Oh Brother, Where Art Thou

Today I will: 

• Analyze the movie "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou" and make connections between "The Odyssey" and elements in the movie.

Please Take out: 
-"Oh Brother Where Art Thou" Movie Guide
-A Writing Utensil

Today's Agenda:
1. Turn in Bathroom Passes for Extra Credit
2. Finish Watching "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou"

Homework:

Come prepared to feel good about yourself!

Oh Brother Where Art Thou

Today I will: 

• Analyze the movie "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou" and make connections between "The Odyssey" and elements in the movie.

Please Take out: 
-Affirmations

Today's Agenda:
1. Turn in Affirmations
2. Begin Watching "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou"
3. Make-ups (Honors Extra Book Test and The Odyssey Final Exam)

Homework:

1. Turn in bathroom passes on Thursday for extra credit

The Odyssey Final Test

Today I will: 

• Analyze passages and answer questions about "The Odyssey" through a multiple choice, on-line test.

Please Take out: 
-Chromebook

Today's Agenda:
1. Odyssey Final Exam
2. Work on Affirmations
3. Turn in Odyssey Work Packet #2

Homework:

1. Work on Affirmations - Due Tomorrow

2. Turn in bathroom passes on Thursday for extra credit

"Death at the Palace" & "Odysseus and Penelope"

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Today I will: 

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  Analyze a piece of dialogue for mood by selecting textual evidence.
• Construct an original piece of dialogue with explicit characterization. 
• Recall events in The Odyssey through an on-line review game.

Please Take out: 
-Odyssey Packet Part 2
-a writing utensil
-a highlighter
-chromebook

Today's Agenda:
1. “Death at the Palace”
2. “Odysseus and Penelope”
3. Odyssey Review Game: join.quizizz.com
  

Homework:

1. Finish “Death at the Palace” OR “Odysseus and Penelope” - due tomorrow

2. Work on Study Guide for the Odyssey Test - Test is Tomorrow

3. Organize all work into Odyssey Work Packet #2 - due tomorrow
4. Work on Affirmations - Due Wednesday
4. Turn in bathroom passes on Thursday for extra credit

Death at the Palace

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Today I will: 

• Display mastery of paraphrasing and analysis by answering synthesis questions about a Hero's Journey Novel.

Please Take out: 
-Honors: Two Pieces of Paper & Study sheet
-a writing utensil
-CP HW: The Test of the Great Bow"

Today's Agenda:
1. Honors: Extra Book Test
2. CP: Odyssey Study Guide or 
           Affirmations - Block 1
           Affirmations - Block 2
           Affirmations - Block 3

Homework:

1. Work on Affirmations (links above) - due Wednesday
2. Work on Study Guide for the Odyssey Test - Test is on Tuesday

The Test of the Great Bow

*http://www.utexas.edu/courses/larrymyth/
images/odyssey-home.jpg

Today I will: 

• Display mastery of perspective, mood, characterization and imagery by composing a narrative retelling of “The Test of the Great Bow”

Please Take out: 
-Chromebook
-a writing utensil
-a highlighter

Today's Agenda:
1. Turn in Narratives 
     -Google Classroom
     -Turnitin.com
2. Penelope's Journey
3. "The Test of the Great Bow"
4. Honors: Explain extra book test and prepare for tomorrow

Homework:

1. Finish "The Test of the Great Bow" worksheet
2. HONORS: Prepare for extra book test tomorrow - study guide

Narrative Peer Editing

Today I will: 

• Critique peers’ narrative writing samples by utilizing the narrative rubric.

Please Take out: 
-Chromebook
-a writing utensil

Today's Agenda:
1. Peer Edit Narratives Using this Rubric and Worksheet

Homework:

1. Revise your narrative: Final Draft due tomorrow

The Beggar and the Faithful Dog

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Today I will: 

• Cite diction and detail used to create mood in a short passage.
• Practice POV by writing from Penelope or Odysseus’ perspective.

Please Take out: 
-HW: "The Meeting of Father and Son" and Imagery Worksheets
-highlighter
-a writing utensil
-Part 2: Odyssey Packet

Today's Agenda:
1. "The Beggar and the Faithful Dog": Indirect Characterization
2. Work on Narrative with a focus on Indirect Characterization

Homework:

1. Finish "The Beggar and the Faithful Dog" Worksheet
2. Revise your narrative: Have it ready for peer editing tomorrow

     -Rough draft due Tomorrow

     -Final draft due Thursday

3. HONORS: Final Response - due Tomorrow

The Meeting of Father and Son

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sites/6/2015/02/odyssey-mentor-1.jpg

Today I will: 

• Predict what will happen when  Odysseus and Telemachus meet by writing from their POV.
• Cite evidence of mood, imagery & POV and draw conclusions about their effect & purpose.

