1. Here we are again! Ms. Flath’s 9 th Grade English Class

2. Things to do today - 0 DOL – bell ringer 0 SAT Question 0 A Host of Heroes quiz 0 Model Close Reading 0 By the way - - - - - what does epic mean?

3. DOL we would of froze during the storm but we seen a shelter that protected us from the high winds coming off of the rocky mountains kim was watching the movie the winds of war-at least i think she said that-when the television set burned out

4. SAT Question Because King Philip's desire to make Spain the dominant power in sixteenth-century Europe ran counter to Queen Elizabeth's insistence on autonomy for England, ------- was -------. (A) reconciliation.. assured (B) warfare.. avoidable (C) ruination.. impossible (D) conflict.. inevitable (E) diplomacy.. simple

5. DOL we would of froze during the storm but we seen a shelter that protected us from the high winds coming off of the rocky mountains kim was watching the movie the winds of war-at least i think she said that-when the television set burned out

6. SAT Question Because King Philip's desire to make Spain the dominant power in sixteenth-century Europe ran counter to Queen Elizabeth's insistence on autonomy for England, ------- was -------. (A) reconciliation.. assured (B) warfare.. avoidable (C) ruination.. impossible (D) conflict.. inevitable (E) diplomacy.. simple

7. Today’s Pun The fattest knight at King Arthur's round table was - - - Sir Cumference. - - - - He acquired his size from too much Pi!

8. DOL we would of froze during the storm but we seen a shelter that protected us from the high winds coming off of the rocky mountains kim was watching the movie the winds of war-at least i think she said that-when the television set burned out

9. DOL Corrections W e would have froze n during the storm, but we saw a shelter that protected us from the high winds coming off the R ocky M ountains. K im was watching the movie The Winds of War- at least I think she said that- when the television set burned out.

10. SAT Question Because King Philip's desire to make Spain the dominant power in sixteenth-century Europe ran counter to Queen Elizabeth's insistence on autonomy for England, ------- was -------. (A) reconciliation.. assured (B) warfare.. avoidable (C) ruination.. impossible (D) conflict.. inevitable (E) diplomacy.. simple

11. A Host of Heroes Quiz On your own paper – name, date, 1…2…3

12. A Host of Heroes Quiz 1) The tragic hero is: A. Famous and/or supernatural B. Fatally flawed C. Emotional D. Gets the girl at the end

13. A Host of Heroes Quiz 2) The epic hero is: A. Famous and/or supernatural B. Fatally flawed C. Emotional D. Gets the girl at the end

14. A Host of Heroes Quiz 3) The romantic hero is: A. Famous and/or supernatural B. Fatally flawed C. Emotional D. Gets the girl at the end

15. The Characteristics of an epic 0 Epic Hero 0 The Hero Cycle 0 Epic Plot 0 A long journey with many complications 0 Epic Setting 0 Exotic places – may be supernatural 0 Archetypes 0 Characters – situations & images that transcend time and place 0 Epic Themes 0 Universals 0 Courage 0 A homecoming 0 Life & death

16. The Language 0 Similes 0 Comparison between UNLIKE things using like or as 0 The epic simile develops over several lines 0 Epithet 0 A brief descriptive phrase used to characterize a person or thing 0 Allusion 0 A reference to a famous person, place., or event that helps the audience picture what is being described

17. The Iliad The judgment of Paris – son of Priam king of Troy Helen – wife of Menelaus – king of the Spartans The Trojan War! Odysseus and the Trojan Horse

18. The Odyssey and Close Reading 0 Reading for pleasure 0 Reading as a scholarly pursuit

19. Homework! 0 Email – if not already sent - late 0 Book cover – late 0 Finish the Cyclops packet