In-Class:

• Check that Handbook is covered (3 points)
  
• Hand back Oral Tradition Unit Test and go over answers
  
• Hand back Oral Tradition initiating guide and fill in other side
  
• Review MLA and Formal Tone
  
• Pass back persuasive paragraphs from the beginning of the year
  
• Students will work in groups of 3-4 to fix and improve their paragraphs
  

Homework:  

• Find one CREDIBLE source on Greek mythology and do an mla works cited page for it.
  
• Writing Handbook quiz on Tuesday

In-Class:

• Reviewed Formal Purpose, Audience, & Conventions
• Went over informal paragraph as a class
• Went over MLA powerpoint

Homework:

• Quiz over Writing Handbook & MLA on Tuesday
  

In-Class:

• Students took Oral Tradition Quiz
• Students do Writing Anticipation Guide

Homework: 
None

In-Class:

• Teacher check flashcards for Oral Tradition (5 points)
• Teacher checked fairy tale Venn Diagram (5 points)
• Students were grouped together by fairy tale.  Students went through their compare and contrast of the American and Grimm versions of fairy tales.
• Students and teacher went through similiarities and differences.
• Students and teacher discussed differences in 1800s German culture and 2012 American culture.
• Review Game for Oral Tradition Quiz

Homework:

• Study for Oral Tradition Quiz

In-Class:

• Quick Write:  §  Why do we need to explain the world around us?  Why can’t we just live in ignorance?
• Students will go over  Myth Chart from previous day
• Students will read a Grimm's Fairy Tale
• Students will compare and contrast the fairy tale from the 1800s to how we grew up knowing the story using a Fairy Tale Venn Diagram

Homework:  
Finish Venn Diagram

Note:  For more information  on the Brothers Grimm and their stories check out the National Geographic Brothers Grimm website!

Also,  if your parents let you, check out Grimm on NBC to see a modern crime drama based on the stories of the Brothers Grimm!  It is on Fridays at 9 pm.

In-Class:

• Students will review the definition of myth.
• Students will each read one creation story (Cherokee, European, West African, Japanese). 
• Students will work in groups to complete the Creation Myths Activity Chart.
  

Homework:  
None :)