Weeks Eight and Nine

This Week at a Glance

(October 10-14)

Objectives

See last week's objectives and themes.

Monday

Vocabulary Quiz #1 (The Odyssey)

Homework
Read and prepare "Land of the Dead," "The Sirens," Scylla and Charybdis," and  "The Cattle of the Sun God."

Tuesday - Friday
student presentations
parts of a sentence (predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives)
parts of a sentence (direct objects and indirect objects)
Homework (daily)
Study the parts of a sentence and prepare episodes.  (The Odyssey)
Study plot, characters, and literary/techniques (The Odyssey).

Next Week at a Glance

(October 17-21)

Monday
major test (Plot Strand II) The Odyssey
Tuesday - Friday
student presentations
Homework (daily)
Read and prepare "Father and Son," "Argos." "The Suitors," "Penelope." "The Challenge," "Odysseus' Revenge." and "Penelope Tests Odysseus."
Review the parts of a sentence.
Homework (Thursday)
Study Vocabulary Lesson #2.

Reminders
Consider entering the Scholastic Writing Contest; entry forms are available online.
There will be a major test (Plot Strand II - The Odyssey on Monday, October 17, 2011.  Study background information, characters, and literary devices/techniques.
Vocabulary Quiz #2 (The Odyssey) will be given on Friday, October 21, 2011.
There will be a major test (the parts of a sentence) on Monday, October 24, 2011. (tentative)
There will be a major test (Plot Strand III on Monday, October 31, 2011. (tentative)
Vocabulary Quiz #3 will be given on Friday, October 28, 2011.

Vocabulary Lesson #2 for Week Nine             
adversary                                                 
avowal
breach
chide
cleft                                                          
consent
convey                                                             
disdain
divers                                                     
dote                                                        
entice
exquisite
flawless
fodder
foreboding
fury
glade
kinsmen
regale
snare
stealth
succumb
tactic
treachery
vile

Vocabulary Lesson #3 for Week Ten
abominable (a)            
ardor (b)
avail  (c)                   
azure  (d)                   
bewitch (e)                 
blanch (ab)                  
cauldron  (ac)             
chaos  (ad)                   
commandeer  (ae)        
dire  (abc)                     
dwindle  (abd)               
flay  (abe)                    
gallant  (bc)                 
justify  (cd)                  
lurk  (de)                    
maelstrom  (ace)
parch  (a)
peril  (b)
quest  (c)
remnant  (d)
summon (e)
supplicate (ab)
trance  (ac)
travail  (ad)
tumult  (ae)