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MT Oct 20-24, 2014

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MON 10/20

QW 10/20: Innocent Mistakes

NOTES: Background Info Demeter

Read “Demeter”

(Annotate and Write Notes; IDs for Demeter, Persephone, Hades, Lizard-Boy, Law of Abode, Pomegranate)

HW: WORK ON YOUR PROJECTS

TUES 10/21

QW 10/21: Dante Rosetti’s Proserpina

DISCUSS “Demeter” – Basics of the Story

SCAFFOLD: Reading HH 2 to Demeter (p. 98-114)

Begin to Read HH 2 to Demeter; Answer Study Questions as you go.

HW: FINISH UP YOUR PROJECTS; Electronic versions should be emailed to me by midnight tonight. If using Google Docs, simply share the document with me: mmix@bostonpublicschools.org

WED 10/22

Hand In Project

Continue Reading HH 2 to Demeter

DISCUSSION/Q&A/Additional Notes HH 2 to Demeter

HW: Continue Reading HH 2 to Demeter; Answer Study Questions as you go!

THURS 10/23

No More than 20 minutes: Term 01 Project: Presentations and/or Dramatic Interpretations

Rest of Class: FINISH Reading HH 2 to Demeter; Answer Study Questions as you go!

FRI 10/24

No More than 20 minutes: Term 01 Project: Presentations and/or Dramatic Interpretations

Discuss Reading HH 2 to Demeter; Answer Study Questions as you go!

HW: BEGIN TO STUDY HH to Aphrodite and Demeter for test next Wednesday.

MT Oct 13 – Oct 17, 2014

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10/14/14

QW 10/14: What do you know about Aphrodite? How is she usually portrayed in mythology?

NOTES: Background Info for Aphrodite HH 5

SCAFFOLD: Reading HH 5 to Aphrodite (p. 155-165)

HW: Begin to Read HH 5 to Aphrodite; Answer Study Questions as you go.

10/15/14

QW 10/15: Why do you think it is significant HH 5 begins by mentioning the 3 virgin goddesses?

DISCUSSION/Q&A/Additional Notes HH 5 to Aphrodite

Continue Reading HH 5 to Aphrodite

HW: Finish HH 5 to Aphrodite; Answer Study Questions as you go!

10/16/14

QW 10/16: Botticelli’s Birth of Venus

Finish discussion of  HH 5 to Aphrodite

NOTES: The Virgin Goddesses

Re-Read HHs 24 and 29 to Hestia

HW: HH 28 (p. 191) to Athena

10/17/14

QW 10/17: List 5 vivid adjectives used to describe Athena. Why are they significant?

DISCUSSION HH 28 to Athena

Read HH 27 (p. 190) to Artemis

HW: WORK ON YOUR PROJECTS

MT Proposed Agenda Sept 29 – Oct 03, 2014

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Mon 09/29

In Class

Jigsaw Activity: HH 3 to Pythian Apollo

Begin HW

At Home

Read “Kronos and Zeus” (Annotate and Write Notes; IDs for Chaos, Titans, Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades)

Tues 09/30

In Class

Notes: Uranus, Kronos, Zeus

Begin HW

At Home

HW: Read HH 6 & 10 (Aphrodite) and HH 24 & 29 (Hestia) (Complete HH Notesheet Protocol)

Wed 10/01

In Class

Discuss HH Notes

Notes: HH 5 Aphrodite vs. The 3 Virgins

About the Test

At Home

HW: STUDY for Friday’s test

Thurs 10/02

In Class

Study Session

Practice Questions

At Home

Study for tomorrow’s Test

Fri 10/03

In Class

Creation Myth UNIT TEST

At Home

Read “Demeter” (Annotate and Write Notes; IDs for Demeter, Persephone, Hades, Lizard-Boy, Law of Abode, Pomegranate)

MT Sept 22 – Sept 26, 2014

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Monday Sept 22

In Class

VTS for entire period

At Home

Watch the Noah movie creation clip on my website

Leave a Reply by midnight on Friday for credit

Email me if you would like to schedule time for finishing Friday’s quiz

Tuesday Sept 23

In Class

Notes: Gaia

Reading “Homeric Hymn to Gaia” (Complete HH Notesheet Protocol using template)

At Home

Read “Uranus” (Annotate and Write Notes; IDs for Gaea, Uranus, Kronos, Hundred-Handed Giants, Cyclopes, Rhea,

Tartarus, Eros)

Wed Sept 24

In Class

Discuss “Uranus” Notesheet

Notes: Genesis; The Bible; Judeo-Christianity

Close Reading Revisiting “Genesis 1-2” (Follow Close Reading Protocol)

At Home

Finish Close Reading Protocol

Thurs Sept 25

In Class

QW 09/25: Describe the Image

Discuss image

Discuss Close Reading of Genesis

Begin HW

At Home

Read HH 3 to Pythian Apollo (Typhon); Complete HH Notesheet Protocol)

Fri Sept 26

In Class

Noah Creation Clip Viewing

Jigsaw Activity: Creation Myths

At Home

Finish reflective writing assignment on a separate sheet of paper (Step 5 of Creation Myths Jigsaw Powerpoint; To be handed on Monday so make sure it is on a clean sheet of paper – not from your interactive notebook!)