Wednesday, September 02, 2026

Day 18

Objective:  The students will read their first story in Perrine's.

1.  Allusion Notes:  JC and his Apostles and Noah

2.  The Destructors Brief Intro Slide Show:  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1l3VRYlAAm2Ne4sw60H2J9imPNVSuC3v4/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=101482473147710513077&rtpof=true&sd=true

Note:  My slide show presentations will not open on the school wifi because I created them with my personal account.  But they will work if you are at home or off our wifi.  Stupid huh! 

3.  Read "The Destructors" in Perrine's by tomorrow.  Just read it and think about all that we have covered as far as how to read like a lit teacher/AP student. Page 115-129.

 

Allusion Info

Jesus Christ and his Twelve Disciples

·     New Testament

·     God in human form

·     Son of God

·     Humble, kind, soft-spoken

·     Everyone Sins

·     Comes into conflict with the Jewish elders who question his authority

·     Jesus paid the price for all people’s sins by dying on the cross (crucifixion) for all people.

·     Rose three days later

·     Was a carpenter

·     Twelve Apostles (believers, followers, supporters)

·     Peter, James, John, Andrew, Bartholomew/Nathanael, James, Judas, Jude/Thaddeus, Mathew/Levi, Philip, Simon, Thomas

 

Allusion Notes

Biblical Allusion:  Noah and the Flood

·     From Genesis (first book in the Bible)

·     God saw that sin and wickedness had taken over the world

·     Decided to wipe away humankind

·     But there was one good man:  Noah

·     When told by God, Noah built an ark. 

·     Noah tried to warm others to repent.

·     Took two of all living creatures

·     Rain for 40 days and 40 nights.

·     Noah and family spent one year on the ark.

·     God promises no more floods to destroy earth.

As a sign of this promise:  Rainbo


Tuesday, September 01, 2026

Day 17

Objective:  The students will discuss what they found in "No Dogs Bark."

Have you purchased Grendel yet?  50 points for close reading it or nada. 

1.  Finish all Presentations

2.  Discuss "No Dogs Bark" and what you would write about in a Q2 Essay. 

In medias res is a Latin phrase that translates to "in the middle of things", describing a narrative technique where a story begins in the chronological middle of the plot rather than at the beginning. [1]