English IV Senior Seminar: Life According to the Ancient Greeks and Romans
Final Project Assignment
Due M 3/10 (D): HW16 AR Symposium: Introduction (xix-xxii, stop @ “The noise Alcibiades”) + Diotima
Questions Socrates (p. 45-47) + The Speech of Diotima (p. 48-60) [total 19 pages]
Due T 3/11 (E):
Due W 3/12 (F End Q.3): HW18 AR Symposium: Introduction (xxii– xxvi) + Alcibiades’ Entrance (p. 61-64) + The
Speech of Alcibiades (p. 65-75) + Final Dialogue (p. 76-77) [total 21 pages]
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BLENDED Assignment 12
QUARTER 4
Rotation 7
Due Th 3/13 (A):
Final Project Written Topic Selection + Plan Due
Due F 3/14 (US No Letter Day, prob. all classes approx. 40 mins.): HW1 AR Carmina by Catullus (51, Lesbia
Group: 5, 7, 86, 109, 70, 87, 72, 85, 76, 8, 11, On poetic fire with Calvus: 50) [from The Poems of Catullus: A
Bilingual Edition, translated by Peter Green, approx. 11 pages] + Lyric Poems by Sappho (Hymn to Aphrodite: 1,
Anactoria: 16, He Looks to Me to be in Heaven: 31 = 3 pages) + Amores by Ovid (Every Lover Is a Soldier: I.9,
Nape and the Letters to Corinna: I.11-12) [approx. 3-4 pages] [total 17 pages]
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BLENDED Assignment 13
**SPRING BREAK**
Due M 3/31 (B): No HW Grades 9-12 (no reading check)
Due T 4/1 (C): HW2 (TBD critical reading on Symposium) (no reading check) ASSESSMENT THEME II.2: TAKEHOME CREATIVE WRITING RESPONSE DUE TODAY
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BLENDED Assignment 14:
Due W 4/2 (D): ASSESSMENT THEME II.1 IN-CLASS ESSAY ON SMPOSIUM
[Unit 3: Leaving Home and Homecoming]
Readings: Juvenal’s Satire III, Vergil’s Aeneid
Due Th 4/3 (E College Conferences for Juniors—miss Green, 5, 1, and 2):
Due F 4/4 (F): HW2 Satire III (Life in the city) by Juvenal (copy from Juvenal: The Sixteen Satires, translated by
Peter Green, p. 87-98 = 12 pages)
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BLENDED Assignment 15
Rotation 8
Due M 4/7 (A):
Due T 4/8 (B): HW3 AR Aeneid Book 1: Safe Haven After Storm, p. 47-73 = 27 pages
Due W 4/9 (C): HW4 AR Aeneid Book II: The Final Hours of Troy: Book 2, p. 74-102 = 29 pages
 BLENDED Assignment 16
Due Th 4/10 (D): HW5 AR Omit Book 3 [Read Summary] + Aeneid Book 4: The Tragic Queen of Carthage, p.
127-152 = 26 pages
Due F 4/11 (E):
OPTIONAL: Final Project Outline due
Due M 4/14 (F 2-hour delay): HW6 Omit Book 5 [Read Summary] + AR Aeneid Book 6: The Kingdom of the
Dead, p. 182-212 = 31 pages
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English IV Senior Seminar: Life According to the Ancient Greeks and Romans
Final Project Assignment
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BLENDED Assignment 17
Rotation 9
Due T 4/15 (A):
Due W 4/16 (B): HW7 Omit Books 7-11 [Read Summary] Book 12: The Sword Decides All, p. 355-386 = 32
pages
Due Th 4/17 (C US Spring Concert—adjust HW for all grades): ASSESSMENT THEME III.1 IN-CLASS ESSAY
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BLENDED Assignment 18
FINAL PROJECT
Due F 4/18 (D): No HW & Assessments for Grades 9-12
Due M 4/21 (E Rome’s Birthday):
Due T 4/22 (F US Fine Arts Awards 8:15; Mid-Q.4): WORK ON PROJECT
Rotation 10
Due W 4/23 (A):
Due Th 4/24 (B): WORK ON PROJECT
FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATIONS DUE (1/2 OF THE CLASS
PRESENTS)
Due F 4/25 (C):
Sat 4/26 VSCL State Finals? + Springfest
Due M 4/28 (D):
FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATIONS DUE (1/2 OF THE CLASS
PRESENTS)
Due T 4/29 (E):
Due W 4/30 (F Blue Period instead of Long Advisory due to 5/2 Senior Day; US Honor Society Inductions 7:00):
FINAL PROJECT PAPER DUE @ 3:30
Rotation 11
Due Th 5/1 (A):
Due F 5/2 (B Grade 6 Service Day; US Senior Day: Green, 5, 1, 2 for 45 min./period): CLASS CANCELED
**SENIORS STOP ATTENDING CLASS**
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English IV Senior Seminar: Life According to the Ancient Greeks and Romans
Final Project Assignment
FINAL PROJECT
 COMPONENTS:
o ONE: Research Paper (minimum 5 pages to maximum 10 pages, 12 point font
Times New Roman, double-spaced, 1.0-inch margins all around)
 Formal introduction and conclusion required
 Inclusion of at least 3 secondary sources
 At least 2 from print sources OR academic journals/articles found
on JSTOR and other similar databases
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N.B. Wikipedia may NOT serve as a source of your paper though you can use it
to locate other sources and familiarize yourself with the plots of the works
initially
 Works Cited and in-text citations in MLA format
o TWO: Presentation (5-7 minutes)
 High-level overview of works read
 Condensed explanation of your thesis/arguments
 Supporting Visuals
 Quality of Presentation/Public Speaking
GRADE: The project counts as an exam = 20% of the semester grade.
