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Notebook Checks Next Weeks – Jan 26 – 30, 2015

Monday: Section 01: Abshir to Coleman; Section 02: Alleyne to Fortune; Section 03: Andrade to Fuentes

Tuesday: Section 01: Do to Holland; Section 02: Gabriel to Holland; Section 03: Giacoppo to Luc

Wednesday: Section 01: Huynh to Pressley; Section 02: Kenney to Pena; Section 03: Malita to Rainford

Thursday: Section 01: Rosario to Tran; Section 02: Ryan to Wilson; Section 03: Reyes to Santangelo

Friday: Section 01: (makeups); Section 02: (makeups); Section 03: Tran,Tran, Woodley

Checklist (does not take the place of your table of contents)

INTRO (up to 9/15)
QW: Modern References
HW: Perseus and Superman
Discussion Notes: Basics of Myths
QW: Wonder Woman and Sculpture
Vocabulary Notes: Iconography, Iconology, Eikon
QW: Hero’s Journey Info
CREATION UNIT ( 9/15-9/26
HW: Grizzlies Story (Creation)
QW: What is Myth?
QW: Grizzlies’ Story Recap
NOTES: Modoc Tribe
QW: Fairy Tales, Folklore, Myth?
HW: Image Freewrite (Sky Woman)
QW: Iroquois Myth Part 1 (Creation – Turtle’s Back)
HW: Iroquois Myth Part 2 (Creation – Turtle’s Back)
HW: Comparing Grizzlies and Turtle’s Back (Creation)
JIGSAW: 5 Creation Myths
HW: HH to Gaea
Discussion: Greek Goddess Gaea
NOTES: Uranus Story (Creation)
HW: Book of Genesis (Creation)
NOTES: Genesis
HOMERIC HYMNS UNIT (9/26 – 9/30)
HW: HH 3 to Pythian Apollo Study Questions
CW: HH 3 to Pythian Apollo Lines
HW: HH 6 to Aphrodite
NOTES: Zeus & Kronos

WIZARD OF OZ (10/6-10/9)
NOTES: Wizard of OZ Movie
HOMERIC HYMNS CONTINUED
HW: HH 5 to Aphrodite (long one)
QW/NOTES: Aphrodite
HW: HH 5 to Aphrodite (long one)
NOTES: HH 5 to Aphrodite LINES breakdown (long one)
QW: HH 5 to Aphrodite – 3 Virgin Goddesses
QW: HH 6 to Aphrodite and Botticelli Painting
(Crossword: HH5 and 6 to Aphrodite)
HW: HH 2 to Demeter
QW: Innocent Mistakes
QW: Hope – Curse of Blessing in Pandora Story
HW: Summarize the end of Prometheus
(Crossword: Prometheus Pandora)
HW: Taino Myth
NOTES: Tainos
HW: Hittite Myth
NOTES: Hittites
NOTES: Hittite Myth (family tree)
FLOOD UNIT (11/10 – 12/2)
NOTES: Ovid
CW: Ovid’s Metamorphoses
NOTES: Renaissance
HW: NOTES for Genesis Flood Story
Gilgamesh – Documentary Worksheet
Noah – Movie Worksheet
Flood Compare Contrast Grid

GILGAMESH UNIT (12/08-12/12)

QW 12/08: Civilization

NOTES 12/08: Mesopotamia Etc.

GILGAMESH Study Questions (Ch 1-3)

GILGAMESH Themes Graphic Organizer

ORPHEUS (Katabasis Theme 01/05 – 01/09)

NOTES 01/05: Calliope, Muses, Thrace, Mt. Parnassus, Apollo, lyre

“Orpheus Pt. 1”

HW 01/05: Answer Questions

MINI-TOPIC NOTES

Ovid’s Metamorphoses Bk X “Orpheus and Eurydice”

Virgil’s Georgics “Orpheus”

ORPHEUS Extension (01/12-01/16)

