February 5, 2018 - February 9, 2018 Weekly Agenda

Monday, February 5th:
  Kahoots – Vocabulary Workshop, Unit 4, Level C

Kahoots – The Odyssey: “I am Laertes’ Son” and “Calypso”

Went over “Applying Skills” in The Odyssey Packet, 

Books 1 – 4, “Conflict” 

Tuesday, February 6th:  

Read “The Lotus Eaters”

Page 658

What happens to people who eat the lotus flower?

The people lose their will to go home. They just want to eat the lotus flower and stay on the island.

Taylor:

This is a P.S.A. – which warns people not to engage in drugs and alcohol.

Some scholars believe that the lotus flower might have been marijuana because it made the marijuana users lethargic and apathetic.

Milan

Lethargic: lazy, you just want to lay around

Adolfo and Taylor and David

Apathetic: showing little animation or emotion; indifferent

Page 660 The Cyclops

Reader:

Adolfo

Bough: tree branch

Yessenia:

Cavern is a large cave

Ewes: female sheep

Ram: a male sheep

 The first thing the Cylcops does is place a huge mult-ton slab of rock in the cave’s opening. After he makes his dinner, he sees Odysseus’s men in the firelight.

Adolfo!

Explained why the Cyclops got an attitude with Odysseus.

Why did the Cyclops ask Odysseus where his ships were?

Adolfo – Because Cylcops wanted to destroy it!

And why did Odysseus lie about it?

David and Adolfo knew that the Cyclops’ intention was to destroy the ship!

Acted out the Lotus Eaters:

Milan, Adolfo, Julian, Alejandra, Julia

Wednesday, February 7th: 
Worked on completing unfinished vocabulary, grammar, and literary packet assignments to help students pass.

Thursday, February 8th: 

Page 663; The Odyssey, The Cyclops

Line 273
Brief review: 

What did the Cyclops ask Odysseus?

Melanie – Where did Odysseus leave his ship?

David – the Cyclops wanted to destroy his ship!

Odysseus said the ship was destroyed!

Reader:

Jasmine

Vocabulary:

Atremble – to make something tremble

Appalled – shocked and horrified

Ponderous – of great weight, very heavy

Remember, Odysseus is still in the court of Alcinous telling the events of  the past ten years of his wanderings.  He is now telling about his adventures on the island of the Cylcops.

  (“Neither replay nor pity came from him..) to line 296 (…and wait for morning.)

What did the Cyclops do to Odysseus’ men?

“…but the Cyclops went on filling up his belly

with manflesh…”

“But in one stride he clutched at my companions and caught two….and made them his meal….”

The Cyclops ate some of Odysseus’ men alive.

Why didn’t Odysseus kill the Cyclops?

 He didn’t kill the Cyclops because the door of the cave was blocked by a huge stone which only the Cyclops could move.  The men would be trapped there forever and perish in a horrible death.

Perish: to die

“If we killed him

we perished there as well, for we could never

move his ponderous doorway slab aside.”

Ponderous: big and heavy and sometimes slow.

Why did the Cyclops kill Odysseus’ men?

Maybe Cyclops was hungry for man flesh and to show how vicious and mean he was.

“When the young Dawn with fingertips of rose lit up the world” is another way of saying it’s……..What?

 It’s morning!!!!

Personification and imagery

1.What is the above quotation an example of?  Personification? Simile? Imagery?

2. Cap a quiver describes how the Cyclops closed the door of the cave. What is the phrase? Is it a simile or a metaphor? What is it being compared to?

3. What did the Cyclops do in the morning?

Class discussion 

Vocabulary:

Bough: a big tree branch

Ewes: female sheep

Ravage: to destroy violently

What did the Cyclops do to Odysseus’ men?

“Neither reply nor pity came from him,

But in one stride he clutched at my companions

And caught two in his hands like squirming puppies

To beat their brains out, spattering the floor.

Then he dismembered them and made his meal.”

What is the following line an example of:

“…and caught in his hands like squirming puppies

to beat their brains out, spattering the floor.”

Simile

Homer is comparing the men to squirming puppies.

When the young Dawn with fingertips of rose

Lit up the world.

personification

Vocabulary:

Dispatch: to finish, to be done with

Cap a quiver: to put a top or lid on the round container filled with arrows, which is carried on the back by archers like Katniss or Robin Hood.

