9th Grade - Freshmen started a new unit today - this unit has an overall emphasis on mythology, with a specific focus on the play Antigone. In class today, students took a prequiz over several aspects of mythology, which will give me a better understanding of what they already know (and what they do not know).
I briefly discussed the idea of myths as explaining a way of living within a specific cultural context, and then had the class do an activity where they played the role of an advice columnist. The problems students were asked to think about were contemporary versions of issues found in The Iliad.
3rd Period Homework - Write a response to each of the prompts.
10th Grade - Sophomores had today in the library to finish up the mini-research projects. The typed summary of research is due Friday, regardless of when you are presenting.
The first two presentations (Lice, The Great Depression) will be presenting on Wednesday, 2/2.
We will also be starting To Kill a Mockingbird on Wednesday.
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