Notes: Rilke and the Myth Tradition

“Sonnets to Orpheus” Text and Questions

Crossword Puzzle for Orpheus

“Origin of Japan and her People” (Annotated according to Close Reading Protocol)

NOTES: Izanagi, Izanami, Leech Baby, Floating Island, Advice from Sky Deities, Islands, Deities for each island, Travel to Underworld

Notes: Looking at Art I

Notes: Looking at Art II

(PACKET: Looking at Art)

THESEUS (01/20-01/23)

(PACKET: “Theseus”)

“Theseus” Study Questions and Notes

MT Jan 20-23, 2015

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Tuesday, Jan 20

In Class:

Begin to Read, Annotate, and Write Answers for “Theseus” (NOTA BENE: this is the same text as for the National Myth Exam)

At Home:

DOWNLOAD the version of the H. A. Guerber’s “Myths of Greece and Rome”, choosing the best version for your device at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39250

PREPARE your notebook for a check; SEE schedule below.

Wednesday, Jan 21

In Class

Continue to Read, Annotate, and Write Answers for “Theseus” (NOTA BENE: this is the same text as for the National Myth Exam)

At Home

Finish – Read, Annotate, and Write Answers for “Theseus” (NOTA BENE: this is the same text as for the National Myth Exam)

BEGIN to study for quiz on Friday

Thursday, Jan 22

In Class

Discussion of “Theseus” (NOTA BENE: this is the same text as for the National Myth Exam)

At Home: STUDY for quiz tomorrow

Friday, Jan 23

In Class

Quiz: Theseus

At Home:

Watch Hunger Games clip –> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoUT7q2iTbQ

Read WSJ article –> http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-classical-roots-of-the-hunger-games-1415897640

Notebook Checks Next Weeks – Jan 26 – 30, 2015

Monday: Section 01: Abshir to Coleman; Section 02: Alleyne to Fortune; Section 03: Andrade to Fuentes

Tuesday: Section 01: Do to Holland; Section 02: Gabriel to Holland; Section 03: Giacoppo to Luc

Wednesday: Section 01: Huynh to Pressley; Section 02: Kenney to Pena; Section 03: Malita to Rainford

Thursday: Section 01: Rosario to Tran; Section 02: Ryan to Wilson; Section 03: Reyes to Santangelo
Friday: Section 01: (makeups); Section 02: (makeups); Section 03: Tran,Tran, Woodley

L2 Jan 20-23, 2015

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LATIN 2 – Weekly Agenda Jan 20-23, 2015
Tues, Jan 20, 2015 Julius Caesar
In Class – Before Lunch (binder checks for remaining students)
NOTES: Major Battles (More about Exer C p 133)
In Class – After Lunch
Discuss WORKBOOK page 137 Exercise I
At Home
STUDY Workbook Exercise B (p 132), Exercise C (p 133), Exercise E (p134), and any additional notes in Workbook (i.e., Cursus Honorum, Marius vs. Sulla, Major Battles) for Test on Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Wed, Jan 21, 2015 Julius Caesar
In Class (binder checks for remaining students)
TEST: Julius Caesar – Workbook Exer B, C, E Info PLUS Cursus Honorum, Marius vs. Sulla, Major Battles
At Home
WORKBOOK page 133 Exer D (use the timeline on pages 127-131)
Thurs, Jan 22, 2015 Julius Caesar
In Class (binder checks for remaining students)
Rome Rise & Fall of an Empire – Episode 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG_lHq5GHtM)
At Home
WATCH Rome Rise & Fall of an Empire – Episode 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmtgNWuv4p0)
Fri, Jan 23, 2015 Julius Caesar
In Class (binder checks for remaining students)
Rome Rise & Fall of an Empire – Episode 3 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqElPOyb-S4)
At Home
TOUCH UP/REWRITE YOUR NOTES and BEGIN TO STUDY Notes for Quest on Tuesday

L1B Jan 20-23, 2015

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 In Class At Home
Tues, Jan 20, 2015

