1. 9th Grade Week 28 Agenda & Obj. 3/17-3/21
Monday-Thursday: The Odyssey
By the end of Gr.9, read and comprehend literature…
Analyze how complex characters…
Determine the meaning of words and phrases…
Initiate and participate in a range of collaborate discussions…
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language…
Cite textual evidence…explicitly as well as inferences drawn
Analyze a particular POV…
Friday: Writing
Produce clear and coherent writing…
Use a writing process to develop and strengthen writing…
Write routinely over extended time frames and shorter time frames…

2. Daily Writing: Irish 3/17/14
Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail:
What do you know about Saint Paddy’s Day?
“Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.” John Boyle O'Reilly
“That's what the holidays are for - for one person to tell the stories and another to dispute them.” ~Lara Flynn Boyle
Planner
Test Friday: The Odyssey final AND grammar rules (ALL stations).

3. Anything else to hand in? Any questions? Review The Odyssey Part 2.
Monday: Writing
Anything else to hand in? Any questions?
Review The Odyssey Part 2.
Test on Friday is on*:
ALL reading and vocab from The Odyssey (part 1 and 2)
ALL stations from last two weeks:
Apostrophes
Capitalization
Sub/Predicate
Run-ons
Sentence forms
Colon
Semicolon
Analogies
*Grammar review on Wednesday, but you should know it by then!

4. Exit ticket: ½ page notes on movie!
Monday: Writing
Exit ticket: ½ page notes on movie!

5. Daily Writing: Shakespeare 3/18/14
Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail:
“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” ~William Shakespeare
“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” William Shakespeare
Planner
Test Friday: The Odyssey final AND grammar rules (ALL stations).

6. Tuesday: The Odyssey
Accuplacer letter & practice test – read & give to your rents! Take the practice test during break and check your answers online.
Take notes on The Odyssey movie (at least a page). Subtitles: Cyclops, Land of the Dead, Scylla & Charybdis, Suitors
Notes:
Your textbook doesn’t provide ALL episodes so there will be some parts of the movie that we didn’t read.
We won’t be watching the entire movie in class. Before the test on Friday, watch it if it will help you (you can find it on YouTube!). If you do watch it at home, skip past minute 30 (before that is just a recap of Troy).
23:20: After the fall of Troy Odysseus defies Poseidon
29:54: Cyclops cave
42:40: Aolis God of Wind
52:50: Circe’s Island
1:08:00: Penelope & Tlemachas Odysseus’ mom kills herself
1:12:08: More Circe
1:17:45: Telemachus vs. Suitors
1:20:20: Land of the Dead & Tiresius
1:30:00 More Suitors/ Shroud Weaving
1:35:00: Scylla & Charybdis
1:41:00: Suitors

7. Daily Writing: Spring 3/19/14
Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail:
Write about a disastrous trip or vacation.
Were you ever in a fire, flood, tornado, or hurricane? Describe it.
Describe any story where weather was a problem (Man vs. Nature)
Planner
Test Friday: The Odyssey final AND grammar rules (ALL stations).

8. Doc cam: grammar/usage rules
Wednesday: Writing
Student council TODAY during middle school 5th period in Mrs. Roddy’s room. Spread the word!
Vocab review crossword
Try to get as many as you can without using your notes!
Doc cam: grammar/usage rules
Capitalization
Sub/Predicate
Sentence forms
Run-ons
Colon
Semicolon
Vocab charades if time!

9. Daily Writing: Spring 2 3/20/14
Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail:
“In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.” ~Mark Twain
“Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert.” ~Khalil Gibran
Planner
Test tomorrow: The Odyssey final AND grammar rules (ALL stations).

10. Subtitles: Penelope, Telemachus & Odyssey’s Revenge
Thursday: The Odyssey
Any questions about the final tomorrow?? We didn’t get to commas, colons & semi- colons…
Take notes on The Odyssey movie (at least a page before you leave). Don’t hand it in – just show me.
Subtitles: Penelope, Telemachus & Odyssey’s Revenge
Min: 2:09:00
The Odyssey movie!

11. Daily Writing: Spring BREAK 3/21/14
Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail:
What are you looking forward to during break?
Where would you go and what would you do if you could go/do anything?
Planner
Monday after break: Read something and write 2 page summary/reflection (double spaced)and:
Include/label all types of sentence forms (simple, compound, complex, & compound-complex).
Identify/label independent & dependent clauses.
Use proper punctuation & capitalization.
Check for run-ons.

12. When you’re done with the test, read something!
Friday: quiz
Hand in your journals!
When you’re done with the test, read something!
The Odyssey final AND grammar rules (ALL stations) test.