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- English II Pre-AP – Agenda – 5th Cycle
Essential Question:
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How familiar am I with Epics and Archetypes?
Due Today:
 Figurative Language Illustrations
Activities:
1. PSAT Prep
2. Hero’s Journey – Film Study (Star Wars Episode IV)
Homework:
 None
Essential Question:

What’s on the PSAT?
Due Today:
 Figurative Language Illustrations
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Activities:
1. Figurative Language Posters
2. Iliad/Gilgatest
Homework:
 Test Thurs/Fri over Iliad, Gilgamesh, Epics, Heroes,
and Archetypes – use your study guide and packet
to study.
Essential Question:

How is figurative language different in ancient literature?
Due Today:
 Figurative Language Worksheet
Activities:
1. Figurative Language & The Iliad
2. Figurative Language Posters
3. Review for Thurs/Fri test over: The Iliad, The Gilgamesh Epic,
Nature of the Hero, The Epic, All Archetypes (your packet)
Homework:
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 Test Thurs/Fri over Iliad, Gilgamesh, Epics, Heroes,
and Archetypes – use your study guide and packet
to study.
Essential Question:
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What information is passed down in epics?
Due Today:
 None
Activities:
1. AP-style group quiz
2. Figurative Language & The Iliad
Homework:
 Test Thurs/Fri over Iliad, Gilgamesh, Epics, Heroes,
and Archetypes – use your study guide and packet
to study. We’ll review next week.
 Finish The Iliad figurative language worksheet for
homework if you didn’t finish in class
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Essential Question:

What information is passed down in epics?
Due Today:
 Completed Chapter 24 from Iliad study guide
 Socratic Seminar Prep Sheet
Activities:
1. Socratic Seminar – Are Epics and Heroes Still Relevant?
Homework:
 Test next week over Iliad, Gilgamesh, Epics,
Heroes, and Archetypes
Essential Question:

What information is passed down in epics?
Due Today:
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 Completed Chapter 22 from Iliad study guide
Activities:
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4.
Review Archetype Boxes Activity
Finish Reading The Iliad
Finish your study guide
Prepare for Socratic Seminar
Homework:
 Finish Iliad study guide and prepare for your
Socratic Seminar next class!!!
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Essential Question:
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Why do heroes go on quests?
Due Today:
 Completed Chapters 1, 3, & 6 from Iliad study guide
Activities:
1. Reading Check Books 1-6 + Greek Vocabulary
2. Scenes from Troy – Achilles vs Boargus; Achilles vs Hector; Paris
vs. Menelaus (can all be found on you tube)
3. Archetypes – What characters do we come across in epics?
Where have we seen them before?
4. Archetype – a model situation (think plot), setting, or type of
character which commonly shows up in literature and film.
5. Begin ‘Archetype Boxes’ Activity – For each of the archetypes,
write their characteristics in the left box. Write examples that
you know of in the right box.
6. Read Book 22 from The Iliad and finish your study guide.
Homework:
 Finish Archetypes boxes activity and reading The
Iliad Book 22
 Socratic Seminar Wednesday
Essential Question:
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
What is the nature of a hero?
Due Today:
 Greek Vocab Chart
Activities:
1. Quickwrite – What is the author’s main point in the passage
‘Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It’s Not)’. How does the
author make his point? Do you agree with what the author
says? Why or why not?
2. The Epic – What characteristics make an epic an EPIC?
3. List of characters – in our journals begin a list of who each
character’s name is, what side they are on, and what they do
4. Read, as a class, Book 1 – The Quarrel
5. Answer questions from Book 1 on your study guide
6. Begin reading Books 3 & 6 – finish for HW and complete study
guide
Homework:
 Read Books 3 & 6 and answer the corresponding
questions in your Iliad study guide
 Reading Check and Vocab Quiz next Class!!!!
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Essential Question:

What is the nature of a hero?
Due Today:
 Thematic Gilgamesh Poster
Activities:
1. Gilgamesh poster presentations
2. The Epic Hero –
Take your set of pictures. Each of the pictures represents a
characteristic of the epic hero.
Label the picture based on the characteristic of a hero you
think it represents.
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Once you are through – In your journal, explain what you think
is happening in each one and what it has to do with the epic
hero.
Hand out Epic and Heroes Packet
Read ‘The Nature of the Hero’ and discuss the characteristics of
a hero
Intro to the Trojan War
Greek Vocab Worksheet
Set up Character List for The Iliad
We did not begin the book today
Homework:
 Finish Greek Vocab for next class!
Essential Question:

What is the nature of a hero?
Due Today:
 Nothing
Activities:
1. Quickwrite – ‘What’s a Hero’?
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Paragraph 1 – Write 1 or 2 paragraphs describing your
definition of a hero. Give examples from life or literature to
support the traits you describe.
Paragraph 2 – Do you think the main character of your summer
reading book is a hero? Explain in 1-2 paragraphs.
2. Read The Gilgamesh Epic in Adventures in World Literature first as a class, then in groups of two
3. Thematic Statement Posters
Homework:
 None
Essential Question:

