2)  Review the two workbook pages that we have done so far. 

3)  Discuss/complete Iliad background notes and read as much as possible.  (p. 55) 

4)  Keep Iliad notes up to date.  Also, second block won’t meet on Wednesday, so all classes will  have the Vocabulary quiz on Thursday/Friday instead of tomorrow/Wednesday.

#9 (10/21)  Picture Prompt

#8 (10/17)  Freewrite

#7 (10/9)  Write down a word, then write on that topic without stopping for at least twelve lines. 

#6 (10/7)  Make up the instructions to cure your greatest (appropriate!)  “craving.”  (chocolate, sunshine, writing, doing nothing)   6+ lines! 

#5 (9/29)  How old would you like to be at this very moment?  Why?  12+ lines   “I can’t tell you my age, it changes all the time.”  Alphonse Allais

#4 (9/25)  What strikes you most about autumn?  (Describe the smells, sounds, and colors of this time of year.  Do you wear different clothes in autumn?)  etc…  12+ lines

#3 (9/23)  If your pet could speak, what would the two of you talk about?  12+ lines

#2 (9/19)  Write a personal statement.  (i.e.  What do you stand for?/ What are you about?) 12+ lines

#1 (9/9)  Convince a friend to join the soccer team, drama club, chess club, band, etc.  12+ lines

2)  Anglo-Saxon history & Beowulf test:  Notest must be turned in with your test answers! 

3)  GUM Workbook p. 4 (pronouns and antecedants)

4)  Iliad background notes.

So… 

1)  Journal Entry # 6:  Write three portraits of yourself in the third person.  Each portrait should describe a different aspect of your personality.  (This is a written portrait, not a picture!)

2)  I return to you your ‘hero’ writing from about a week ago.  You add a paragraph or two about how Beowulf exhibits the character traits and actions of a hero.  Then, improve and edit your whole paper so that it is cohesive (smooth transition, intro, conclusion…) and write a final draft.  Turn it in.

3)  Beowulf, Part 2 questions:  Literature book, p. 40, #’s 1-10.  Answer all questions in complete and thorough sentences. 

4)  HW:   Anglo-Saxon history and Beowulf test next class; your notes will count as 20% of the test grade…do not forget them!!!!!  Here’s a template for the notes:  Unfortunately, I am randomly being told that my file does not meet security guidelines.  (?)  If  you email me, I’ll send it to you, but all I did was type up what I had written on the board.

1)  Students turn in summer reading projects! 

2)  Using laptop/computer in lab, students type up their own resume. 

3)  I check off who has their two college applications and collect (on my jump  drive) powerpoint slides on Anglo-Saxon history from any groups from which I have not received them. 

4)  Vocabulary Quiz next class:  (glib, lugubrious, finesse, nemesis, purloin, banal, pseudonym, lampoon, nefarious, & bellicose)

 HW:  Have the information necessary (dates when you worked at a given job, awards received, etc.) to type up your own resume next class.  Also, bring those college applications! 

2.  Complete Vocabulary List 1 worksheet.  (Disscussion of how vocab units progress…3 Q, 1 T per quarter)

3.  Take ID pictures…If you have not yet had your senior portrait taken, I have a flier explaining make-up pictures. 

4.  Divide into groups and begin planning PowerPoint presentation on the Anglo-Saxon era. 

HW:  Supplies/signed expectation sheet due M/T, bring in two college applications, finish summer reading

2.  Discussion of Eng 12 expectations/supplies

3.  Discussion of summer reading assignment

4.  “Try Walking in My Shoes” student introduction activity:  Make a booklet designed to look like your shoe.  Write 75-100 words (in paragraph form) introducing yourself and explaining aspects of your character such as your strengths, weaknesses, and goals.  This is due next class and will be graded on artistry, neatness, and content. 

5.  HW:  get supplies, obtain two college applications (one must require an essay), finish your summer reading project