Week at a glance Sept 7 - 11, 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).

Extra credit opportunity: later in the week students will receive a list of books they may read and then complete an assignment over for extra credit. Each book listed relates in some way to common themes and archetypes found in mythology. The list of books and extra credit assignment will appear in class and on this site soon.

This week, we'll wrap up our overview of myths about individuals from Classical Mythology and move into our final part of our Classical Mythology unit: the Trojan War - causes, events, and aftermath.

• Mon: No school. Labor Day.
  
• Tues: Wrap up Archetype Review discussion. Read and discuss "Theseus."
  
• Wed: Jason, the Argonauts, and the Quest for the Golden Fleece - read and discuss.
  
• Thurs: The last of the great adventurers - Phaethon, Pegasus and Bellerophon, Daedalus and Icarus. Complete Heroes assignment.
  
• Fri: The Trojan War - Who's who and how did it all get started? Notes and readings in class.