Monday, February 22, 2016

February 22, 2016 - February 26, 2016 Ninth Grade English; The Odyssey: The Cyclops

Monday, February 22nd:
BIC
Silent Sustained Reading
Or work on your reading log
The AR test and your AR reading log will be due on Tuesday, March 15th.
 1st Period:
Pass out The Odyssey, Book 9 Vocabulary; this will be due on Friday, February 26th. 
Kahoot.it – “The Cyclops”
Act out “The Cyclops”
Go over figurative language in “The Cyclops”

Period 3:
Silent Sustained Reading
Or work on your reading log
The AR test and your AR reading log will be due on Tuesday, March 15th.
The Odyssey, The Cyclops, Book 9 Vocabulary will be due on Tuesday, February 23rd.
Kahoot.it The Cyclops!
Divide into groups of five and act out The Cyclops. Must include the following events:

Jonathan, Mustasim, Arisbeth, Ashley, Joselyn, 
The men wander into the cave and eat the Cyclops’ cheese
The Cyclops discovers them and eats two of Odysseus’ men.
The next day, the Cylcops eats two more men, lets the sheep out, puts a huge stone in the cave’s mouth.

Arturo, Tyron, Amanda, Yubendi, Johan
Odysseus and his men cut an olive tree, hews it, sharpens it to a sharp point, and then heats it in a fire.
The Cyclops eats two more men when he returns that night
Odysseus offers the Cyclops wine, gets him drunk and tells his name is “Nobody”.
The Cyclops tells him as a “gift” he will eat Odysseus last.


Nicole, Emily, Kimberly, Yulma, Paola
When the Cyclops is drunk, Odysseus and his men stab him in his eye.
The Cyclops screams in pain. When the other Cyclops run to his cave and ask what is wrong, the Cyclops answers “Nobody did this to me!”  They shrug and tell him to pray to his father then.

Reyna, Cooper, Timerica, Jay-Nice, Lynn:
Odysseus ties three sheep together for each man, and ties one man under the middle of the three sheep. Odysseus hides under the largest of the rams and waits until morning.
The men escape the next morning under the belly of the sheep.

Isabel, Kristina, Tyler, Amanda, Jay-Nice 

The men make it to the ship and there Odysseus tells the Cyclops his real name.
The Cyclops reveals that this was prophesized years before.
The Cyclops prays to his father to curse Odysseus.

Tuesday, February 23rd: 
BIC
Silent Sustained Reading
8:20
1st Period: 
Ms. Payne will be programming students this period.

3rd Period: 
Ms. Payne will be programming students this period.

Wednesday, February 24th: 
BIC
Silent Sustained Reading + Reading Log
Please remember that your second reading log and your AR test will be due no later than Tuesday, March 15th!!!!!!!!

The reading log should include:
 a brief summary (about half a page per reading log entry)
A comment about what you have just read
A prediction about what you think is going to happen next
Or for bonus points, an observation about the characters’ motivation or a universal observation about human behavior or society
Please include the page numbers for each entry.

Kahoot.it!

Act out “The Cyclops”

Lynn, Cateryn, Amanda, Johan, Isabel – on stage
The men wander into the cave and eat the Cyclops’ cheese
The Cyclops discovers them and eats two of Odysseus’ men.
The next day, the Cyclops eats two more men, lets the sheep out, puts a huge stone in the cave’s mouth.

Yulma, Kimberly, Emily, Nicole, Ashley – outside
Odysseus and his men cut an olive tree, hew it, sharpen it to a sharp point, and then heats it in a fire.
The Cyclops eats two more men when he returns that night
Odysseus offers the Cyclops wine, gets him drunk and tells his name is “Nobody”.
The Cyclops tells him as a “gift” he will eat Odysseus last.

Arturo, Tyron, Yubendi, Joselyn, Arisbeth -  outside
When the Cyclops is drunk, Odysseus and his men stab him in his eye.
The Cyclops screams in pain. When the other Cyclops run to his cave and ask what is wrong, the Cyclops answers “Nobody did this to me!”  They shrug and tell him to pray to his father then.