Review for Test

 RECAP: How the Principal Parts are Used

CW 01/20: VERBS – Conjugate and Translate the 1st singular for all tenses (present, imperfect, future, perfect, pluperfect, future perfect) for ambulo, clamo, and confirmo

 FINISH Project

STUDY for test on Thursday regarding the conjugation and translation of all tenses and the use of the principal parts
Wed, Jan 21, 2015

Review for Test

 Hand in Project at the start of class

CW 01/21: VERBS – Conjugate and Translate the 2nd singular for all tenses (present, imperfect, future, perfect, pluperfect, future perfect) for demonstro, do*, and libero

 HW 01/21: VERBS – Conjugate and Translate the 3rd singular for all tenses (present, imperfect, future, perfect, pluperfect, future perfect) for oppugno, servo, and sto*

STUDY for test tomorrow regarding the conjugation and translation of all tenses and the use of the principal parts.
Thurs, Jan 22, 2015

Review for Test

 TEST 01/22: Conjugating and Translating al tenses in specified person and number; Explaining the use of the principal parts READ and TRANSLATE in your head the story “Aeneas Incurs Dido’s Anger” p 68
Fri, Jan 16, 2015

Jenney Lesson 12 (Future perfect Active)

 Discuss “Aeneas incurs…”

CW 01/23: WRITE OUT translation for “Aeneas Incurs Dido’s Anger” (lines 1-7)

 HW 01/23: WRITE OUT translation for “Aeneas Incurs Dido’s Anger” (lines 8-15)

MT Jan 12 – Jan 16, 2015

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Mon Jan 12

Notes: Rilke and the Myth Tradition

Read “Sonnets to Orpheus”

Answer Questions

HW: Crossword Puzzle for Orpheus and STUDY for tomorrow’s quiz
Quiz: Orpheus (Ovid and Virgil)

Tues Jan 13

Read “Origin of Japan and her People”

HW: Begin Notes on the list of terms: Izanagi, Izanami, Leech Baby, Floating Island, Advice from Sky Deities, Islands, Deities for each island, Travel to Underworld

Wed Jan 14

Finish Notes on the list of terms: Izanagi, Izanami, Leech Baby, Floating Island, Advice from Sky Deities, Islands, Deities for each island, Travel to Underworld

Close Reading Protocol

HW: Finish Close Reading

Thurs Jan 15

Discuss Close Reading for Japanese Myth

Notes: Looking at Art I

About Extra Credit Museum Paper

Fri Jan 16

Notes: Looking at Art II

L2 Jan 12 – 16, 2015

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Mon, Jan 12, 2015 LFA VII – Holidays (p. 38)

In Class (binder checks for remaining students)

CW 01/12: Holidays p 38 lines 5-9 (from alios to potest) TRANSLATING as you go; ANALYZE only when meaning of sentence remains unclear

Begin JC HW 01/12: TEXTBOOK pages 232-235 – Guided note-taking

At Home

Bring TEXTBOOK & WORKBOOK TO CLASS TOMORROW

Finish JC HW 01/12

Tues, Jan 13, 2015 Julius Caesar

In Class – Before Lunch (binder checks for remaining students)

JC CW 01/13: TEXTBOOK pages 236-239 – Guided note-taking

In Class – After Lunch

Discuss JC HW 01/12; Discuss Workbook

Finish JC CW 01/13

At Home

WORKBOOK page 132 Exer A (use the timeline on pages 127-131)

Wed, Jan 14, 2015 Julius Caesar

In Class (binder checks for remaining students)

Discuss Workbook page 132 Exer A

WORKBOOK page 132 Exer B; p 133 Exer C (use the timeline on pages 127-131)

At Home

WORKBOOK page 133 Exer D (use the timeline on pages 127-131)

Thurs, Jan 15, 2015 Julius Caesar

In Class (binder checks for remaining students)

Discuss Workbook page 133 Exer D

WORKBOOK page 133 Exer E

At Home

WORKBOOK page 134 Exer F (use the timeline on pages 127-131)

