First and Fourth periods learned about cultural laws and do’s and don’t’s before applying it to a text from the textbook about hospitality in ancient Greek culture and its role in the Odyssey.

Notes from fourth period

Second and fourth periods returned the the question of citations and worked to incorporate quotes into their own words. The notes are available here.

We then practiced by creating a bit of a Schaffer paragraph. The second period students collaborated to create this:

Charlie Gordon is such a bad speller that he couldn’t spell simple words. For example, he spells “every” “evrey” (310). This is a word that many people can spell in kindergarten. He sounds it out correctly, but in this case, he spells it wrong. In addition, he writes “scool” instead of “school” (311). A lot of people can spell this before they go to school. (1 more CM)

The sixth period students created this:

Charlie Gordon misspells words that are basic and most people can spell in first grade. For example, instead of spelling it “write,” Charlie spells it “rite” (310). It is a word that can be confused with “right,” but teachers drill it in your head. No one should confuse these two. In addition, he spells “should” as “shud” (310) (2 CMs and CS)

We were unable to finish in both classes, so the remaining work will tide us over until we come back to school, either tomorrow or never if this Snow-mageddon comes to mixed-metaphor fruition.

Homework

• English I Honors: 
  • Determine text structure of the text we read in class (an image of the text is available here)
  • Read the section on Circe.
  • Turn in you final draft of the Romeo and Juliet Soundtrack Project Monday.