Opening Session Monday, August 24, 2015 When you come into class, find a seat and take out a sheet of paper. Label the paper with your name, the date, your teacher, and the period. Please copy the definitions from the board. (Yes, I would put them on my website, but trust me, you wouldn’t learn them as quickly, or possibly at all.) Please copy is the Latin or Greek root, the part of speech, and the definition. After you finish, complete Activity One on page 12.

Opening Session Monday, August 24, 2015 Example Definition Nunc/Nounc Enunciate: V. to pronounce or articulate

Our Values Versus Ancient Greek Values Monday, August 24, 2015 Similarities Differences We face challenges We value the same qualities War Different religions/deities Different technologies

Essential Question Monday, August 24, 2015 How are the values of a culture expressed within literature? Greeks: Strength, Beauty, Bravery, Cunning Us: Family, Wealth, Power, Material Things, Fame, Beauty (Physical) What challenges and trials does Odysseus face on his journey?

Standards Monday, August 24, 2015 ELAGSE9-RL12 Determine the central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of a text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of a text

Student Learning Objectives Monday, August 24, 2015 Opening Session Students will expand their knowledge of Latin and Greek roots. Work Session Students will create a timeline of events in the Odyssey. Students will continue their reading of the Odyssey by Homer. Closing Session Students will add to their timeline of events in the Odyssey.

Work Session Monday, August 24, 2015 Grab a blue literature textbook from the grey shelves beside our desks. Turn to page 43 in your book. We will now continue reading The Odyssey. Please take notes of any thoughts or questions you have so we can discuss them at the end of class.

Closing Session Monday, August 24, 2015 If you have any questions about what we read today, please ask so we can discuss it.

Announcements Monday, August 24, 2015 Book reports are due Friday, August 28, 2015. Vocabulary test is also on Friday, August 28, 2015

Opening Session Tuesday, August 25, 2015 When you come into class, please find a seat and take out your definitions from yesterdays. You will also need a copy of the Gold vocabulary book. Please get that from the cart or the stack. Please turn to Unit 2 in your book, and complete Exercise Two and Three. Please write the entire sentence when you answer.

Our Values Versus Ancient Greek Values Tuesday, August 25, 2015 Similarities Differences We face challenges We value the same qualities War Different religions/deities Different technologies

Essential Question Tuesday, August 25, 2015 How are the values of a culture expressed within literature? What challenges and trials does Odysseus face on his journey?

Standards Tuesday, August 25, 2015 ELAGSE9-RL12 Determine the central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of a text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of a text

Student Learning Objectives Tuesday, August 25, 2015 Opening Session Students will expand their knowledge of Latin and Greek roots by using context clues to finish sentences. Work Session Students will analyze two film adaptations of The Odyssey. Closing Session Students will continue their reading of the Odyssey by Homer. Students will add to their timeline of events in the Odyssey.

Work Session: Comparative Mythology Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Closing Session Tuesday, August 25, 2015 Grab a green literature textbook from the grey shelves beside our desks. Turn to page 981 in your book. We will now continue reading The Odyssey. Please take notes of any thoughts or questions you have so we can discuss them at the end of class.

Closing Session Tuesday, August 25, 2015 If you have any questions about what we read today, please ask so we can discuss it.

Announcements Tuesday, August 25, 2015 Book reports are due Friday, August 28, 2015. Vocabulary test is also on Friday, August 28, 2015

Opening Session Wednesday, August 26, 2015 When you come into class, please find a seat and take out your definitions from yesterdays. You will also need a copy of the Gold vocabulary book. Please get that from the cart or the stack. Please turn to Unit 2 in your book, and complete Exercise One. Please write the entire sentence when you answer.

Essential Question Wednesday, August 26, 2015 How are the values of a culture expressed within literature? What challenges and trials does Odysseus face on his journey?

Standards Wednesday, August 26, 2015 ELAGSE9-RL12 Determine the central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of a text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of a text

Student Learning Objectives Wednesday, August 26, 2015 Opening Session Students will expand their knowledge of Latin and Greek roots by using context clues to finish sentences. Work Session Students will analyze two film adaptations of The Odyssey. Closing Session Students will continue their reading of the Odyssey by Homer. Students will add to their timeline of events in the Odyssey.

Work Session: Comparative Mythology Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Closing Session Tuesday, August 25, 2015 Grab a green literature textbook from the grey shelves beside our desks. Turn to page 981 in your book. We will now continue reading The Odyssey. Please take notes of any thoughts or questions you have so we can discuss them at the end of class.

Closing Session Wednesday, August 26, 2015 If you have any questions about what we read today, please ask so we can discuss it.

Announcements Wednesday, August 26, 2015 Book reports are due Friday, August 28, 2015. Vocabulary test is also on Friday, August 28, 2015.

Opening Session Friday, August 28, 2015 Welcome to class, please come inside, take a seat, and take out your vocabulary assignments you completed this week. You will take your vocabulary test today. You have five minutes to study. If I hear talking that is not related to vocabulary, we will begin the test immediately.

Student Objectives Friday, August 28, 2015 Opening Session Students will complete a vocabulary quiz to assess their knowledge of Greek and Latin roots. Work Session Students will finish reading the Anglo-Saxon epic, Beowulf. Closing Session Students will go to the Media Center to check out a new library book

Essential Question(s) Friday, August 28, 2015 How does literature reflect culture?

Standards Friday, August 28, 2015 ELAGSE-12 RL2 Determine two or more themes or central ideas of text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.

Work Session Friday, August 28, 2015 Please take out your book reports and prepare to turn them in to Mr. Hatch or Mr. Bailey. Make sure that at the top of your report you have written your name, the date, the period, and your teacher’s name

Work Session Friday, August 28, 2015 We will now continue reading the Odyssey. Please turn in your green literature book to page 986.

Closing Session Friday, August 28, 2015 We will now go to the library if there is no one in the library testing. Please check out a book before you leave the library today.

Announcements Friday, August 28, 2015 Have a fantabulous weekend