Reyna, Cooper, Timerica, Jay-Nice: - lobby
Odysseus ties three sheep together for each man, and ties one man under the middle of the three sheep. Odysseus hides under the largest of the rams and waits until morning.
The men escape the next morning under the belly of the sheep.

Jonathan, Mutasim, Kristina, Paola, Tyler - lobby

The men make it to the ship and there, Odysseus tells the Cyclops his real name.
The Cyclops reveals that this was prophesized years before.
The Cyclops prays to his father to curse Odysseus.

Thursday, February 25th: 
BIC
Silent Sustained Reading 



Period 1:

Kahoot Review on The Cyclops

Period 3rd:
AR Reading Log due Tuesday, March 15th
AR Test due no later than Tuesday, March 15th

Book 9 Vocabulary is past due!!!
Act out the last scene of “The Cyclops”
Fast Kahoot over “The Cyclops”
A review quiz over Calypso, Scheria, the Cicones, the Lotus Eaters, and the Cyclops

Friday,  February 26th: 
BIC
Period 1: 
The Odyssey Quiz; Books 4 - 9
Silent Sustained Reading 
AR Reading Log 

 Period 3:
The Odyssey Quiz; Books 4 - 9
Silent Sustained Reading 
AR Reading Log 











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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

February 16, 2016 - February 19, 2016 Weekly Agenda; The Odyssey: Lotus Eaters, The Cyclops



Tuesday, February 16th:
BIC
1st Period:
Silent Sustained Reading
Went over in-class assignment of clauses
Grammar: “Identifying Independent and Subordinate Clauses”
Exercise 1
Read The Odyssey; “The Lotus Eaters”
The lotus is a beautiful flower with many petals, which in some Eastern cultures, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Egyptology, represents higher consciousness.
In common lore the lotus flower, which is thought to rise up through the water in the morning, and then sink below the water at night, represents reincarnation or rebirth. (Actually, it takes three days for the plant to emerge through the water)
In all three major religions the lotus symbolizes rebirth and spirituality.

Some scholars believe that the “lotus eaters” were not eating lotus but were partaking of cannabis, a drug which many feel drain the user of ambition and energy, leaving him or her apathetic.

3rd Period: 


Read The Odyssey; “The Lotus Eaters”; page 898
Mustered: to be gathered or assembled, particularly in the military, like rows of soldiers in a platoon
What effect does the lotus flower have on the men?
Once the men eat the lotus flower they no longer have the desire to leave the island but stay there forever eating the lotus.
Rowlocks: the round piece of metal through which the oar is placed. The oarslock helps the oarsman to control the oar and to row faster and more efficiently.
Oarsman:
Steersman: the person on the back of the boat that controls the direction of the boat.
The lotus is a beautiful flower with many petals, which in some Eastern cultures, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Egyptology, represents higher consciousness.
In common lore the lotus flower, which is thought to rise up through the water in the morning, and then sink below the water at night, represents reincarnation or rebirth. (Actually, it takes three days for the plant to emerge through the water)
In all three major religions the lotus symbolizes rebirth and spirituality.

Some scholars believe that the “lotus eaters” were not eating lotus but were partaking of cannabis, a drug which many feel drain the user of ambition and energy, leaving him or her apathetic.

Had students get up and act out “The Lotus Eaters”

Wednesday, February 17th:
BIC:
Silent Sustained Reading
Reading Log

Period 1: 
Kahoot.it
Subordinate and Independent Clauses
The Odyssey
Page 898
The Lotus Eaters
The Odyssey was used as part of Greek children’s education for centuries after the poem was written. How could the adventure with the Lotus Eaters teach us about the temptation to forget our troubles by doing drugs and dropping out of society?
Acted out the scene.
Reading log of what happened on the island of “The Lotus Eaters
Page 899
The Cyclops

Period 3:
Kahoot.it
Grammar: Subordinate and Independent Clauses
The Odyssey
“The Cyclops”
Page 899
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.
Reread page 902; from lines 277 (“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….”
Tyler, Kristina, Timerica
The Cyclops ate some of Odysseus’ men alive.
Why didn’t Odysseus kill the Cyclops?
Timerica: 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?
Timerica and Reyna: It’s morning!!!!
Kristina, Timerica, Reyna: 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?

