Tuesday, September 30th

*Essay Test:  Preview

*Prepare your notes for the essay test.
---< 31 words/numbers
------sketch thesis
------sketch TS's
------line #'s
*Essay Test Tomorrow

*OBJECTIVE:  Organize our ideas for the essay test by prewriting.

Monday, September 29th

*Check HW:  Tragic Hero Organizer
---Discuss/Review
*Euripides:  In General
*Tomorrow:  Test Prep
*Wednesday:  Write!

*OBJECTIVE:  Determine a central idea in the text and analyze its development over the course of the play.

Friday, September 26th

*Check Annotations:  1209-end
*Jason & Medea:  Tragic Heroes?
---HW:  Complete Organizer
------Looking for back-story evidence?
---------Nurse, Jason v. Medea

*OBJECTIVE:  Analyze how the characters in Medea are introduced and developed.

Thursday, September 25th

*Review Big Questions:  742-1209
---Collect
*Finish Reading Medea
---Annotations Due TOMORROW

*OBJECTIVE: Analyze the impact of an author's choices in drama.

Wednesday, September 24th

*Check Annotations: 354-742 & 742-1209
*Review Annotations With Group:  742-1209

*Discuss Big Questions

---hold for full-group discussion tomorrow

*OBJECTIVE:  Analyze the impact of an author's choices in drama.

Tuesday, September 23rd

*Finish Reading Through 1209
---Develop Annotations
*354-742 & 742-1209 Annotations Due Tomorrow

*OBJECTIVE: Through annotating the text, we'll actively engage with the reading.

Monday, September 22nd

*Check annotations:  354-742
*Review Big Questions for lines 354-742
*Read lines 742-973

*OBJECTIVE:  Analyze the impact of an author's choices in drama.

Thursday, September 18th

*Check annotations 354-742 . . . Monday?
*Small Groups:  Discuss/Review 354-742
---Everyone writes answers to BQ's on a SEPARATE sheet
*Read "Crazy Chick Flicks"

*OBJECTIVE: Analyze the impact of an author's choices in drama.

Wednesday, September 17th

*Full-group: Discuss lines 1-354

---Collect Big Questions
*Read Medea: Lines 354-742
---Annotations Due Monday

*OBJECTIVE:  Through annotating the text, we'll actively engage with the reading.

Tuesday, September 16th

*1st Hour:  Zoe Caldwell
*2nd Hour:  Senior Panorama

*OBJECTIVE:  Analyze multiple interpretations of a drama, evaluating how each version interprets the source text.

Monday, September 15th

*Check annotations:  1-354
*Info.: How we'll discuss
*Small-group discussions of 1-354
---FIRST, review annotations
---then, EVERYONE write answers to Big Questions on SEPARATE paper.

*OBJECTIVE:  Analyze the impact of an author's choices in drama.

Friday, September 12th

*Medea Back-story Quiz
*Read through 354
---HW:  Develop Annotations
------Average 3 per page

*OBJECTIVE:  Through annotating the text, we'll actively engage with the reading.

Thursday, September 11th

*Background info. for reading Euripedes' Medea
---Quiz TOMORROW

*How we'll read.

*Final copy due via turnitin.com BEFORE 11:59pm TONIGHT!!!
---Not working? Email!!
---Class goal: ALL drafts in on time!!!

*OBJECTIVE:  Read & comprehend grade-level text.

Wednesday, September 10th

*Essay Questions?
*Focus Questions: What role(s) have women played in the myths we've read so far?
---What do you think will happen when a woman breaks from these roles?
*Background info. for reading Euripedes' Medea
---Quiz Friday

*Final copy due via turnitin.com BEFORE 11:59pm, THURSDAY!!!
---Not working? Email!!
---Class goal: ALL drafts in on time!!!

Tuesday, September 9th

*Turnitin.com
---Set up account (if necessary)
---Enroll in our class
---Submit sample document
*Last minute changes

*CHANGE:  Final copy via turnitin.com: Thursday, 9/11 before 11:59pm

*OBJECTIVE: Develop and strengthen your writing.

Monday, September 8th--sub

*Revise Essays in #151

*Final copy via turnitin.com: Wednesday, 9/10 before 11:59pm
*OBJECTIVE: Develop and strengthen your writing.

Friday, August 5th

*Check first drafts
*Peer-revision experts
*No draft? Write!
*Monday: Meet in 151
---Revise Essay
---BRING YOUR FILE!!

*Final copy via turnitin.com: Wednesday, 9/10 before 11:59pm

*OBJECTIVE: Develop and strengthen your writing.

Thursday, September 4th

*Check: Topic Outline
*Draft
*Coming Soon: turnitin.com

*Typed, completed first draft (hard copy): TOMORROW!

*Final copy via turnitin.com: Wednesday, 9/10 before 11:59pm

*OBJECTIVE: Write explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas.

Wednesday, September 3rd

*Info.: MLA & Works Cited
*Finish: 7 Sentences
*Check: Topic Outline
*Finished with those? Draft!
*Coming Soon: turnitin.com

*Final copy via turnitin.com: Wednesday, 9/10 before 11:59pm

*Typed, completed first draft (hard copy): Friday, 9/5

*OBJECTIVE: Learn to format your document and Works Cited page according to MLA guidelines.

Tuesday, September 2nd

*Info.: First Draft Requirements

---CHANGE:  Typed, completed first draft (hard copy): Friday, 9/5
*Finish: 7 Sentences
*Check:  Topic Outline
*Finished with those? Draft!
*Coming Soon: MLA & Works Cited, turnitin.com

*Final copy via turnitin.com: Wednesday, 9/10 before 11:59pm

*OBJECTIVE: Learn to use a topic outline as a way of organizing our writing.