#31 Who is More Heroic? Get enough half sheets for your group. Tape this into notebook. Consider the scenarios. Which individuals stand out as heroes to you?  Using the numbers 1 through 10, label each individual according to their heroism in comparison to the others.  The number 1, in this case, would be used to represent the least heroic individual, while 10, on the other hand, would be used to represent the most heroic individual.  There can be no “ties,” meaning that each number can only be used once. Under (or beside) the half sheet, explain your top two heroes . . . Why did you rank them “most heroic”? (50 words)

English 9b, Day 13 * Tues/Wed Bell Ringer #32 Works Cited Corrections Get enough ¼ sheets for your group. Tape this into notebook. Find 6+ things wrong on the Works Cited ¼ sheet. then . . . open your self-selected book and read!!!!

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Upcoming Due Dates A = 27 Vocab #2 due & quiz ** notebooks B A = 1 typed current event exploration # 5 due 12 p.m. w/ Works Cited entries = 5 A B = 6 Vocab #3 due & quiz typed current event exploration # 6 due 12 p.m. w/ Works Cited entries = 6 A = 13 Vocab #4 due & quiz typed current event exploration # 7 due 12 p.m. w/ Works Cited entries = 7 Book Talks due (class presentations) B = 20 Book Talks due (small group) Vocab #5 due & quiz .. . Spring break after today!!

Absent last last (two weeks ago) Th/F? YOU SEE ME during office hours . . . You need to take the vocab / poetry quiz and complete a CECE review Absent last Wed/Thu? YOU SEE ME during office hours . . . You need to complete a portfolio review Absent Fri/Mon? YOU SEE ME during office hours . . . Vocab quiz & CECE review

Q3 CECE You will be turning in 3ish pieces of paper!!!! 3 pages now . . . I think Works Cited is demanding enough space to push you to 3 pages # 5 = due Wed by noon, 5 works cited entries!

Vocabulary 3 = quiz Mon/Tues FRONT BACK WORD 1. 2. 3. Etc. 10. DEFINITION EXAMPLE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. USE IN A SENTENCE 6. 7. 8. ETC.

Vocabulary 3 = quiz Mon/Tues LITERARY TERMS 1. assertion 2. opinion 3. epic poem 4. credibility 5. hero OTHER WORDS pp 860-877 6. titanic 7. mammoth 8. plunder 9. dispatch 10. squall Quiz Monday /Tues

Q3 Independent Reading Select a NEW book that you have NEVER read before Books w/ movies are okay . . . You can even see the movie!!! . . . But you also need to read the book. At least 200 pages, probably more, and appropriate for your reading level You are looking for a FICTION book, or a non-fiction biography . . . Not a textbook, not a topic (“auto mechanics”) . . . You will need to discuss STORY STRUCTURE and CHARACTER. If you finish this book before the end of the quarter, you will select another book and KEEP READING There WILL be a book talk (slightly diff) . . . We’ll discuss later.

Q3 Self Selected Reading Project

Group Work Each group is assigned an important piece of background knowledge, necessary to best understand The Odyssey. Groups will each receive a packet with information about their topic. They will also google for additional information. Groups will ORGANIZE the info, prepare a visual aid, present their information using the doc cam. Presentations should be 3ish min. Your peers WILL BE TAKING NOTES. No more than 10 words per paper!! No packets during presentations!!

~*~Table of Contents~*~ 26. Envelope Poem 27. “No Frigate Like a Book” 28 Envelope c/c 29 Facing History Odyssey Background Notes Who is More Heroic? #32 Works Cited Corrections Work on this one!!!!

30. Odyssey Background Notes (full page) The Greek Hero Epic Poem The Iliad Homer / Oral Tradition Greek Values Greek Religion Why Study the Odyssey The Odyssey (overview)

Iliad Pronunciations Iliad Odyssey Odysseus (his Greek name) Ulysses (his Roman name)

In Medias Res The advantage of starting a story in the middle, or even at the end, and then doubling back to the same point is the ability to hook the audience immediately, without any exposition, plopping him down right in the middle of the action. Some of the earliest uses of in medias res are still the most formidable. The Odyssey starts with most of Odysseus' journey already finished. The story up to that point is then told through flashbacks as we learn about all the fantastic characters he met along the way.

Here is where the story starts!!!

#33 Odyssey Organizer FULL TWO PAGE SPREAD!!!!! Number the sections (NOTE: 5 & 6 go in SAME BOX) 1 2 3 4 5 & 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Odyssey Organizer For each “stop” on the journey, write the name of the stop Draw a symbol which represents the obstacle Odysseus encounters at the location Copy a quote about the obstacle Odysseus encounters at the location include line numbers (#)

Group Work: READING pp. 860-865 You will read the intro & encounter w/ the Lotus Eaters. You will complete “stop 1, 2, 3” on your organizer. Troy Symbol of obstacle + quotation about obstacle (with line #) Ismarus Land of the Lotus Eaters

Group Work: READING pp. 860-865 You will read the intro & encounter w/ the Lotus Eaters. You will complete “stop 1, 2, 3” on your organizer. Troy Ismarus Land of the Lotus Eaters

After you write the exit, read your self-selected book until the end of the period. Closing thoughts . . . = #34 Odyssey Intro Write out the following 4 sentences w/ the CORRECT ANSWER 3. Odysseus describes his childhood home of Ithaca and through those descriptions, we see: he wishes he could always be at sea he thinks other cities he’s visited are filled with more riches he can’t wait to bring back all he has earned in battle in order to improve it he says there was no place better for a boy’s training 1. In the opening verses, Homer calls on who/whom? A. His mother B. His Father C. His Muse D. His god 2. How many years has it been since Odysseus left the battlefields of the Trojan War? A. 9 B. 10 C. 8 D. 3 4. What is the literary term for the section “Sailing from Troy”? A. Foreshadowing B. Flashback C. Irony D. Theme

You are working on . . . Reading Self-Selected Book & book talk project Due Wed, noon = CECE 5 w/ 5 works cited entries Vocab #3 due Mon/Tues  Turn in notebook 