Week 5 English9B

Day	Class work	Homework
Monday Skills: Students should be able to refute an Argument ☐ Use STEAL to complete a character analysis ☐ Skills:  Consider Multiple Points of View/perspective, observe and discuss tone of character and mood of a text or an excerpt of a text.  Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.	Grammar Chapter 5 Exercises TBA☐ Begin the Odyssey Textbook pp. ☐ Cornell Notes pp. 876-886 Driving Questions: How does Strategic Planning empower Odysseus?  How does temptation or recklessness distract Odysseus from his journey? Ancient Greek History and Mythology Review, archetypes, The Odyssey Skills: Identify archetypes, detect stereotypes, understand the role of myth in society, and identify symbols and their impact.	Grammar Ch 5 Exercises TBA Read The Odyssey Pages will depend on where we finish in class. Check out Coherence: transitions between ideas website. Photograph or Print out for study skills points. Points added during lunch or tutoring afterschool only.
Tuesday	Grammar Ch. 5 Cornell Notes pp. 877-894 Reading The Odyssey Set Up your dialectical Journal	Grammar Ch. 5 Reading The Odyssey Dialectical Journal
Wednesday	Grammar Ch. 5 The Odyssey	Grammar Ch 5 Dialectical Journal
Thursday	Grammar Review G The Odyssey Reading	Grammar ☐
Friday Objective: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.	Grammar Review Exercises  1. The Odyssey  Read Through The Lotus Eaters 2. The Expository Travel Essay Part I  2a. Create your Storyboard Write a travel stories about a place you have visited, either locally or farther from home, using vivid examples and descriptions to help readers fully imagine that place. Remember you must provide facts and geographic information about the place. See Frugal Traveler Blog for ideas http://topics.nytimes.com/top/features/travel/columns/frugal_traveler/index.html See Journeys Blog for ideas http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/?vertical=travel/#/journeys Grading based on Common Core Rubric	Travel Expository Informative Essay Write a 5 paragraph Travel Essay due to turnitin.com by Sunday 5PM.