Week at a glance Sept 21 - 23, 2009

Curriculum focus: determines meaning of words through knowledge of Greek and Latin roots (1.3.K3a), identifies, interprets, and analyzes the use of personification (1.3.K4g), identifies, interprest, and analyzes the use of symbols (1.3.K4i), compares and contrasts character traits (1.4.K7a), identifies and describes the protagonist (2.1.K1a), identifies and describes the antagonist (2.1.K1b), and compares and contrasts works of literature that deal with similar topics and problems (2.2.K2).

This week, we are wrapping up our unit over Classical Mythology. We'll start the week by reading and discussing the last major text of the Trojan War, a summary of Virgil's Aeneid. On Wednesday, students will receive a study guide for their Friday unit exam that we'll go over in class. On Thursday, we'll play a Jeopardy-style review game to give students a fun way of preparing for the Friday exam. We'll take the Classical Mythology Unit Exam on Friday.

• Mon: Begin reading and discussing The Aeneid, pgs 119-146 in class. Homework, read pgs 119-146 and be prepared to discuss the text on Tuesday.
  
• Tues: Discuss The Aeneid. Complete questions over The Aeneid before the end of the hour.
  
• Wed: Pass out and discuss the Classical Mythology Unit Exam Study Guide - notes in class.
  
• Thurs: Jeopardy-style review for the Classical Mythology Unit Exam.
  
• Fri: Classical Mythology Unit Exam