Scylla and Charybdis

Objectives:

-Demonstrate mastery of vocabulary words through an illuminate quiz

Create an original narrative focusing on POV, sensory imagery, and dialogue

Agenda:
-Bellwork vocab prompt:  "Six Again"
-Turn in Bellwork vocab story packet/The Odyssey Vocab quiz #2:

-Scylla and Charybdis Pre-Reading Activity on Google Forms
-Whole class activity: Read and annotate Scylla and Charybdis  
-Complete Scylla and Charybdis Post-Reading via Google Classroom

HW:

All:  Read and Annotate “The Cattle of the Sun God”. Highlight for vivid diction and detail and make notes next to each stanza. The part I packet is due tomorrow.

Honors: Honors Motif entry #4 due Friday 5/3. The extra novel exam is on Monday 5/6. Closed book exam. The only notes you can use are your Motif entries.

The Sirens

Objectives:

-Respond to a prompt utilizing vocab words from the Odyssey

-Describe a childhood memory using show-not-tell writing and sensory imagery by writing a paragraph

Agenda:
-Using words from section II of the Vocabulary packet and  Bellwork vocab prompt: "Conversation" write a Bellwork vocabulary story.

-“The Sirens" pre-reading with Sirens Images

Read and annotate  "The Sirens"

-Complete The Sirens packet along with Atwood's "Siren Song"

HW:
-ALL: Study for tomorrow's Vocab test #2

-Honors Journal #3 due tomorrow 4/30
-Honors-Extra novel written exam next Monday, 5/6/19, closed book, the only notes you can use
are your Motif entries.

The Land of the Dead

Objectives:

-analyze diction to determine tone and mood in “the Land of the Dead”

-Utilize diction to retell a  story and establish tone and mood

Agenda:

-Bellwork vocab prompt Flight Vs. Invisibility Remember to use two-three vocabulary words in each bellwork and to write at least half a page.

-Read “The Land of the Dead” and complete The Land of the Dead worksheet

HW: Have a safe Spring break!

Finish "The Cyclops" and "The Witch Circe"

Objectives:  Practice writing dialogue and looking for indirect characterization in The Odyssey

Agenda:
-Read and annotate “The Cyclops”, looking for Odysseus’s characteristics. Use a different colored highlighter for each of the five characteristics.

-Dialogue review

-Read and annotate "The Witch Circe" and complete the assignment on Google Classroom

-Revisit TKAM essay revision to make sure revised portions are highlighted

HW:
Honors complete Motif entry #2 by 4/12

The Cyclops

Objectives:

-Read, analyze, and annotate “The Cyclops” with a focus on the characteristics of a hero

Agenda:

-Complete Cyclops Pre-Reading Activity with Google Form:

Make a new copy for your classes

-Read and annotate “The Cyclops”, looking for Odysseus’s characteristics. Use a different colored highlighter for each of the five characteristics.

HW:

Honors only:  Complete Motif entry #2, due Friday 4/12/19

TKAM essay revisions and reflection

Objectives:  Revise TKAM essays

Agenda:
Turn in Bellwork
Odyssey Vocab Quiz #1 via Illuminate
Turn in Week 1 Odyssey Packet
Essay Reflection via Google Classroom.  If you are finished with this, please work on something quietly.

HW:
Honors only:  Motif entry #2 due Friday, 4/12/19

I am Laertes' Son

Objectives:  Construct an original boasting poem

Agenda:
-If you didn't receive a stamp from me yesterday, turn in the Queen Penelope-Indirect Characterization worksheet, Coach Watkins will initial the upper left corner if it is complete.
-read and annotate “I am Laertes’ son” as a class.  Please annotate parts where Odysseus brags about himself.
- Where I'm From poem, both the worksheet and the final draft must be completed and is DUE TODAY.

Homework:

Honors: Motif entry #2 due Friday 4/12 on Google Classroom

All-Study for Vocabulary test On Monday

All-Week 1 Odyssey work packet will be collected on Monday