Topics:
Literature: The Odyssey by Homer
Grammar: Parts of A Sentence and prepositional phrase (adjective and adverb prep. phrase)
Vocabulary: #s 96-115 contend, harried, valor, guile, muster, indifferent, prodigious, solitude, victuals, vessel, stoke, rogue, ravage, entreat, avenge, whim, appall, ponderous, dispatch, and brace
Homework:
- Vocabulary SAT notes - due every Thursday
- "What is A Myth?" activity - due: Oct 5, Tuesday ("What is a Myth?" article can be found below.)
- "Creation"/"How Evil Came Into the World" activities - due: Oct 7, Wednesday
Activities
Monday
SHORT STORY UNIT TEST
(An outline for review is posted below this post.)
Tuesday
1. Review prepositional phrase, adjective, and adverb.
2. Identify parts of a sentence and the prepositional phrase as adjective or adverb. Use the phrase toolbox in your binder.
Wednesday
1. Go over "What is a Myth?" activity.
2. Read "Creation" and answer the activity.
3. Read "How Evil Came into the World" and do the activity for homework.
Thursday
1. Go over "How Evil..." activity.
2. Learn academic vocabulary: demonstrate, emphasis, ideology, monitor, and undertake and work on an activity.
3. Identify CHARACTERISTICS of an EPIC: epic, epic hero, epic setting, archetypes, aand epic themes.
Friday
BENCHMARK test
1. Identify and analyze elements of Homer's language: simile, epic simile, epithet, and allusion. - postponed to Monday after quiz.
2. Identify and analyze different ways to read Homer's Odyssey: as a narrative, as poetry, and as a reflection of its time. - postponed to Monday after quiz
