Wrapping up loose ends

Today we turned our poems in Make sure you turn in all the rough drafts as well as the fill-in-the-blank worksheet. Also, on a sheet on lined paper describe how your poem changed between drafts to become better and how you feel about your poem and why .

Then we watched scenes from Lord of the Rings to see Norse mythology.

We also got our mythology tests back and mock-meap multiple choice. Extra credit options are available after school if you see Mrs. Gilbert

HOMEWORK: Rough drafts #2 of 13th Olympian due on Monday (be sure to double-space it) and Final draft (with visual) will be due on Wednesday.

-Angel

More myths - here and around the world

Peer Revision:
Read your Olympian story to your group and get feedback. Fill out the sheet that was handed out on Wednesday.

Drafting Time:
Time to apply feedback to Olympian story.

Story Packet: Read packet of stories from other countries and apply them to Greek mythology stories. Make a compare and contrast chart with a partner. Turn it in.

Reminder: Final draft of poem due tomorrow! With rough drafts and scoring rubric!

By: Naudia

Line Breaks & Norse Mythology

We discussed the new way Mrs. Gilbert wanted us to do our compare and contrast charts. We got in groups and practiced these charts by comparing Norse myths to Greek myths . We also went over the process of formatting poems (such as line breaks, indentations, creative grammar etc.)

We also got our assignments for tomorrow since Mrs. Gilbert will be gone. We'll need our rough draft of our Olympian story to work on in class and our final draft of our poem is due on Friday (along with the rough drafts and the grading sheets)

By Kwanterria

Day 2 of Mock-MEAP

Today we did the writing part of the mock MEAP test and we have have home work to read pages 443-444, 447-463. You have to know these people, places, and things

Gods Odin, Loki, Thor, Freya, and Balden
Mortals: Signy and sigmond
Brynhaid, sigold, and gummer
Places:Asgard, Valualla, the well of wisdom
Things/other Runes, Valkyries
Creation mythes(esp Giants)

Please also bring a clean draft of your poem tomorrow for us to work on.

By Breanna

End of Mythology test

Turn in take-home essay with grading rubric stapled on top.
Finished test and watching Hercules.
EC opportunity- ask for paper
HW: Make up 13 Olympian -- who are their parents, what life events, symbols, etc. -- due Monday

RD #3 Poem DUE tomorrow along with audiocassette tape

Kylie C

Myth Test - Day 1

Today we took a test and don’t forget to turn in your take-home essays tomorrow.
-Ryan

Myth review & disc

Bell work : pick up and read worksheet about take-home essay assignment due on Thursday. Also went over the worksheet.

Bring rough draft to #2 to class, feedback #2 in groups practice more feedback over Ms. Gilberts revise poem.

Went over more mythology with picture guessing what they are & allusions on Monsters Inc.

Test tomorrow over allusions using notes past test etc.

Went to library to talk about the high level questions we wrote on tape recorder for points.

--Maddie

Mythology & Poetry Review

*“Helpful Feedback” worksheet
*Notes on “Good Critics”
*Class discussion on worksheet and notes
*Broke into groups and read poems aloud and finished filling the back side of the “Helpful Feedback” which is called “Author Response to Feedback”.
*Whole class played jeopardy for mythology review.

HOMEWORK: Write 5 high-level discussion questions for tomorrow. Have the Olympians memorized. Write RD #2 of your poem.

By: Dorothea P

House of Blood & Poem Assignment

We watched the House of Atreus' presentation and turned in a matching worksheet. We also compared violence from back then to today in discussion.

The we made a list (and everyone has a copy on their poetry-definition handout) of what we should "require" for these poems. We then compared this list to the scoring guide which Mrs. Gilbert handed out.

We then had sharing time.

Homework:

• In 6.1 read the stories of Midas and Glaucus/Scylla. In 6.2 read the stories of Amazons, Arachne, Chiron, and Sisyphus.
• Write a rough draft of a poem that you would like to work with on Monday. Keep all rough drafts of that poem and any aborted poems to count as credit towards your effort grade.

Bell work

-Write three sentences using three characters from the Trojan War and Fall of Troy chapters.
-Include a simile, metaphor and alliteration in the three sentences.
- Write an imaginative paragraph using imagery on what happened to women and children after the demise of troy or the Trojan War.

Mythology

Trojan War
- Jeopardy.
- Group Quiz

The Fall of Troy
- Interpretive play-doh sculpting and discussion with whole class
- Group discussion on which side you would choose in the Trojan War; the Greeks or the Trojans
- Individually write your views on the side you chose and turn it in.

Poetry
- Review I want fireworks
- Add the definitions of details, diction and parallelism to your cheat sheet.

--Laura

Hercules & Literary Terms

Today we took a little quiz over the heroes and then we played jeopardy and learned about Hercules. And went over the poems “Resume” and “I Went to the Movies Hoping Just Once the Monster Got the Girl” in the packet and took notes on our cheatsheet about imagery, metaphor, simile, and alliteration. -- Josh W.

