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1 Honors Paideia B Agenda 10/19/2015 Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc.  Distribute Article of the Week Complete the Warm Up Review the Objectives and Essential Questions Grammar Practice Stylistic Devices Notes Introduce the Odyssey and Assignments Complete a Closure Question

2 Honors Paideia A Agenda 10/20/2015 Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc.  Distribute Article of the Week Complete the Warm Up Review the Objectives and Essential Questions Grammar Practice Stylistic Devices Notes Introduce the Odyssey and Assignments Complete a Closure Question

3 Practice- Identify the subject and verb in the sentence. Then identify the descriptive clause, phrase, or word. Then answer the questions. 1. Walking to the pawnshop, Bob’s watch dropped into the sewer. a. No change b. Bob’s watch dropped in the sewer c. Bob dropped his watch into the sewer d. Bob’s drooped watch into the sewer 2. Stepping to avoid the large puddle, I carefully tripped and fell. a. No change b. (Place after Stepping) c. (Place after and) d. (Place after fell)

4 Answers 1. Walking to the pawnshop, Bob’s watch dropped into the sewer. a. No change b. Bob’s watch dropped in the sewer c. Bob dropped his watch into the sewer d. Bob’s drooped watch into the sewer 2. Stepping to avoid the large puddle, I carefully tripped and fell. a. No change b. (Place after Stepping) c. (Place after and) d. (Place after fell)

5 Writing Notes Review Hook- The background information the reader needs to understand the topic. If it is literature based it should include the author’s name, title of the text, and a brief summary. Topic Sentence - What are you trying to prove? (the position) (SCOP) This should partially restate the question (occasion) Reasons, Details, Facts, Data - Include data from the text to support, or prove, your topic sentence. Clarify and explain your interpretation of the topic sentence and your position. Examples, Explanations, Elaborations-This should a specific examples from the text and followed by a quote (with a citation). If it is not a text-based question, then you must use data from your own readings, observations, or personal experiences. Significance and Warrant- Connect the RDF to the Topic Sentence. How does your data/facts and elaborations prove/support your topic sentence? Elaborate as needed. Conclusion - Make a concluding statement to bring your answer to an end.

6 Respond to the Following Prompt: Based on the presentations and readings, how was man’s relationship to the gods viewed in the culture of the Ancient Greeks.

7 Literary Devices Notes Power Point Begin the Odyssey together (invocation of the Muse) Introduce Literature Circle assignment

8 Honors Paideia Agenda B 10/21/2015 Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc. Complete the Warm Up Review the Objectives and Essential Questions Grammar Practice Stylistic Devices Notes and Practice Continue Reading the Odyssey and begin Literature Circles Complete a Closure Question

9 Honors Paideia Agenda A 10/22/2015 Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc. Complete the Warm Up Review the Objectives and Essential Questions Grammar Practice Stylistic Devices Notes and Practice Continue Reading the Odyssey and begin Literature Circles Complete a Closure Question

10 Identify the subject, verb and modifiers in each sentence. Determine is the modifier is misplaced. If it is, please rewrite the sentence. 1. Many of the trustees congratulated him for his speech at the end of the meeting and promised their support. 2. For sale: An antique desk suitable for a lady with thick legs and large drawers. 3. Wanted: Man to take care of a cow that does not smoke or drink. 4. You need a mixing bowl set designed to please a cook with a round bottom for efficient beating. 5. We almost made a profit of ten dollars.

11 Corrections 1. At the end of the meeting, many of the trustees congratulated him for his speech and promised their support. 2. For sale: An antique desk with thick legs and large drawers suitable for a lady. 3. Wanted: Man that does not smoke or drink to take care of cow. 4. You need a mixing bowl set with round bottoms for efficient beating designed to please a cook. 5. We almost made a profit of ten dollars.

12 Symbols “Flowers and other things have been laid against the wall. There are little flags, an old teddy bear, and letters, weighted with stones so they won’t blow away. Someone has left a rose with a droopy head.” – Bunting, The Wall 1. This passage is from a book about the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington D.C. There are several symbols in the passage. Identify the symbols and explain what they mean. 2. Look at the last sentence about the rose. Remember that it is a rose, but it’s also something else. What does the rose usually symbolize? Why does it have a droopy head here? What does the droopy head add to our understanding of the symbol and the feeling of the passage?

13 Writing Practice In Homer’s The Odyssey what modern “obstacle” do the lotus eaters represent?

14 Honors Paideia Agenda B 10/23/2015 Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc. Complete the Warm Up Review the Objectives and Essential Questions Grammar Practice Stylistic Devices Notes and Practice Continue Reading the Odyssey and Literature Circles Complete a Closure Question

15 Identify if the following sentences are “incorrect” or “correct” ­­­­_____ 1. She served sandwiches to the children on paper plates. _____2. She served the children sandwiches on paper plates. _____3. She saw a puppy and a kitten on the way to the store. _____4. On the way to the store, she saw a puppy and a kitten. _____5. He bought a horse for his sister they call Prince.

16 Stylistic Devices Practice “…The grass you are standing on, my dear little ones, is made of a new kind of soft minty sugar that I’ve just invented! I call it swudge! Try a blade! Please do! It’s delectable!...” “Isn’t it wonderful!” whispered Charlie. “Hasn’t it got a wonderful taste, Grandpa?” “I could eat the whole field!” said Grandpa Joe, grinning with delight. “I could go around on all fours like a cow and eat every blade of grass in the field!”- Dahl, Charlie and Chocolate Factory 1. Write one example of a hyperbole in the passage. Remember that a hyperbole is figurative, not literal. What is the literal meaning of the hyperbole? 2. The character, Grandpa Joe, first states that he could eat the whole field. Then he extends or continues this hyperbole by saying he could go around on all fours like a cow and eat every blade of grass in the field. How does this extended hyperbole help you understand Grandpa Joe’s experience of the swudge?

17 Writing Practice How is Cyclopean society described by Odysseus? What modern “obstacle” do the Cyclops represent?


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