Vocabulary:

Ewe: a female sheep

Thursday, February 18th: 
BIC
Silent Sustained Reading
Reading Log
Remember: the second AR test and reading log are due before March 18th!

Period 1: 
Kahoot:
Subordinate and Independent Clauses!
Read The Odyssey
“The Cyclops”
Page 899
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 Cyclops.

Vocabulary:
Bough: a big tree branch
Ewes: female sheep
Ravage: to destroy violently

Reread page 902; from lines 277 (“Neither replay nor pity came from him..) to line 296 (…and wait for morning.)
What did the Cyclops do to Odysseus’ men?
Regina:
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.”
Dalicia and Regina: simile
Homer is comparing the men to squirming puppies.

When the young Dawn with fingertips of rose
Lit up the world.
Dalicia: personification

Read up to page 902.

3rd Period: 
Draw your time line for The Odyssey
Get a sheet of paper and turn the paper in a horizontal position. Draw a straight line from one edge of the paper to the other. In the middle of the line, write “The Isle of Calypso” and draw a picture representing Calypso.
After Calypso, Odysseus winds up on the island of Scheria, or the court of Alcinous. Draw a picture representing the Court of Alcinous, and label it the Court of Alcinous.
The first story Odysseus tells the Court of Alcinous is the Battle of the Cicones.
Jonathan got it!!!! It was the Battle of the Cicones!
The second story (at least in the version we are reading) is the Island of the Lotus Eaters!
Jonathan got it again – the Island of the Lotus Eaters!
Kimberly got it!  We are now on the Island of the Cyclopes!!!
Timerica is drawing the time line of The Odyssey for the class – and doing a great job!
Open to page 902 of The Odyssey
Mutasim reads:
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”.
Reread from lines 297 to 329; then, write a brief summary of what it is you have just read.
Timerica: read her summary of what happened between line 297 to 329.
Vocabulary:
Cordial: friendly, warm, welcoming, etc.
(Cor’ djal)
Isabel: 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.
Reread what we have just read (lines 377 - 384) and write down the phrases which are filled with imagery.

Friday, February 19th: 
BIC
Silent Sustained Reading
Work on your reading log!
1st Period:
The Odyssey
“The Cyclops”
reading log
If we finish “The Cyclops” we will play Kahoot.it
Page 902

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
Finished “The Cyclops”
Discussion
Had student reread the part we read today, pages 902 – 909. Then write a brief summary.
On Monday, do a Kahoot.it, and act out. Go over vocabulary for Book 5 and collect. Pass out Book 9 Vocabulary

Period 3:
Collected Book 5 Vocabulary
Passed out The Odyssey, “Book 9” Vocabulary
Book 9 Vocabulary will be due on Tuesday, February 23rd. 
Went over the vocabulary words form Book 9
The Odyssey; “The Cyclops”
Read pages 904 – 909
Finished reading “The Cyclops”
Reread pages 904 – 909
Write a brief summary of what you have read.
Due at the end of the period. This will be worth 100 points.


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




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Monday, February 08, 2016

February 8, 2016 - February 12, 2016 Weekly Agenda; The Odyssey: Book 5

Monday, February 8th:
BIC


1st Period:
Work on your Odyssey Vocabulary, Literature, and Grammar packet
Or
Silent Sustained Reading
If you need to send me work please send it to the following email addresses:
jkatbridge@aol.com
jbridges@lausd.net
Page 891 - ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE
THE ODYSSEY; "Calypso's Island"
Vocabulary: 
Thyme: herb that you use as seasoning.
Ornate: very complicated, very colorful

Bonus Question:
What can gods do? Gods can recognize each other even if they don’t know each other.

