Agenda, February 27

Do Tonight: Read 15 minutes.           
Due Now: Bring your independent reading to class.                      
Do for fun: Go see "Love is in the Air." Ticket sales start at 6:45. All tickets $8.
 
Today's Learning Targets:                        
I can read for pleasure.  
I can write my own Hero's Journey.               
I can apply the skills good readers use to a complex text.   

1. Independent Reading / Reading Journals
2. "The Sirens; Scylla and Charybdis"
3. Hero Cycle Time

Agenda, February 26

Do Tonight: Read 15 minutes.         
Due Now: Bring your independent reading to class.                    
Do for fun: Go see "Love is in the Air." Ticket sales start at 6:45. All tickets $8.
 
Today's Learning Targets:                        
I can read for pleasure.
I can write my own Hero's Journey.               
I can apply the skills good readers use to a complex text.   

1. Independent Reading / Reading Journals
2. Hero Cycle Time
3. "The Land of the Dead" Review
4. "The Sirens; Scylla and Charybdis"

Agenda, February 25

Do Tonight: Read 15 minutes.       
Due Now: Bring your independent reading to class.                  
Test Retakes: Wednesday at 2 pm in B105. You'll need to arrange your own transportation.  
Do for fun: Go see "Love is in the Air." Ticket sales start at 6:45. All tickets $8.
 
Today's Learning Targets:                        
I can read for pleasure.                
I can work with a group to comprehend a complex text.   

1. Independent Reading / Reading Journals
2. "The Land of the Dead"

Agenda, February 24

Do Tonight: Read 15 minutes.     
Due Now: Bring your independent reading to class.                  
Test Retakes: Wednesday at 2 pm in B105. You'll need to arrange your own transportation.
Do for fun: Go see "Love is in the Air." Ticket sales start at 6:45. All tickets $8.
 
Today's Learning Targets:                        
I can read for pleasure.                 
I can create my own Hero Cycle.
I can work with a group to comprehend a complex text.   

1. Independent Reading / Reading Journals
2. The Hero Cycle Planning Time
3. Circe Review
4. "The Land of the Dead"

Agenda, February 23

Do Tonight: Read 15 minutes.   
Due Now: Bring your independent reading to class.                  
Test Retakes: Wednesday at 2 pm in B105. You'll need to arrange your own transportation.
 
Today's Learning Targets:                        
I can read for pleasure.               
I can create my own epic hero.
I can work with a group to comprehend a complex text.
I can apply the Hero Cycle to a modern film.    

1. 30 minutes to finish Circe, finish the front of your yellow sheet, and read independently.
2. The Hero Cycle and the movies

Agenda, February 20

Do This weekend: Read 30 minutes each day. 
Due Now: Bring your independent reading to class.                  
 
Today's Learning Targets:                        
I can read for pleasure.              
I can describe the setting of my novel.
I can create my own epic hero.
I can work with a group to comprehend a complex text.    

1. Independent Reading / Reading journals
2. "Circe, the Enchantress"
3. Writing Time

Agenda, February 19

Do Tonight: Read 15 minutes.                     
Due Now: Bring your independent reading to class.                  
 
Today's Learning Targets:                        
I can read for pleasure.              
I can create my own epic hero.
I can work with a group to comprehend a complex text.    

1. Independent Reading / Reading journals
2. The return of the Hero Cycle
3. "Circe, the Enchantress"

Agenda, February 18

Do Tonight: Read 15 minutes.                     
Due Now: Bring your independent reading to class.                  
 
Today's Learning Targets:                        
I can read for pleasure.              
I can compare and contrast an epic poem to a modern film.
I can participate actively in a discussion by taking notes and sharing my ideas.    

1. Independent Reading / Reading journals
2. Returning to the land of the Lotus Eaters
3. Whole class discussion
4. The return of the Hero Cycle

Agenda, February 17

Do Tonight: Read 15 minutes.                     
 Due Now: Bring your independent reading to class.                  
 
Today's Learning Targets:                        
I can read for pleasure.       
I can show what I know on a quiz.       
I can compare and contrast an epic poem to a modern film.
I can participate actively in a discussion by taking notes and sharing my ideas.   

1. 10 minutes to review your elements of literature AND the events of "The Land of the Cyclopes"
2. Quiz / Independent Reading
3. Returning to the land of the Lotus Eaters