Monday, March 12, 2018 - March 16, 2018 Weekly Agenda for 9th Grade English

Monday, March 12th:

The Odyssey 

Standards: 

Reading, analyzing complex literary text and communicating the analysis of the complex text verbally and through the written word.

Task/ Objectives:

The students will demonstrate an understanding of the plot, characters, themes and figurative language in The Odyssey 

Agenda: 

Students will give a presentation via power point analyzing The Odyssey in terms of plot, character, themes, and figurative language.  The student audience will take notes, and following the presentations, there will be a question and answer session in which presenters will answer the audience questions.

Lisbeth L. , Katherine, Jason 

Helios the Sun God 

Plot – Start the story from Tiresias and Circe's prophecies 

Milan L.,  Jose, Julia, Yessenia 

Land of the Dead

Melanie, Salamata, David, Tymiah 

The Cyclops 

Taylor, Alejandra, Adolfo 

Scylla and Charybdis 

Julian, Samantha, Cierra, Hilaryd

The Sirens

Takai, Makenna, Idalia, Jasmine 

The Lotus Eaters

Reflection: 
A major theme in The Odyssey is reciprocity: people getting what they deserve. Explain how this theme affects Odysseus, Polyphemus, and Odysseus' men.

Reviewed the assignments.
Provided Takai, Makenna, Idalia, and Jasmine with their slides. 

Presenters today:
Helios -  Lisbeth L., Jason,  Katherine A.
Plot, characters, figurative language, themes
Discussion:
Yessenia, Lisbeth, Milan, Samantha, Adolfo, Julia,

Tuesday, March 13th: 
Gave students time to work on their slides and presentations.

Wednesday, March 14th: 
ELA Interim Test in #200

Thursday, March 15th: 

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To the audience who is watching the presentations:

Write the names of the presenters and the title of the chapter they are presenting

Write a brief summary of the story

Write a brief analysis of the characters

Write what the themes are

Write down the information about the figurative language

Submit it to schoology at the end of the period. 

Presenters: 

"The Sirens" - Cierra, Julian, Hilaryd, Sam 

Plot, characters, theme, figurative language

"Land of the Dead" 

Yessenia, Julia, Jose, Milan 

Plot, characters, theme, figurative language