Fri, Jan 16, 2015 Julius Caesar

In Class (binder checks for remaining students)

Discuss Workbook page 134 Exer F

WORKBOOK page 134-135 Exer G; page 135 Exer H

At Home

WORKBOOK page 137 Exer I (divide and conquer)

Begin to study Workbook Exercise B (p 132), Exercise C (p 133) and Exercise E (p134) for Test on Wednesday, January 21, 2015

L1B Jan 12 – 16, 2015

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Mon, Jan 12, 2015

Jenney Lesson 12 (Pluperfect Active)

 DISCUSS Project (see link)

NOTES – Conjugating & translating the Pluperfect ACTIVE Tense

CW 01/12: CONJUGATE & TRANSLATE the PLUPERFECT Active Tense for the following verbs from Lesson 7 → appello, laboro, and nuntio (REFER to CW 12/09 for the Principal Parts of 1st conjugation verbs)

 HW 01/12 – CONJUGATE and TRANSLATE the PLUPERFECT Active Tense for the first TWO verbs Lesson 10 Verbs on page 57 (ambulo and clamo)

WORK ON Project
Tues, Jan 13, 2015

Jenney Lesson 12 (Pluperfect Active)

 Discuss HW 01/12

CW 01/13: Exercise A p 67 —> FIND all the pluperfect verbs forms; COPY, ANALYZE, and TRANSLATE each verb

Begin HW 01/13

 HW 01/13: CONJUGATE and TRANSLATE the PLUPERFECT Active Tense for the next TWO verbs Lesson 10 Verbs on page 57 (confirmo to demonstro)

STUDY Notes on the Pluperfect Active for quiz on Friday and WORK ON Project
Wed, Jan 14, 2015

Jenney Lesson 12 (Future perfect Active)

 NOTES – Conjugating & translating the Future Perfect ACTIVE Tense

CW 01/14: CONJUGATE & TRANSLATE the FUTURE PERFECT Active Tense for the following verbs from Lesson 7 → convoco, habito, and volo (REFER to CW 12/09 for the Principal Parts of 1st conjugation verbs)

Begin HW

 HW 01/14 – CONJUGATE and TRANSLATE the FUTURE PERFECT Active Tense for these TWO verbs Lesson 10 Verbs on page 57 → libero and oppugno

STUDY Notes on the Pluperfect Active AND Future Perfect Active for quiz on Friday and WORK ON Project
Thurs, Jan 15, 2015

Jenney Lesson 12 (Future perfect Active)

 Discuss HW 01/14

CW 01/15: Exercise A p 67 —> FIND all the FUTURE PERFECT verbs forms; COPY, ANALYZE, and TRANSLATE each verb

Begin HW 01/15

 HW 01/12 – CONJUGATE and TRANSLATE the FUTURE PERFECT Active Tense for these TWO verbs Lesson 10 Verbs on page 57 → libero and oppugno

STUDY for quiz tomorrow on Pluperfect Active AND Future Perfect Active and WORK ON Project.
Fri, Jan 16, 2015

Jenney Lesson 12 (Future perfect Active)

 Before Lunch → QUIZ: Pluperfect Active and Future Perfect Active

After Lunch → Derivatives Crossword; Q&A about Project

 FINISH Project

MT 01/05 to 01/09/15

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PLEASE GO HERE TO DO YOUR ELF WRITE UP. I will accept write up no later than Wednesday, January 7 11:59 pm. (LINK: https://mixlatin.org/2015/01/03/elf-write-up/)

Monday, January 5

QW 01/05: Regret

NOTES 01/05: Calliope, Muses, Thrace, Mt. Parnassus, Apollo, lyre

Read “Orpheus Pt. 1”

At Home

HW 01/05: Answer Questions

Research your mini-topic for sharing tomorrow through Thursday —

Tomorrow: 1) naiads 2) Mt. Rhodope 3)Taenarus 4) Styx 5) Tartarus 6)Tantalus, 7) Ixion 8) Tityus 9) Belides

Wednesday: 10) Sisyphus 11) Furies 11) Avernus, 12) Story of Odysseus’ descent into Underworld 13) Story of Aeneas’ descent into Underworld

Thursday: 14) Story of Hercules’ descent into Underworld 15) Story of Theseus’ descent into Underworld 16) Olenos and Lethaea 17) Haemus, 18) Pisces.

