Today we will spend the majority of the class period clarifying, reflecting on, and working toward our Quarter 2 Reading goals. We’ll begin by typing our three goals into the new Google classroom assignment. Then we’ll take 6-7 minutes to complete our next entry in our Writer’s Notebooks (see details below).
#8 Reflecting on Reading Goals
Now that you've revisited your Q2 reading goals, take some time to reflect on your progress toward the goals in these first couple of weeks. Do you think you are on track to achieving them? If yes, what is helping you get there? If no, what is holding you back? Are you reading enough outside of class? When are you squeezing it in? When could you be squeezing it in? What else could help you to be successful in your reading this quarter?
When you finish with your entry, please take out your reading book and begin working toward these goals. Don’t forget to fill in your bookmark for the week! Please leave your bookmark and weekly progress chart on your desk for a check today. Once we finish our reading, we’ll end our reading time with Status of the Class.
With the time we have left, we’ll read and annotate some background information on the Trojan Horse.
Questions to answer in your annotations:
#8 Reflecting on Reading Goals
Now that you've revisited your Q2 reading goals, take some time to reflect on your progress toward the goals in these first couple of weeks. Do you think you are on track to achieving them? If yes, what is helping you get there? If no, what is holding you back? Are you reading enough outside of class? When are you squeezing it in? When could you be squeezing it in? What else could help you to be successful in your reading this quarter?
When you finish with your entry, please take out your reading book and begin working toward these goals. Don’t forget to fill in your bookmark for the week! Please leave your bookmark and weekly progress chart on your desk for a check today. Once we finish our reading, we’ll end our reading time with Status of the Class.
With the time we have left, we’ll read and annotate some background information on the Trojan Horse.
Questions to answer in your annotations:
- Who was Helen? How did she play a role in the war?
- Who were Agamemnon and Menelaus, and how were they related?
- Why was the Trojan Horse trick necessary?
- How was the Horse supposed to work?
- What explanation did the Trojans give for Laocoon’s death by the sea serpents?
- What was the end result of the Horse trick?
- Based on this story, what qualities do you think the ancient Greeks valued in a soldier/hero?
- What does this story teach us about the way these ancient people viewed the gods?