Week of September 10, 2012
11th Academic English
On Monday and Tuesday we'll work on developing an original creation story in the style of the Native Americans.  We'll use the knowledge we gained from studying Native American Creation stories in class to write our own creation stories in the style of the Native Americans.  On Wednesday we will begin studying the personal narratives of the early American settlers/explorers by reading and outlining "Prepare to Read," pp. 60-61 and pp. 70-71, and a selection fron Christopher Columbus's "Journal of the First Voyage to America," pp. 62-64.  Thursday you'll take Vocabulary Quiz #1 and will work on Vocabulary List #2.  Friday you'll finish up the vocabulary work and continue with our look at settlers/explorers narratives.

12th Academic English
On Monday and into Tuesday we'll use class time to work on the Exile writing prompt.  You'll use this writing to demonstrate how you can relate to the feelings of the narrators in all of the Anglo-Saxon exile poetry we studied last week.  The writing should show me that you have a connection to what the narrators said in each of the poems and that you, in the present day, can relate to the human condition of the narrators.  On Wednesday you'll take a test on all of the Anglo-Saxon information we've studied so far, then you will begin work on Beowulf.  Thursday, you'll take Vocabulary Quiz #1 and will work on Vocabulary List #2.  Friday you'll finish up the vocabulary work and will continue work on Beowulf.  You'll read and outline "Prepare to Read," pp. 36-37, then begin reading the first section of Beowulf, pp. 39-45.