Humanities III, Week 4

Tuesday, Sept. 4

• Fix Grammar
• Recite
• Review the Odyssey (Book 3)
• Continue the Odyssey (Book 4)
• Term: Dramatic irony
• Vocab.: treacherous, aegis 

• Writing: Young Writers Contest
• Rough Draft Hand Written (five to ten pages; due Sept. 11)
• Final Draft Typed (four to eight pages; due Sept. 18)
• 2,100 Word Limit (roughly eight pages if typed and double-spaced) 
• Many of my students have won writing awards; I hope you triumph, and I can add you to our roll of writers! 
• Submit your story to Bookshop Santa Cruz by Sept. 30 (online or mailed in).  
• If you place or get honorable mention, you will earn extra class credit.  

HW: Finish Reading and Annotating Book 4



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Thursday, Sept. 6

• Creative Writing:
• The Basics of Plot 
• Work on Thy Story
• Review Book 4, begin Book 5

HW: Read and Annotate Book 5
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Friday, Sept. 7

• Review book 5; begin Book 6. 
• Work on your Story

HW: 

• RD of Your Creative Writing Story is Due On Tuesday (five to ten pages, handwritten)
• We now read one chapter per day with no reading on Sundays, so 6 chapters per week.  That means that you need to keep the following schedule.  If we are able to move faster because we get an extra book done in class, then we will update the schedule at that time.
• Book 9 by Tuesday, Sept. 11
• Book 15 by Tuesday, Sept. 18
• Book 21 by Tuesday, Sept. 25
• Completed by Friday, Sept. 28