Hewed: to smooth with a knife to make a piece of wood smooth and shiny.

Profusion: a great deal; in great abundance.

Ponderous: large, huge, awkward, slow

Flock: a herd of sheep or birds

Ewe: a female sheep, and it’s pronounced like “you”.

Vocabulary:

Cordial: friendly, warm, welcoming, etc.

(Cor’ djal)

Odysseus’ men took out the Cyclop’s eye by driving a spike (a six foot long section of an olive tree sharpened to a razor point) into the Cyclop’s eye.

Vocabulary:

Cap a quiver: to put a lid on the round container of arrows that is carried on the back. Quiver is the round container carried on the back of Katniss and Robin Hood.

Metaphor. Homer is comparing the stone that blocks the cave’s mouth to a cap on a quiver.

Felled: to chop down a tree

Mast: the main huge beam on a boat which stands perpendicular to the deck.  Sails are suspended from the mast.

Dung: manure

Profusion: a great abundance, a huge amount

Rogue: a con man, criminal

Carrion: road kill; a dead animal

Weird: fate

Girdler: to encircle; like a belt

Wits: intelligence

Friday, February 9th: 

Open your books to page 667

Milan:

Review:

The men were taking twine from the Cyclops’ bed to tie themselves under the middle of a trio of big sheep.  Odysseus had to hold onto the biggest ram by his hands because there was no one to tie him up to a ram.

Reader:

Milan

When Dawn spread out her fingertips of rose  - personification

Carrion: road kill, a dead animal

Rogue: a criminal

Fold (noun) a group of animals or the sleeping quarters of animals such as sheep or goats

Adversary: an enemy

Weird: the original meaning of the word weird is fate!

Who told the Cyclops about his fate?

David:

Telemus the Wizard foretold that the Cyclops  would be blinded by a man by the name of Odysseus.

What type of man was the Cyclops expecting?

David – he was expecting a giant man.

The Cyclops was defeated not by a big man of brawn but by a small man of great intellect.

The Cyclops prayed to his father Poseidon to curse Odysseus, so that he would not get home, or that  if he did reach home, he would first be faced with years of hard sailing,  days of bitterness, and the loss of his companions.  When Odysseus finally did reach home he would be faced with  turmoil and strife at home. 

January 29, 2018 - February 2, 2018 Weekly Agenda for 9th Grade English

Monday, January 29th:

Book 3: The Visit to Nestor

Chaotic: out of control, unorganized,

Blue-maned: epithet describing Poseidon

Mane is the hair that grows on the neck of a horse

Blue is the color of the ocean

Vocabulary:

To furl: to roll up as in a flag or a sail

Disembark: to get off a boat

Embark: to board a boat, or to begin an adventure

Dis is a prefix which means to undo or not

Congregation: a large group of people who assemble

To congregate: to come together, to assemble

Salamata gets a point

To broach: to puncture or to open

Storehouse is where grains and harvest are stored

To broach the store house of his mind is a metaphor!

Interrogate: to investigate for clues by questioning

Pylos is the name of the island that Nestor lives on.

Nestor feeds Telemachus and his men first and then asks who they are. This shows respect! The ties between guests and host are sacred!

Prudently: adverb describing something as careful and showing restraint and good judgment.

Points: Taylor, Adolfo, Yessenia, Lizbeth

Reader:

Adolfo – Book 3, “The Visit to Nestor on the Isle of Pylos”

Salamata – Book 4, “The Visit to Menelaus and Helen”

Vocabulary:

Luminous: shining as if lighted from inside, glowing

Wanton: immoral or naughty person

Menelaus does not realize he is talking to Odysseus’ son until Telemachus breaks down in tears over stories Menelaus is telling about his father.

As soon as Helen walks into the room, she recognizes Telemachus as being Odysseus’s son for the resemblance is sto strong.

Menelaus and Helen tell Telemachus that they heard Odysseus is alive and living on a island with Calypso, a nymph. 

Nestor: a charioteer during the Trojan War

Telemachus first goes to Nestor’s island  to look for his father

Tuesday, January 30th: 

Assigned Unit 4, #11 – 20
1. Peruse
Part of Speech: Verb
Definition: to read closely, to look at closely
Synonyms: Pore over, scrutinize, investigate
Antonyms: skim, to glance at
Original sentence:
She perused the contract before she signed it.
I always peruse my notes before tests.

