SOME OF THE LESSONS FROM OUR ESSAY readings: in your introduction, remember to eliminate the rhetorical language of the prompt (most important, least obvious) but to include the author/translator/title and a preview of your reasons; in language, eliminate all indefinate personal pronouns (such as some, like, many, thing, this, that, one, people) and minimize to be helping verbs; in organization, remember to start your body paragraphs with your idea ABOUT the text, not plot based examples, and likewise connect body paragraphs with transistional sentences that interconnect the ideas of both paragraphs.

MONDAY

Finishing the remaining essays. A revision is due NO LATER than the Monday we return from Thanksgiving break.
HW: Read book two of Homer text.

TUESDAY

Discussing books one and two of Homer's Iliad.
HW: 2nd period: you are to find and read a Hawaiian creation myth. 6th period: you are to find and read a Korean creation myth.

WEDNESDAY

Meeting in Gaffney for the International Day presentations (Hawaiian dancers 2nd period, and Korean drummers during 6th). We will sit together as a class.
HW: Reading selection on Olympian gods for class on Friday. Plan your reading...it is rather long.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY

Take a break for Thanksgiving, enjoying the rituals of this holiday. We will return renewed on Monday. (No homework.)