Excelsior Classical http://www.excelsiorclassical.org Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:40:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 7TH-8TH/10TH-12TH COMPOSITION WEEK OF FEBRUARY 6-10, 2012 http://www.excelsiorclassical.org/danette-becker/7th-8th10th-12th-composition-week-of-february-6-10-2012/ http://www.excelsiorclassical.org/danette-becker/7th-8th10th-12th-composition-week-of-february-6-10-2012/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:35:15 +0000 Danette Becker http://www.excelsiorclassical.org/?p=4490 7TH-8TH

Complete Lesson 5: Daniel Webster.

10th-12th

Paraphrase Lesson 7: Invective on Philip.  Continue work on thesis paper.

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Last week, you were either absent for class or took a little “field trip” during class. Therefore, none of you took Quiz #16. But don’t you worry your pretty little heads, I will get the quiz to you. (Neo: Katie will give it to your dad. Jonathan: you live with me.) Please finish your quiz this week and turn it in to me on Friday!

Study Lesson XVII (17 for those of you who aren’t keen on Roman numerals), complete all worksheets, and memorize all vocabulary. We will have a quiz on lesson 17 in class. Two quizzes in one week! Woot!

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Complete Lesson 3: Andrew Jackson.   Be sure to label your paragraphs.

10TH-12TH

Complete Lesson 6:  Encomium on an Animal.  Label each paragraph.  Use note cards to present your  speech.

Prepare your part to present the Common Topic Stage to the ninth graders.

Have an idea for a thesis paper and bring it to class on Friday.

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Homework is to study for the test and do problems on

p.247 , 1-7 odd, 9-16 all
p.255 1-10 all
** p. 292 1,2,3,7,15,20,21,23,31,35,38,44,45,52,54,57,62,64,66,68

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Complete Lesson Two: Thomas Jefferson.  LABEL each head (paragraph).

10TH-12TH

Complete Lesson 5:  Encomium on a Virtue.  We chose God’s love as our virtue.  However, if you wish to write on another virtue, you may do so. LABEL each head (paragraph).

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Homework 2.4 p. 225 all problems 1-6, odd 7-23, all 25-28, odd 35-41, 53, all 59-64

2.5 p. 242 odd problems 5-25,31-35

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We’ll be spending 4 weeks on Plutarch. Don’t get bogged down in details of names or other unfamiliar references; just try to get the main idea of what’s going on in the story. Whenever there is a comparison of two lives, read that as well as the individual lives.

We are using Dryden’s translation—preferably the Modern Library 2-volume set edited by Arthur Hugh Clough. These are long books, and we are reading only a portion. You can buy (or see if the library has) these volumes, or you can find Plutarch online.

Modern Library edition, Volume I – http://tinyurl.com/plutarch1 (ISBN 0-375-75676-0)

Modern Library edition, Volume II – http://tinyurl.com/plutarch2 (ISBN 0-375-75677-9)

Dryden translation / Clough edition online:

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=674

The specific assignments below are tentative, based on the reading schedule we used 4 years ago. There is a small chance I might change the reading a bit, so be sure to check back each week for updated assignments.

Feb. 3

First read George Grant’s article “Why Plutarch?” available here:

http://www.amblesideonline.org/WhyPlutarch.shtml

Read James Atlas’s introduction to the Modern Library Plutarch.

Read Arthur Hugh Clough’s preface to the Modern Library Plutarch.

Plutarch’s Lives, vol 1: Theseus and Romulus; comparison

Write 2 journal entries

Feb. 10

Plutarch’s Lives vol 1: Lycurgus and Numa Pompilus; comparison

Plutarch’s Lives vol 1:  Solon and Poplicola; comparison

2 journal entries

Feb. 17

Plutarch’s Lives vol 1: Pericles and Fabius; comparison

Plutarch’s Lives vol 1: Alcibiades and Coriolanus; comparison

2 journal entries

Feb. 24 – BREAK

March 2

Plutarch’s Lives vol 2: Brutus and Dion; comparison

Plutarch’s Lives vol 2: Caesar and Alexander

2 journal entries

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Introduction to the Theban Plays in Sophocles I, pp. 1-8

“Riddles of One and Many: Oedipus Tyrannus” [Oedipus the King] in Heroes of the City of Man (pp. 305-334) [You may read this before or after you read the play.]

Sophocles: Oedipus the King

2 journal entries

Jan. 27

Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone

2 journal entries

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