MONDAY is the last day to recite your poem. Redo and original recitations must be completed by Monday.

Also for Monday--have a draft of your two paragraphs about Odysseus as a flawed, human hero. We will do some peer editing on Monday. The FINAL drafts are due (handwritten or typed) for Tuesday's class (2-26). 

After practicing "Close Reading" techniques in class on Tuesday, you need to read Book 11 (handout from class) as homework and mark up AT LEAST one page, using the Close Reading guidelines. I will check your understanding of the process and we will have some class discussion of the text on Thursday (2-21) before moving into the next section.

Upcoming deadlines: on Thursday, Feb. 21, you will get the directions for the Odysseus character paragraphs. The sentence practice we have been doing should help you complete this assignment. You will have time to peer edit on Monday, but any quotes need to be already written down before the weekend, in order to be ready to submit the completed mini-essay on Tuesday, Feb. 26.

Thursday, Feb. 28 is your first Close Reading test (attempt at proficiency for RL4/L4).

Just in case, the sign up sheet for BOTH classes is attached below. Please respect the fact that everyone needs access to this and don't delete anything...sign up for only one day. The tabs at the bottom of the page indicate PER. 3 or PER. 4. Choose the correct tab before entering your name and poem title. 

POETRY RECITATION SIGNUP SHEET (click here)