Please Take out: 
-HW: Dialogue and Mood Worksheets
-Chromebook
-a writing utensil
-3 colors of highlighter
-Hero's Journey Essay Organizer

Today's Agenda:
1. "The Meeting of Father and Son": Mood, Imagery & Perspective
2. Work on Narrative with a focus on Imagery

Homework:

1. Finish "The Meeting of Father and Son" Worksheet
2. Revise your narrative focusing on Imagery
     -Rough draft due Wednesday
     -Final draft due Thursday
3. HONORS: Final Response - due Tuesday, 12/8

The Cattle of the Sun God

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Today I will: 

• Interpret Homer’s purpose of several selections from the Odyssey by citing textual evidence

Please Take out: 
-Chromebook
-a writing utensil
-Hero's Journey Essay Organizer
-Odyssey packet

Today's Agenda:
1. "The Cattle of the Sun God"
2. Fabulous dialogue examples
3. Work on Narrative with a focus on Dialogue and mood

Homework:

1. Revise your narrative focusing on dialogue and mood
2. HONORS: Final Response - due Tuesday, 12/8

Scylla and Charybdis

Today I will: 

• Identify Diction, Details and Imagery in Homer’s Scylla and Charybdis that indicates the speaker’s perspective.
• Construct my own version of Odysseus’ encounter with S & C by writing a narrative from either S or C perspective.
• Compare and contrast Homer’s version of the S & C encounter to visual representations, including analyzing  3 political cartoons for meaning.

Please Take out: 
-Chromebook
-a writing utensil
-Hero's Journey Essay Organizer
-Odyssey packet

Today's Agenda:
1. Scylla and Charybdis
2. Work on Narrative

Homework:

Attend tutorial, if needed.  TODAY after school.
1. Finish typing your narrative.
2. HONORS: Dialectical Journal #3 (2 more entries) due tomorrow
-Your entries should come from the last 1/3 of your book.
-The text excerpts should be spaced out to reveal how the motif is emerging, changing and or taking on new meaning or revealing new themes.
-Do not erase grades on the document.
-Make all suggested changes for a higher score and use comments as advice for the two entries due Friday.
-Do not "resolve" comments I've made to you, instead, "reply" back or ask questions.
-Keep working on the same document in google classroom. Some of you turned it in electronically, so you will have to "unsumbit" to continue working on it.

Let's Get Started!

Personal Narrative

*http://www.thestorytellingnonprofit.com

Today I will: 

• Demonstrate an understanding of the Hero's Journey and the elements of a narrative by composing a narrative about a journey of your own

Please Take out: 
-Chromebook
-a writing utensil
-Hero's Journey Essay Organizer
-HW: Sirens Compare and Contrast Paragraph

Today's Agenda:
1. Stamp HW
2. Share one more narrative
3. The ordinary world
4. Begin typing

Homework:

Attend tutorials, if needed.  TODAY at lunch and Thursday after school.
1. Finish typing your narrative.
2. HONORS: Dialectical Journal #3 (2 more entries) due Friday
-Your entries should come from the last 1/3 of your book.
-The text excerpts should be spaced out to reveal how the motif is emerging, changing and or taking on new meaning or revealing new themes.
-Do not erase grades on the document.
-Make all suggested changes for a higher score and use comments as advice for the two entries due Friday.
-Do not "resolve" comments I've made to you, instead, "reply" back or ask questions.
-Keep working on the same document in google classroom. Some of you turned it in electronically, so you will have to "unsumbit" to continue working on it.

Let's Get Started!

Sirens Song: Point of View

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Today I will: 

• Identify diction and detail in Atwood's poem "Siren Song" that indicates the speaker's perspective.
• Compare and contrast Odysseus' perspective through a short writing assignment.

Please Take out: 
-HW: "The Sirens" Packet
-The Odyssey
-a writing utensil

Today's Agenda:
1. Stamp HW
2. Read "Sirens Song"
3. Complete "The Sirens" Compare and Contrast Paragraph
4. Sample narratives & dialogue gems

Homework:

Attend tutorials, if needed.  Tuesday after school, Wed. at lunch and Thursday after school.
1. Finish "The Sirens" packet completely - due tomorrow
2. Prepare for writing your Narrative
3. HONORS: Dialectical Journal #3 (2 more entries) due Friday
-Your entries should come from the last 1/3 of your book.
-The text excerpts should be spaced out to reveal how the motif is emerging, changing and or taking on new meaning or revealing new themes.
-Do not erase grades on the document.
-Make all suggested changes for a higher score and use comments as advice for the two entries due Friday.
-Do not "resolve" comments I've made to you, instead, "reply" back or ask questions.
-Keep working on the same document in google classroom. Some of you turned it in electronically, so you will have to "unsumbit" to continue working on it.

Let's Get Started!