Revised Blog Weeks 15-17 ( subject to change).

Date	Class work	Homework
Weekend of 13th -15th	The Mysterious Workings  of the Teenage Brain  14:23 Sarah Blakemore https://www.ted.com/ TED TALKS are available for free on both IOS and Android Apps.	Watch Blakemore Video again and compare your class notes with transcript (click on transcript icon) Add to your notes. Complete Graphic Organizer for Essay. Organizer is located in the Catcher in the Rye folder in the BOX on the main page of the blog. It is titled “Catcher in the Rye Organizer”.  Based upon the Blakemore video and your reading of Chapter’s 1-10 write a 5-paragraph paper arguing that Holden’s behaviors indicate that he is not thinking about the consequences of his decisions. Submit to turnitin.com by 11/18 6PM
Monday 16th	Complete Blakemore Vocabulary List worksheet Begin Anticipation/ Pre Reading Questions Looking For Alaska worksheets (All worksheets are part of handout distributed 11/13 and in Looking for Alaska Folder in Box).	Complete Looking for Alaska Pre Reading Questions. Work on paper draft or
Tuesday 17th	Read Looking For Alaska Read pp. 1-29 Begin reading Log #1	Finish Paper due to turnitin.com by 18th 6PM:
Wednesday 18th	Reading pp. 29-74 Add entries to Reading Log  #1 Class Meets in Library for MLA Format Citation Training Day 1	Finish Reading Log #1 Turn in at beginning of class.
Thursday 19th	Reading Pp.  75-92 Reading Log #2 Class Meets in Library for MLA Format Citation Training Day 2	Reading Pp.  75-92 Reading Log #2 due at beginning of class Friday
Friday 20th  Objectives are to understand:  ·        The role of symbolism in how people give value to their lives ·       Examine the symbolic meaning of texts, analyze character and theme development, participate in  small group discussions and Socratic seminars, write and present personal narratives.	Reading pp. 93-133 Reading Log #3	Read 134- 169 Reading Log #3 Turn in at beginning of class on November 30th Prepare for Epic and Myth Unit: Describe 3 experiences, initiations, ceremonies, adventures, and crises in your life that has moved you from one phase of their life to the next. How has it contributed to your identity and to become more mature? Submit to turnitin.com by 6 PM 11/29.
Thanksgiving Break		Submit Answers to Myth Unit Preparation Questions by 6 PM 11/29.
Monday 30th	Epic and Myth Unit The Odyssey by Homer Driving Questions: How do humans find/search for identity? How do we face “tests”? Does mythology hold up a mirror to our modern selves? Objective: to understand the characteristics of the EPIC HERO and the hero within ourselves. Create Character Tables in your Dialectical Journal Notebooks Create Character Tables for for Odysseus, Penelope, Telemachus, Calypso, Alcinous, The Lotus Eaters, The Cyclops, Circe, Tiresias in the Land of the Dead, The Sirens, Scylla and Charybidis, and Helios the Sun God.	Epic and Myth Unit The Odyssey Begin Character Table in your Readers Writers Notebooks For skilled artists-Illustrate for extra credit. Model is in Odyssey Folder in Box. STEAL What a character says What a character thinks Effects on others A characters actions How a Looks or appears. BRING TEXTBOOKS TO CLASS!!!
Tuesday December 1	Reading the Odyssey in Class Vocabulary Plunder, squall, dispatched, mammoth, bereft, cherishes, insidious Dissemble, lithe, incredulity, bemusing, glowering, maudlin, contempt.	Begin Character Tables and figurative language and Vocabulary worksheets
Wednesday December 2	Reading the Odyssey in Class	Character Tables
Thursday December 3	Reading the Odyssey in Class	Character Tables, figurative language, and Vocabulary worksheets due at beginning of class. NO LATE WORK!
Friday December 4	Reading the Odyssey in Class Distribute Hero’ s Journey Story Template and Hero’s Journey Short Story Outline (This is a storyboard)   All Handouts are also in  Box on main page of blog inside  9th grade folder labeled Odyssey.	Complete Hero’ s Journey Story Template and Hero’s Journey Short Story Outline (storyboard activity)  Prepare for Portfolio Defense.  Final Exam will cover The Odyssey Short answers questions, understanding of vocabulary, and an essay. Focus is on figurative language (similes, metaphors, personifications- the comparisons of two unlike things and