TOPICS:
o Action and Passivity in the Female Protagonists of Euripides: Euripides’ Alcestis,
Medea, and Iphigenia at Aulis
o After the War: Euripides’ Trojan Women and Andromache
o Heroes on the Margin: Sophocles’ Ajax and Philoctetes
o From Vengeance to Justice: Aeschylus’ Oresteia Trilogy (Agamemnon, Libation
Bearers, Eumenides)
o High Concept Laughter: The Fantastical Athens of Aristophanes (analysis of two
of Aristophanes’ plays, one of which should include Lysistrata)
o Conflict Between Human and Divine Laws: Aeschylus’ Eumenides, Sophocles’
Antigone, and Euripides’ Bacchae
o Topic of your own choice utilizing 2-3 classical works – your topic must be
APPROVED before you can begin working in earnest on it
DUE DATES
o 3/13 – Final Project Written Topic Selection + Plan Due – written statement
explaining interest in the topic, any preliminary research/anticipated research,
written schedule detailing when and how the rest of the work will be
accomplished (5%)
o 4/11 – OPTIONAL outline draft of research paper due (fully written first
paragraph with clear thesis, outline of additional points/arguments, list of works
to be cited in MLA format) (10%)
o 4/25 – Presentation due (15%)
o 4/30 – Research Paper due (70% if optional outline submitted; otherwise 80%)
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English IV Senior Seminar: Life According to the Ancient Greeks and Romans
Final Project Assignment
GRADING RUBRICS1
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Final Project Written Topic Selection + Plan Due: written statement explaining interest in the
topic, any preliminary research, written schedule for when and how the rest of the work will be
accomplished (5%)
5 points for assignment being completed with the following components:
- statement of interest
- schedule/plan for rest of the work, including acquisition of texts and research
Total score (from 5) ________
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OPTIONAL Outline draft of research paper due (minimum first paragraph with clear thesis,
outline of arguments, works cited) (10% if submitted)
1st paragraph (introduction) written (and proofread!) in its entirety – 5
clear, coherent thesis – 2
outline of supporting ideas is present- 1
ideas are coherent and supportable - 1
works cited are present – 1
Total score (from 10) ________
 4/28 – PRESENTATION (15%)
(0 points = not present; 1 point = requires improvement; 2 points = meets expectation; 2.5 points
= exceeds expectation)
Content Communicated
- coherency: arguments/thesis is cogent and intelligible 0 or 1 or 2
- accuracy: avoid mistakes and misinterpretations of text 0 or 1 or 2
- coverage: adequate coverage so audience understands 0 or 1 or 2 or 2.5
PowerPoint
- presentation: slides are organized, neat, and attractive 0 or 1 or 2 or 2.5
- visual: visual support for the content is included
0 or 1
- creativity: creative thought appears in the presentation 0 or 1 or 2 or 2.5
Oral Presentation
- presentation skills (projected voice, clear articulation, eye contact, appropriate pace,
etc.)
0 or 1 or 2 or 2.5
Overall Impression
0 or 1 or 2 or 2.5
Total Score (from 15) ________
Grading Rubrics are subject to revision without prior notification. In the case of revision, the teacher will publish the revised rubric to
students once changes have been made.
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English IV Senior Seminar: Life According to the Ancient Greeks and Romans
Final Project Assignment
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RESEARCH PAPER (70% if submitted with optional outline; otherwise 80%)
Conversion from “Grading Rubric-Research-Based Paper” (the rubric used throughout the year).
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