Saturday, November 13, 2010

Week #13 Nov. 15-19, 2010

Literature: Antigone by Sophocles
Grammar: editing, proofreading, and revision (vary sentence stucture)
Academic Vocabulary: drama, emerge, encounter, globe, underlie, adjacent, collapse, fluctuate, inevitable, scenario / SAT vocabulary: ascetic, asperity, assail, assiduous

Homework:
- Vocabulary SAT notes - due every Thursday
- Peer review online at http://www.turnitin.com/ - due 11/22
- Language Handbook, pp. 99-100 - due 11/16
- Web quest - History of Greek Theater at http://www.krucli.com/greek_drama_notes.htm#GREEK%20HISTORY
due 11/17

Activities
Monday
1. Quiz #8 SAT vocabulary/ commonly confused words
2. Read about the history of classical Greek drama in the textbook.
3. Period 4 will finish the tail-end of Of Mice and Men film.

Tuesday
1. Go over Greek Drama history, p. 1064 in the Literature book.
2. Work on an editing, proofreading, and revision exercise - Grammar and Style, p. 30
3. Read a summary of Antigone and view a pre-reading film.

Wednesday/Thursday/Friday
1. Go over the webquest. Read Antigone. Use a set of study questions to understand the drama.
2. Discuss questions in interval while reading.

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