Tuesday, January 6

Share Mini-Research topics 1-9 (NOTES!)

Discuss Answers for “Orpheus Pt. 1”

NOTES 01/06: Hymen, Marriage Rituals, Realms of Hades/Underworld, Katabasis

Read Ovid’s Metamorphoses Bk X “Orpheus and Eurydice”

At Home 01/06:

HW 01/06: Answer Questions

Wednesday, January 7

Share Mini-Research topics 10-13 (NOTES!)

QW 01/07: Snakes (3 other examples)

Discuss Answers for Ovid’s “Orpheus”

Read Virgil’s Georgics “Orpheus”

Compare and contrast Ovid and Virgil’s versions

At Home 01/07

HW: Finish Compare/Contrast

Thursday, January 8

Share Mini-Research topics 14-18 (NOTES!)

JIGSAW Activity: Book 10 – Orpheus’ Songs

1) lines 143-219: Ganymede; Hyacinthus

2) lines 220-242: The Propoetides

3) lines 243-297: Pygmalion and the statue

4) lines 503-559: Venus and Adonis

5) lines 708-739: Death of Adonis

At Home 01/08:

REFLECTION 01/08 (left-hand side, if possible): What do all these stories have in common? Are all these stories tragic? How so?

Friday, January 9

Crossword Puzzle Friday: Orpheus

Discuss tonight’s HW and connection to “Theseus”

At Home 01/09

View trailer for “The Hunger Games” (available on YouTube –> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoUT7q2iTbQ)

Latin 1B Jan 5 – Jan 9, 2015

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LATIN 1B Weekly Agenda Jan 5-9, 2015

Mon, Jan 5, 2015 Derivatives and Jenney Lesson 11 (Review Perfect Active)

In Class

  • NOTES: History of Latin Roots
  • CW 01/05: VOCAB Lesson 01 p 3 — Come up with 5-10 English words that are derivatives of the NOUNS from Lesson 01 Latin Vocabulary (E.G., The English word aquatic is derived from the Latin word aqua)

At home

  • If you haven’t already, complete HW 12/19: CONJUGATE and TRANSLATE the Perfect Active Tense for the all Lesson 2 Verbs (FOLLOW MY ADVICE and USE CW 12/08: Worksheet for Principal Parts of 1st conjugation verbs.)

Tues, Jan 6, 2015 Derivatives and Jenney Lesson 11 (Review Perfect Active)

In Class

  • Discuss HW 12/19
  • NOTES and HANDOUT: Opposites I and II (Greek and Latin)
    • Goes in VOCAB section

At home

  • STUDY Notes from Dec 18, 2014 (Perfect Active) for quiz on Thursday.

Wed, Jan 7, 2015 Derivatives and Jenney Lesson 11 (Review Perfect Active)

In Class

  • NOTES and HANDOUT: Writing I (Greek and Latin)
    • Goes in VOCAB section
  • CW 01/07: VOCAB Lesson 02 p 11 — Come up with 5-10 English words that are derivatives of the VERBS from Lesson 02 Latin Vocabulary
    • E.G., The English adjective amorous is derived from the Latin verb amo

At home

  • STUDY Notes from Dec 18, 2014 (Perfect Active) for quiz on Thursday.

