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 * Period 5:**

1) Typed draft of your argument essat on the Elgin marbles
 * __Due Thursday, 12 November 2009:__**
 * Remember to use MLA formatting


 * __Due Tuesday, 10 November 2009:__**1) You will have your slide show exam on Greek art and architecture.*Remember to study all of your notes. The slide show will be out of order.

1) Think about your stand on the Elgin Marbles issue. Construct an outline in which you organize your thoughts to provide a convincing argument. Remember to include your persuasive appeals where appropriate. 2) Also, please study for your Greek slide show exam which will be on Tuesday.
 * __Due Monday, 9 November 2009:__**

1) Print out the "argumentation" handout found on our handouts page if you haven't already done so. 2) Using the Elgin Marbles articles found on our handouts page, pick at least three quotes from EACH article and write a dialectical journal responding to the quotes you pull out, so your entries should have a right and left side. (right=quote; left=your response to the quote) 3) Using the articles on the Elgin Marbles, and any other source for your argument, I need you to take a position on whether or not the marbles should be returned to Greece. SO, in your Dialectical Journals, I need you to write a persuasive statement //for// or //against// the removal of the marbles from the Brittish Museum using each of the **three** persuasive appeals: **Logos (logic), Pathos (emotion), and Ethos (character or authority).** You journal entry for this part will NOT have a right and left side. It should look like this:
 * __Due Friday, 6 November 2009:__**

Yes, The Elgin Marbles Should Be Returned OR No, The Elgin Marbles Should Not Be Returned 1) Logos: (your sentence(s)) 2) Pathos: (your sentence(s)) 3) Ethos (your sentences(s))

Write more than one sentence if you so choose for each, but the minimum is one per persuasive appeal.

1) Please go to our handouts page and print out and read the "argument" essay.
 * __Due Thursday, 5 November 2009:__**

1) Please review your notes and print out the document and answer the questions. Bring your completed handout to class Announcement: Here is Plato's vocabulary:
 * __Due Tuesday, 3 November 2009:__**

1) Please contribute to our discussion forum. 2) Please study for your vocabulary test for Monday--know the Greek alphabet and the Greek terms we took a quiz on for Plato--(Socratic Method, the Oracle at Delphi...).
 * __Due Monday, 2 November 2009:__**

Hi Everyone! So sorry about the starts and stops last week. 1) Finalize your projects. Each group member should be prepared to explain some part of your city-state. You will turn in a binder with all of your work in it as well. 2) I will be checking your outside reading pages next week, so you MUST have at least 400 pages read. Spend time this weekend catching up with your outside reading pages--that means you! You know who you are. I see you perpetually on page 57. READ!!! (:
 * __Due Monday, 26 October 2009:__**

1) Reminders: UC Statements are DUE if you did not turn them in today 2) Turn in dilectical journals today if you didn't on Monday 3) Read about the Oracle at Delphi: []
 * __Due Tuesday, 20 October 2009:__**

__**Dates for Upcoming Activities:**__ 10/16 End of First Grading Period 10/19 Final Draft of First UC Essay Topic DUE 10/22 UC Personal StatementWorkshop Earthquake drill 10/23 Jostens rep visit 10/26 Monday Presentations

1) Your UC personal statement. Most of you worked on prompt #1, but if you worked on prompt #2, that's fine too. 2) Look for an article this weekend on any topic. Bring it to class on Monday. 3) Write a dialectical journal based on your article. Copy three quotes from the article to place on the left side of your dialectical journals and respond to the quote on the right side. To refresh your memory, you can visit our handouts page and look up "dialectical journal."
 * __Due Monday, 19 October 2009:__**

1) Work on your project 2) Work on your personal statement (we will continue to write on our personal statements in class as well) 3) an article with a dialectical journal is due on Monday**
 * Due Friday, 16 October 2009:

1) Continue to work on your projects 2) Reminder--Career Center handout due Friday**
 * __Due Wednesday, 14 October 2009:__

__**Due Tuesday, 13 October 2009:**__ Hello Everyone: You have a few things to do tonight: 1) View all the Youtube videos I have listed below. 2) Create your artistic illustration of the assent from the world of the senses to the realm of the intellect where "good" resides. See the descriptions below to get some ideas. Turn in tomorrow--no exceptions! 3) Tomorrow and Wednesday you will work on typing up your project report. That means that you will come to class and divide up the tasks that need to be done. You will be graded individually AND as a group. Do a great job--don't let your team down.4) Reminder of things coming up:


 * Tuesday and Wednesday--work on project
 * Thursday and Friday--work on UC personal statements
 * Friday--Career Center Worksheet due

ANNOUNCEMENT: Regarding your art assignment--Listen, think in terms of a pyramid or an umbrella, or a human head. Socrates/Plato believes that "Good" exists in the realm of the intellect and that it is the supreme thing that //should// govern each individual, so "Good" should be at the top of any illustration you create. He says that those who rule a state should be "philosopher-kings" who not only seek and find (ascend to) the "good," but that they also descend back among the masses to educate the people without being too abrasive.
 * When you make your illustration, you should have GOOD at the top,
 * the assent moves from the world of the senses to the realm of the intellect, so however you want to construct it, create a world of the senses (sight, sound, touch, tase, smell) basically the world we live in every day,
 * and an assent into the intellect (the brain and soul)
 * and the pinnacle should be finding the concept of GOOD.

