Monday, March 14th:
BIC
1ST
Period:
Tomorrow, March 15th
is the last day to turn in your AR book test and AR reading logs.
Read The Odyssey, pages
920 – 924
“Scylla”, “Charybdis”, “The Cattle of the Sun God”
Reading logs
Page 920, “The Sirens” Line 763 “But scarcely had that
island faded in blue air….”
Vocabulary:
Tumult: confusion, chaos, uproar
Bow: the front of the boat
Stern: the back of the boat
Penned: to be put in a pen or a small enclosure
Peril: danger
Wit: intelligence or cleverness
Founder: to sink or run aground in a boat. A boat runs
aground when its bottom hits sand or the ground.
Tiller: the sailor that controls the rudder to guide the boat.
Rudders: the implement at the back of the boat that guides
the direction of the boat.
Combers: big waves
Smothers: commotion,
Bidding: command, directives, orders
Cuirass: chest armor
Travail: hard, exhausting labor
Dire: serious, deadly
Gorge: a deep hole
Caldron: a hot pot or kettle filled with boiling liquid
Spume: hot scalding water and steam fired from a geyser
Bellowing: loud ringing voices like bulls
Bourne: to carry
Grapple: to struggle, particularly with one’s hands
Please reread pages 920 – 922; up to “The Cattle of the Sun
God”
Then write a brief summary of what you have read.
Read pages 922 – 924; “The Cattle of the Sun God”
Vocabulary:
Grotto: a sea cave
Appease: to satisfy
Cravings: hunger
Famine: starvation, which is the worst, most painful way to
die.
Hull: the ship; specifically, the exterior shell of the boat
Supplication: humble requests, prayers
Insidious: crafty, sly, intending to trap, evil that is slow
moving or develops in an undercover manner, and is not immediately noticeable
in the beginning. By the time the evil becomes apparent, it is too late – the
damage has already been done.
Entrails: intestines
Contrived: to construct, to make up
Overweening: excessively arrogant
Figurative Language:
“…Dawn with fingertips of rose touched the windy world.”
Personification, imagery
Commentary:
Eurylochus is the ringleader who urges the starving men to
kill and eat Helio’s sheep and cows. Eurylochus states: “Better open your lungs
to a big sea once for all than waste to skin and bones on a lonely island.”
Eurylochus is the same man who sensed that Circe was laying
a trap for the men, and ran back to the ship to inform Odysseus what was
occurring.
How did the gods hinder the men on the Island of
Helios?
What happened when Odysseus tried to pray to the gods for
help?
Period 3:
Your second AR test
and AR book reading log are due no
later than 3rd period, tomorrow!
Kahoot.it over “The
Land of the Dead”
Read The Odyssey, pages
920; Page 920, “The Sirens”; Line 763: “But scarcely had that island faded in
blue air….”
Vocabulary:
Tumult: confusion, chaos, uproar
Bow: the front of the boat
Stern: the back of the boat
Penned: to be put in a pen or a small enclosure
Peril: danger
Wit: intelligence or cleverness
Founder: to sink or run aground in a boat. A boat runs
aground when its bottom hits sand or the ground.
Tiller: the sailor that controls the rudder to guide the boat.
Rudders: the implement at the back of the boat that guides
the direction of the boat.
Combers: big waves
Smothers: commotion,
Bidding: command, directives, orders
Cuirass: chest armor
Travail: hard, exhausting labor
Dire: serious, deadly
Gorge: a deep hole
Caldron: a hot pot or kettle filled with boiling liquid
Spume: hot scalding water and steam fired from a geyser
Bellowing: loud ringing voices like bulls
Bourne: to carry
Grapple: to struggle, particularly with one’s hands
Please reread pages 920 – 922; up to “The Cattle of the Sun
God”
Then write a brief summary of what you have read.
Read pages 922 – 924; “The Cattle of the Sun God”
Vocabulary:
Grotto: a sea cave
Appease: to satisfy
Cravings: hunger
Famine: starvation, which is the worst, most painful way to
die.
Hull: the ship; specifically, the exterior shell of the boat
Supplication: humble requests, prayers
Insidious: crafty, sly, intending to trap, evil that is slow
moving or develops in an undercover manner, and is not immediately noticeable
in the beginning. By the time the evil becomes apparent, it is too late – the
damage has already been done.
Entrails: intestines
Contrived: to construct, to make up
Overweening: excessively arrogant
Figurative Language:
“…Dawn with fingertips of rose touched the windy world.”
