The Meeting of Father and Son

Today I will: 

• Define a new vocabulary words, and develop an example, non-example, draw a picture and develop a showing sentence using the vocabulary word.
• Demonstrate understanding of the Hero's journey and the elements of a narrative by composing a narrative about your own journey, with a focus on dialogue.
• -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: 
-Vocabulary Squares
-a writing utensil
-Odyssey Packet

Today's Agenda:
*Bellwork: impostor, & indication
*Begin Part Two:
Coming Home The Meeting of Father and Son”
*Vocab Review on Quizzizz

Homework:

ALL: Study for Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow: 
Vocab Review on Quizzizz
(contemptible, restitution, impostor, indication, strategist, disdainful, contrive, justification, profusion, incredulity, foremost, supplication, immortal, adversity, formidable, distress, consent, detain, mutinous, adversary, implacable)
ALL: Vocabulary Packet will be collected tomorrow
ALL: Finish typing narrative on google classroom by Monday
HONORS: Work on final response for Supplemental Novel Assignment (due Tuesday, 5/9)

The Cattle of the Sun God

*http://www.sites.si.edu/romarebearden/works
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Today I will: 

• -Define a new vocabulary word, and develop an example, non-example, draw a picture and develop a showing sentence using the vocabulary word.
• Demonstrate understanding of the Hero's journey and the elements of a narrative by composing a narrative about your own journey, with a focus on dialogue.

Please Take out: 
-Vocabulary Squares
-a writing utensil
-Chromebook
-HW: Scylla & Charybdis

Today's Agenda:
*Bellwork: contemptible, restitution & pliant
*Share Scylla and Charybdis
*Read and annotate "Cattle of the Sun God"
*Continue typing narrative

Homework:
ALL: Finish typing narrative on google classroom by next Monday

HONORS: Dialectical Journal - 2 more entries due tomorrow, 5/2

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.
• -Define a new vocabulary word, and develop an example, non-example, draw a picture and develop a showing sentence using the vocabulary word.

Please Take out: 
-Vocabulary Squares
-a writing utensil
-Odyssey packet

Today's Agenda:
1. Bellwork: strategist & disdainful
2. Review "The Sirens" & "Siren's Song"
3. Scylla and Charybdis

Scylla and Charybdis slides 47-58

Scylla and Charybdis film clip minute 14:29
4. Work on Narrative

Homework:

ALL: Finish Scylla and Charybdis narrative

Honors: Finish reading your supplemental novel and complete last 2 DJs by Tuesday, 5/2

Siren's Song and The Ordinary World

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Today I will: 

-Define a new vocabulary word, and develop an example, non-example, draw a picture and develop a showing sentence using the vocabulary word.

-Identify Diction and Details in Atwood’s poem “Siren Song” that indicates the speaker’s perspective. 
-Compare and contrast Odysseus’ perspective to the Siren’s perspective through a short writing assignment.

Please Take out: 

-Vocabulary Packet
-A Writing Utensil

Today's Agenda:

1. Bellwork: contrive & justification
2. “Siren Song” by Margaret Atwood
3. Complete Compare / Contrast Paragraph
4. Narrative Essay Focus: "The Ordinary World"

Homework:

ALL: "Synthesis Across Multiple Texts" comparing Odysseus and the sirens

Honors: Finish reading your supplemental novel and complete last 2 DJs by Tuesday, 5/2

"The Sirens"

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Today I will: 

-Define a new vocabulary word, and develop an example, non-example, draw a picture and develop a showing sentence using the vocabulary word.

-Identify diction and details that portray Odysseus’s experience with the Sirens.  

-Critically analyze visual texts through teacher-provided questions and respond in writing

Please Take out: 

-Vocabulary Packet
-a writing utensil
-HW: "The Land of the Dead"

Today's Agenda:

1. Bellwork: profusion & incredulity

2. The Sirens: Read the Sirens: pages 916-919

Homework:

ALL: Read The Sirens: pgs 916-919: Complete pages 1, 2, and 3 (through Post-reading of this packet: The Sirens)

Honors: Finish reading your supplemental novel and complete last 2 DJs by Tuesday, 5/2

The Land of the Dead

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/1/7/4/0/17407909/991153587.jpg?237

Today I will: 

-Define a new vocabulary word, and develop an example, non-example, draw a picture and develop a showing sentence using the vocabulary word.

-create a mini-dialogue that demonstrates understanding of the elements of dialogue and incorporates “show not tell writing”

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

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

Please Take out: 

-Odyssey Vocab

-CP HW: Is "The Witch Circe" is turned in?

Today's Agenda:

1. Bellwork Vocab: foremost & supplication
2. Read and annotate "The Witch Circe"

2. Read “The Land of the Dead”
3. The Land of the Dead Film Clip: First 10 minutes
4. The Land of the Dead worksheet

Homework:

ALL: Finish The Land of the Dead worksheet

Honors: Complete 2 more DJs by Tuesday, 5/2
Honors: Complete Google Form on "The Sirens" (See Google Classroom)

Dialogue and "The Witch Circe"

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Today I will: 

-Demonstrate mastery of vocabulary terms through an on-line multiple choice test.

-create a mini-dialogue that demonstrates understanding of the elements of dialogue and incorporates “show not tell writing”

Please Take out: 

-Chromebook
-writing utensil

HW: Essay Organizer

Today's Agenda:

1. Vocabulary Quiz

2. Introduce dialogue: Follow the directions on the dialogue document and create a group dialogue with the people in your family group.

Homework:

Honors: Complete 2 more DJs by Tuesday, 4/25