English+4

English 4

Week 1
1st week is the most important week. We are getting of to a great start. Each class has participated in group building exercises and have all done introduced ourselves to each other. It is the very important for me that student feel comfortable exchanging ideas and contributing to the classroom environment.

Mechanical Grammar: These first few weeks I would like to ensure that we all have a firm grasp on the mechanics of English. We will be intensely reviewing parts of speech, punctuation and sentence structure. Materials used include: Grammar Made Easy interactive software, Grammar and Language Workbook and Some School House rock.

**Nouns**

 * common
 * Proper
 * Plural/Singular
 * Possessive
 * Collective
 * Abstract/concrete

**Verbs**
We have begun our unit on Greek mythology using Bulfinch's Mythology packet and reviewing the Greek view of the world.
 * Conjugation
 * Person/tense
 * Transitive/intransitive
 * Action/linking
 * Week 2**

[|Bulfinch's Mythology] [|Greek Gods]

We also reviewed Pronouns

**Pronouns**

 * Personal
 * reflexive
 * intensive
 * demonstrative
 * interrogative
 * relative
 * indefinite
 * possessive
 * antecedent

We have discussed all the Greek Gods and their stories of Creation Chapter 1 of Bulfinch's Mythology Stories of how the world began from Chaos to Zues Promethus and Pandora Daphne and Apollo The Minotaur [|Clash Of the Gods Minotaur]
 * Week 3**

This week we learned about fate, Gorgans and Demi-gods through the characters of Medusa and Perseus. Bulfinch's Mythology Chapter 15
 * Week 4**

> [|Clash of the Gods Medusa] This week we discussed Chapter 4 of Bulfinch's Mythology which include stories about Hera(Juno) and her rivals. This includes the story of Io and Callisto. These stories discuss the jealosy, the creation of the peacock, the reason behind the big and little dipper and north star and well as the story of Pan and Shryinx. We also reviewed adjectives
 * Week 5**
 * Proper
 * Nouns as adjectives
 * verbs as adjectives

We had a Notebook check as well as a quiz on the charaters of the greek stories we have read. THe quiz included adjectives and pronouns.
 * Week 6**

[|Clash of the Gods Zeus]

We have begun the read the account of the Trojan War in Bulfinch's Mythology Chapter 27
 * Week 7**


 * Week 8 And Week 9**


 * [|Clash of the Gods Odysse]**
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