Sentence from a literary source:
He spent countless hours in the library perusing art books and catalogs.
"She spent hours perusing worthless information." Maze Runner, Book 4

Will be due on Monday, February 5

Worked on #11 together

Read The Odyssey, pages 651 – 653

Read lines from 49 – 65 and draw a picture of Calypso’s cave.
Who was Hermes?
Where was he going?
What message was he delivering?
Why?
Why did Calypso agree to Zeus' demand?
Who interceded for Odysseus?
Why does Athena love Odysseus so much?

Wednesday, January 31st: 
Calypso's Island

We first meet Odysseus in Book 4 where he is sitting on the shore of the lovely Calypso's island weeping with longing for his wife and son whom he has not seen in twenty years. It seems that Odysseus has grown tired of the beautiful goddess and wishes to go home to Penelope. Athena, the goddess of Wisdom, his patroness, takes pity on Odysseus and goes to Zeus to beg for his safe return to Ithaca. Zeus sends Hermes, the messenger of the gods, to give the seductive Calypso an offer she cannot refuse - either give up Odysseus and allow him to go home to his beloved Penelope - or Zeus will send her island plummeting to the bottom of the ocean. Calypso reluctantly agrees, but before allowing him to leave, Calypso offers Odysseus a romantic little dinner for two and over candlelight she asks him the age-old questions, "What does she have that I don't have?" Odysseus, the wiliest of all the Greeks - which is why he is the favorite of Athena, the goddess of Wisdom - casts his far ranging mind for an answer and comes up with this answer - although Penelope, being a mere mortal, cannot compare to the beauty of a goddess, he misses his quiet wife and wishes to grow old with her. Calypso reluctantly gives him permission to build a small boat to set sail for home, and bids him adieu.

But Poseidon, the god of the sea, still has not forgiven Odysseus for blinding his son, Polyphemus the Cyclops, and once again sends storms and winds to keep him at sea for weeks. Finally, Odysseus is shipwrecked on an island and exhausted from his weeks of battling sea storms, falls into a deep sleep. Meanwhile, Athena is up and about, setting the stage for his rescue.

I am Laertes' Son.

Princess Nausicaa takes him to the palace where her parents greet this striking stranger (whom Athena has made appear taller, more massive, with red gold crisping hair like hyacinth) with great politeness. Like all good Greeks who respect the laws of their gods and know that the ties between guests and hosts are sacred, the King and Queen offer the stranger wine and food. After he has eaten his fill, the court minstrel asks him what topic of song he would like the minstrel to sing. The stranger requests a song about the exploits of the Greek hero Odysseus at Troy, and his endless wandering, and his men lost at sea. As the minstrel begins to sing tears begin to fall from the stranger's eyes. The King can no longer hide his curiosity and asks, "Who are you?" The stranger's words, "I am Laertes' son, Odysseus, I mean..." are met with shock and amazement. Here is the great Greek warrior long thought dead, found alive at last sit ting in our palace!

Odysseus begins recounting his ceaseless attempts to return home after the fall of Troy twenty years ago.

The story is told in "Medea Res" which means in the "middle of". Notice that the book picks up ten years after the fall of Troy and after the occurrence of most of the events. Odysseus tells the story to the Court of Alcinous in flash back format. The stories of the Island of the Cicones, the Land of the Lotus Eaters, The Bag of Winds, the Island of Polyphemus the Cyclops, Circe the Witch, the Land of the Dead, back to the Island of Circe the Witch, the Sirens, Scylla, Charybdis and Thrinakia, the Island of Helios, the Sun God, all are recounted by Odysseus to the Court of Alcinous, and we the audience experience these stories in flashback. The real time occurrences are The Island of Calypso, The Court of Alcinous and his return to Ithaca where he struggles to regain his home.

Watched the movie The Odyssey – Circe the Witch up to the sailing to the Land of the Dead.

Thursday, February 1st: 
Developing Vocabulary:

Lavished: (verb) to give generously

She rented a lavish salon for her “sweet sixteenth” party.

Insolent: (adjective) to be deliberately rude or disrespectful, particularly to someone of higher status.

The waiter was insolent to us when he refused to bring us water.

Cierra:

The waiter was insolent to us when he refused to take our order.

Yessenia:

The insolent cashier insulted me.

