January 23, 2012 - January 27, 2012

Weekly Agenda for Honors English

Homework:

Please do reading logs for THE ODYSSEY

The reading log should include:

A brief summary

Vocabulary: unfamiliar words with their definitions

Figurative Language: write the quotation

identify which figurative language is used

explain what is being described or compared to

Please do reading logs for the following books:

Telemachus: Book 1: A Son Seeks a Father (Packet)

Book 2: Telemachus Confronts the Suitors (Packet)

Book 3: The Visit to Nestor (Packet)

Book 4: The Visit to Menelaus and Helen (Packet)

Odysseus: Pages 652 - 654

Part 1: The Wanderings

"Calypso, the Sweet Nymph"

"Princess Nausicaa" (Packet)

"I Am Lertes' Son" (Pages 656 - 658)

"The Battle of Ciccones

"The Lotus Eaters"

This will be due on Tuesday, January 24th

Monday, January 23rd:

Holt Handbook; pages 101 - 104; "Adjective Clauses"; exercises 2 and 3 are due today.

Present the reenactment of "The Battle of the Ciccones" and "The Lotus Eaters".

Tuesday, January 24th:

Minimum Day

Read "Troy: It Casts a Spell"; page 659

For homework:

How does the third paragraph ("After five long years....") support the view that by the nineteenth century, few historians

believed in the existence of an ancient city of Troy? Write a short explanation detailing how the

paragraph supports that view.

How does the last paragraph ("In the 1990s, a fifteen year archaeological....") support the author's

view that Troy still casts a spell? Write a short explanation detailing how the paragraph supports

that view.

Wednesday, January 25th:

Share your short explanations on the two passages from "Troy: It Still Casts a Spell".

Pass out THE ODYSSEY Vocabulary and Homeric Similes Packet

Read The Cyclops

Reading Logs

Prepare a four column chart with the headings: "Clues in the Text"; "Own Knowledge"; "Prediction";

and "Actual Outcome". As we read, fill in the chart.

Thursday, January 26th:

Read "The Cyclops"

Fill in the four column chart as we read.

Reading logs.

Class discussion on metis (cunning intelligence) and bie or bia (violent might).

Class discussion on the olive pole as a symbol for Athena.

Friday, January 27th:

Act out "The Cyclops"

THE ODYSSEY Vocabulary and Homeric Simile packet is due today.

Read page 671, "Welcome: A Religious Duty"

Discussion regarding how customs reveal a culture's beliefs. How are these customs revealed in

everyday life?

For homework; due Tuesday, January 31st:

How do the details support the main idea in the essay, "Welcome: A Religious Duty"?