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Performances Vocab Odyssey

Drama (Period 1)

Performances of the fourth scene for the Character Journey assignment. Some scene performances.

Drama (Period 2)

Continued work on the fourth scene for the Character Journey assignment.

English 9 (Periods 3, 5 & 6)

Reviewed vocab lesson 12 exercises; vocab quiz on Monday. Continued part 2 of The Odyssey.

Students will need to bring Lit books to class Monday.

Character Odyssey

Drama (Period 1)

Continued work on the fourth scene for the Character Journey assignment. Some scene performances.

Drama (Period 2)

Continued work on the fourth scene for the Character Journey assignment.

English 9 (Periods 3 & 5)

Continued part 2 of The Odyssey. Download the study guide from yesterday below. Worked on vocab flash cards for lesson 12.

Download the_odyssey_part_2_study_guide.doc

Vocab exercises due Friday; vocab quiz on Monday.

Students will need to bring Lit books to class Friday.

English 9 (Period 6)

Finished Odyssey project presentations. Started part 2 of The Odyssey. Download the study guide below.

Download the_odyssey_part_2_study_guide.doc

Vocab exercises due Friday; vocab quiz on Monday.

Students will need to bring Lit books to class Friday.

Character Part 2 Presentations

Drama (Period 1)

Continued work on the fourth scene for the Character Journey assignment.

Drama (Period 2)

Continued work on the fourth scene for the Character Journey assignment.

English 9 (Periods 3 & 5)

Finished Odyssey project presentations in period 3. Started part 2 of The Odyssey. Watch this blog to download the study guide.

Students will need to bring Lit books to class Thursday.

English 9 (Period 6)

Almost finished Odyssey project presentations. Vocab lesson 12 words. Vocab exercises due Friday; quiz on Monday.

Students will need to bring Lit books to class Thursday.

Rehearse Presentations Vocab

Drama (Period 1)

Continued work on the fourth scene for the Character Journey assignment.

Drama (Period 2)

Continued work on the fourth scene for the Character Journey assignment.

English 9 (Periods 3 & 5)

Continued Odyssey project presentations. Vocab lesson 12 words.

Students will need to bring Lit books to class Wednesday.

English 9 (Period 6)

Began Odyssey project presentations.

Students will need to bring Lit books to class Wednesday.

Journey Presentations

Drama (Period 1)

Continued work on the fourth scene for the Character Journey assignment.

Drama (Period 2)

Continued work on the fourth scene for the Character Journey assignment. A third scene performance.

English 9 (Periods 3, 5, & 6)

Students worked on group Odyssey project presentations while teacher consulted with students about English course placement for next year. Began Odyssey project presentations in 3rd and 5th periods. Grammar worksheet packets from Friday will be collected tomorrow. (You can download worksheets from last Friday's blog below.)

Students will need to bring Lit books to class Tuesday.

Rehearsal Grammar

Drama (Period 1)

Continued work on the fourth scene for the Character Journey assignment.

Drama (Period 2)

Continued work on the fourth scene for the Character Journey assignment.

English 9 (Periods 3, 5, & 6)

Vocab lesson 11 quiz. Grammar worksheet on pronouns. Download worksheet packet below (6 downloads).

Download grammar_162_page_5.pdf
Download grammar_162_page_6.pdf
Download grammar_162_page_7.pdf
Download grammar_162_page_9.pdf
Download grammar_162_page_10.pdf
Download grammar_162_page_11.pdf

Students will need to bring Lit books to class Monday.

Scene Journey

Drama (Period 1)

Continued work on the fourth scene for the Character Journey assignment.

Drama (Period 2)

Continued work on the fourth scene for the Character Journey assignment.

English 9 (Periods 3, 5, & 6)

Continued working on major group project, "Odysseus' Journey." Details on last Thursday's blog below.

Vocab lesson 11 quiz TOMORROW. Flash cards will be collected tomorrow as well.

Students will not need to bring Lit books to class Friday.

Fourth Map

Drama (Period 1)

Some third scene performances for the Character Journey assignment. Began work on fourth scene.

Drama (Period 2)

Began work on the fourth scene for the Character Journey assignment.

English 9 (Periods 3, 5, & 6)

Continued working on  major group project, "Odysseus' Journey." Details on last Thursday's blog below.

Students will need to bring Lit books to class Thursday.

Third Scene Project

Drama (Period 1)

Third scene performances for the Character Journey assignment.

Drama (Period 2)

Third scene performances for the Character Journey assignment.

English 9 (Periods 3, 5, & 6)

Continued working on  major group project, "Odysseus' Journey." Details on yesterday's blog below.

Students will need to bring Lit books to class Monday.

Performance New Project

Drama (Period 1)

Rehearsal of third scene for the Character Journey assignment. One third scene performance.

Drama (Period 2)

Work on third scenes for the Character Journey assignment.

English 9 (Periods 3, 5, & 6)

Had some more Odyssey project presentations. Began working on new major group project that will take the place of a unit test on The Odyssey, Part 1. It is a map showing all of Odysseus' journey. Download the details below.

Download odysseus_journey_project.doc

Students will need to bring Lit books to class Friday.