Time Saving Tips

1. Don't waste time feeling guilty about what you didn't do. It's gone now; move ahead.

2. Try to find a new technique each day that you can use to help gain time.

3. Eat a light lunch so that you don't get sleepy in the afternoon.

4. Examine old habits for possible elimination or streamlining.

5. Carry blank 3 x 5 index cards in your pocket to jot down notes and ideas.

6. Plan activities first thing in the morning and set priorities for the day.

7. Keep a list of specific items to be done each day, arrange them in priority order, and

then do your best to get the important ones done as soon as possible.

8. Give yourself time off and special rewards when you complete the important tasks.

9. Once on campus, stay on campus. Avoid useless trips back to your apartment or room

unless you have a definite purpose to accomplish.

10. Give yourself enough time to concentrate on high priority items.

11. Concentrate on one task at a time.

12. Keep pushing and be persistent when you sense you can be a winner.

13. Train yourself to go down your "To Do List" without skipping over the difficult items.

14. Set deadlines for yourself and others.

15. Find a place for everything (so you waste as little time as possible looking for things).

16. Try not to think of work on weekends.

17. Frequently ask yourself: "What is the best use of my time right now?"

18. It ain't over till it's over. Your paper isn't finished until the last word is typed; the Quarter isn't over until the last exam is done. Do 100%. See your work through to completion.

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Homework Due September 12th

Homework for the week

Read Excerpt from the Epic of Gilgamesh

Add outline information to notebook.

— New Characters

— Character Development

— Note New Vocabulary Words- look up definitions

— Major Plots Developments

— Examples of Literary Techniques

— Your Interpretation of Passages

— Interesting Quotes or passages

Write a 5 paragraph essay on the topic

"What does this passage from the Epic of Gilgamesh teach us about the ancient Mesopotamian beliefs about the gods and their effects on men? Compare this with what you have learned from the Iliad."

Read Iliad book 3 and 6

Add outline information to notebook.

• — New Characters
• — Character Development
• — Note New Vocabulary Words- look up definitions
• — Major Plots Developments
• — Examples of Literary Techniques
• — Your Interpretation of Passages
• — Interesting Quotes or passages

Answer 10 of the following questions. Respond in complete sentences.

1. What do you think Home intends to show the reader in the scenes dealing with Agamemnon's plan to test his troops and its result? (especially about the morals and character of Agamemnon)

2. What do you think the scepter/staff could symbolize?

3. Why do you suppose the people of Tray haven't just gotten rid of Paris and Helen?

4. Why do you think Menelaus agrees to truce and single combat?

5. Why does Hera want peace?

6. How do men get gods to do what men want? How is the presence of the gods important to the poem?

7. Who is Apollo and what is his role in the story?

8. Why and how does Pandarus break the truce? What is Homer's point in including this?

9. Compare Hector with Achilles, Agamemnon, and Paris. How does Homer feel about Hector?

10. Why does Hector fight on? Reconstruct his reasoning and analyze it.

11. What do you make of Homer's assessment of the Glaucon's judgement?

12.What is Helen's status and position among the Trojans? Consider both what others say about her and what she says about herself.

13. What does Menelaus say about Helen in the course of book III? How does this compare with what Paris says about her or to her?

14. What are the various classes and groups of Trojan women to whom are you introduced to in the course of book VI? Who are they? What do they do? What is their relationship to the men in the poem? What is the role and function as members of Trojan society?

Review Quizlets

Prepare for Notebook Check

Helpful Map

Setting Up a Study Schedule

Tips for Setting Up a Study Schedule

1. Find a good place to study and organize it.

2. Have all of the necessary study equipment (textbooks, pencils, notes, etc.)

3. Make your study periods fit the length of time you can concentrate effectively. Plan for definite periods of study, rest and relaxation. A short, active break (taking a 10-minute walk, for example) every hour or so will keep you alert and relaxed.

4. Use a schedule to achieve your goals. Revise your schedule when your goals change.

5. Eliminate dead hours - odd bits of time in which little is accomplished.

6. List academic tasks according to priorities.

7. Avoid making extremely detailed schedules. It usually just wastes more time.

8. Go to sleep each night and get up every morning about the same time. You'll be more alert.

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California Polytechnic State University

http://sas.calpoly.edu/asc/ssl.html

used by permission

Extra Credit Research Standards

Extra Credit Research Standards:

• Answer the Question
• Keep it Short
• Use your own Words
• Cite Source
• Keep direct quotes to 2 sentences
• Make it memorable
• Turn in next week unless otherwise stated

Possible Extra Credit:

Up to 4 points to your lowest score (excluding final exams)

Reading Outlines

What to Include in Reading Outlines

—New Characters

—Character Development

—Note New Vocabulary Words- look up definitions

—Major Plots Developments

—Examples of Literary Techniques

—Your Interpretation of Passages

—Interesting Quotes or passages