Odyssey Socratic Seminar

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Today I will: 

• Use prepared responses to speak to my peers about The Odyssey.
• Write level two and level three questions about The Odyssey to utilize in a classroom discussion.

Please Take out: 
-Affirmations
-HW: Socratic Seminar Prep (staple questions to the back of your answers).
-Pencil

Today's Agenda:
-Turn in Affirmations
-Socratic Seminar

Homework:

None!

Oh Brother Where Art Thou

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Today I will: 

• Recognize and relate plot points from the film, “O Brother, Where Art Thou” to The Odyssey by distinguishing similarities between the film and text.

Please Take out: 
-"Oh Brother Where Art Thou" Worksheet
-Pencil
-Vocabulary Squares (if you didn't turn them in on Friday)

Today's Agenda:
-Collect Vocabulary Packets
-"Oh Brother Where Art Thou" - fill out movie worksheet-
-Assign Socratic Seminar Prep

Homework:

-Affirmations - due Thursday, June 2
-Socratic Seminar Prep - due Thursday, June 2

Calypso, the Sweet Nymph

Today I will: 
-Predict what "Calypso the Sweet Nymph" will be about based on your observations on the worksheet provided.
-Differentiate between different types of imagery in "Calypso" and record your classifications on the worksheet provided.
-Synthesize parts of the story by answering two questions.
-Revisit the first painting the first painting and draw conclusions about what is really happening by writing a show-not-tell piece about the scene.

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Please Take out: 
-chromebook
-writing utensil
-highlighter
-HW: "Tell the Story"

Today's Agenda:

-Bellwork: show-not tell writing (Stamp HW)

-Return Lit. Circle Books (Put them in the box  and my aides will take them down)

-Read "Calypso, the Sweet Nymph" and search for imagery 

-Appointment Clocks

-Honors: Extra novel assignment (go to the library and get your books

    
Homework:

Finish "Calypso, the Sweet Nymph"

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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 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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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.

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The Sirens

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Today I will: 

• Identify diction and detail that portrays Odysseus' experience with the sirens
• Critically analyze visual texts through teacher-provided questions and respond in writing.

Please Take out: 
-HW: "The Land of the Dead" Worksheet
-The Odyssey
-a writing utensil

Today's Agenda:
1. Stamp HW & talk about Timed Writing competencies
2. Complete "The Sirens" Pre-reading activity
3. Read "The Sirens"
4. Complete "The Sirens" worksheet up through Post Reading
5. Honors: meet with me about Dialectical Journals

Homework:

Attend tutorials, if needed. Today at lunch, Tuesday after school, Wednesday at lunch and Thursday after school.
1. Finish "The Sirens" worksheet - due tomorrow
2. HONORS: Dialectical Journal #2 (2 more entries) due tomorrow
-Your entries should come from the middle of your book.
-The text excerpts should be past page 50 and 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 tomorrow.
-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.

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"I Am Laertes' Son"

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Today I will: 
-Use "I Am Laertes' Son" as a mentor text and write a poem about where you come from.
-Revisit the painting with Calypso and Odysseus and synthasize what is happening in the scene based on reading "Calypso, The Sweet Nymph" and class discussion.

Please Take out: 
-chromebook
-writing utensil
-highlighter
-HW: "Calypso, The Sweet Nymph"

Today's Agenda:
1. Stamp Homework & begin Bellwork: Show-not tell Writing
2. Review "Calypso, the Sweet Nymph" & revisit the painting
4. Odyssey Movie Clip
3. "I Am Laertes' Son" & "Where I'm from Poem"
    
Homework:

1. ALL: Read "The Lotus Eaters" and complete worksheet

2. Honors: Read the first 50 pages of your supplemental novel and be ready to write a dialectical journal in class on Monday.

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"Calypso, The Sweet Nymph"

Today I will: 
-Predict what "Calypso the Sweet Nymph" will be about based on your observations on the worksheet provided.
-Differentiate between different types of imagery in "Calypso" and record your classifications on the worksheet provided.
-Synthesize parts of the story by answering two questions.
-Revisit the first painting the first painting and draw conclusions about what is really happening by writing a show-not-tell piece about the scene.

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Please Take out: 
-chromebook
-writing utensil
-highlighter
-HW: "Tell the Story"

Today's Agenda:
1. Stamp Homework & Bellwork: Show-not tell Writing
2. "Calypso, the Sweet Nymph"
    
Homework:

1. ALL: Finish "Calypso, The Sweet Nymph" worksheet

2. Honors: Return Lit. Circle book & Check out book for extra novel assignment - due tomorrow

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"Tell the Story" and Show-not-tell Writing

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Today I will: 
-Apply understanding of Hero’s Journey to a modern film or show via a writing assignment
-Recall effective diction and practice analyzing diction and detail through text evidence from "The Odyssey"
-Learn and practice using imagery by using the Show-not-tell writing strategy.

Please Take out: 
-chromebook
-writing utensil
-highlighter
-HW: The Hero's Journey in Film and Literature

Today's Agenda:
1. Stamp Homework
2. CP: Return Novels to the library
    Honors: Meet with me about extra novel assignment
3. Did you complete and turn in...
     a. The Odyssey Powerpoint with notes?
     b. The Hero's Journey Ted Talk?
4. "Tell the Story"
5. Classwork and Homework: Diction describing Odysseus
6. Show-not tell Writing
    
Homework:

1. ALL: Finish "Tell the Story" Worksheet

2. Honors: Return Lit. Circle book & Check out book for extra novel assignment

Let's Get Started!
Log in to Google Classroom and open the assignment "The Odyssey Introduction" and make sure to finish the notes and turn in  
OR 
Log in to the Ted Ed assignment and make sure you finished "Think" and "Discuss"