Today's lesson focused on the Trojan Horse. Mercer read material about the trojan horse, a huge hollow wooden horse constructed by the Greeks to gain entrance into Troy during the Trojan War. The horse was built by Epeius, a master carpenter and pugilist. The Greeks, pretending to desert the war, sailed to the nearby island of Tenedos, leaving behind Sinon, who persuaded the Trojans that the horse was an offering to Athena (goddess of war) that would make Troy impregnable. Despite the warnings of Laocoön and Cassandra, the horse was taken inside the city gates. That night Greek warriors emerged from it and opened the gates to let in the returned Greek army.
Assignment
none
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Today's lesson focused on the Trojan Horse. Mercer read material about the trojan horse, a huge hollow wooden horse constructed by the Greeks to gain entrance into Troy during the Trojan War. The horse was built by Epeius, a master carpenter and pugilist. The Greeks, pretending to desert the war, sailed to the nearby island of Tenedos, leaving behind Sinon, who persuaded the Trojans that the horse was an offering to Athena (goddess of war) that would make Troy impregnable. Despite the warnings of Laocoön and Cassandra, the horse was taken inside the city gates. That night Greek warriors emerged from it and opened the gates to let in the returned Greek army. Mercer was on task.
Made with student's taste a chocolate base. Chocolate truffles and chocolate covered strawberries produced and offered to staff and students.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Mercer needs to pay more attention to instructions and to follow them to a higher degree. TO progress in the cooking. sequence this is a critical behavior.
Today we began to study: la Familia (Family), where we will learn about vocabulary, cultures, and traditions that children from different countries experience with their families.
This afternoon, Mercer and I reviewed essay-writing skills by editing responses to a writing prompt. We read a peer's response to a writing prompt and discussed its format, the introductory/topic sentence, transitional words, and the concluding paragraph. Mercer was afforded strategies to facilitate cohesive and coherent writing skills, including 'hooking' the reader's interest, using choice words to highlight a desired key word, concept, or phrase, and making a connection back to the introductory hook when writing a concluding paragraph. He was also advised to add a memorable ending that will make the reader think more about the topic - or its author. The lesson drew Mercer's attention to concepts he should consider when developing his essay or when responding to writing prompts.
