THE ODYSSEYMr. VerlinEnglish 1

4 February – 6 March 2015

Preliminaries (2/18) Skim pp. 651-654 in the book and on a

new sheet of paper, make a list of all of the characters we read about so far.

Objective Be able to summarize The Odyssey in

order to be able to write a constructed response on heroism. QNTs (through 2/19) Class Reading and Drawing (2/20)

3 colors Re-telling of the plot (with line numbers)

Event before Event indicated by your picture Event after

Dramatic Transform

“I Am Laertes’ Son” Capture the action of the following

through QNTs: Section Setting Ody’s. encounter with Calypso (p.656)

Preliminaries (2/19) Update the characters list you created in

yesterday’s pre-class with descriptions for each character. You must have 1 phrase for each character. (5 words max).

Preliminaries (2/21) Match the following definitions of these

Greek gods 1. Zeus a. sun god 2. Poseidon b. king of the gods 3. Helios c. god of the oceans

Preliminaries (2/20) Take out your grade tracking sheets. Take out your Odyssey characters list

from yesterday’s pre-class. Add “Lotus Eaters” to the list and a phrase describing them.

“The Cyclops” Cyclops imprisons Ody. & Company and

starts eating them. Cyclops eats _____ of Ody’s. crew each

day. Ody. & Company make a _______ which

they use to ________ the Cyclops. What happens next?

Objective (con’t.) Be able to summarize The Odyssey in

order to be able to write a constructed response on heroism. Dramatic Transform (2/21)

Three characters Actions

Watching the cyclops feast on men Ody. coming up with a plan to escape Fighting the cyclops Escape

10 lines per character

Preliminaries (2/25) Write the two summarization methods

and one interpretation method we practiced in class.

Objective (2/25) Be able to summarize The Odyssey in

order to be able to write a constructed response on heroism.

“The Enchantress Circe” Summarization

Ody. and Company land on Circe’s island. Circe ______________ Ody.’s men and turns them

into _____________ and _____________. Test Practice: in the section of the poem titled

“The Enchantress Circe”, do Ody. and his men act heroically? Support your answer with at least one detail from the text. Thesis Support Explanation

Preliminaries (2/26) Write the theme (1 word max.) you will

be writing about on Friday’s test. Jot down the 3 types of sentences you

will be required to write during Friday’s test.

“The Sirens…” Summarization

Ody. & Company return to _____________’s island. _________ warns Ody. & Co. about _________ and

_________. Ody.’s plan for resisting the seductive power of the

Sirens’ songs. Test Practice: in the section of the poem titled

“The Sirens…”, do Ody. & Co. act heroically? Support your answer with at least one detail from the text. Thesis Support Explanation

Preliminaries (3/5) Imagine that someone has been absent

from home for many years. Write at least 3 sentences about what that person might think or feel upon returning.

Distribution of earlier work Review of Odyssey part 1 test

Objectives (March 2014) Be able to summarize The Odyssey in

order to be able to write a constructed response on heroism.

Be able to interpret today’s reading in order to transform the poetry into a short play.

“…Father and Son” Activity: observe the mosaic on top of p.

691. Find the lines in this section of the poem which inspired the artist to create it. Take a QNT. Listen to your teacher read p. 691 for 1 min. Count the number of lines read. Divide into pairs. Read pp. 692 and 693.

Test Practice: transform pp. 691-693 into a dialogue.

Preliminaries (3/6) Turn to page 693. Summarize lines 1022-1027 in the form

of a QNT. Use … where appropriate. Turn in the project component (Brown v.

Board of Education thesis and 2 sources).

“The Beggar…” (3/6) Write a QNT for the following lines:

1038-1039 (p. 694) 1049-1053 (p. 694) 1079-1081 (p. 695)

Interpret those lines by doing one of the following: A drawing 3 cartoon frames illustrating the

action in the lines. Each frame must use at least 3 colors.

A 20-line script with at Ody. as the main character.

Preliminaries (3/7) Turn to page 699. There are 3 essential characters

mentioned on this page. Find 2 of them: The Suitors: the guys who want to marry

Penelope Ody.: superhero protagonist Penelope: Ody.’s wife

Review: Brown v. Board… Thesis 2 Sources

“…The Great Bow” (3/7) Write a QNT for the following lines:

1113-1117 (p. 699) 1204-1206 (p. 702)

Interpret those lines by doing one of the following: A drawing 3 cartoon frames illustrating the

action in the lines. Each frame must use at least 3 colors.

A 20-line script with at Ody. as the main character.

Preliminaries (3/10) Turn to page 703. Read the italicized print. Read line #1227 silently. Write a QNT.

“Death at the Palace” (3/10)

Take out on the “7-step constructed response” handout you received at the end of February.

Read the following lines: 1246-1249 1254-1256

Complete step #3 on the sheet by taking a QNT on each set of lines.

Complete step #4 on whether Ody. was acting heroically.

Project Component #2 Library Paper Week #2. Due March 17 for 10 project points