The Meeting of Father and Son

Today I will: 

• Define a new vocabulary words, and develop an example, non-example, draw a picture and develop a showing sentence using the vocabulary word.
• Demonstrate understanding of the Hero's journey and the elements of a narrative by composing a narrative about your own journey, with a focus on dialogue.
• -Predict what will happen when  Odysseus and Telemachus meet by writing from their POV.
• Cite evidence of mood, imagery & POV and draw conclusions about their effect & purpose.

Please Take out: 
-Vocabulary Squares
-a writing utensil
-Odyssey Packet

Today's Agenda:
*Bellwork: impostor, & indication
*Begin Part Two:
Coming Home The Meeting of Father and Son”
*Vocab Review on Quizzizz

Homework:

ALL: Study for Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow: 
Vocab Review on Quizzizz
(contemptible, restitution, impostor, indication, strategist, disdainful, contrive, justification, profusion, incredulity, foremost, supplication, immortal, adversity, formidable, distress, consent, detain, mutinous, adversary, implacable)
ALL: Vocabulary Packet will be collected tomorrow
ALL: Finish typing narrative on google classroom by Monday
HONORS: Work on final response for Supplemental Novel Assignment (due Tuesday, 5/9)

"The Sirens"

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Today I will: 

-Define a new vocabulary word, and develop an example, non-example, draw a picture and develop a showing sentence using the vocabulary word.

-Identify diction and details that portray Odysseus’s experience with the Sirens.  

-Critically analyze visual texts through teacher-provided questions and respond in writing

Please Take out: 

-Vocabulary Packet
-a writing utensil
-HW: "The Land of the Dead"

Today's Agenda:

1. Bellwork: profusion & incredulity

2. The Sirens: Read the Sirens: pages 916-919

Homework:

ALL: Read The Sirens: pgs 916-919: Complete pages 1, 2, and 3 (through Post-reading of this packet: The Sirens)

Honors: Finish reading your supplemental novel and complete last 2 DJs by Tuesday, 5/2

Characterization of a Mysterious Person

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Today I will: 

• Draw conclusions about characters in TKAM by referring to text evidence that utilizes indirect characterization.
• Cite evidence of indirect characterization about the character Miss Maudie Atkinson and make inferences about her character.

Please Take out: 

-Bellwork (add today's date)

-A pen or pencil

-A piece of paper
HW: Screencast notes

HW: TKAM Ch. 4 HW

Today's Agenda:

-BELLWORK: Indigenous
-Vocabulary Review: Indigenous, malevolent, evasion, eccentric, intimidation, malignant. 

-Warm-up Ch 4

-Direct and Indirect Characterization

-Assign Ch. 5 HW

-Begin reading chapter 5

Homework:

1. ALL: Finish Reading Chapter 5 - due Tues, 1/24

2. CP: Complete the Ch. 5 Independent Practice - due Tues, 1/24

3. H: Complete the Ch. 5 Independent Practice - due Tues, 1/24

4. Study Vocabulary Words: Indigenous, malevolent, evasion, eccentric, intimidation, malignant. The quiz will be matching and filling in the correct word in each sentence.

Narrative Peer Editing

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Today I will: 

• Critique peers’ narrative writing samples by utilizing the narrative rubric.

Please Take out: 
-a writing utensil
-chromebook

Today's Agenda:
-Bellwork Vocab: restitution
-Peer Edit Narratives Using this Rubric and Worksheet
-Honors students: Study guide for final book test

Homework:

ALL:

Continue to work on narrative: Final Draft due Wednesday. 5/25
HONORS: 
-Work on Motif Final Response - due Tues. 5/24
-Honors Final Book Test (Written response) Study guide for final book test - 5/24