Summer Break

I am aware that probably no one will bother reading this miserable little post, but if you do we wish you to have a great continued summer and whatever else makes you laugh right now. I don't want to darken the mood, but I will say that I will miss Ms. Minnicks truck loads and all the fun that came with her. Thank you Ms. Minnicks!

Spring Break

If you're having a blast, skiing, swimming, snorkeling, snoozing, studying, savoring, Skyping, riding, reading, reviewing, resting, rallying, rolling, or anything else, post your enjoyments here:

Hero's Journey

Last week we started studying the Hero's Journey and wacthed Spirited Away! We have a library of Miyazaki films waiting to be checked out (for 2 days) in the classroom. The Calling, Innocence Lost, Thq Quest, Guru's and Alliances.... and more!

Caricatures

Finally, we put our colored pencils down for a long rest. For the past, five days we've been scribbling(hopefully with more elegance than that) out our caricatures in forms of different goddesses and/or gods. Sigh. Send me pictures (if you are brave enough) and we can post them here!

Persistance Counts

For all of you who answered either Agememnon or Achilles, here is a breath saver:
I emailed the committee and here is my reply:

From: Allison Fiegel<
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 8:38 AM
To: Alexandra Backlund<Subject: Re: Achilles or Agememnon?

Alexandra,
You are correct! Unfortunately, that slipped by us; I am not sure how. When the exam is graded, we will be accepting both answers as correct answers.
Thanks so much and I do hope you enjoyed the exam.
Allison Fiegel

On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Alexandra Backlund  wrote:
Hello Ms. Fiegel,
My name is Alexandra Backlund and yesterday I participated in the National Mythology Exam. After taking the test and turning it in, my friends and I debated about one problem. The problem that had two possible answers, or so I think. I vaguely remember the question wording, but I am close to positive it questioned: Who was Odysseus inquired about? There were two answers that could have been it: Achilles' son and/or Agamemnon's son. Can you clarify the question or why the answer would favor one, when the question clearly asks for who he was inquired about?

Thank You,
Alexandra Backlund
Muirlands Middle School (6th Grade)

Achilles or Agememnon?

Post your argument here:

National Mythology Exam

Tuesday, the 28th, will be the day we test our knowledge on Greek mythology and the Odyssey Book XI in the National Mythology Exam. As soon as we know the results we will post them. Good luck, remember, this might be the year...

Homework Page

We have successfully created a homework page! We will do our best to keep it updated. happy homework!

Homework Page

Homework

Currently we are designing a type of "link" that will contain a homework chat where all the homework from 1/2 and 3/4 will be posted, but for now just scroll down to this post to find it. We know that after a while with a post build-up it'll become slightly tedious to scroll all the way down, so we will try to get the "link" activated soon!!!!

This week:
Monday 6th- Write 8 questions from part 2 (the Underworld), 2 which are clozes
Tuesday 7th- Read summary of each book from the Odyssey and about Homer (check out http://www.mythweb.com/odyssey/)
Wednesday 8th- Read detailed summary on http://www.mythweb.com/odyssey/
Thursday 9th-  Read from pages 126- beginning of 127 in Book VI of the Odyssey (remember... you are graded on your marginalia)
Friday 10th- Odyssey till line 220
Monday 13th- Odyssey until line 377, marginalia and paraphrasing (exegesis)
Tuesday 14th (Happy V-Day!)- Google Troy, Trojan horse, Agamemnon
Wednesday 15th- Odyssey till line 400 (marginalia)
Thursday 16th- Read to bottom of 201
(Friday and Monday off)
Tuesday 21st- 6 good test questions about the Underworld section
Wednesday 22nd- Read down to line 695, decipher and paraphrase
Thursday 23rd- (Per. 1/2) Try to read to end/ (Per. 3/4) Read to end twice and do marginalia
Friday 24th- 6 great test questions about the Odyssey Book XI
DRAWING-DRAWING-DRAWING

Creatology

Creatology is a common word used in Ms. Minnicks class. We use it to describe a free choice writing project, that we create biweekly. The object is to improve our writing skills, get us comfortable with different types of literature, feel free with our writing, and bring forth the joy of creation! It is a combination of the word create, and the greek root "logos", meaning words.

Social Action Club

Social Action Club

Social Action Club meets every Thursday for an hour and and act. In a previous post we told you about Knit-a-Square, but before that we have done a lot more. In the beginning of the year we simply accepted donations from students in the class (and school) of travel sized shampoos, conditioners, shower gels, soaps, deodorants, and such hygiene products. After we packaged them in bags and bows our president drove them over to the Rachel's Women Center.
   For Halloween we gave out Trick-or-Treat-for-UNICEF boxes to all the sixth grade English teachers, for them to give to their students and then turn in to us. We raised 1,100 dollars for UNICEF doing that! We also started making milk carton wallets... they're not too easy to make yet two girls made them perfectly the first time around!
    And now of course we're knitting... knitting.... knitting... and some of us croqueting.

Greek Mythology

In Ms. Minnicks 6th grade english class, we are currently working on Greek Mythology. We are reading, summarizing, and interpreting tales from D’Aulaires Book of Greek Myths, preparing for a Mythology exam in late Febuary. Soon, we will read and study chapter 11 in Homers Odessey, further preparing for the test. Last year, almost everybody got a medal in the exam, and this year, we are hoping that everyone will get one. We are working hard like Hephaestus, and are aiming for the best.

Pie Day/Pi Day

Today, Malala as we know it was recognized as Pie Day. Social  Action Club decided that we should have a proper bake sale on Pie/Pi Day, March 14th, 3.14. A couple weeks ago we questioned everyone in the math department what type of pie they wanted, can you guess why?

Knit-a-Square

SAC (Social Action Club) is knitting like crazy to donate 8" squares for orphans whose parents died of AIDS. So far we have nine squares and are planning for atleast 35 total, so that we donate enough for a whole quilt.

Hooray!

Today, Malala, is the first day of our blog! Happy Malala! Happy Minnicksville blog! Happy Friday! We hope that everyone is happy and follows the Malala rituals, and expects the mail and prepares for it like you should!