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"?
