1. Eng 9b, Day 22 = Thursday, 4/4/16 Bell Ringer (50 words):
#47: Predicting the End
We’ve got faithful Penelope, all these dudes running around, and Odysseus dressed as a beggar, and his son “in the know” How is Homer going to wrap this thing up? Write your own ending Tie up the loose ends!!

2. Our Springs Sports Assembly is this Friday, April 8th.
7:45 9:00 1st Period
9:05 10:20 2nd
10:20 11:00 Lunch
11:05 12:20 3rd
12:25 12:30 4th 
12:30 1:22 Assembly
1:27 2:42 4th

3. In with the new . . . ClassJump is going away (closing down). Path:
RMHS website > staff > Tuinstra
Shortcut:
/Domain/2789
In with the new . . .

5. Upcoming Due Dates A Finish reading Odyssey B Quiz over Odyssey part 2
* essay
Vocab Quiz 7
Essay
library
12 = No school
* Peer review of essay
* Essay due
Vocab Quiz 8

6. ~*~Table of Contents~*~
** 1-42 are scored!!!! **
#43: Describe Yourself #44: Argus & The Suitors (chart)
#45: Penelope and the Challenge = 50 words
#46 – Your epithets

7. Vocabulary 7 = quiz Fri, 4/8
Add to table of contents w/ the due date!!!!

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

9. Quiz Fri! Vocabulary 7 = quiz Fri, 4/8 LITERARY TERMS OTHER WORDS
1. active voice
2. passive voice
3. simple sentence
4.  complex sentence
5. compound sentence
OTHER WORDS
6. jaded
7. inevitable
8. jubilant
9. resilient
10. tumultuous
Quiz Fri!

10. The Odyssey – Part 2

11. Heroic
Not Heroic
#48: Hero or No?
Make a t-chart, 5 lines

12. #48: Hero or No? Was Odysseus a hero? DISCUSS WTH YOUR GROUP . . .
In one column, list things he did / decisions he made, etc. make him seem heroic. In the other column, list things that were NOT heroic. Try to come up w/ at least 5 in each column.
Heroic
Not Heroic

13. Group Work: READING / Vocab
Read "Odysseus' Revenge", "Penelope's Test" and "The Ending"
(pages )

14. Group Work: READING / Vocab
Read "Odysseus' Revenge", "Penelope's Test" and "The Ending"
(pages )
#49: The Ending
You predicted the ending in today’s BR. How did Homer’s ending compare to yours????? Write 50 words of discussion to show how your ending was similar to / diff from Homer’s.

15. You will need a blank sheet of notebook paper, turned on its side, and folded into four sections:

16. TIME TO DECIDE: Was Odysseus a Hero? Or No?
You will need a blank sheet of notebook paper, turned on its side, and folded into four sections:

17. TIME TO DECIDE: Was Odysseus a Hero? Or No?
In the top column, above the margin, write your decision:
Odysseus was HEROIC (and a great leader) OR
Odysseus was NOT HEROIC (and a bad leader)

18. TIME TO DECIDE: Was Odysseus a Hero? Or No?
Fold the bottom section in half, giving you two rows, 4 columns to work with.
~ My topic is here ~
Tuck this into a safe spot until Wed!!!

19. Closing thoughts . . . = 50 words
#50 Review for Quiz over Part 2 (Wed)
Identify these main characters?
a. Eumaeus
b. Penelope
c. Antinous
d. Telemachus
e. Odysseus
f. Argus
Explain these terms?
epic poem
epithet
tragic flaw
epic simile
oral tradition
When you are done read!!

20. Daily Participation Points:
5- BYOB!! Read the whole time. Engaged!
4- Read the majority of the time. Tried!
3-Read some of the time had to be reminded. Floundered!
1-No reading, sleeping, off task. Struggled!

21. Q4 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.