Taylor:

The insolent child refused to play with the less fortunate children

Julia:

There are many insolent people in the world.

Lucid: (adjective) Clear and easy to understand

Lucid can apply to water or liquid.

Cierra dove into a lucid pool of water.

Ms. Bridges is really lucid when she says, “Edgar Allen Poe!”

The great Dutch artist Vermeer is well known for his use of lucid light in his paintings.

Lucid can be applied to people as in being in a state of consciousness.

At first the police thought the man was drunk, but when he regained consciousness and was lucid, they realized he had been in a diabetic coma.

People who have alzheimer’s are frequently not lucid.

Taylor, Cierra, Milan, Yessenia  - sentences

Broach: to make a hole in; to tap, to introduce

Cierra: The handyman used a nail to broach a hole in the wall.

Taylor: In order to fix the plumbing the plumber had to broach a hole in the bathroom. 

He is timid to broach the subject of marriage with her. 

Conflict

Readers: Nadiya

Internal conflict and external conflict

Lizbeth L. and Yessenia

Internal conflict is within your self or within the individual.

External conflict can be a physical conflict

Nadiya and Lizbeth A.

A character’s conflict with an outside force.

Person versus person – two people in conflict with each other

Person versus society  - a person or persons fighting against society’s rules.

The fight for civil rights during the fifties and the sixties would be an example of persons fighting against society for basic rights. This would be person versus persons or society. Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks were persons fighting against society.

Person versus nature – example: a person in a boat stranded in the middle of the ocean fighting for survival.

Person versus the supernatural (god) – Odysseus struggling with Poseidon.

Person versus machine – an astronaut stranded in a spaceship controlled by a computer that wants to kill him.

1.     The men on Odysseus’ ship disobeyed the laws of the gods by eating Helios’ sheep and cattle and as a result, they were punished by death.

Friday, February 2nd: 

Vocabulary:

Prudently: (adverb) carefully, cautiously, with good judgment.

Cierra:

My mother told me to spend your money prudently.

An adverb describes a verb.

To Ponder: (verb) to think over, to weigh mentally, to consider carefully.

Tymiah: My little sister always ponders about her grades.

Cierra: I ponder on whether I am going to wash the dishes today.

Taylor: The teacher pondered on whether to give a project or a test for the final.

Contending: (Noun) fighting, competing, struggling, arguing

Milan –

Cierra: Me and my sister stopped contending over the remote when our mother came home.

Salamata: I contended that my little sister took my clothes.

Taylor: My mother accused me of eating the last bit of ice cream, but I contended that I didn’t.

Cierra:

Din: (noun) a loud continuous noise; a clamor; a jumble of loud continuous sounds that unpleasant.

The din of the fire alarm was deafening.

Taylor: The din of my cousin playing the game caused my auntie to turn the game off.

Conflict:

Person versus person:

Who is speaking? The suitors

Who are they speaking to? Telemachus

What are they telling him to do?

They are telling Telemachus to force his mother into choosing one of them to marry.

Pages 656

“I am Laertes’ Son!”

Formidable: strong, awe-inspiring excellence, strikingly impressive

Mutinous: (adjective) rebellious, failing or refusing to follow orders from a superior officer.

Because the men did not follow Odysseus’ orders, the men were attacked by the surviving Ciccones and they had to fight for their lives to get off the island.

 


 

January 22, 2018 - January 26, 2018 Weekly Agenda

Monday, January 22nd:

An introduction to the Odyssey

Read pages 640 – 643

The Iliad is the story of the Trojan War

Melancholy: (noun) a deep sadness; depression

Melancholic: (adjective) 

Alejandra is always in a state of melancholy whenever she is on a diet.

Alejandra is always melancholic when she is on a diet.

Hearth: a fireplace

Reviewed the Trojan War

Tuesday, January 23rd: 

Read The Odyssey, pages 643 – 647

The Ancient World and Ours

A Search for Their Places in Life – the theme of The Odyssey

The Odyssey begins “en media res” – which means in the middle of the action. Telemachus was born at the beginning of the Iliad. The Odyssey begins when Telemachus is twenty. The Odyssey  is about Odysseus’ attempts to return home after the Trojan War, which is told in flashback.  The part of The Odyssey which features Telemachus and the Odysseus on the isle of Calypso, the isle of Alcinous, and his return to Ithaca where he battles the suitors are in “real time”.

