and Oedipus Rex. Early Athens

Homework: Homer Reading #10 (221 - 240).

TH 11/8: Finish our discussion of The Iliad, continue reading Oedipus Rex and discuss Early Sparta.

Homework: Fill-out study guide and study for test.

F 11/9 and 11/16 - Socratic Discussion: Is a democracy always better than a dictatorship? First draft due for Greek Myth.

M 11/12 - Review for Test. Discuss Oedipus Rex and Persian War.

Homework: Study for Test.
Vocabulary List #11, Due TH 11/15
Martyr
Maturity
Merchandise
Merit
Mischievous
Missile
Monotony
municipal
Narrative
Naturally

T 11/13 - TEST. Read Oedipus Rex.
Vocabulary List #12

Homework: Homer Reading #11. Write a paragraph about your impressions of Oedipus Rex. Due TH 11/15.

W 11/14 - Greek History Review and The Odyssey. Finish Oedipus Rex.

Homework: Homer Reading #12.

TH 11/15 - Review Test. Greek philosophers and statesmen.

Homework: Homer Reading #13. Greek Project: Present a 6-8 slide powerpoint presentation on some aspect of Greece culture or a famous person from Ancient Greece. Due, TH 11/2

M 11/19 - Review Homer. Pelopponnesian War.

Homework: Homer Reading #14. Write a descriptive paragraph.

T 11/20 - Review Homer. Review descriptive paragraphs.

Homework: Work on your Greek Project. Due TH 11/.