Monday, March 17, 2014

 

ENGLISH – 3^rd trimester – Day 4

 

JOSTEN’S RING ASSEMBLY…classes shortened to 64 minutes.

 

1.      Collect any remaining HERO’S JOURNEY assignments from the other day.

2.      From memory, name as many sections of the hero’s journey as you can remember.

3.      A map of the locations in Homer’s Odyssey…Odysseus’ Journey:

o   http://esripm.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapTour/index.html?appid=4fc9153f4d9248b9bab7011e3950b552&webmap=962ca9da38bf4c5e9439a6acf3dd1b3e#

 

4.      Listened to part of The Iliad in ancient Greek. The recording, featuring Stanley Lombardo doing the reading, is available on YouTube.


 

 

5.      You can follow along for a minute or two using the free copy of The Iliad in Greek on Google Books.

o   http://books.google.com/books?id=3AsZAAAAYAAJ&dq=the%20iliad&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=the%20iliad&f=false

 

·         TOGETHER, read 1012 – 1013; and REVIEW pgs. 1025 – 1036 in Literature book.

·         Discuss the Helen of Troy, the Trojan War, Odysseus, Laertes, Penelope, Telemachus, Athena, Hermes, Poseidon…

·         Then read the first few pages of The Odyssey (pages 1037-1042) (This is Homer beginning with a prayer for help.)

·         Watch video: 

 

 

  

6.      The first book of The Odyssey is titled, “Tell the Story.” (This is Homer beginning with a prayer for help. )

o   As a class, we discussed how to create 3 questions about this single story.

 

ENGLISH homework:

 

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