Week 2 syllabus: September 3 on
AT THIS POINT you should be finished reading all of The Wizard of Earthsea, and should have re-read and annotated chapters 2, 4, and 5. You have three tasks: notice language, ask questions, and examine the text for a theme: for these chapters, what are Ged’s positive and negative traits, and the lessons/mentors he has on the journey. We will wrap up our work on the novel this week. After WOE, we’ll have a short unit on short fiction (puns intended).
MONDAY
No school in celebration of Labor Day.
HW: Finish annotating chapters four and five. We will also annotate chapters seven and ten this week.
TUESDAY
Reviewing the syllabus and classroom procedures, including IEP testing accommodations. Subsequently, we will return to small groups and continue work on the review chart we started last week. This will be your last bash at the group work.
HW: Finish these charts tonight for homework. You should have finished reviewing the novel for class tomorrow.
WEDNESDAY
The dreaded and vile “summer assessment,” which is a multiple-choice test which will, for our class, be counted as a participation grade. If you have an IEP with a testing accomodation, please make a point to talking to me BEFORE today.
HW: Re-read and annotate chapter seven. of The Wizard of Earthsea. Here’s a link to the annotation assignment.
THURSDAY
Returning last week’s paragraphs. I will review some of them to give everybody a sense of the structural issues on a paragraph level, as well as some stylistic “bombs” you’ll want to avoid.
HW: Re-read and annotate chapter ten of The Wizard of Earthsea.
FRIDAY
Revision day. Have your body paragraph with you, in class, as we will be in writing circles, working on revising the paragraphs together.
HW: Second writing assignment on WOE. Due Monday.