- Why should we read Greek mythology?
- How is mythology a shadow of the truth?
- What is an epic?
- Who was Homer?
- What happens in The Odyssey?
- Why does it help to know the plot of The Odyssey before you read the epic?
- What is plot, and what are its key elements?
- What is the pattern of the hero's journey?
- How do we avoid run-on sentences?
Quarter 2: How do we gain wisdom from drama?
- What is atmosphere and tone?
- How does point of view affect a narrative?
How might we distinguish strong, adequate, somewhat deficient, and seriously deficient essays?
- How is the the Oedipus myth important background for Antigone?
- Is it ever right to break the law for reasons of conscience?
- What key elements of Greek tragedy help us better understand Antigone?
- How will we prepare for Christmas?
- How will we prepare for the final exam?
Quarter 3: How do we gain wisdom from poetry?
- Mirror, Mirror, on my desk, who's the poet we like best?
- How does one place a poem into its historical period?
- How is the riddle important to the history of poetry?
- Who is Dante Alighieri?
- What is a sonnet, what are its parts, and what are its types?
- What is tone? What is mood?
- How do they relate to one another? How do we distinguish them?
- How will Steve Winwood and Jame Vincent McMorrow assist us?
- What is a villanelle?
- What is a triolet? How is it composed?
- What is a limerick? What is a clerihew?
- Find a poetry form that we have not covered in class.
- Form a poem from the form you are teaching the class.
Quarter 4: How do we gain wisdom from novels?
- What does Christus mansionem benedicat mean?
- How do subjective, objective, and possessive case pronouns differ?
- What is a suffix?
- What are basic facts about South Africa to help us contextualize our novel?
- How are our protagonists showing dynamic characteristics?
- What are basic language patterns we find in our novel that will help us read more thoughtfully and confidently?
- How does the opening of Book 3 both parallel and contrast the opening of Book 1 and 2?
- How do we make our subjects and verbs agree in difficult cases?
- How do we prepare for the English II final exam?
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