Monday, December 5th:
Finish watching The Odyssey
Work on your AR reading log and book
This will be due on Friday, December 11th.
Tuesday, December 6th:
Star Reading Test
Work on your AR reading log and read your book. The AR
reading log and AR test are due on Friday, December 11th.
Wednesday, December 7th:
Work on the AR reading log and read your book.
Went over the results of the Star Reading Test and the Smarter Balance Test.
Thursday, December 8th:
Wednesday, December 7th:
Work on the AR reading log and read your book.
Went over the results of the Star Reading Test and the Smarter Balance Test.
Thursday, December 8th:
Period 3:
Passed out “The Trojan War” handout
Read aloud to the third line of “Helen of Sparta” on the second page of the packet
CLASS NOTES:
An epic poem is a long narrative that relates (telling) the
deeds of heroes.
The Trojan War was
compiled in an epic poem called The
Illiad by Homer. Homer was believed to be the author of the poem, but he
didn’t write it down. Many
scholars believe that he was blind and wandered from city to city orally
relating the stories of the Greek
and Trojan heroes. When stories
are told rather than written down, it is said to be in an "oral tradition". However,
there are some scholars who believe Homer never actually existed. Some scholars
believe that it was actually many wandering poets who told the stories about the Trojan War over many years, and eventually, the stories were
written down.
The Illiad is
about the events that occurred before The
Odyssey.
Vocabulary:
Discord: arguments, fights, lack of harmony between people.
Quarreling: arguments, verbal fighting
The Apple of Discord:
Discord: arguments, fights, lack of harmony between people.
Quarreling: arguments, verbal fighting
Eris was the goddess of Discord
Eris was not invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis.
This made her very mad, so she decided to get even. How did she get even?
Jasmin: Eris
inscribed “To the Fairest” on the apple and threw it into the wedding where it
rolled to the feet of Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera. Fairest means the most
beautiful. The three goddesses started fighting over the apple.
The goddesses
went to Zeus to decide who should get the apple, but Zeus was too smart for
that and directed them to Paris, the son of Priam, who was said to be a good
judge of feminine beauty.
Each goddess promised him a gift if he gave her the apple.
What did Athena offer him?
Wisdom and glory in war
What did Aphrodite offer him?
The most beautiful mortal woman in the world
What did Hera offer him?
Kingly power
Who did Paris choose? Aphrodite!!!!!
Helen of Sparta
The most beautiful woman in the world was Helen of Sparta,
whose step father Tyndareus was offering her hand in marriage to the worthiest
man in the kingdom.
Friday, December 9th:
Friday, December 9th:
3rd Period:
As we are reading, we will stop and discuss. You will be asked to write the main
idea and pertinent details.
Helen of Sparta:
Helen is the most beautiful woman in the world. Her father
was Zeus and her mother was Princess Leda. Her stepfather was a very rich man
named Tyndareus who was offering her hand in marriage to an appropriately rich
and influential man.
Helen had many suitors and Tyndareus, her step father, was
worried that the suitors who were not chosen would not accept his decision and
start trouble. So Tyndareus had all of Helen’s suitors sign an agreement, which
read:
I,_____________________________, agree to accept King
Tyndareus’s decision in the selection of the husband for Helen of Sparta. I
also agree to join King Tyndareus in going to war against any suitor or suitors
who challenge his choice for Helen’s husband.
Carolina: That the ties between the guests and the hosts are
sacred and that Paris violated that trust.
Eli: It was important that Helen’s father was Zeus, which
was the reason so many men wanted to marry her.
Tyndareus choses Menelaus as her husband, a nice guy but
kinda boring – unlike Paris.
Aphrodite made a promise to Paris that he would be rewarded with the
most beautiful woman in the world and she arranged that Paris would visit the
newly weds at the home, and that Menelaus would have to leave on a business
trip, leaving Helen, the most beautiful woman, and Paris, the world’s biggest
playboy, alone together. Predictably, they fell in love and ran away to Paris’ home, Troy, thus
triggering the agreement that all the suitors signed – that anyone who failed
to accept Tyndareus’ decision would be punished, and that everyone who signed
the agreement would have to be the punishers.
Trojan War Part 2
Valiant Warriors!
Vocabulary:
Valiant: courageous, brave, strong in the face of adversity
Agamemnon gathered together several ships to sail to Troy to
get Helen back. Some of Greece’s most valiant solders were on the ships,
including Achilles, the greatest warrior of them all.
The war lasted nine long years and rocked both heaven and
earth – even the gods took sides!
The Death of Patroclus and the Rousing of Achilles
Hector killed Patroclus, the cousin and very close friend of
Achilles. Patroclus was wearing Achilles’ armor which was taken by Hector as
the spoils of war. Achilles was grief stricken over the loss of his best friend
and vowed to take revenge. Concerned for her son, Thetis went to Hephaestus,
the blacksmith of the gods, to make a beautiful shield and armor for Achilles
to wear in battle against Hector.
Please bring your class notes, your “Trojan War Packet,
Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4”, and your “Fill-in-the-Blank” handout to class on Monday
so that we can finish. The final will be over “The Trojan War”.