Relationships with the Gods

Odysseus is the cleverest and most intelligent of all humans and therefore, is the favorite of Athena, the gray-eyed goddess of wisdom.   

His nemesis or enemy is Poseidon, with whom he shares many of the same qualities of arrogance.  Poseidon could be said to be Odysseus’ alter-ego.

Wednesday, January 24th: 
Watched the Odyssey

Thursday, January 25th: 

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Set up the time line

Read “A Son Seeks a Father” 

Vocabulary: 

 Lizbeth:

Muses: nine goddesses who are the daughters of Zeus who preside over the arts and sciences:dance, music, poetry, theatre, history, geometry, etc.

David:

Valor: (Noun) great courage in the face of great danger, particularly in battle

Valiant: (adjective) brave 

Themes of The Odyssey:

A boy must struggle to become a man.

A soldier must struggle to return home from the war.

A king must struggle to reclaim his kingdom.

A woman must struggle to maintain her independence and dignity

Vocabulary:

Mentor: an older, more experienced person who helps and guides a younger or less experienced person.

Disperse: to break apart, to scatter

Sage: a wise person

Guile: trickery, slyness, cleverness used to attain something at another’s expense

Insolence: rudeness or lack of respect

Background story:

Athena, like all gods, could change her appearance at will. Here she is appearing as a wise older man named Mentor to help Telemachus deal with the rude insolent suitors who are over running his home.

One of the most important philosophies in ancient Greece was the relationship or ties between the host and the guest.

Summary: Athena disguises herself as Mentor, a wise older man, and goes to Penelope and Telemachus’s home, which is being over run by rude, disrespectful suitors.  Athena counsels Telemachus that he should procure a ship and set sail to the various warrior kings who journeyed with his father to Troy to find out any rumors or information about him. If there is proof that Odysseus is alive, then Telemachus should sail home and wait for a year for his return. If there is proof that Odysseus is dead, then Telemachus should sail home and prepare a burial ceremony for his father and give his mother to another man to marry.

January 17, 2018 - January 20, 2018

Tuesday, January 16th:

Trojan War Part 4

The Trojan Horse – Yessenia and Lizbeth

Vocabulary:

Julian, Trenton

Strategic: a smart way of playing or going through with something; a high-level plan for achieving an objective (goal) in uncertain conditions 

David

Siege: military operation surrounding a town, cutting off supplies to the town until the town is forced to surrender!

Yessenia

The Greeks had laid siege to the city of Troy for nine years.

What was the thing that had to happen before the war ended?

Both Hector and Achilles had to die.

How did Achilles die?

Alejandra:

Trenton, Yessenia, Taylor, Cierra

Achilles died by getting shot in his heel by Paris!!!!

Who helped Paris kill Achilles?

Lizbeth: Apollo guided Paris’ arrow to hit Achilles’ heel!

Readers:

Alejandra:

Vocabulary:

Yessenia, Milan, David

Dismantle:

To destroy, to disassemble

What is the Greek plan?

Milan: explained the Greek plan

The Greeks pretended to have left in the middle of the night. They had built a huge wooden horse in which many Greek soldiers were hidden. 

Vocabulary:

Milan

Oracle: a soothsayer, seer, a prophet, someone who can divine the thoughts of the gods, who can foretell the future or one’s fortune!

To appease: to do something to satisfy another person who has been offended

What is the Greek plan?

Milan: explained the Greek plan

The Greeks pretended to have left in the middle of the night. Before “sailing off” in their boats, the Greeks had built and left behind a huge wooden horse, in which many Greek soldiers were hidden. The Trojans were overjoyed when they saw that the Greek armies and their ships had left.  Then the Trojans saw a distraught Greek soldier wandering outside their walls.  The Greek soldier’s name was Sinon and he “had been left behind” as a “decoy”. The clever Greek Odysseus had created a story which Sinon, who had been ”left behind” by the Greeks, explained to the Trojans why the Greeks had sailed away and left behind a huge wooden horse.  Sinon told the Trojans the horse had been built to appease the goddess Athena and they were going to kill him as a blood offering to her, but he ran off and hid.

Vocabulary:

Exhilarated: to be in state of great happiness and excitement!

Trenton

Wrath: Rage, extreme anger

Wednesday, January 18th:

Vocabulary Unit 4

#1 - #10

1.     Annul:

Definition: to reduce to nothing; to make ineffective or inoperative; to declare something legally invalid or void.

