Friday April 28. 20017

My apologies for lack of updates Due to testing and intersession.

ALL MAKE UP WORK WILL BE DUE MAY 12th. No exceptions!!!

English 10: Today, the newspaper assignment is due. Students need to read to page 145 in AGOOM. Here are the questions for the chapter:

1.How would you characterize Gil?

2.Where do the Boutan’s live? How would you describe it?

3.What is the scene like at Fix’s house?

4.How would you characterize Fix?

5.What character is making the situation worse?

English 9: Today students worked on reading and answering questions for "The Test of the Great Bow." Here are the questions if you missed them:

Class Copy. Please write answers in your notebook with today’s date!

Directions: Answer these questions IN YOUR NOTEBOOK. Answer in complete sentences.  

1.      How does she propose to choose her husband from among the suitors?

2.       What were the two parts of Penelope’s proposed competition?

3.      Why does Odysseus follow the cowherd and the swineherd into the hall? What do they tell Odysseus?

4.      What orders does Odysseus give the cowherd and swineherd before returning to the competition?

5.      When the suitors refuse to allow the beggar to string the bow, who speaks insists that he be given an opportunity? How is this ironic?

6.      What does Zeus’ thunderbolt represent?

Tuesday April 11, 2017

No classes today due to SAT/PSAT

Monday April 10, 2017

English 10: Today we finished the p. 1-33 study guide. Students then read chapter 6.

English 9: Today we finished "The Cyclops."

Friday April 7, 2017

English 10: Today students worked on the p. 1-33 study guide for AGOOM.

English 9: Today students worked on completing "The Cyclops" in the The Odyssey.

Thursday April 6, 2017

English 10: Today students reflected on chapter three and then read chapter 4 and part of 5. We also started a character list in our notebooks. Please get this list updated from another student if you were absent.


English 9: Today students started their analysis of "The Cyclops."

Wednesday April 5, 2017

English 10: Today we reviewed the vocabulary words from yesterday.  Then, we read chapter 3 in AGOOM.

English 9: Today we finished the group translation of "The Lotus Eaters."

Tuesday April 4, 2017

English 10: Today students completed the vocab list for A Gathering of Old Men. Here is the list if you missed it:

Text specific vocab. Class Copy. ANSWER ON YOUR OWN SHEET OF PAPER

Directions: Your mission is to complete research on the internet to find the meanings and some basic information of these words. Each answer should include a few sentences. Find how the word pertains to Louisiana specifically. Use the example to help guide your answers.

1)      (Example) Dialect- A form of language that is specific to a region or group. Cajun English is the dialect of English spoken by Cajuns living in south Louisiana. Cajun English is impacted  by Cajun French, the historical language of the Cajun people, who descended from Acadian settlers .

2)      Bayou

3)      Bonjoure

4)      Cane /sugarcane

5)      Garry  

6)      Gri-Gri (language)

7)      Mardi Gras

8)      Mulatto  

9)      Parish

10)   Parrain

11)   Plantation

12)   The Quarters (Louisiana)

13)   LSU history and football

English 9: Today students finished the section "I am Laertes Son" and then students analyzed and translated the section "The Lotus Eaters:

Monday April 3, 2017

English 10: Today we started to look at our next text, A Gathering of Old Men. We completed a pre-reading question sheet and read chapter 1.

English 9: Today we started reading The Odyssey. Students were given the part one graphic organizer:

The Odyssey Part One Study 

“I am Laertes Son” (pg. 893-898)?

What are the 4 most important things we should know from this section?

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What is a theme from this section?

“The Lotus Eaters” (898):

What are the 3 most important things that happen in this section?

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What is a theme of this section?

“The Cyclops” (pg. 898-909)

What are the 8 most important things that happen in this section?

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What theme could be learned from this section?

“The Witch Circle” (pg. 911-913)

What are the 4 most important things that happen in this section?

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What is the most important thing to take away thematically from this section?

“The Land of The Dead” (pg. 914-915)

What are the 3 most important things that happen in this section?

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“The Sirens: Scylla and Charybdis” (pg. 916-921)

What are the 6 most important things that happen in this section?

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