You could make a graph or like I said, a pyramid, or ladder or umbrella, or a human head and show how the world of sight is what people should move away from to find the good.

Some of you might like to see the connection between the film //The Matrix// and Plato's "Allegory of the Cave." It's called "//The Matrix// and the Cave" on Youtube: []

1) Please go to the following links to watch two short videos of interpretations of Plato's Allegory of the Cave [|http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=allegory+of+the+cave&docid=1113064079539&mid=B8C1DD2E520744C4CC9DB8C1DD2E520744C4CC9D&FORM=VIVR2#] [|http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=allegory+of+the+cave&docid=1087252988366&mid=212E73BF2A4A7E400C60212E73BF2A4A7E400C60&FORM=VIVR18#] 2) You will be creating an **art assignment** this weekend. Instead of drawing your interpretation of the cave in Plato's allegory, you will be drawing/creating your interpretation of the assent from the world of the senses to the intellectual world. In the intellectual world, be sure to include the concept of "good" as the highest point to achieve or the overarching idea. Remember that Plato says that all things beautiful and right come from the concept of good. Be sure to read Plato's/Socrates' explanation of "good" at the bottom of page 261 and the top of page 262. Try your best.
 * __For Monday, 12 October 2009:__**
 * Southern teacher's explanation of the Allegory of the Cave
 * Animated version of Allegory of the cave

1) Pleasecontribute to our discussion forum on "education" if you haven't already done so. 2) Tomorrow you will come to class and we will revist some final Plato topics and then adjourn to the College/Career center.
 * __Due Friday, 9 October 2009:__**

Hello Everyone! I wanted to inform you about a few things that are coming up and to touch on things we've started and haven't finished.

10/9 Career/College Center Tour/Info 10/15 Earthquake Drill 10/12, 10/13, 10/14, 10/15, 10/16 Computer Lab to work on City State Projects and UC Statements 10/16 End of First Grading Period 10/19 Final Draft of First UC Essay Topic DUE 10/22 UC Personal StatementWorkshop 10/26 Monday Presentations
 * __Dates for Upcoming Activities:__**

__**For Tonight, Due Thursday, 8 October:**__ 1) Come to class with the following ideas or first drafts for your city state project: 2) Do a dialectical journal with yoru articles--BE SURE TO DATE your entry and provide a TITLE. Put three quotes from your article on the left side and engage in a dialectical conversation in the right. 3) Please respond to our discussion forum on "**education."**
 * a **myth** for your city state--remember that Socrates designed his myth about the metals in order to keep peace among the various levels of duties to the state. When you create your myth, be sure it relates to either a purpose for peace, or industry, or to explain the location of the state or the rulers....
 * an **export**--based on where your state is located, you will need to have an export, something that will make your state money.
 * a **flag** for your state. Consider your colors and symbols. You will also need to come up with a **slogan or motto**. You may want to atach this to your flag, but it is not necessary.

We need to catch up with our Plato work, so I'll see you all in class tomorrow. Great discussion today!
 * __Hi Everyone: for Wednesday, 7 October 2009:__**

1) Dialectical Journals on your articles. Copy THREE sentences that appeal to you from your article for your left column and respond to these statements in your right column. If you tend to write limited responses, develop your responses for this assignment. 2) Those students who didn't write a dialectical journal for Plato Book IV, turn in your late journal work today--Tuesday. 3) Vocab quiz on Plato terms. 4) Book IV quiz review
 * __Due Tuesday, 6 October 2009:__**

1) Finish your Book IV quiz for Monday. 2) Come to your group table with ideas for __one__ myth or legend for your city state AND one product you could export. 3) Keep up with your outside reading pages please. Book Reviews are on our handouts page at the bottom. 4) Read an article over the weekend on a topic you generally wouldn't read about. Print out the article and bring it to class on Monday and be prepared to share your article with your group table.**
 * __Due Monday, 5 October 2009:__

1) 200 outside reading pages 2) vocab log #1 3) Finish Book IV of Plato 4) Book IV quiz
 * __Due Friday, 2 October 2009:__**

1) Read Plato's Dialogues Book IV to page 290 2) Write a dialectical journal on Book IV. Pull five quotes from the reading and place them in the left column and comment on the quote in the right column. Go to our handouts page and click on "dialectal journal" to review how to write one. 3) Reader's Workshop on Thursday (Bring your outside reading book to class) 4) By Friday, 200 outside reading pages are due. 5) Friday--Vocab Test 6) Finish Book IV by Friday--quiz 7) Develop your personal statements over the weekend
 * __Due Wednesday, 30 September 2009:__**