Thurs, Jan 8, 2015 – No School…

Fri, Jan 9, 2015 – Derivatives

In Class – Before Lunch

  • QUIZ: Perfect Active
  • NOTES and HANDOUT: Writing II (Greek and Latin)
    • Goes in VOCAB section

In Class – After Lunch

  • NOTES and HANDOUT: Doing I (Greek and Latin)
    • Goes in VOCAB section

At home

  • HW 01/09: Relating to VOCAB Lesson 04 p 16 — LOOK UP and WRITE OUT the English definitions for the following English derivatives: amicable, annual, deify, equestrian, filial, servile, virile

L2 Jan 5-9, 2015

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LATIN 2  Weekly Agenda Jan 5 – 9, 2015 Mon, Jan 5, 2015 LFA XVI – Cum Clauses (p. 88) In Class Review Cum Clauses SGS CW 01/05: COPY OUT the following sentences and FOLLOW all the steps for Cum Clauses from December’s Worksheet: 1) Cum ad hanc urbem accessissêmus, cupîvimus Parthenônem vidêre. 2) Cum in urbe multôs diês  fuissêmus, Stadium Olympeiumque vîdimus. 3) Scipiô cum in Âfricam missus esset exercitum Hannônis pepulit. (Hannô, Hannônis m. Hanno) 4) Cum Caesar in Romam vênisset, senatôrês permôtî sunt. 5) Cum multum frûmentum nôn habeâmus, tamen hostibus magnam partem dabimus. At Home SGS HW 01/05: STUDY and LEARN the following vocabulary thoroughly (prinicipal parts, conjugation information, genitive singulars, declensions, etc.) to prepare for Wednesday’s quiz on cum clauses: adj/pronoun –> hic, haec, hoc ~ ille, illa, illud ~ is, ea, id ~ magnus ~ multi ~ multus conjunction –> cum ~ tamen nouns –> audacia ~ celeritas ~ diês ~ dux ~ exercitus ~ flumen ~ frûmentum ~ hostis ~ miles ~ oppidum ~ pars  ~ urbs prep –> ab  ~ ad ~ ex ~ in + abl  ~ in + acc verbs –>accedo ~ cupio ~ discedo ~ do ~ habeo ~ maneo ~ mitto  ~ pello  ~ permoveo  ~ pugno ~ relinquo ~ sum ~ venio ~ video ~ vinco Tues, Jan 6, 2015 LFA XVI – Cum Clauses (p. 88) In Class – Before Lunch COPY OUT the following sentences and FOLLOW all the steps for Cum Clauses from December’s Worksheet: 1) Cum exercitus Caesaris hostes cum audacia pugnavisset, multa oppida vicit. 2) Tamen hostes ab urbe discesserunt cum milites Caesaris cum celeritate accesserent. In Class – After Lunch VOCABULARY Bingo At Home STUDY for quiz tomorrow on cum clauses Wed, Jan 7, 2015 LFA XVI – Cum Clauses (p. 88) In Class QUIZ 01/07: Cum Clauses TR CW 01/07 Holidays p 38: Neatly and carefully COPY OUT lines 1-5 (up to homines) At Home TR HW 01/07 Holidays p 38: LOOK UP VOCAB for lines 1-5 (up to homines) from LEFT to RIGHT; WRITE DOWN meanings for each word

Thurs, Jan 8, 2015 – COLD DAY

Fri, Jan 9, 2015 LFA VII – Holidays (p. 38)

In Class

1) TR CW 01/09 Holidays p 38: TRANSLATE lines 1-5 (up to homines) from LEFT to RIGHT; ANALYZE only when meaning of sentence remains unclear

2) TR CW 01/09 Holidays p 38: Neatly and carefully COPY OUT lines 5-9 (from alios to potest)

At Home

TR HW 01/09 Holidays p 38: LOOK UP VOCAB for lines 5-9 (from alios to potest) from LEFT to RIGHT;

Mon, Jan 12

CW 01/12: Holidays p 38 lines 5-9 (from alios to potest) TRANSLATING as you go; ANALYZE only when meaning of sentence remains unclear

At Home TR HW 01/07 Holidays p 38: Rewrite a CLEAN translation for 1-9 (up to potest) – STUDY for quiz on Tuesday