Notice and Note

Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

Nuance Academy: 10 Independent Clauses

After today I should be able to:

Reading: Read The Odyssey, pgs. 3-30

Agenda:

1. Write 10 sentences that begin with an independent clause. 
1. Start with an independent clause. An independent clause has a subject, verb, and often a direct object. You can follow the independent clause with a modifying phrase.
2. Loose sentence
1. Mr. White carefully planned the stages of his essay, and then he wrote it.
3. Independent clause
4. Mr. White wrote the essay after carefully planning it.
2. Lecture on the Greek hero.
3. Notice and Note signposts: Again and Again; Words of the Wiser.
4. Reading Notes guidance.

The Odyssey reading schedule:

• Week 1 (8/10-8/14) The Odyssey pgs. 3-30 
• Week 2 (8/17-8/21) The Odyssey pgs. 31-58 
• Week 3 (8/24-8/28) The Odyssey pgs. 59-86 
• Week 4 (8/31-9/4) The Odyssey pgs. 87-114 
• Week 5 (9/7-9/11) The Odyssey pgs. 115-142 
• Week 6 (9/14-9/18) The Odyssey pgs. 143-END

Homework:

1. Membean session
2. Read the Odyssey
3. Work on reading notes

Beginning the Odyssey

Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

Nuance Academy: 10 Loose Sentences

After today I should be able to:

Reading: Read The Odyssey, pgs. 3-30

Agenda:

1. Write 10 loose sentences. 
1. String ideas together using and or but, and sometimes who, which, when, where and while. 
1. Example: Mr. White carefully planned the stages of his essay, and then he wrote it. 
2. Getting started with Membean. You will be responsible for three, fifteen minute sessions a week. The sessions need to be done on three different days by Sunday evening.
3. Introduce your reading notes for pages 3-30 of The Odyssey.
4. Lecture on the Greek hero.

The Odyssey reading schedule:

• Week 1 (8/10-8/14) The Odyssey pgs. 3-30 
• Week 2 (8/17-8/21) The Odyssey pgs. 31-58 
• Week 3 (8/24-8/28) The Odyssey pgs. 59-86 
• Week 4 (8/31-9/4) The Odyssey pgs. 87-114 
• Week 5 (9/7-9/11) The Odyssey pgs. 115-142 
• Week 6 (9/14-9/18) The Odyssey pgs. 143-END

Homework:

1. Membean session
2. Read the Odyssey
3. Work on reading notes

Letter to Me

Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

Nuance Academy: None

After today I should be able to:

Reading: None

Agenda:

1. Vocabulary game
2. Why are you at BMCHS?
1. Write a letter to me about your reasons for coming to BMCHS and what you hope to get from experience here.
3. You should have three sections (i.e. multiple paragraphs) in your letter:
1. Who I am and my experience at BHS (or wherever you attended last year).
2. Why I chose to attend BMCHS and what I hope to gain over the next three years.
3. What type of reader I am.
4. The goal of your letter should be to help me get to know you and demonstrate your writing ability.

Homework:

1. None

First Day of English 10

Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

Nuance Academy: None

After today I should be able to:

Reading: None

Agenda:

1. Take out a sheet of paper.
1. List three things you really like (movie, music, food, sport, etc.)
2. Two things you dislike (movie, music, food, habit, etc.)
3. One strange, unusual, or little known fact or story about you.
2. First Day of School Slides
3. Sign-in to Google Classroom and bookmark my blog
4. Briefly go over the syllabus
5. Ice Breaker to get us talking

Homework:

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Final Project Presentations

 Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

After today I should be able to: 

Reading: None

Agenda:

1. Final project presentations, day 1

Homework:

1. No more Membean sessions due. Study your vocabulary for the final exam.