Find your notebook, folder, CECE #7 English 9b, Day 22 * Fri/Mon Find your notebook, folder, CECE #7 #52 Women in The Odyssey What kinds of roles do women play in the Odyssey? Which females hold the most power and why? Were women valued in this culture? Remember that “women” include not only Penelope, but also sorceresses Circe and Calypso, bird-women temptresses (the sirens) and beasties (Scylla and Charybdis). 50 words then . . . open your self-selected book and read!!!!

YOU SHOULD HAVE 7 IN HERE!!!! Organize CECEs Send one person for folders Send one person for last week’s CECE. YOU SHOULD HAVE 7 IN HERE!!!! Fill in . . . (2 sides)

. . . Spring break . . . Upcoming Due Dates B = 20 Book Talks due (continued) A B Vocab #5 due & quiz . . . Spring break . . . A = 3 B A typed current event exploration # 1 due 12 p.m. w/ Works Cited entries = 1 Vocab #6 due & quiz Essay rd due for peer review B = 10 A typed current event exploration # 2 due 12 p.m. w/ Works Cited entries = 2 B A = 14 All classes: Essay FD due

CECE #1 POEM Due Wed!!!!!

ALL BFHS = Quiz Thurs/Fri Vocabulary 6 = quiz Thurs/Fri FRONT BACK Odyssey Vocab Words 1. 2. 3. Etc. 10. DEFINITION USE IN A SENTENCE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. ETC. ALL BFHS = 10 words or more, show context Quiz Thurs/Fri

Quiz Thurs/Fri Vocabulary 6 1. bemuse 2. impudence 3. marvel Odyssey Vocab Words 1. bemuse 2. impudence 3. marvel 4. revelry 5. wily 6. contempt 7. haughty 8. meddling 9. shirk 10. vengeance   Quiz Thurs/Fri

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.

Your Project will have these components: Part 1: Hero Picture (you sketch!!!) Part 2: Helper Picture (you sketch!!!) Part 3: Pick 3 Stages of the Hero’s Journey

#45 Chart o’ Books Find this!!! 1A = 25 ish 2A = 30 ish 1B = 27 ish Student name Title of book Heroic? 1 2 3 4 5 Etc.

You are working on . . . Reading Self-Selected Book ~*~Table of Contents~*~ 33 Odyssey Organizer 42 Odyssey Map 43 Stuck between Scylla and Charybdis #44 Goal Progress Check #45 Chart o’ Books 46 Odysseus Then & Now (full sheet) 47 What makes a Hero? #48 Group discussion summary 49: Argus & The Suitors (half page) 50 Book Talk Thoughts 51: Penelope’s Chart o’ Clever = ½ page 52 Women in The Odyssey Reading Self-Selected Book Notebook entries that need finishin’ Vocab due next Th/F CECE#1 due next Wed Essay due after break

The Odyssey

Penelope’s Suitors 108 suitors in total (maybe more) 52 from Dulichium 24 from Same 20 Achaeans 44 from Zacynthus 12 from Ithaca

Q3 Essay: The Odyssey Please get out two sheets of notebook paper. 2 Front = Body 3 1 Front = Body 1 1 Back = Body 2

Task: Identify three traits / values / mores of the ancient Greek hero that are evident in our friend Odysseus. Are these same traits / values / mores the same as those evident in heroes (or a hero) of the modern day? What might that say about heroes of ancient Greek vs. contemporary American culture? In your discussion, quote directly from the Odyssey (including internal citations) and reference specific instances in modern-day films or literature.

Identify three traits / values / mores of the ancient Greek hero that are evident in our friend Odysseus. 2 Front = Body 3 Trait 3 1 Front = Body 1 Trait 1 1 Back = Body 2 Trait 2

Are these same traits / values / mores the same as those evident in heroes (or a hero) of the modern day? What might that say about heroes of ancient Greek vs. contemporary American culture? In your discussion, quote directly from the Odyssey (including internal citations) and reference specific instances in modern-day films or literature.

Identify three traits / values / mores of the ancient Greek hero that are evident in our friend Odysseus. 1 Front = Body 1 Trait 1 1 quotation from Odyssey 2 CM 1 quotation/ reference to contemporary American hero lit 2CM 2 Front = Body 3 Trait 3 1 quotation from Odyssey 2 CM 1 quotation/ reference to contemporary American hero lit 2CM 1 Back = Body 2 Trait 2 1 quotation from Odyssey 2 CM 1 quotation/ reference to contemporary American hero lit 2CM

47 & 48: Are heroes of ancient Greece the same as heroes of contemporary American culture? Look at your list of heroes (#31 in notebook). Why did you prioritize the way you did? Are important traits similar in any way to the characteristics of our friend Odysseus? Whether similar or diff, what does their/our value of certain traits (strength, intelligence, beauty, bravery, creativity, leadership, etc.) say about their/our cultural priorities? Could be your “so what” of conclusion

Sniff the air!!!! I smell spring break!!  You are working on . . . ~*~Table of Contents~*~ 42 Odyssey Map 43 Stuck between Scylla and Charybdis #44 Goal Progress Check #45 Chart o’ Books 46 Odysseus Then & Now (full sheet) 47 What makes a Hero? #48 Group discussion summary 49: Argus & The Suitors (half page) 50 Book Talk Thoughts 51: Penelope’s Chart o’ Clever = ½ page 52 Women in The Odyssey START AT THE TOP, WORK DOWN: Essay due after break (get your quotations & line #s) Essay: develop body paragraphs Notebook entries that need finishin’ Vocab due next Th/F Reading Self-Selected Book CECE#1 due next Wed Sniff the air!!!! I smell spring break!! 

Sniff the air!!!! I smell spring break!!  Exit slip . . . Report / Plan (50 words) What did you get accomplished today? What is your plan for work over spring break / the week after? Essay due after break (get your quotations & line #s) Essay: develop body paragraphs Notebook entries that need finishin’ Vocab due next Th/F Reading Self-Selected Book CECE#1 due next Wed Sniff the air!!!! I smell spring break!! 

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