1. 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!!!!

2. 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)

3. . . . 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

4. CECE #1 POEM
Due Wed!!!!!

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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.

8. 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

9. #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.

10. 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

11. The Odyssey

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

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

15. 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.

16. 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

17. 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.

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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!! 

21. 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!! 

22. NO BOOKS ON THE FLOOR!!!!