Week of 3 January 2011

• 01/05-06/11 PRETEST: Greek mythology and vocabulary derived from mythology
• What is mythology? (PPT notes) 
• Gods and Titans in Favorite Greek Myths pages 1-5: cartoon & character list (instructions) 

Week of 10 January 2011

• School CLOSED due to snow

 Week of 17 January 2011

• Gods and Titans in Favorite Greek Myths pages 1-5: cartoon & character list  (instructions)
• Vocabulary: Chaos, Gaea, Uranus (vocabulary from Titans)
• 01/19-20/11 Gods and Titans cartoon & character list DUE (instructions)
• The Twelve Great Olympians in Edith Hamilton's Mythology pages 24-35 (chart, illustration assignment)
• Greek Gods family tree and Twelve Great Olympians chart
• Vocabulary: Titans, giants, Cyclopes (vocabulary from Titans)

Week of 24 January 2011

• 01/24-25/11 viewing and questions for Time Life's Lost Civilizations: Greece, A Moment of Excellence (questions)
• work on The Twelve Great Olympians illustration assignment (instructions) 

Week of 31 January 2011

• 02/01-02/11 The Twelve Great Olympians illustration assignment DUE (instructions)  
• Vocabulary: Saturn, Jupiter, Corncucopia (vocabulary from Titans)
• sentence-writing with vocabulary from mythology (instructions)
• quiz preparation: question-writing (instructions) 
• quiz review: flashcard creation (instructions) 

Week of 7 February 2011

• studying and review for quiz 
• 02/10-11/11 QUIZ: The Twelve Great Olympians     

Week of 14 February 2011

• viewing and questions: Percy Jackson and the Olympians (questions, mythological characters) 

Week of 21 February 2011

•  Percy Jackson and the Olympians analysis questions DUE (questions, mythological characters)  
• Vocabulary: Ceres, Neptune, Pluto (vocabulary from Olympians)
• Vocabulary: Mars, Phobos, Vulcan, Venus, Cupid (vocabulary from Olympians) 
• Vocabulary: Apollo, Sibyl, Mercury (vocabulary from Olympians)
• Vocabulary: Bacchus, Athena, Arachne (vocabulary from Olympians) 

Week of 28 February 2011

• Vocabulary activity DUE (instructions; vocabulary from Titans and vocabulary from Olympians)
• Clash of the Titans (1981) viewing and analysis (questions)

Week of 7 March 2011

• 03/07-08/11 Clash of the Titans (1981) viewing and analysis DUE (questions) 
• Creative task: Mythological Merchandise AND Olympian Exiles (instructions, From Old Tales to Big Sales, Mythstakes, Greek and Latin Roots chart, Greek and Latin Roots alphabetical list)

Week of 14 March 2011

• 03/15-16/11 Mythological Merchandise AND Olympian Exiles assignment DUE 

Week of 21 March 2011

• completing make-up work 
• Creation of questions for test: 2 about myth/archetype notes; 3 about Ancient Greece video; 2 about Titans; 4 about Olympians; 2 about Percy Jackson and the Olympians; 2 about Clash of the Titans; 6 about vocabulary derived from mythology

Week of 28 March 2011 

• Jason and the Argonauts reading and film viewing (assignment, t-chart)

Week of 4 April 2011

•  SPRING BREAK

Weeks of 11 April 2011

• 04/13-14/11 test questions DUE 
• Jason and the Argonauts reading and film viewing (assignment, t-chart)

Weeks of 18 April 2011

• Jason and the Argonauts reading and film viewing (assignment, t-chart)
• 04/20-21/11 Jason and the Argonauts myth and film comparison t-chart DUE
• reading of love stories from mythology (instructions)
• work on summary and character assignment for myths about love (instructions)  

Week of 25 April 2011 

• mythology love stories character lists and summaries DUE (instructions) 
• work on mythology love stories creative tasks (instructions)

Week of 2 May 2011

• 05/02-03/11 mythology love stories creative tasks DUE (instructions)
• work on mythology love stories multiple-choice question creation (instructions)
• mythology love stories multiple-choice question creation DUE (instructions) 

Weeks of 9 & 16 May 2011

• work on world myths comparison research project (instructions, archetype notes) 
• workshop on MLA citations (guide to documentation, documentation format examples)
• 05/20/11 (6th period) & 05/23/11 (3rd period) world myths comparison research project DUE (instructions)