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All returning faculty and staff begin

Staff Development

Staff Development

Staff Development

Staff Development

Student Orientation:  9:00-3:00

Back to School Dance

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First Day of School

·          Summer Reading Essay Due Aug. 29 to www.turnitin.com

·         Summer reading check quiz:  How does Enkidu influence Gilgamesh?

·        Newsletter interviews - Give your partner a photo for your newsletter

All School Eucharist

  •  Summer Reading Essay due August 29 to www.turnitin.com
  • Complete interview for newsletter Due 8/2 or 8/3
  • How to annotate a text
  • Literary criticism/précis assignment Due September 4, 2008
  • Return summer reading check quiz

 

 

 

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Labor Day

 

·        Newsletters due today

·        Notes on the epic

·        Major Schools of Literary Criticisms

 

·         Literary Criticism/Précis due today

·         Quiz – characteristics of the epic /epic hero

·        Archetypes in Gilgamesh

 

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·         HW:  Reread and annotate Gilgamesh

·        Archetypes: Settings and Events

·        Gilgamesh Topics To Teach Due Sept. 12/14

Create a lesson to present the topic you have chosen to your classmates.  Presentations should be 5-10 minutes.  Each lesson must include

 a. references to the text (as many as possible)

 b. visual aids (no big white posters!  Be creative.)

 c. an interactive component

 d. assessment

·        Vocabulary Session 1 qz Sept. 16/17

·        Gilgamesh Test Sept. 18/19

 

·         What is a Socratic Seminar?

·        Preparing for a seminar

·        Gilgamesh lesson status check

 

HW:  Presentations next class: practice your lesson

 

 Lesson Presentations

 

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 Lesson Presentations

 

·        Vocabulary Quiz

·        Lesson Presentations cont.

Upper School Parents Night

 

  • Lesson Presentations cont.

·        Socratic Seminar

 

HW:  Bring in the address of your favorite superstar.

 

Gilgamesh Test moved to Monday

 

 

  • Lesson Presentations cont.

·        Socratic Seminar

 

HW:  Bring in the address of your favorite superstar.

 

Gilgamesh Test moved to Monday

 

 

 

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·         Gilgamesh test

·        Essay Writing

 

HW:  Write an introduction

 

·          Essay Writing

·         Write an introduction

 

Mothers’ Visiting Morning

·          Effective Body Paragraphs

  • Employing Rhetorical Strategies in your writing

 

 

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·           Effective Body Paragraphs

  • Employing Rhetorical Strategies in your writing

 

Rosh Hashanah

·           Session 2 Vocabulary Quiz

·          Conclusions

  • Bring in an envelope and a stamp
  • Purchase Edith Hamilton’s Mythology  by Thursday October 9th

 

 

October 2008

 

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·            Session 2 Vocabulary Quiz

·          Conclusions

  • Bring in an envelope and a stamp
  • Purchase Edith Hamilton’s Mythology  by Thursday October 9th

 

 

  •    Essay due to turnitin.com Tuesday October 7th
  • Gilgamesh Test Corrections Due Oct. 9/Oct 10
  • Understanding Tone:  “Magna Soles”
  • Directions for Business Letter Format may be found at

teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/Format.pdf

 

 

 

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P/T Conf. (evening)

 

Counseling With Mrs. Max

 

Essay Revisions

 

P/T Conf. No Student Classes