Monday, March 5, 2012

General Announcements:

• If you ever notice something missing or wrong on the blog, comment to let me know about it - I don't always have the whole picture. -Grace
• Fri., 3/2 - Prisms Coffeehouse!

Humanities:

• Due Tues., 3/6: Finish annotating the timeline of the Civil War.
• Due Mon., 3/12: Read Lyddie, ch. 10-19 and complete reading log.
7th Grade Research Paper
• Due Mon., 3/5: 500 words of rough draft
• Deadlines for 7th Grade Abolitionist Research Paper (updated 1/31)

Math:

• Graph paper link on the sidebar →
  Grade 7
• Due Tues., 3/6: Look over book for new math unit, Moving Straight Ahead
Grade 8
• Due Tues., 3/6: Complete all questions in Volume review packet.
Algebra B
• Due Wed., 3/7: p. 89-90, #7-19 odd
• Math's Mates Test TBA

Science:

• Due Wed., 3/7: Read Ch. 13.1, p. 263-268. Answer questions on p. 273, #1-6.

8th Grade Project:

• Due Wed., 3/14: Final outline due with details from notes
• Meeting with mentor
Complete list of project due dates (as of 1/25) here.

Visual Mythology

In this piece, Brazilian-based artist Tatiana Blass takes on the story of the Odyssey from the perspective of Odysseus's wife, Penelope. Resolved to wait for him to return, though assumed dead, she puts off remarriage by saying she will consider it when she finishes weaving a burial shroud for Odysseus's elderly father, but secretly undoes some of the weaving each night so that the project goes on indefinitely.

Blass's piece picks up on this, with tangled red yarn entering the chapel where she lives and works through different portals, all leading to a loom seated on the chapel's altar. A long, red weaving extends from the loom and back out the door of the chapel. It is not entirely clear whether the piece depicts the shroud being made or dismantled.