Vocabulary: 
Mandate:  an order, a decree
Anguish: extreme emotional pain
Exile: means to be banned from a country
Ambrosia: food of the gods
Son of Laertes: Odysseus
Laertes is Odysseus’ father
Versatile: is useful in many different ways; talented; brilliant in many ways
Adversity: hardship, difficulties
Look at the root word: adverse which means against, difficult
Pine: (verb) longed for; grieved over the absence of a loved one.
Strategist: someone who plans with intelligence and foresight.
Shade: a ghost

Read the italicized part on and tell the class what happened on page 893:
Bonus Point: 25 points!
Anselmo: Odysseus builds a raft on Calypso’s island, but Poseidon, still angry over Odysseus’ arrogance, creates a huge storm at sea. Odysseus is lost at sea for thirty days and is swept off course, eventually landing unconscious on the island Scheria.

Period 3: 

ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE: Read 891 – 893

THE ODYSSEY

Book 5: “Calypso’s Island”

Bonus Question: 
How long has Odysseus been kept as a love slave by Calypso?
Seven years
Vocabulary: 
Douse: to wet with water
Bonus Question: 
What special gift do gods possess?
Yubendi: 
Johan: 
Mutasim: 
Tyler: read
Kimberly: read
Bonus Question: 
What is Odysseus doing when we first meet him?
Josselyn: 
Arisbeth:
Jonathan: 
Ashley: 
Johan: got it right! Odysseus is sitting on the shore crying.
Amanda: read
Ponder: thought about deeply
Consume: to eat
Pine: to grieve over the absence of a loved one (Isabel)

Bonus Questions: 
1.     1. What threat does Zeus give Calypso if she doesn’t release Odysseus?
2.     2, How does Odysseus side step Calypso’s question why doesn’t he want to stay with her?
3.     3, What does his answer say about Odysseus?

Answers #1:
 Zeus will plunge Calypso’s island to the bottom of the sea.
Cateryn:
Nicole:
Jonathan:
Isabel:

Answer #2:
Arturo: He wants to go home to his wife!
Isabel: Odysseus tells Calypso that even though Penelope is less beautiful,
Yubendi: “he says that he still loves her and wants to go home to her.”

Answer #3:
Jonathan: He is faithful to his wife.
Odysseus flatters Calypso so that she won't become angry. 
Act out Calypso and Odysseus: Cooper and Timerica
1st Scene: Dumb guy answer

2nd Scene: Smart guy Odysseus’ answer

Tuesday, February 9th: 
BIC:
1st Period:
Kahoots:
Comprehension Review of Book 5: “Calypso’s Island” 
Review of Vocabulary from Book 5: "Calypso's Island" 
Act out the story of Calypso’s Island:
Jelani: Odysseus
Regina: Calypso
Anselmo: Hermes (on a skateboard)
Christian: Zeus
Taylor: Athena 

3rd Period:
Kahoots:
Comprehension Review of Book 5: “Calypso’s Island” 
Review of Vocabulary from Book 5: "Calypso's Island" 
Act out the story of Calypso’s Island:

Wednesday, February 10th:
BIC
1st Period:
Silent Sustained Reading
Go over vocabulary for Book 5
Read “I Am Laertes Son” pages 895 – 898
Veered: to change directions (to veer)
Jelani had to veer his skateboard to avoid hitting Ms. Bridges.
Regina: Enrique had to veer to avoid hitting Regina.
Salome: Sky Walker had to veer from the Dark Side!
Anselmo: I didn’t want to hit the group, so I veered to the right to avoid them.

To Douse: to thrust into liquid; to throw liquid on something
Anselmo: I doused myself with cold water because the weather was so hot.
Jonathan: To put out the forest fire, the firemen doused the trees with water.
Regina: There are vines of pranksters dousing sleeping people with water.
Jelani: I had to douse myself with water to avoid burning to death.

