1. Honors Paideia B Agenda 11/2/2015
Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc.
Distribute AOW
Complete the Warm Up-Complete Test
Review Essential Questions and Objectives
Grammar Notes and Practice
Stylistic Device Practice
Begin Literature Circle for The Odyssey Part II
Complete a Closure Question

2. Honors Paideia Agenda A 11/3/2015
Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc.
Distribute AOW
Complete the Warm Up
Review Essential Questions and Objectives
Grammar Notes and Practice
Stylistic Device Practice
Begin Literature Circles for The Odyssey Part II
Complete a Closure Question

3. Common Errors in Sentence Structure
Sentence Fragments
Run-ons and comma splices
Misplaced modifiers (descriptive words)
Non-parallel construction and verb tense

4. Verb Tense
Verb tense tells us when the action of the sentence is taking place- in the past, in the present, or in the future. There a 6 basic verb tenses. 1. The present tense indicates an action that is happening right now. EX: He runs the 440 in 50 seconds. 2. The simple past tense indicates an action that took place entirely in the past. EX: He ran the 440 in 50 seconds last week. 3. The future tense indicates an action that will take place at some point down the road. EX: He will run the race next Saturday.

5. Verb Tense Continued
4. The present perfect tense indicates an action that started in the past but that may continue into the present. EX: He has run the 440 in under 50 seconds in the last four races. 5. The past perfect tense indicates an action that happened in the past and that preceded another action also in the past. EX: He had run 100 yards of the race when he twisted his ankle. 6. The future perfect tense indicates that an action will be completed by a definite time in the future. EX: He will have finished the race by next Saturday.

6. Error #4: Non-Parallel Construction
You need to correct inconsistencies in verb tense. Some occur in simple sentences others are part of some kind of list. Incorrect: When Tom finally came home, Aunt Sally kissed him, hugged him, and gives him his favorite dessert after dinner. The sentence above has an error because all of the items on the list must be in the same tense. The first two verbs in the example above (“kissed” and “hugged”) are in the past tense, but the third verb (“gives”) is in the present tense. It is not “parallel” with the other two. Correct: When Tom finally came home, Aunt Sally kissed him, hugged him, and gave him his favorite desert after dinner.

7. Complete the Chart for the Verb “Talk”
Tense
Form
Meaning
Present
Talk
Happening right now
Talked
Future
Started in the past but may continue in the present
Had Talked
Future Perfect

8. Answers Tense Form Meaning Present Talk Happening right now Past
Talked
Took place entirely in the past
Future
Will Talk, Shall Talk
Will take place at some point down the road
Present Perfect
Have Talked
Started in the past but may continue in the present
Past Perfect
Had Talked
Happened in the past and that preceded another action also in the past.
Future Perfect
Will Have Talked
Will be completed by a definite time in the future.

9. Irony Practice
“We divide the world in columns/when we stick to our own kind./ We nurture our suspicions./Keep our stereotypes in line.”
“We have to keep our distance/So we’ve another kind to blame./ How come,/if we’re so different,/ we both react the same?” –Holbrook, Poems of Transition
Several of the lines say one thing, but they mean quite the opposite. In other words, they’re ironic. Explain what each line says literally, and what it really means?
How would the impact of the poem change if it was rewritten as: We shouldn’t keep our distance/ Nor stick to our own kind/ Because/ It’s not so helpful/ And builds a narrow mind.

10. Honors Paideia Agenda B 11/4/2015
Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc.
Complete the Ticket-In and Review Vocabulary
Review the Objectives and Essential Questions
Complete Grammar and Stylistic Devices Practice
Literature Circles The Odyssey Part II
Complete a Closure Question

11. Honors Paideia Agenda A 11/5/2015
Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc.
Complete the Ticket-In and Review Vocabulary
Review the Objectives and Essential Questions
Complete Grammar and Stylistic Devices Practice
Literature Circles The Odyssey Part II
Complete a Closure Question

12. Identify the problem and then correct the following sentences (consider punctuation, modifiers, and verb tense)
Sam is walking down the street when he found a large suitcase.
Just last week, in the first elections held since the fall of the tyrant, my 85 year old great grandfather has cast his first vote in over 50 years.
Surprisingly, we found it easier to move the piano into the other room than getting the refrigerator to the other side of the kitchen.
Speaking before the graduating class, nothing human should be alien to us was the advice Maya Angelou gave.

13. Corrections
Verb Tense-Sam is walking down the street when he finds a large suitcase. OR Sam was walking down the street when he found a large suitcase.
Verb Tense- Just last week, in the first elections held since the fall of the tyrant, my 85 year old grandfather cast his first vote in 50 years.
Non-Parallel- Surprisingly, we found it easier to move the piano into the other room to get the refrigerator to the other side of the kitchen.
Misplaced Modifier- Speaking before the graduating class, Maya Angelou advised us that nothing human should be alien to us.

14. Stylistic Devices Practice
“Arithmetic is where numbers fly like pigeons in and out of your head. / Arithmetic tells you how many you lose or win if you know how many you had before you lost or won./ Arithmetic is seven eleven all good children go to heaven-or five six bundle of sticks./ Arithmetic is numbers you squeeze from your head to your hand to your pencil to your paper till you get the answer.” –Sandberg, “Artihmetic”
What stylistic devices used in the first line? How does it enhance the poem?
What is the poem’s purpose and audience? How do these things impact the author’s choice of detail?
How does the sequence of details in the last line add to the meaning of the line?

15. Honors Paideia Agenda B 11/6/2015
Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc.
Complete the Ticket-In and Review Vocabulary
Review the Objectives and Essential Questions
Complete Grammar and Stylistic Devices Practice
Literature Circles The Odyssey Part II
Complete a Closure Question
Introduce the non fiction reading on the legalization of drugs if need more time seminar 12