Great Books: The Odyssey

INSTRUCTIONS:
View the film and answer the questions at the beginning and end of the film. Write your answers on a separate sheet. Due: 10/15

Greek Mythology and the Role of the Gods in Human Destiny

A Map of the Path of the Odyssey

8th Week Oct 12-16, 2009

English IA College Prep Bellaire High School
Lesson Plan #8 Week #8
Oct. 12-16, 2009

Topic: “The Odyssey” by Home
- Focus on classic tradition
- Epic, Epic Hero, Epic Simile, Epithet
Vocabulary Words: #s 116-135 (http://campus.digication.com/English9/1._Handouts_and_Teacher_Links)
HOMEWORK: Vocabulary notes – Every Thursday, completion check

Vocabulary sentences – Use the 1st five (5) words in sentences containing
a participle or participial phrase, gerund/gerund phrase, and an infinitive/infinitive phrase – 15 sentences all together
due: Thursday

Grammar – GUM, p. 68, 71, and 75- due Wednesday 10/16
GUM pages for discussion, pp. 66, 69, and 73

Research – Essay rough draft due – 10/14
Essay final draft due on www.turitin.com – 10/23

Get a LIBRARY CARD @ the Houston Public Library
Next novel to read: The Circuit: Life of a Migrant Child by Francisco
Jimenez

Activities
Monday
1. Quiz #6 – Vocabulary, “What is Myth,” “Creation,” “How Evil Came Into the World,” “Odyssey” Book One and Nine, and Prepositional Phrases and Verbals
2. Discuss quiz.
3. Instruct students about the vocabulary sentences assignment.

Tuesday
1. Distribute Book One and Nine questions. Students respond to the questions. Discuss responses.
2. Read Odyssey Book Ten.
3. Discuss parts for annotation.

Wednesday
1. Grammar lesson and activity time.
2. One-on-one discussion of research essay rough draft.

Thursday
1. Discuss sentence homework.
2. Continue reading.

Friday
1. Collect homework.
2. Continue reading.

Prepare for a quiz on Monday.

7th Week Oct 5-9, 2009

English IA College Prep Bellaire High School
Lesson Plan #7 Week #7
Oct.5-9, 2009

Topic: “The Odyssey” by Home
- Focus on classic tradition
Vocabulary Words: #s 96-115 (http://campus.digication.com/English9/1._Handouts_and_Teacher_Links)

NOTE: A copy of the vocabulary words can be found below as well.

HOMEWORK: Vocabulary SAT notes – Every Thursday, completion check
Grammar – GUM, p. 5 and 25- due Monday 10/5
GUM, p. 65 - due Tuesday 10/6
GUM pages TBA throughout the week
Sentences, due: Thursday

Activities
Monday
1. Review prepositional phrases: adjective prepositional phrase and adverb prepositional phrase. Distribute PHRASE TOOLBOX.
2. Quiz #5. Discuss.
- Gum p.
3. Distribute sentence homework and handouts: “What is myth?”/“Creation”/”How Evil Came Into the World”
4. Distribute and discuss “Mechanics of Research” handout and details of HERO Project.

Tuesday
1. Handouts reading check.
2. Discuss handouts and preliminary research notes.
3. Read Homer’s World, pp. 887-889; The Epic, pp. 890-891, and “The Odyssey” Book One Invocation, p. 895, LOL. Discuss.

Wednesday
1. GUM- Types of sentences. Discuss and practice.
2. Read “The Odyssey” Book Nine, pp. 896-913. Pause, discuss, and take notes after certain parts.

Thursday
Library visit

Friday
1. Continue reading “The Odyssey” Book Nine.
2. Answer and discuss questions.

Prepare for a quiz Monday.

6th week Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 2009

English IA College Prep Bellaire High School
Lesson Plan #6 Week #6
Sept.29-Oct.2, 2009

Topic: “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant and “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry
- Focus on personal narrative, SIFT, irony, characterization, foreshadowing, allusion
Vocabulary Words: #s 60-80 Refer to new.schoolnotes.com attachment or the 9th website (http://campus.digication.com/English9/1._Handouts_and_Teacher_Links)
NOTE: Vocabulary #s 60-80 is below as well.

HOMEWORK: Vocabulary – Every Thursday
Grammar – 1st grammar packet Parts of Speech (nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections) : random pages due this week
Sentences, due: Thursday along with the other 10 vocabulary words
Diary Entry: Write a diary entry in which the mother explains her hopes, dreams, and expectations for her daughter, as well as her sense of frustration. DUE: 9/29

Activities
Tuesday
1. Read “The Necklace” and discuss.
2. Reading check.
3. Discuss two pages from the 1st grammar packet and collect.

Wednesday
1. Read “The Gift of the Magi” and discuss.
2. Reading check.
3. Discuss two pages from the 1st grammar packet and collect.

Thursday
1. Warm-up: GUM pp. 2-4.
2. GUM p. 5- Pronuns and antecedents.
3. Discuss CLAUSE and TYPES OF SENTENCES from the second packet.
4. Practice exercises in the 2nd packet.

Prepare for the short story unit test tomorrow.

Friday
1. Short story UNIT TEST.
2. Remaining time will be used to do CASPAR.

5th week Sept. 21-25, 2009

English IA College Prep Bellaire High School
Lesson Plan #5 Week #5
Sept.21-25, 2009

Topic: “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan
- Focus on personal narrative, SIFT, irony, characterization, foreshadowing, allusion
Vocabulary Words: #s 61-71 (formica, debut, prelude, staccato, spinet, tutus, disaster, sentimental, curtsy, conspire, betrayal, devastate, discordant, fiasco, indignity, lament, prodigy, ream, reproach, reverie, conspire)
HOMEWORK: Vocabulary – Every Thursday
Grammar assignments, due: Wednesday
Sentences, due: Thursday along with the other 10 vocabulary words

Activities
Monday
1. Quiz #4- “The Scarlet Ibis”, parts of a sentence, vocabulary
2. Read “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan.
3. Distribute grammar and vocabulary homework.

Tuesday
1. Reading check.
2. Close reading: character, characterization, conflict, allusion, theme, simile, plot elements/ SOAPSTONE + T
3. Discuss.

Wednesday
1. Discuss grammar concept: more parts of speech (verbs, adjectives, and adverbs) and sentence.
2. Work on exercises.

Thursday
1. Discuss grammar homework.
2. Write sentences on strips.

Friday
1. Write a diary entry in which the mother explains her hopes, dreams, and expectations for her daughter, as well as her sense of frustration.
2. Review for Monday’s quiz.