1) Start to read Book 4 of the Republic. Read 10 pages tonight. 2) Bring your UC outlines to class tomorrow. We will have a timed writing in class tomorrow.
 * Due Tuesday, 29 September:

Due Monday, 28 September 2009: 1) Plato Book 3 quiz DUE! 2) Go to our resources page and click on the UC Personal statement link. Read the essay prompts for Freshmen Prompts 1 and 2 and WRITE an essay outline for BOTH of these prompts.**

** Due Thursday, 24 September 2009: 1) Vocab test on ALL the Greek letters 2) the Book 3 quiz will be due on Monday

Due Wednesday, 23 September 2009:** 1) IMPORTANT! Bring your outside reading book for our Reader's Workshop tomorrow, 2) Plato Book III take home quiz due on Thursday 3) Reminder: You will have a TEST on all the Greek letters on Thursday

1. Bring a three-ring binder to organize your returned work. 2. You will need to bring your outside reading book for a Reader's Workshop on Wednesday**
 * Due Tuesday, 22 September 2009:

1) Read all of Plato's Act II. 2) Quiz on Monday**
 * Due Monday, 21 September 2009:

Due Friday, 18 September 2009 1) Vocabulary quiz #2 2) Read in your Plato text pages 246-253

1) Finish reading the packet on The Republic--specifically the handout titled "Baron's Book Notes: Plato's The Republic. Plato: The Author and his Times" 2) Please read in your texts pages 239 to the top of 246. Make sure you do your reading because you will have quizzes and an exam on the information found in Plato's Dialogues 3) Also, study your Greek alphabet for a pre-quiz
 * Due Thursday, 17 September 2009:**

1) Finish the Ancient Greece timeline --no more additions at this time. Bring it to class. 2) VERY IMPORTANT: Bring your Plato text to class.
 * Due Wednesday, 16 September 2009:**

1)** Final draft of your essay is due! Be sure to staple it to ALL the parts of this assignment. You should have as your bottom page the worksheet, then the outline, then the rough draft, and then the final draft on top. (You should also get someone to read your essay and write a comment on it.) Follow the standard MLA format: Double space, 1' margins all around, center title (don't underline, italicize or bold the title), indent each new paragraph, make sure you have your last name and page number as a header in the upper right corner of your page--1/2 inch from the edge.
 * Due Tuesday, 15 September 2009:

2) Use the "Ancient Civilizations" handout to plot a timeline on the timeline sheet. Read the first two paragraphs, but do not plot anything on the timeline sheet from these first two paragraphs. Start at the paragraph titled "Mesopotamia."


 * New: it's Saturday 12 September--NO DISCUSSION BOARD HOMEWORK for Monday--I didn't put it on last night (Friday) and I'm trying to honor a Friday afternoon assignment time for the weekend, so relax. I'll see you Monday.

Due Monday, 14 September 2009:** 1) Study for your Greek alphabet test--Monday 2) Bring a **__TYPED__** "Working Draft" of your essay about you to class. That means, TYPE YOUR ENTIRE ESSAY! You should staple it on top of your outline, which should be on top of your work sheet. You will turn in a final draft with peer comments on Tuesday. 3) I have to run to a meeting right now, but I will post a discussion topic tonight, so __check tomorrow morning__.

1) Please remember to COME TO MY CLASSROOM **BEFORE** going to the assembly, so that I can take roll. 2) Study for your Greek alphabet test--Monday 3) Bring a "Working Draft" of your essay about you to class. That means, WRITE an ESSAY! we will have time to clean it up and improve upon it (ameliorate it) over the weekend, but HAVE SOMETHING!--Monday 4) I will be posting ONE MORE ASSIGNMENT TOMORROW, so look on our site after school Friday. Thank you!
 * Due Friday, 11 September 2009:**

**Due Thursday, 10 September 2009:** 1) Please bring your student I.D.'s with you to class. We are going to the Media Center to pick up The Dialogues of Plato. 2) Please also create an OUTLINE for an essay you will write about yourself based on the "Know Thyself" document. What I want you to do is indicate what you would include in your first, second, third,...paragraphs. Or what you would explain first, second, third,....

1) Study our vocabulary #1 list. Twelve letters of the Greek alphabet ( Quiz on Friday) 2) Please donate a box of tissue to the class (The office never has enough to accommodate our students). Write your name on the box, so that we can be reminded of your generosity. 3) Please also go to our "handouts" page and print the "Restroom Pass" document. You have three passes which you may use throughout the semester, but should you choose to keep these passes, you may turn them in at the end of the semester for extra credit. 4) Please go to the "Handouts" page and print the "know thyself" handout. Answer the questions and come to class ready to share some of your responses.
 * Due Wednesday, 9 September 2009:**

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5) VERY IMPORTANT: bring a silent reading book to class!!!!! You need to have one when you walk into my classroom on Tuesday. Thank you.

**Due Friday, 4 September 2009:** 1) Go to our “Handouts” page on our site and print the “Cheating/Plagiarism Contract." Sign it and and have your parents sign it and bring it to class.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to come by and I would be more than happy to meet with you!