Part of Speech: Verb

Word Origin: Old French/Late Latin

Synonyms: Cancel, abolish, invalidate, nullify

Antonyms: Validate, authorize, ratify

Write two original sentences using the vocabulary word

1.     The state attorney annulled the mayor’s plans to build a theme park.

2.     The judge annulled the couple’s marriage due to the fact the husband was already married.

Write one sentence in literature using the word annul.

The marriage was annulled by His Holiness.  Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.
Merriam-Webster dictionary is a good source to find sentences from a literary source using your vocabulary word 

Format:

Word

Definition

Write the part of speech

Write the word origin

Write three synonyms

Write at least two antonyms

Write two original sentences

Write a sentence from literature using the word. Cite the source

This will be due on Tuesday, January 23nd.

Grammar:

Holt Handbook; pages 99 – 100

The Clause: Independent and Subordinate Clause

Taylor, Yessenia

Clause: is a word group that contains a verb and its subject and is used as a sentence or as part of a sentence.

David

Subordinate clause: does not express a complete thought.

Page 100, Exercise 1, please do sentences 1 - 10.

Julian – reader

Directions:

Write the sentence and italicize that part of the sentence that is italicized in the book. Then identify the italicized part as either an independent or a subordinate clause.

Lizbeth – The cat drinks its milk. Independent

Trenton – When the burger is thick……Subordinate

Salamata – Once upon a time….Subordinate

Lizbeth – Flowers grow during spring time. Independent

Trenton – How to eat a hot dog…….Subordinate

Julian – Sometimes in life……Subordinate

This will be due on Friday, January 19^th!!!!

Submit this to schoology!!!!!

Finished reading The Trojan War, part 4

Please write in your own words a brief summary of what you read.

Thursday, January 18th:  

Vocabulary Unit 4

2. Blasé

Definition

Part of Speech

Etymology (word origin)

Three Synonyms

Two Antonyms

Create Two Original Sentences!

Melany:

1.     Since a new smartphone comes out practically every month, Hank has become blasé about the new technology!

2.     After going on eight cruises, I have become blasé about the whole cruising experience – Lizbeth.

A sentence from literature using the vocabulary word

3. Bolster

4. Deplore

5. Frivolous

January 8, 2018 - January 12, 2018 Weekly Schedule

Monday, January 8th:

Went over the class syllabus

Read the first part of the Trojan War

Discussion

Tuesday, January 9th:  

Read The Trojan War; Part 1

Vocabulary: 
Suitor: a potential husband or boyfriend for a woman.
Quarrel: to argue loudly
Discord: unharmonious; clashing; harsh as in music or in personal interactions
Revelers: partyers

Comprehension 

Students acted out scene of  Eris and the wedding of Thetis and Peleus: the golden apple; the fight between the goddesses; Zeus refusing to judge; Paris the play boy choosing the winner of "Who's the Fairest of Them All?"

The wedding of Helen and Menelaus

The oath that all suitors must sign:

I,____________, if I am not chosen to be Helen’s husband, I promise to abide by King Tyndareus’ decision in his choice of Helen’s mate. I will support his decision and will go to war against any man who tries to take Helen away from her lawful husband.

Menelaus is chosen by King Tyndareus to be Helen's husband.  Menelaus’s older brother is Agammemnon, who is the general of all the Greek soldiers.

Discord: Disagreement between people.

A lack of harmony between people and notes in music.

Quarreling: to argue

Revelers: partyers

Wednesday, January 10th: 

Please bring your Vocabulary Workshop: Level C to class tomorrow.
Unit 4, #1 - 10 will be assigned. This will be due on Tuesday, January 16th. 

Read The Trojan War; Part 1

Vocabulary: 
Suitor: a potential husband or boyfriend for a woman.
Quarrel: to argue loudly
Discord: unharmonious; clashing; harsh as in music or in personal interactions
Revelers: partyers

Comprehension 

Students acted out scene of  Eris and the wedding of Thetis and Peleus: the golden apple; the fight between the goddesses; Zeus refusing to judge; Paris the play boy choosing the winner of "Who's the Fairest of Them All?"

