We have begun Beowulf. Each day we are reading from the text and responding to formative questions.

Students were given a make up CCR on Wednesday.

Students will be completing poetry section and will be taking a poetry exam taken from the AP archives.

Students will read “Metamorphosis.”

Classes will be transitioning from Greek literature to Beowulf.

Skills to be used: Annotation, classification, comparison, group management skills.

Classes will begin reading Beowulf this week.

Trojan War Quiz

Access prior knowledge of drama.

Introduction of “Oedipus Rex”

Discussion and CCR  of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.”

Sylvia Plath poetry

Students are to continue reading outside of class “A Tale of Two Cities.”

Introduction to Trojan War

Work on Claim Statements,  Data and Counter arguments

Accessing Prior KNowledge and Article of the week

Below you have tips and thoughts to consider for the written portions of AP exams and college writing: Written portion of AP Exam.

Today, Open ended writing for All the Kings Men.

AP: Students will be broken into groups to create  graphic organizers examining relationships between the characters in All the Kings Men and their significance in relationship to the journey of the protagonist:  Preparation for an argumentative paper.

LA7:

Bellwork daily for an argumentative paper.

Using technology to find and annotate stories surrounding Greek gods and goddesses.

Computers will be used to find characters throughout modern literature and films who mirror the Greek gods/goddesses/heroes and analyze what purpose they serve in today’s society and how they differ from ancient gods/goddesses/heroes

Compare and Contrast Oedipus and Antigone: characters, themes and plot structure

Discuss tragedy and Aristotle’s’ definition of a tragic play.

This week we will step into the world of Greek Mythology and begin to find that it is the source of much of Western Civilization.  Also, continuation of Argumentative writing strategies.