Make sure you have all your books. See Syllabus on left tab, if needed. Complete Lesson 1 in text Use Anthology to read stories to coincide with lesson After reading many examples, choose a myth, folktale, fairytale or fable to create and write on your own. Write 500 words or LESS. Click on "Rubric" in toolbar to keep you focused. Submit in MYE by clicking on pencil icon. Type in box or upload a picture or word document from your computer.

Complete Week 2 in texts. Bring 3 parables or proverbs to class next week. Make sure you have a copy of THE ODYSSEY by Homer. Nothing to submit in MYE this week.

Complete Lesson 3 in texts. Submit in MYE the Gilgamesh/Genesis essay we began in class. There is a rubric to help during your writing. Click "Rubric" at top tool bar after you click on the assignment. If you'd like to read ahead, start with Book I in THE ODYSSEY

Ever wonder how the world began? Lesson 4 offers different accounts from around the world. Since class is cancelled August 30, you can opt to complete lesson 4 at home this week or catch up on previously assigned essays. Nothing will be collected from lesson 4. You can also read THE ODYSSEY if you would like. Stay safe. See you September 6.

Complete Lesson 5 in texts Submit your favorite tanka or haiku poem after writing several Include pivot words, consonance, assonance, or other literary devices to enhance your poem

Complete Lesson 6 in texts. Read THE ODYSSEY, Book (Chapter) I-V, pp. 1-61. Begin annotating and keeping track of plot, characters, settings, and hero's journey. Be prepared to share in class next week what you've retained from your reading. BRING 3 questions you have. Click this tile then click the video to see a short summary of the Trojan War

Complete Lesson 7 in texts. Read THE ODYSSEY, books 6-11. Use handouts given in class today to help you as you read. Click this tile and then click the file if you need a handout. There is a character map handout that is helpful, too! Bring to class next week along with your 3 questions if you did not submit today in class.

Great job presenting in class! IF YOU MISSED CLASS OR WERE UNABLE TO SPEAK WITH YOUR GROUP, prepare a 3-sentence summary of your favorite book (1-17), to be presented next week in class for a grade. (Table 1 will present next week as a group on books 9-11). Continue reading Books 12-17 in THE ODYSSEY. Add to characterization, 1-pager, and Hero's Journey handouts. They are available in MYE Week 7 if you need another. Just print at home and bring to class. I will be collecting these after next week for a grade.

Complete lesson 9 in text. Prepare a video (3-5 minutes) description of at least two themes and 8-12 steps of hero's journey in THE ODYSSEY. Submit in MYE. Extra points for humor! Click here, then click on assignment to see rubric. Also submit here completed Hero's Journey and Odyssey 1-Pager distributed in class. See week 7 if you need to print another.

Complete lesson 10 in text. Work on completing video assignment. Submit in dropbox for lesson 9 by Tuesday (5pm) to be approved for tomorrow's presentation. Submit Hero's Journey and 1-Pager in MYE week 9. Be prepared to present video tomorrow.

Complete lesson 11 in texts. Submit Odysseus video in week 9 if not completed yet. Consult rubric. Be sure to include 2 themes and steps of hero's journey highlighted in video.

Complete Lesson 12 in text. Be prepared for Virgil's AENEID discussion and participation grade next week in class.

Write your own epic this week. It can be a poem or a narrative (epic story). Use Lessons 13, 14 & 15 in your text to help you during each step. (Refer to 13 -14 as needed; Lesson 15 will help with step by step development of story/poem.) Open rubric as you are working (by clicking this tile, opening assignment, then open Rubric) and submit in MYE.

Complete lesson 16 in texts. Bring snacks and/or board games to share next week (November 15) in class.

Make sure you have secured a copy of ROMEO & JULIET. Bring to class in January. We will begin Lesson 19 January 10.

Complete Lesson 19 in text. Write Sonnet 18 (p. 131) in your own words. It should sound like you. You are re-writing the content that is already here, but as if you wrote the original, so that it is in modern language that is easy to understand. Bring to class to share. We will play a game and you will earn a quiz grade.

Read over scene 1 in Romeo & Juliet. Write down questions you have. Write 3 things you learned in Shakespeare Stations last Wednesday. Bring to class.

I'm so proud of all of you who acted today! Read over your parts so you are familiar with the lines. We will finish Act 1 next week after a brief discussion. Read the summary of the play in your Anthology text 3b, (Lesson 20) Answer each of the lesson questions for Lesson 20 (pp. 132-133), at least orally. Be prepared to discuss your understanding of Act 1, Scene 1. The modern translation faces each page of Shakespeare's words in the NO FEAR SHAKESPEARE version we are reading in class. Read that slowly if need be. Bring your questions!

Click this tile. Open link under section "Shakespeare Language & Songs." Print pages. Complete last two pages and bring to class next week. First page is for your reference. Read over Act 2. Be familiar with your lines. If you don't have a part and want one, be prepared to step in for someone absent.

Review Acts I & 2 of ROMEO & JULIET. Complete questions in Lesson 21 in text. Write a brief synopsis IN YOUR OWN WORDS of the play, Prologue through end of Act 2. Draw or electronically compose your best rendering of Queen Mab (see pp. 52-53 R & J). Bring both to class next week.

Complete reading ROMEO & JULIET and Lesson 22 in text. Summarize Acts 3-5 in your own words. Open rubric as you are working to help focus your writing. Submit in MYE or bring to class next week. Bring THE LITTLE PRINCE to class next week.

Complete Lesson 23 in text.

Complete Lesson 24 in text

Complete Lesson 25 in text. Spring Break March 11-15 (no class) Bring LITTLE PRINCE to class March 20.

Read chapters 1-14 in THE LITTLE PRINCE. Complete text questions for chapter 31. Bring book & homework to class.

Read the remainder of THE LITTLE PRINCE (chapters 14-27). Complete lesson 32 in text. Bring both to class.

Select 5 characters that meet the Little Prince. Make trading cards for each. 1. Name each character clearly. 2. Include theme, or what message is delivered by each character or what the little prince (or you) learned from the character. 3. Illustrate 4. Tell what chapter it came from. Use index cards, cardstock, or construction paper. Open attached rubric as you are working to keep you on track. Submit AND bring to class next week.

Read chapters 1-5 of CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY by Alan Paton. Complete questions 1 & 2 from Lesson 33 in text. Bring to class.

Complete Lesson 33 in text (last half). Read Ch. 6-10 in CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY. Bring work to class.

Complete Lesson 34. Read chapters 11-25 in CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY. Begin identifying themes you have discovered through the book. Write them on paper. Bring to class.

Complete the group activity or written essay and present (or submit) in class next week. Click this tile to access prompts if you missed class.