How does ancient literature contribute to the modern era?
Due Today:
 Nothing
Activities:
1. PSAT Warm-Up & Practice (warm up #6)
2. Finish Gilgamesh Intro Video - Annenberg Foundation Video
3. Return to KWL chart and discuss what you’ve learned
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4. Read The Gilgamesh Epic in our class textbook
5. Quickwrite – ‘What’s a Hero’?
Paragraph 1 – Write 1 or 2 paragraphs describing your
definition of a hero. Give examples from life or literature to
support the traits you describe.
Paragraph 2 – Do you think the main character of your summer
reading book is a hero? Explain in 1-2 paragraphs.
Homework:
 None
Essential Question:

Why is feedback invaluable to the writing process?
Due Today:
 Bring a computer if you have one
Activities:
1. Summer Assignment Work Time
2. KWL chart (in journal) – What do you know about Gilgamesh?
What do you want to know about Gilgamesh?
3. George Smith and the Discovery of Gilgamesh – Article and
Questions
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4. Gilgamesh Intro Video - Annenberg Foundation Video
Homework:
 Final Summer Assignment Due to Turnitin.com by
September 12th at 11:59
Essential Question:

Why is feedback invaluable to the writing process?
Due Today:
 Bring a computer
 Bring retyped, revised, and reprinted DJs and
Schaffer for editing workshop
Activities:
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3.
4.
Peer Editing Workshop – How it works.
Peer Editing Workshop – Summer Assignment
Summer Assignment Work Time
Introduce Gilgamesh - Annenberg Foundation Video
Homework:
 Final Summer Assignment Due to Turnitin.com by
September 12th at 11:59
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Essential Question:

How can I use the revising process for maximum benefit?
Due Today:
 ‘History of Literacy’ due to Turnitin.com
Activities:
1. Hand back blue books
2. Revisiting and Reviewing Schaffer Format
3. Work as a class to construct a related materials Schaffer using
Baby and Stay
4. Revision Workshop – Summer Assignment
Homework:
 Revise, retype, print (or rewrite) your Summer
Assignment Schaffer and DJs for Peer Editing
Workshop next class
 Final Summer Assignment Due to Turnitin.com by
September 12th at 11:59
 Bring computer to next class if you have one
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Essential Question:

How can I use the revising process for the maximum benefit?
Due Today:
 Self-introduction based on ‘History of Literacy’
 You should be signed up for Turnitin.com
Activities:
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4.
5.
Check HW
Thematic Statements are Alive! Review of ThemStats
The Writer’s Workshop – Revising Workshop
Revising Workshop ‘History of Literacy’ Intro
Sign up for Turnitin.com and work on final ‘HoL’ Draft
Homework:
 ‘History of Literacy’ Intro due to Turnitin.com by
11:59 tonight!
 Final Summer Assignment Due to Turnitin.com by
September 12th at 11:59
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Essential Question:

Where am I in regards to reading and writing; how did I get
here?
Due Today:
 Writer’s Notebook should be finished/prepared
 Summer Assignment book should be with you®
Activities:
1. Writer’s Choice – 10 minute write
2. Book Chats Revisited – discuss some of the major themes of
your novel and the evidence you used to prove them.
3. Reflection – What’s your takeaway from your summer reading?
4. Using ‘History of Literacy’ Questionnaire, introduce yourself to
me. You can use letter, essay, or narrative form. This should be
a minimum of one page (2 pages in your composition book).
Homework:
 Sign up for your class period on Turnitin.com
 Revise your ‘History of Literacy’ introduction and
write it nicely or type and print it for next class.
Essential Question:
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
What are the expectations for my writing this year?
Due Today:
 Summer Assignment Blue Books (last day for full
credit) Signed Honor Code
 Composition Book for Writer’s Workshop
 Be signed up for my website
 Summer Assignment book should be with you®
Activities:
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5.
Partner Clocks
Set up Writer’s Journal
6-word Memoirs
‘History of Literacy’ Questionnaire
Summer Assignment Book Groups
Homework:
 Signed Honor Code Due Next Class
 Finish ‘History of Literacy’ at home
Essential Question:

How can I get the most out of my courses this year?
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Due Today:
Summer Assignment Blue Books
Activities:
1. Seating Game – Order yourself in desks in reverse of the order
of your first name. The desks are numbered 1-34; therefore,
the last name alphabetically should be in the first desk.
2. Personal Info Index Card
3. Class Handouts and Policies
4. Summer Assignment Reading Quiz
5. Turn-in Summer Assignment blue books
Homework:
-Bring composition book for next class
-Bring signed handouts for next class
-Bring summer reading book next class for book
discussion
-Bring Summer Assignment Materials (if you didn’t the
1st day)
-Subscribe to my class website