Personification, imagery
Commentary:
Eurylochus is the ringleader who urges the starving men to
kill and eat Helio’s sheep and cows. Eurylochus states: “Better open your lungs
to a big sea once for all than waste to skin and bones on a lonely island.”
Eurylochus is the same man who sensed that Circe was laying
a trap for the men, and ran back to the ship to inform Odysseus what was
occurring.
Questions:
How did the gods hinder the men on the Island of
Helios?
What happened when Odysseus tried to pray to the gods for
help?
Tuesday, March 15th:
BIC
1st
Period:
Your second AR test and AR reading log are due today – no
exceptions!
Tomorrow, we will have a test over “Circe”, “The Land of the
Dead”, “Back to Circe”, “The Sirens”, “Scylla”, “Charybdis”, “The Isle of
Helios, the Sun God”.
Your reading logs over the above stories will also be due
Thursday.
Today we will have a kahoot.it as a review for the test.
3rd
Period:
Your second AR test and AR reading log are due today – no
exceptions!
Tomorrow, we will have a test over “Circe”, “The Land of the
Dead”, “Back to Circe”, “The Sirens”, “Scylla”, “Charybdis”, “The Isle of
Helios, the Sun God”.
Your reading logs over the above stories will also be due
Thursday.
Today we will have a kahoot.it as a review for the test.
Wednesday, March 16th:
BIC
1st
Period:
“Kahoot.it” over Circe, the Sirens, Scylla, Charybdis, and
Helios the sun god.
Test over Book 12 of The
Odyssey
Tomorrow, March 17th, your notes for The Odyssey will be due. These notes
cover “The Underworld”, “Circe”, “The Sirens”, “Scylla”, “Charybdis”, and
“Helios, the Sun God.”
3rd Period:
Test over Book 12 of The
Odyssey
Tomorrow, March 17th, your notes for The Odyssey will be due. These notes
cover “The Underworld”, “Circe”, “The Sirens”, “Scylla”, “Charybdis”, and
“Helios, the Sun God.”
Thursday,
March 17th:
BIC
1st Period:
On
a sheet of paper, write your name, and title the paper “Strategies to Improve
Your Grades”.
Then
number your paper one through five. Next to each number write down one thing
you can do to improve your grades in this class.
1. I can write down the
assignments in a special place, like my planner or calendar, and check it every
day when I sit down to do my homework.
2. Find a quiet place to do
my homework.
3. If I am listening to my
music, listen to songs that don’t have lyrics.
4. If I am studying for a
long time, then take a five minute break every hour.
5. When I am studying, I
need to turn off my phone or put on airplane mode.
6. When I am studying, I
need to be off by myself and not with my friends.
7. If I am having a hard
time in a class, then I should go to either tutoring, or my teacher, or Mr.
Briggs.
8. Discuss what I have
learned with a friend, or my parents, or my sister or brother.
9. Have a study group to
study with.
10. Set aside a certain time each day to work on
English.
11. Get the bigger, most important assignment
done first.
12. Ask the teacher for extra credit – but
first, do the assigned work first.
Watch “The Odyssey”; "Calypso"
Period 3:
1. Make a schedule for doing your
homework and your important assignments.
2. Do not procrastinate
3. Extra Credit!
4. Ask the teacher for what work you are
missing.
5. Look at the teacher’s blog
6.Turn in your work on time
7. Ask for the work you are missing and
do it over the spring break.
8. Study for the test!
9. Make your own Kahoot!
10. You also get extra credit for making
a Kahoot!
11. Review the notes you have taken in
class
Watch "The Odyssey" - "Scylla, Charybdis, Calypso", etc.
Friday, March 18th:
Friday, March 18th:
BIC
1st Period:
Watch the film “The Odyssey”
Stopped at Chapter 26 – when Odysseus returns to Ithaca.
Over the break, please find an AR book to read over the
break and don’t forget to do your reading log.
Use your NINE DAYS OF VACATION to finish ALL THE WORK YOU
OWE IN THIS CLASS AND TURN IN ON TUESDAY, MARCH 29TH!
3rd Period:
Watch the film “The Odyssey”
Stopped at Chapter
Over the break, please find an AR book to read over the break and don’t forget to do your reading log.
Use your NINE DAYS OF VACATION to finish ALL THE WORK YOU OWE IN THIS CLASS AND TURN IN ON TUESDAY, MARCH 29TH!
