Tuesday, Jan.8 ~ So it begins again...But without Roots!

Welcome back! 

• New seats
• Tell us the story of your break and Christmas blessing.
• EQ: What is our focus in quarter 3? 
• An invitation to ASK ME!
• Ongoing grammar (confused words, punctuation, active/passive voice)
• Poetry/Spoken Word (Analysis and contests)
• Julius Caesar
• Immigration Research Project
• Across a Hundred Mountains
• Rhetoric, Persuasion, Diplomacy and Debate

May we be the blessing this year!

Ephesians 4:1-3
I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 

Genesis 12:3 

3 

I will bless those who bless you,

But I will curse those who curse you.

And through you I will bless all the nations.

JOURNAL 1 (You should probably get a new journal ja?)

• First term of the new year (copy into Journals & Notes): 
• Christus mansionem benedicat
• What do you think it means? 

• How might it relate to Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar?

• This quarter you will chalk up some poetry, but will your chalk be blessed? Click here for a fun tradition.

HW: Bring a poster board for your next vocabulary project...colorful is better than white!

Here's an Epiphany art march:

Mid 500's (AD, of course)

Mid 1500's (El Greco)

Mid 1600s (Murillo)

1800s (Tissot)

JOURNAL 2

• Does society need poetry?
• What is poetry to you? What is your gut reaction to the idea of studying it? Why? What do you have to gain from creating or appreciating poetic forms of expression?

Agree/Disagree

1. Poetry must rhyme to be good.
2. Poetry is for expressing emotions.
3. Poetry makes you sound "deep."
4. Music lyrics classify as poetry.
5. A poem always has a hidden meaning. 
6. Poetry can be more powerful than a conversation.
7. Society needs poets and poetry.