1. Do Now May 19
Sit in your new groups for the week and get out your binder and a textbook book:
Brenden/ Angelica
Kyara/Kaitlyn
Abijah/Emani
Sabryna/Elizabeth
Jason/Nazjae/Alex
Jenn/Kevin
Malik/Cheyenne
Crystal/ Chris
Jonathan/Jorge

2. Do Now May 19
Sit in your groups for the week, grab your binder, and a textbook.
Lauren/Rodrick/Ariana
Aaron/Christian
Alahna/ Paola
Jordan/Piaja
Deshon/Alex/ Destiny
Jazmeen/Tifany
Juan/Dereck
Julio/Ashley
Shanta/Dennis

3. Odyssey and Argument Week 4
Epic Hero
Odyssey and Argument Week 4

4. Let’s look at our grades
Progress Reports Due Tomorrow
What grades are left?
Quarter 4:
3 more debates
Parts of the Epic Poem
3 essays
Test on the Odyssey
Final:
District Final (week of June 2)
Class Final (June 12th)

5. Evidence of Epic Hero Qualities
Create the following Chart in your Monday Section
Open to pp Read with your partner, finding evidence of Odysseus being a hero, and Odysseus NOT being a hero.
Odysseus as Hero
Odysseus Not as Hero

6. Evidence of an Epic Hero
Watch Video (Minutes )—again find the best evidence
Odysseus as Hero
Odysseus NOT a Hero

7. Monologue and Jargon: Lines & Job being done
Words that are specific to the job being done
Lines 73-91
Job:
Your Turn

8. Reminder: Epic Poem (worth 100 pts)
Invocation (25pts)
—calling on inspiration and an overview of your 9th grade year.
Epic Simile (25 pts)
—comparing a time you felt silly, powerful or too high on yourself to something else.
Monologue (25pts)
---where you use jargon to tell about a how you made it out of a tough situation
Dialogue (25 pts)
---where you tell another character what you learned from your ninth grade year.

9. Workshop Time: Invocation Epic Simile Monologue 4 Stanzas:
Calling on inspiration
Sights
Experiences
Challenges
A time you felt silly, proud, or a little to high on yourself.
Compare it to something else using like or as
Go into detail describing how they are alike
At least 3 lines of poetry
Give a speech with instructions on how to get through a 9th grade challenge.
Use jargon specific to the job you had to do.
Write at least 3 lines of poetry.

10. Homework: Finish your monologues.
If you completed it in class, feel free to turn it in for credit.

11. Do Now May 20 Answer the following question in your Tuesday section:
What are the primary characteristics of a hero?
Be prepared to report out to the class.

12. Proposed Thesis: The most important quality of a hero is _________________.
Aff: Strength / Physical Skill
Neg: Intelligence
Q: Being a good person
Judges: New group today

13. Creating some arguments
Develop some reasons as a group---the more reasons, the more points you will receive.
Then, come up with at least three pieces of backing:
One from history/TV/ Movies
One from the Odyssey
One from current events

14. Debate Order Today 3 mins extra prep time as you need it
10 minute prep
Aff Opening statement—5 min
Neg and Q Cross X Aff—3 min each
Neg Opening statement—5 min
Aff and Q Cross X Neg—3 min each
Q Opening Statement—5 min
Neg and Aff Cross X Q—3 min each
Q Rebuttle
Neg Rebuttle
Aff Rebuttle
3 mins extra prep time as you need it

15. Scoring 1 pt for every claim 1 pt for every warrant
1 pt for every piece of backing
1 pt each for answering any rebuttals/ questions against your claims
Minus 1 pt for a member of your group NOT talking
Minus 1 pt for talking while another group is speaking
Minus 1 pt for profanity or rudeness

16. Opening All other groups should take notes. State your thesis
Aff: Physical Skill and/or strength is the most important quality of a hero.
Neg: Intelligence is the most important quality of a hero
Q: Being a good person is the most important quality of a hero.
State your claims with their backing and warrants
Everyone should speak
All other groups should take notes.

17. Questions Prep for Rebuttal Look at your notes
Ask the group that spoke questions that challenge their claims
Prep for Rebuttal
Look at your notes
Jot down ways your opponents arguments might be weak.
Jot down how your argument is stronger

18. How did you score?

19. Three Things: 1 thing you learned. 1 thing you enjoyed
Three Things: thing you learned thing you enjoyed question you have

20. Quick Assessment Thursday, May 22
Prompt: What is the most important quality of a hero?
Brainstorm it—or get out your debate planner:
Thesis
Claim 1
Backing
Claim 2
Claim 3
Thesis
Claim 1
Claim 2
Claim 3
Backing
Backing
Backing

21. Outline it: Thesis Claim 1 Claim 2 Claim 3 Conclusion
No Full Sentences, But more detail!
Include the significance or importance
Include your warrants
Include your call to action
Thesis
_______________________________
Claim 1
Claim 2
Claim 3
Conclusion

22. Now write your own
Take full outline of the essay, and turn it into a 5 paragraph essay.
Hand it in
with your full outline.

23. Check off: Do you have a thesis? Did you tell me why it is important?
Do you have three claims? Do they each have their own paragraph?
Do you have at least on specific backing for each claim?
Do you end the essay with a call to action that tells your reader what you want them to do?

24. 1. Be sure I see your outline 2. Class Dojo