Final Exam Review

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.

Please Take out: 
-Vocabulary Packet

Today's Agenda:
1. Bellwork Vocab: impostor

2. Odyssey Review on Quizziz 

3. Vocab Review on Quizizz
4. Study for final exam tomorrow

Homework:

Study for the final exam tomorrow 

Optional: Study for vocab final on Friday 
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Honors Test and Final Exam Study

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.

Please Take out: 
-vocabulary packet


Today's Agenda:
1. Bellwork Vocab: pliant
2. Submit Final Narratives on Turnitin.com
3. Honors Book Test
4. Odyssey Study Guide

Homework:

Study for Final Exam on Thursday

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Narrative Work

Today I will: 

• Apply concepts of the Hero’s Journey and create a personal narrative essay.

Please Take out: 
-a chromebook
- vocabulary packet

Today's Agenda:
1. Bellwork Vocab: restitution

2. Narrative work

Homework:

Final Draft of Hero's Journey Narrative due tomorrow
Honors: Study for Honors test tomorrow

Odyssey Final Exam on Thursday
Vocabulary Final Exam Friday

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Hero's Journey Peer Edit

Today I will: 

• Critique peers’ narrative writing samples by utilizing the narrative rubric

Please Take out: 
-a chromebook

Today's Agenda:
1. Put Together Work Packet
2. Peer Edit Narratives

Homework:

Work on final draft of Narrative due Tuesday
Honors Study for extra book test on Tuesday 

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Odysseus and Penelope

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.

Please Take out: 
-Vocabulary Packet
-Odyssey Part 2

Today's Agenda:
1. Bellwork Vocab: contemptible 
2. "Odysseus and Penelope"
3. Edit narratives for a clear mood

Homework:

Honors: Read, finish book by Tuesday
All: Make sure rough draft is complete due tomorrow and edit narratives for a clear mood

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The Death at the Palace

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.
• Display mastery of perspective, mood, characterization and imagery by composing a narrative retelling of “Death at the Palace.”

Please Take out: 
-Vocabulary packet
-Odyssey Part 2
-Test of the Great Bow Worksheet

Today's Agenda:
1. Bellwork Vocab: disdainful

2. Test of The Great Bow Review

3. “Death at the Palace”

Homework:

Rough Draft of Narrative Due Friday

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The Test of the Great Bow

Today I will:

• Display mastery of perspective, mood, characterization and imagery by composing a narrative retelling of “The Test of the Great Bow”

Please Take out:

-vocabulary packet

-your copy of the Odyssey Part 2

Today's Agenda:

1. Bellwork Vocab: justification

2. Read "The Test of the Great Bow" as a class

3. Complete the Post-reading activity.

4. Any leftover time students should work on their Hero’s Journey Narratives on Google Classroom.

Homework:

Complete the Post-reading activity for "The Test of the Great Bow"

The Beggar and the Faithful Dog

Today I will: 

• Cite diction and detail used to create mood in a short passage.
• Practice POV by writing from Penelope or Odysseus’ perspective.
• Cite text evidence from a story to show irony by writing two evidence sentences.

Please Take out: 
-vocabulary packet

Today's Agenda:
1. Bellwork Vocab: incredulity
2. “The Beggar and the Faithful Dog”

3. Edit narratives with focus on imagery

Homework:

All: Finish Editing Narrative for Imagery
Honors: Read 2 DJs due tomorrow

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The Meeting of Father and Son

Today I will: 

• 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: 
-a writing utensil
-3 colored highlighters

Today's Agenda:
1. Bellwork Vocab: Supplication 
2. "The Meeting of Father and Son": Mood, Imagery & Perspective

Homework:

1. Finish "The Meeting of Father and Son" Worksheet

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The Cattle of the Sun God

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.
• Interpret Homer’s purpose of several selections from the Odyssey by citing textual evidence

Please Take out: 
-vocabulary packet

Today's Agenda:
1. Bellwork Vocab: strategist
2. Read "The Cattle of the Sun God"
3. Create Posters in groups
4. Gallery Walk

Homework:

Honors Read

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Narrative Focus: Dialogue

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 own journey with a focus on dialogue

Please Take out: 
-a chromebook
-vocabulary packet

Today's Agenda:
1. Bellwork Vocab: contrive
2. Narrative Work
3. Edit narratives with a focus on dialogue

Homework:

All: Finish Writing your narrative if not done today

Honors: Read
College Prep: None

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Narrative Rough Draft

Today I will: 

• Identify perspective and point of view in constructed S & C paragraphs.
• Demonstrate understanding of hero's journey and narrative writing by crafting a rough draft of the hero's journey narrative

Please Take out: 
-Vocabulary packet
-a chromebook

Today's Agenda:
1. Bellwork: Profusion
2. hare out Scylla and Charybdis Post Reading Activity
3. Narrative Writing Work Time.

Homework:

None :) 

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Scylla and Charybdis

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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.

Please Take out: 
-Chromebook
-a writing utensil

Today's Agenda:
1. Bellwork Vocab: Foremost
2. Scylla and Charybdis

Homework:
Finish Scylla and Charybdis worksheet on second point of view
Honors: Work on DJs due tomorrow

The Siren Song

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Today I will: 

• Demonstrate mastery of vocabulary terms
• 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: 
-a chromebook

Today's Agenda:
1. Vocabulary Quiz on Illuminate
2. Collect Work Packet
3. Finish reading "The Sirens"
4. Write paragraph from Odysseus' perspective
5. Read "The Siren Song" by Margaret Atwood
6. Begin Compare and Contrast paragraph if time

Homework:

Complete "The Sirens" worksheet due Monday
Honors: Read your supplemental novel. Next DJ due Tuesday

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The Land of the Dead and The Sirens

Today I will: 

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

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

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Please Take out: 
- Completed Work Packet
-Honors DJs
-The Odyssey

Today's Agenda:
1. Bellwork Vocab: implacable
Land of the Dead
2. Kahoot Review
3. Siren's Pre-Reading Activity
Honors ; College Prep
4. Begin Reading "The Sirens"

Homework:

Study for vocab test tomorrow 

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Ordinary World and Land of the Dead

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: 

-a chromebook
-vocabulary packet

Today's Agenda:
1. Bellwork Vocab: adversary
2. Read sample narratives
3. Write "Ordinary World"
4. Begin "Land of the Dead" if time

Homework:

Complete the First Page of The Land of the Dead worksheet

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Witch Circe

Today I will: 

• construct evidence sentences exhibiting understanding of “The Witch Circe”
• Create a dialogue, using the storyline of “The Witch Circe” to demonstrate understanding of the elements of dialogue

Please Take out: 
-your copy of the Odyssey

Today's Agenda:
1. Bellwork Vocab: mutinous
2. Read "The Witch Circe" as a class
3. Post Reading Activity on Google Classroom

Homework:

Complete the Post-reading activity for "The Witch Circe" if you did not in class

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Get in to your Dialogue groups and begin constructing your scene

Creating Dialogue

Today I will: 

• create a mini-dialogue that demonstrates understanding of the elements of dialogue and incorporates “show not tell writing”
• 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: 
-Cyclops Worksheet
-a writing utensil

Today's Agenda:
1. Bellwork Vocab: detain
2. Introduce dialogue
3. Craft a short dialogue piece with partners on a Google Doc (College Prep) or Begin Honors Dialectical Journal

Homework:

Complete Hero's Journey Organizer due tomorrow

Honors: Read novel and work on 1st DJ due Tomorrow 

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