December Due Dates

The Good Earth Reading Assignments:
Due Monday, December 14: Chapters 1-9 of The Good Earth
Due Monday, December 21: Chapters 10-17 of The Good Earth
Due Monday, January 4: Have The Good Earth completed

Thesis Paper Assignments:
Due Thursday, December 17: Rough draft of the thesis paper due. It is to be typed and have the works cited page attached to it. We will be doing a peer evaluation on this day.
Due Tuesday, December 22: Final draft of thesis paper due. If you hand it on Wednesday, you will be penalized an entire letter grade. I will not accept papers after Wednesday.

Reminder: http://hatlerenglish.ning.com/ has all of the documents needed for this paper.

The Week of November 30

Monster Project is due Wednesday, November 25! Don't forget.

Assignments for the Week of November 30 are as follows:

Due Monday, Nov. 30: The Odyssey Log Entry will be due today -- see the handout for requirements or go to the ning and print out a new copy on the 9 H page.
Due Tuesday, Dec. 1: Be prepared for a Socratic Seminar today -- this is your opportunity to discuss log entries, questions that you may have, create a time-line as a class, etc.
Wednesday, Dec. 2: End Test on The Odyssey -- Study! Study! Study! This test will include Homer information, The Epic information, the heroic journey, Xenia information, and any other discussions and information you were given on The Odyssey. You will also need to be familiar with the books we read from The Odyssey.
Friday, Dec. 4: We will begin our thesis paper discussion on Fate vs. Free-will. Due dates on different segments on the paper will be given in class.

The Week of Nov. 23

Due Monday: Book 12 of The Odyssey & book summaries for 13-10
Due Tuesday: Book 21 of The Odyssey
Due Wednesday: Monster Project, Book 22 of The Odyssey, and Book 24 Summary
Due Monday, November 30: The Odyssey log entry (typed and printed -- a formal response)

The Week of November 16

Due Monday, November 16:

• Book V: Sweet Nymph and Open Sea (starts on pg.81)
• If you are signed up for Books 6, 7, & 8, be prepared to provide a summary to the class today.
• Have the AP Passage read & multiple choice questions completed for today.

Due Tuesday, November 17:

• Book IX: New Coasts and Poseidon's Son

Due Thursday, November 19:

• Book X & XI of The Odyssey (pages 165-206)

Due Friday, November 20:

• Book summaries due today (Books 13-20)

The Week of Nov. 9

Due Tuesday, Nov. 10: Read "The Trojan War" and complete "What is a Hero?" handout.
Due Wednesday, Nov. 11 by 11:59 PM: Blog Post - 9 Honors: I am a hero! http://hatlerenglish.ning.com/

Reading of The Odyssey:
Due Thursday, November 12: Book I: A Goddess Intervenes (starts on page 1)
(I will provide the summary to Books II-IV)
Due Monday, November 16: Book V: Sweet Nymph and Open Sea (starts on pg.81)
If you are signed up for Books 6, 7, & 8, be prepared to provide a summary to the class today.
Have the AP Passage read & multiple choice questions completed for today.

Period 2 Due Dates:
Monday, Nov. 2 -- The Creation of the Titans and Gods
Tuesday, Nov. 3 -- Demeter and Persephone
Wednesday, Nov. 4: The Labors and Death of Heracles

Period 3 Due Dates:
Monday, Nov. 2 -- The Labors and Death of Heracles
Tuesday, Nov. 3 -- Demeter and Persephone
Wednesday, Nov. 4 -- The Ages of Man

Blog response on http://hatlerenglish.ning.com/ is to be posted by Sunday, Nov. 8 (midnight deadline). Please refer to the 9 Honors Mythology Blog Post for instructions (see BLOG at the top of the toolbar on the Ning). Responses are to be posted right on the Ning. You may want to type it in a Word Document on your computer and do a spell/grammar check and then cut and paste it into the ning.

I will update this blog on Monday, Nov. 9. This is the week we will begin The Odyssey.

The Week of October 26

Things we will be doing & due dates for the Week of October 26:

• Work on a writing assignment focusing on Meursault and existentialism (due date is Wednesday, Oct. 28)
• Feel free to have a conversation via http://hatlerenglish.ning.com/ on The Stranger Forum. I started one discussion question. This is not a requirement; however, many of you may want to discuss the novel a bit more before completing your writing assignment.
• Work on mythology group projects (We will be in the library on Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday and in the classroom on Thursday)
• Read your group myth as soon as possible! It will need to be read before you begin working on your project.
• Period 2: Read the following myth for Friday, Oct. 30 presentation -- The Ages of Man
• Period 3: Read the following myth for Friday, Oct. 30 presentation -- The Creation of the Titans and the Gods