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 
• test review (question creation)

Week of 28 March 2011 

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

Week of 4 April 2011

• SPRING BREAK

Week of 11 April 2011

• Jason and the Argonauts reading and film viewing (assignment, t-chart) 
• TEST: mythology introduction, archetypes, Greek & Roman gods, their myths, vocabulary