Agenda, March 2

Due Today/Tomorrow: Bring Your Collections Textbook!
Due Tomorrow: "Death in the Great Hall" Guided Reading Notes (if not done)
Due Friday: Writing Activities (4 total)
Tuesday, March 8: Essay due 
Tuesday, March 8: Journal #9-#??? due
Late: The Odyssey Journals #1-#8 

Today's Learning Targets:    

• I can create writing utilizing sensory language.
• I can evaluate various parts of Odysseus's character and The Odyssey.
• I can analyze character development in an epic poem. 
• I can make inferences based on an epic poem. 

 
Today's Agenda

1. Kahoot!
2. Group Read: "Death in the Great Hall" with Guided Reading Notes
3. Description

Agenda, March 1

 Due Today/Tomorrow: Bring Your Collections Textbook!
Due Friday: Writing Activities (4 total)
Tuesday, March 8: Essay due 
Late: The Odyssey Journals #1-#8 

Today's Learning Targets:    

• I can create superior word choice.
• I can evaluate various parts of Odysseus's character and The Odyssey.
• I can participate in a large group discussion. 
• I can make inferences based on an epic poem. 

 
Today's Agenda

1. Journal #10: Discussion
2. Word Choice
3. Group Read: "The Beggar and the Manor" and "The Test of the Bow"
4. Quiz (if time)

Agenda, Leap Day

Late: Guided Reading Notes for "The Land of the Cyclopes" 
Late: The Odyssey Journals #1-#8
Late: "Scylla and Charybdis" Guided Reading Notes 
Due Friday: Writing Activities from this Week (4 total) 

Today's Learning Targets:    

• I can write using telling details and descriptive language.
• I can evaluate various parts of Odysseus's character and The Odyssey.
• I can participate in a large group discussion.

 
Today's Agenda

1. Stand and Chat
2. Explode the Moment!
3. Journal #10: Thinking my Own Thoughts
4. Journal #10: Discussion

Agenda, February 26

Late: Guided Reading Notes for "The Land of the Cyclopes" 

Agenda, February 25

Late: Guided Reading Notes for "The Land of the Cyclopes"
Due Tomorrow: The Odyssey Journals #1-#8

Today's Learning Targets:    

• I can actively gather information.
• I can interpret, infer, connect to, and evaluate an epic poem.
• I can place the elements of plot from "Sea Perils and Defeat" and "The Sirens" into a plot diagram.

 
Today's Agenda

1. Journal Work Time
2. Read Aloud / Group Read with Journal #8
3. Journal #9: Plotting Plot
4. (If time) The Hero's Journey Vocabulary Review

Agenda, February 24

Late: Guided Reading Notes for "The Land of the Cyclopes"
Due Friday: The Odyssey Journals #1-#6 (if not more)

Today's Learning Targets:    

• I can actively gather information.
• I can interpret, infer, connect to, and evaluate an epic poem.
• I can demonstrate my learning visually and label elements of plot in a storyboard.

 
Today's Agenda

1. 4th period announcements
2. Read Aloud / Group Read
3. Storyboard!
4. Journal #2 Review

Agenda, February 23

Late: Guided Reading Notes for "The Land of the Cyclopes"
Due Tomorrow: Collections Textbook 

Today's Learning Targets:    

• I can actively gather information.
• I can interpret, infer, connect to, and evaluate an epic poem.
• I can apply various elements of literature to "Circe, The Enchantress"

 
Today's Agenda

1. 2nd period announcements
2. Read Aloud
3. Journal #6: Elements of Literature
4. Theme Posters
5. Gallery Walk

Agenda, February 22

Due Today: Guided Reading Notes for "The Land of the Cyclopes"

Today's Learning Targets:    

• I can actively gather information.
• I can interpret, infer, connect to, and evaluate an epic poem.
• I can define various elements of literature.

 
Today's Agenda

1. Collect Guided Reading Notes
2. Kahoot!
3. Read Aloud or Independent Read "Circe, The Enchantress" 
4. Elements of Literature Gallery Walk
5. Journal #5: 5 things

Agenda, February 19

Due Today: BRING YOUR COLLECTIONS TEXTBOOK TO CLASS!  
Due Monday: Guided Reading Notes for "The Land of the Cyclopes"

Today's Learning Targets:    

• I can actively gather information.
• I can interpret, infer, connect to, and evaluate an epic poem.
• I can characterize Odysseus using evidence.

 
Today's Agenda

1. Getting on the same page
2. Some reading and responding
3. Journal #3: What do we know about our hero?

Agenda, February 18

Due Today: BRING YOUR COLLECTIONS TEXTBOOK TO CLASS!  

Today's Learning Targets:    

• I can actively gather information.
• I can interpret, infer, connect to, and evaluate an epic poem.
• I can characterize Odysseus using evidence.

 
Today's Agenda

1. Notes Collection or Discussion Clean-up
2. Some reading and responding
3. Journal #3: What do we know about our hero?