Mandate: An order or command
Taylor: The mandate of the principal was to inform the students of all the school rules.
Salome: The mayor mandates the people of the city to go to Black History Month celebrations.

Forlorn: Sad, lonely
Jasmine: I felt forlorn last night.
When Stephanie went to the animal shelter she was moved to tears by the sight of the forlorn homeless animals.
Jelani: I feel forlorn when I don’t have my skateboard.
Regina: Many films and songs make me feel forlorn.

Victuals: Food supplies; food
Taylor: The table was filled with victuals for our Christmas dinner.
Natalie: From the zombie apocalypse every human is a potential victual for zombies.
Anselmo: When camping, make sure you have enough victuals.
Regina: In case of a nuclear attack, the president has a store room filled with victuals.

Versatile: Having many uses; able to do many things well
Regina: When you have a busy life, you have to be versatile.
Taylor: Tiara was one of the most versatile and accomplished writers of her age.
Salome: Jack is very versatile – he has three girlfriends.

Adversity: Misfortune, difficulties
Taylor: Adversity happens to everyone.



Vocabulary: 
Pine: to long for; to yearn for; to grieve over someone’s absence
Michael:
Angie: I pined for my kitty when she disappeared for a few days.
Jelani: I pined for my chips.

Strategist: a person skilled in careful, clever planning or strategy.
Jelanie: Jelanie could be a really good strategist in football.
What are some things you have to be a good strategist?
Chess, checkers, war, League of Legends, Clash of Clans, Call of Duty, Minecraft

Shade: Ghost
Angie: The shade followed me.
Jasmine: I see shades at night.
Anselmo: I had a feeling there was a shade behind me.
Fifty shades of  ghosts.


3rd Period: 
Period 3rd:
Silent Sustained Reading
Brief review of Book 5 vocabulary
Read pages 895 - 897
Vocabulary and Comprehension: 
Minstrel: a wandering musician, poet, singer
Where is Odysseus?
Odysseus is on the island of Scheria, where he washed up after thirty days and nights at sea. Remember, he was given permission to leave Calypso’s island where she allowed him to build a raft to set sail. Poseidon is still angry at Odysseus and created a tempest to throw Odysseus off course.
Yubendi: Odysseus started crying because the singer was singing about the Trojan War.
The way Alcinous treats Odysseus shows the sacred bond between guests and host. Both must honor the other.
Formidable: awe inspiring in excellence
The Odyssey starts in media res – which means in the middle of the story.  Most of the story is told in flashback.
Cicones: this is the name of the  people whose island is where Odysseus’ ships landed.
Ciccones is Madonna’s real last name!
Mutinous: disobeying the orders of the commander. Treasonous!
Terrain: the land
Fugitives: runaways; escapees; men who escaped from the battle with Odysseus’ men to get help from the other Cicones.
Lances: long sharp  pointed weapons used in battle
Achaeans: another name for the Greeks
Unyoking time: quitting time, the end of the workday; around 5 p.m. when the farmer unyoked his oxen and cows which plowed the fields.