The wedding of Helen and Menelaus

The oath that all suitors must sign:

I,____________, if I am not chosen to be Helen’s husband, I promise to abide by King Tyndareus’ decision in his choice of Helen’s mate. I will support his decision and will go to war against any man who tries to take Helen away from her lawful husband.

Menelaus is chosen by King Tyndareus to be Helen's husband.  Menelaus’s older brother is Agammemnon, who is the general of all the Greek soldiers.

Discord: Disagreement between people.

A lack of harmony between people and notes in music.

Quarreling: to argue

Revelers: partyers

How to Do the AR Reading Log: 

A minimum of five entries:

The date that you read

The page numbers:

Pages 28 - 64

Each entry should have a brief summary of what you have read. It should be approximately five lines.

A comment from you

A prediction on what you think is going to happen next.

Thursday, January 11th: 

Friday, January 12th:  

The Trojan War - Part 3

Alejandra – reader

Hephaestus

The Trojan War; Part 3

Reader – Adolfo

Box: to hit over the head

To jeer: to make a noise showing contempt or anger or dislike; to say things in a mean, disrespectful way.

Gallant: to be noble, to be gracious, and heroic

Valiant: brave and courage

Who helped Achilles fight Hector?

Hilaryd: Athena helped Achilles by giving him a fresh spear.

What other advantage did Achilles have over Hector?

Hector is wearing Achilles’ armor and Achilles knows that there is a hole in the throat of the armor.  Achilles drives his spear into Hector’s throat.

What was Hector’s request as he was dying?

Takai – Hector’s dying  request was that his body be returned to his parents.

What is Hades?

Cierra – Hades is the god of the dead; it is also the name of the land of the dead.

Achilles was still angry over the death of Patroclus and refused to give Hector’s body to his parents.

Alejandra – reader

The gods were offended over Achilles’ refusal to return their son’s body to his parents.

Vocabulary:

Appalled: to be disgusted

Nadiya

Suppliant: someone who is asking a king for a favor.

Trenton – reader

December 11, 2017 - December 15, 2017

Monday, December 11th: 

Using the Sojourner Truth speech, write your own speech modeled after  “Ain’t I a Woman”.  Write about something you feel passionate about. Think about the stereotypes people may have about you: adults may have about teens; teachers may have about students; males may have about young women; young women may have about young men.

People say that undocumented aliens take their jobs, that we are rapists, we are drug dealers.

My mother works long hard hours in the military.

She works long hard hours at the hospital.

She works long hard hours cooking.

She works long hard hours cleaning.

She works long hard hours taking care of the kids.  

She’s not a drug dealer. She’s not a killer.

And isn’t she a Latina?

Isn’t she an American?

My father works long hard hours at the post office.

My father works long hard hours cooking.

My father works long hard hours cleaning.

My father works long hard hours taking care of the kids.

And isn’t he an American? 

I spend long hard hours trying to learn so I can get a good job and live a good life.

Just because I am black doesn’t mean I……..

Just because I am latina doesn’t mean I……

Just because I am a teenager doesn’t mean I….

Just because I am a high school student doesn’t mean I….

But I am still……

I am from America. My ancestors didn’t come here from some place else.

I didn’t move here. The borders moved.

Adults say teenagers are lazy.  Adults say teenagers are not responsible.  Adults say that teenagers…..

Tomorrow, you need to have a rough draft of your speech.

By Wednesday, you need to have a final draft of your speech.

For extra credit, you will present it to the class.

In the next three minutes I want you to jot down some ideas for your speech.

Tuesday, December 12th: 

Tomorrow, Wednesday, December 13^th, you need to turn in your final draft of How Did Edgar Allan Poe Die?”  This is due tomorrow at the beginning of class.

Please submit your notes for “Ain’t I a Woman?”

Please submit your speech modeled on “Ain’t I a Woman?”

Wednesday, December 13th: 

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Today this is what is due:

Your final draft of your persuasive essay on Edgar Allan Poe’s death

You are to incorporate my corrections on your introductory, three body paragraphs, and your final paragraphs in schoology.

You are to rewrite these paragraphs into a final draft and submit them in to the final draft assignment box in schoology. 

Today you are to turn in the following:

Your notes or reading log for “Ain’t I a Woman?”

Your questions over “Ain’t I a Woman?”

Your annotated notes on the paper “Ain’t I a Woman?”

Your  original “Ain’t I a Woman” speech – both on schoology and as a hard copy

Students presented their “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech to class