Perseus & Theseus

Today the groups of Theseus and Perseus went. The team Perseus made us do skits on that chapter and discuss whether someone can avoid their fate (you will need to turn this in in writing if you were absent). It was ok.

Then Theseus’ group played a question game, and you had to answer various questions from that group. You have to turn in a paragraph on different subjects (see the Theseus group for the prompt.)

For Bell work we had to write down in our journals the different things that we dislike and what we like in poetry -- get the notes from someone else about the class-combined list.

Kirsten

True Love vs. True Betrayal

Bell work- poem packet. Star 4-5 poems you’d like to read. Underline/star lines you like. Write questions or reactions in the margins. We will use these poems tomorrow along with the literary cheatsheet.

Edith Hamiltons’s Vocab -- write'em down if you don't know them.
Hussy- 1. A woman considered brazen or immoral. 2. A saucy or impudent girl.
Lamentable- 1. Inspiring or deserving of lament or regret; deplorable or pitiable.
Usurper- 1. One who seizes another’s place, authority, or possessions wrongfully.
Ornament- 1. Something that decorates or adorns; an embellishment.

We rearranged the tables to make them into the groups of our stories.

Discussion about message boards. If you have a joke, mark it as so. No all CAPS.

Cupid & Psyche
Broke into 3 groups, each group got a different discussion question (graded).
- In what ways do you think Cupid & Psyche’s relationship would have progressed if Venus would not have interfered?
- Describe a time that you were in a situation like Psyche’s (not necessarily in love) and the things you did to get what you wanted.
- Compare the love life of Cupid & Psyche to the stories of those today.
Cupid & Psyche Jeopardy

Jason and the Golden Fleece
Jeopardy
Higher order thinking question(graded) : Expand on the idea of Jason loving Medea

Reading (& notes) for tomorrow: 3.1 & 3.2

by Loren

Online discussion boards & group prep.

After some journal time, we finished reading partner interviews and shared some journals aloud. Next week we'll be getting into some poetry, so brace yourselves.

Groups then had 15 minutes to finish writing their lesson plans for their group presentations next week. They had to be turned in to the box before we left for the computer lab.

In the computer lab, we went to www.cjgilbert.net and clicked on the "ASE" then "Mythology" and then "Communicating with Email & Discussion Boards"

We SKIPPED the first three steps because Mrs. Gilbert found out we could no longer use that website. We started directly at step #4, and as a result, everyone has to make sure to respond to the "REQUIRED" topic to make up for skipping steps #1-3.

Homework: Minimum: Read and take notes on Psyche & Cupid AND The Quest for the Golden Fleece. IDEALLY: Read ahead so that next week will be easier on you!

Michael B.: I'm going to give you the class key in a "coded" message so that strangers can not log in to our message board. The number is 5*26#80A*6 BUT replace both of the astericks * with the first letter in the name of the guy who overthrew Cronus and freed his brothers/sisters, AND replace the # with the first digit of your house address. If you can't figure it out, email me.

Prepping for Myth Teaching Groups

Bell assignment was Helpful/ Unhelpful worksheet

Test on the story we signed up for

Went over Mythology Teaching Groups rubric

Talked in groups about out topic and turned in lesson plans.

Homework: Bring username & password to class, as well as handouts/questions for next week, and 2 creative lies and 1 interesting truth about yourself.

Michael C

Greek Soap Operas

Today in class we first signed our name on the board for groups for the book. All the groups goes up in front of class and acts out their stories.

Then we got this packet with words that we had to fill out only the definitions we knew and we as a class will go over the rest.

After a while we put our names on the board for another group presentation that is due a next week and the group you picked is the chapter you need to read tonight.

Quiz tomorrow!


David K.

Playdough mythology

by Becca F.

Bellwork
10 Minute Journal Writing
Optional Prompts: “Nothing ever happens in my neighborhood except…” OR “I don’t remember when…”
Mrs. Gilbert talked about adding Sensory Details (sight, taste, touch, hearing, smell) to your writing
4 minutes to revise a past journal entry, adding more detail
2 minutes to share with a partner
Don’t Forget: Weekend Journal writing (thirty minutes), Journals will be collected at the end of this week or beginning of next

Read 8 Interviews/Introductions

Reviewed Stories from Weekend’s Reading with Play Dough symbols and Partners,
Then as a Class

Make or Revise a Story for Mythology with a Partner
Teach a lesson or Explain why something is (Why is this flower here? Children, obey your parents.)
Write it on a paper
Play Dough symbol for your story
Homework: Don’t forget to take notes on 2.2 and 3.4 and wear comfy clothes.

Thursday -- Journaling, Open-mic, & Quiz

Today we spent time journaling and then sharing some of those journals aloud (and some people made us cry). Then we took a quiz over class procedures, policies, rules and some of mythology so far. We corrected some of it as a class and Mrs. Gilbert will do the rest. We held off on the names part of the quiz because we hadn't finished reading the interviews.

Tuesday we will be talking about 1.4 and 2.4. Be sure to take notes on what you read!
Also: Please journal for 30 minutes over the weekend.

Happy Labor Day!