Tuesday, March 29, 2016

March 28, 2016 - April 1, 2016 Weekly Agenda for 9th Grade English; The Odyssey: Reunion of Father and Son, The Beggar and the Faithful Dog





Tuesday, March 29th:
BIC
1st Period:
Discussion of the upcoming events for this class:
Finish The Odyssey this week.
Kahoot.it (which will be the review for the test) over the last chapters of The Odyssey, Odysseus’ return to Ithaca and the slaying of the suitors.
Test over the last chapters of The Odyssey
A short research paper over a Greek god
Start reading Romeo and Juliet
Begin working on the third and final AR book, reading log, and AR test due no
later than Friday, May 6th.

For tomorrow: please bring the orange vocabulary book, Vocabulary Workshop: Level C.  Unit two will be assigned.

Wednesday, March 30th: 
1st Period:

BIC

Not here today due power outage and street closure



3rd Period:
Watch the ending of The Odyssey
The Odyssey
Page 928
Vocabulary:
Laden: burdened with objects; holding a great quantity, carrying
Comrades: Companions, friends,
Disguise: to cover up;
Ambush: to attack from a hiding place
Swineherd: a person who takes care of the swine or pigs
Fawn: to show excessive affection toward someone
Exiled: to be punished by being kicked out of one’s homeland
Pastures: meadows; a large area of grass used for grazing by animals
Grazing: eating grass, particularly by an animal such as a cow or horse
Candor: honesty
When Jill asked her boyfriend if he loved her, he answered her with candor and said, “No”.
Paola read page 928

Thursday, March 31st: 
BIC
New Rules:
If you leave trash and food in the class, you will be assigned detention to clean 503 during nutrition, lunch, or after school for fifteen minutes.
If you fail to show up, then your parents will be called for a parent-teacher conference.
If it continues you will receive a “U” for cooperation and work habits.

Kahoot.it Vocabulary Workshop: Level C; Unit 2

Read pages 928 – 931
Vocabulary:
Laden: burdened with objects; holding a great quantity, carrying
Comrades: Companions, friends, side kick
Disguise: to cover up; to hide your identity
Ambush: to attack from a hiding place
Swineherd: a person who takes care of the swine or pigs
Fawn: to show excessive affection toward someone
Exiled: to be punished by being kicked out of one’s homeland
Pastures: meadows; a large area of grass used for grazing by animals
Grazing: eating grass, particularly by an animal such as a cow or horse
Candor: honesty
When Jill asked her boyfriend if he loved her, he answered her with candor and said, “No”.
Lithe: limber; having the flexibility and freedom of movement of youth.
Athena transformed Odysseus into a handsome, lithe, and younger looking man.
Oblation: a sacrifice of a cow or a pig and given as an offering to the gods.
Telemachus is so frightened by the sudden changes in Odysseus that he thinks he is a god and offer oblations to him.
Incredulity: disbelief
Telemachus is in a state of incredulity and does not believe that Odysseus is his father.
Thunderstruck: to be in a state of emotional shock as if struck by lightning.
Talons: sharp claws

Read The Odyssey
Page 931, read between lines 1030 and 1035
How are the two men crying?
What animal are the two men being compared to?
What are the farmers doing to the falcons?
Why do the falcons cry?
What are nestlings?

This is called a “Homeric Simile”, which is an extended comparison of two unlike things.

Period 3:
New Rules:
If you leave trash and food in the class, you will be assigned detention to clean 503 during nutrition, lunch, or after school for fifteen minutes.
If you fail to show up, then your parents will be called for a parent-teacher conference.
If it continues you will receive a “U” for cooperation and work habits.

Vocabulary Unit 2 is assigned and will be due on Tuesday, April 5th.
Read pages 930 – 931
Vocabulary:
Laden: burdened with objects; holding a great quantity, carrying
Comrades: Companions, friends, side kick
Disguise: to cover up; to hide your identity
Ambush: to attack from a hiding place
Swineherd: a person who takes care of the swine or pigs
Fawn: to show excessive affection toward someone
Exiled: to be punished by being kicked out of one’s homeland
Pastures: meadows; a large area of grass used for grazing by animals
Grazing: eating grass, particularly by an animal such as a cow or horse
Candor: honesty
When Jill asked her boyfriend if he loved her, he answered her with candor and said, “No”.
Lithe: limber; having the flexibility and freedom of movement of youth.
Athena transformed Odysseus into a handsome, lithe, and younger looking man.
Oblation: a sacrifice of a cow or a pig and given as an offering to the gods.
Telemachus is so frightened by the sudden changes in Odysseus that he thinks he is a god and offer oblations to him.
Incredulity: disbelief
Telemachus is in a state of incredulity and does not believe that Odysseus is his father.
Thunderstruck: to be in a state of emotional shock as if struck by lightning.
Talons: sharp claws

Read The Odyssey
Page 931, read between lines 1030 and 1035
Why are the two men crying?
What animal are the two men being compared to?
What are the farmers doing to the falcons?
Why do the falcons cry?
What are nestlings?

This is called a “Homeric Simile”, which is an extended comparison of two unlike things.

The Beggar and the Faithful Dog
Pages 932 and 933

Class Notes on THE BEGGAR and ARGOS, THE DOG

Why would Homer include the story of Argos in The Odyssey?

The dog meant something in the past of Odysseus.

Odysseus’s state is being compared to a dog.

The dog's condition is a symbol of the decay of Ithaca during Odysseus’ absence.

What does this reveal about Odysseus?

He is a softy. He is kind and compassionate but he is capable of controlling his feelings.
Is there any irony?

The dog is the only creature who recognized Odysseus.

We find the dog on a garbage heap waiting to die.

The dog is a symbol of what the suitors want to do with Odysseus and Telemachus.

Reread Eumaeus’ description of the dog. This is ironic because Eumaeus says that the owner of the dog is dead, not realizing that Odysseus, the owner, is standing there listening to him.

Personification: Giving human characteristics to an inanimate object.
Example:
Misery has him (Argos) in its leash.
 Eumaeus’ whole passage is an analogy between the state of Ithaca and the sad state of Argos, the dog.

Create your own personification!
Love held me in his embrace!
The trees danced in the wind.
The machine gun barked in reply.
The Ferrari purred under the gloved hand of its owner.

What do you think about Eumaeus’ statement about servants?

Do you think that slavery demeans humans and the very act of enslavement robs people of their humanity and deprives them of the highest qualities which distinguish us as humans?

Just because one is enslaved does not mean that one is not capable of the highest intellectual achievement.

The quality of a society can be seen by how it treats its weakest, most vulnerable members – children, babies, the old, the poor and the animals.

Read up to page 938, “The Test of the Great Bow”

 Friday, April 1st:

Shortened day

Each period is twenty minutes

BIC

1st Period:
Read “Argos and the Old Beggar”
Read up to page 932; line 1057
Vocabulary:
Dung pile: manure from cattle, goats, etc. used to fertilize the fields
Muzzle: the snout or face of a dog

3rd Period:
Kahoot: The Beggar and the Faithful Dog

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