Friday, 10/21
Handouts (2) -
Discuss "The Odyssey" Expository essay assignment (guidelines distributed in class AND available as a download under "Quarter 2 Downloads.")
Discuss Original Nature poem assignment (guidelines distributed in class AND available as a download under "Quarter 2 Downloads.")
Finish "The Odyssey"
NOTE: If you have been absent, be sure to watch the online TV version of the Odyssey from YouTube beginning at 2:09:00 until the end of the movie.
The link is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S_l12WM_KM
Homework!
Begin collecting nature and non-nature items for original poem over the weekend. Bring to class on MONDAY! (See handout)
Begin "The Odyssey" assignment (See handout)
Thursday, 10/20
Continue watching Part 3 of "The Odyssey"
Continue tracking the "Hero's Journey" on chart
Continue tracking characteristics of Odysseus as a Hero.
4th hour only: Collect Greek and Latin Root Words packet at the beginning of class.
Homework!
None tonight!
Wednesday, 10/19
PSAT for some
*If not testing, bring homework for a quiet study hall today.*
Homework: 4th hour only! Don't forget that your Greek and Latin Root Words packet is due tomorrow!
Tuesday, 10/18
Turn in Greek and Latin Root Words packet from last week.
In groups outside, read "The Rose that Grew from Concrete." (handout / poem)
Answer TP-CASTT questions that relate to poem. (handout / overhead)
Homework:
None today if you are taking PSAT tomorrow.
Monday, 10/17
Warm Up - View clip from the movie Contact, then write in your journal what you believe is the role of the poet and poetry in society. Clip is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3deNVM3EWIc
As a class, read and discuss "I Wandered Lovely as a Cloud" on Page 627 (literature book)
Discuss examples, purposes and effects of Personification and Imagery in poem; write responses in journal
Outside Activity: To discover what one believes is role of nature in poetry, class took a "Nature Walk" to discover what they saw, heard, smelled, tasted and touched in nature. Place responses in journal
Homework!
"The Odyssey" homework is due online tonight by 9:00 p.m. to www.turnitin.com. (See Friday if you need a reminder about what assignments are due.)
Greek and Latin Root Word Packet is due tomorrow (Tuesday) when you walk into class.