Friday, August 25

Focus

· Combining Sentences

· Beowulf (kennings and translation differences)

Class work

· DOL: Vocabulary: Connotations

· Combining sentences Lesson 4: Using Colons, Dashes, and Parentheses

· Selection quiz from Beowulf, Grendel, Life in 999

· Complete the vocabulary worksheet for Gilgamesh.

· Read Gilgamesh

To be turned in Today

· Thursday’s quick-writes over Beowulf.

· Selection quiz

Homework

· Continue working on your summer reading project. We will begin presenting next Thursday.

*Read Gilgamesh

· Complete questions7-9 on page 54. (See groups. About 150 words)

Question groups:

Question 7: Andrew, Linda, Chie, Sophia

Question 8: Ai, Grace, Shally, Steve

Question 9: Mary, Rex, Stacy, Kyle

On-Going Projects

· Beowulf and Gilgamesh (The Epic Hero)

· Summer reading projects

Portfolio Additions

· Heroism Quick-write