Thursday, February 11th: 
BIC
Silent Sustained Reading
1st Period:
Read and discuss “I am Laertes’ Son”, pages 895 – 897
Minstrel: a wandering musician, poet, singer
Where is Odysseus?
Odysseus is on the island of Scheria, where he washed up after thirty days and nights at sea. Remember, he was given permission to leave Calypso’s island where she allowed him to build a raft to set sail. Poseidon is still angry with Odysseus and created a tempest to throw Odysseus off course.
Discussed Princess Nausicaa’s discovery of Odysseus
The way Alcinous treats Odysseus shows the sacred bond between guests and host. Both must honor the other.
Formidable: awe inspiring in excellence, worthy of competition
Guile: cleverness, ability to strategize, to trick, or deceive
The Odyssey starts in media res – which means in the middle of the story.  Most of the story is told in flashback.
Cicones: this is the name of the people whose island is where Odysseus’ ships landed.
Ciccones is Madonna’s real last name!
Mutinous: disobeying the orders of the commander. Treasonous!
Terrain: the land
Fugitives: runaways; escapees; men who escaped from the battle with Odysseus’ men to get help from the other Cicones.
Lances: long sharp  pointed weapons used in battle
Achaeans: another name for the Greeks
Unyoking time: quitting time, the end of the workday; around 5 p.m. when the farmer unyoked his oxen and cows which plowed the fields.
Examples of metaphors, similes, and personifications
Salome: Each poor ghost unfleshed by the Cicones on that field. (Metaphor/Imagery)
Anselmo: House of gold (metaphor and imagery)
Regina:
Arath: They came with dawn over that terrain like the leaves and blades of spring. (Simile)
Anselmo: And driving veils of squall moved down like night on land and sea.
Salome: Who held me in her smooth caves, to her heart’s delight. (Personification)
So Doom came to us. (Personification)
Until a third Dawn came with ringlets shining (Personification/Imagery)

Period 3: 

Pass out Book 5 Vocabulary and Literature handout. Due on Tuesday, February 16th.
Kahoot! Comprehension Quiz over “The Battle of the Cicones!”
Act out “The Battle of the Cicones!”

Skim “The Battle of the Cicones” (pages 895 – 897) and look for examples of metaphor, simile,  personification, and imagery!
Write them down and identify them as either metaphor, simile, personification, or imagery. Share with the class and get class points!

Metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things not using like or as.
Jonathan is a fish in the water.
Simile is a comparison between two unlike things using like or as.
Arturo swims like a fish.
Personification is giving human qualities to inanimate objects.
The trees danced in the wind.
Imagery describes by using words which create images, sounds, aromas, and sensations in the mind of the reader.
The dawn rose in the east and peeked at earth through the pink and gold clouds.

Ashley: “They came with dawn over that terrain like the leaves and blades of spring.” Simile
Timerica: “…for each ghost  unfleshed by the Cicones on that field.” (metaphor/imagery)
Jonathan: “…sheep after sheep they butchered by the surf.” (Imagery)
Kimberly: “… though he find a house of gold.” (Imagery/metaphor)

Friday, February 12th: 
BIC
Period 1:
Grammar:
Kinds of Clauses: Independent/Subordinate; exercise 1
Finish for homework; will go over on Tuesday, February 16th.

Independent Clauses can stand alone.
An Independent Clause has a subject, a verb, and expresses a complete thought.

Subordinate means lesser or inferior.
A subordinate clause has a noun, has a verb, but does not express a complete thought.

A clause is a group of words which has a noun, a verb, but does not express a complete thought.

Clauses that begin with the following words are always subordinate:
After, although, because, later, since, that, when, which, while,

Kahoot/Comprehension Review of “The Battle of Cicones”
Acted out “I Am Laertes’ Son” and “The Battle of Cicones”

Period 3:

Passed out grammar handout:
 Kinds of Clauses: Independent/Subordinate; exercise 1
Did in class and finished. 

Independent Clauses can stand alone.
An Independent Clause has a subject, a verb, and expresses a complete thought.

Subordinate means lesser or inferior.
A subordinate clause has a noun, has a verb, but does not express a complete thought.

A clause is a group of words which has a noun, a verb, but does not express a complete thought.

Clauses that begin with the following words are always subordinate:
After, although, because, later, since, that, when, which, while,

Example:
Isabel: Because Mutasim did not give Isabel a Valentine’s gift, she will no longer call him “Cutie” but rather call a “death cab for cutie” for him instead.


Kahoot/Comprehension Review of “Book 5 and The Battle of the Cicones.”












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Sunday, January 31, 2016

The Hero's Journey: Essay Assignment










Assignment:
Choose a book or a movie and write an essay showing how the book or movie fits the structure of the Hero’s Journey.

This is a 1, 000  word essay. Each pages should have 250 words. The essay must be typed in 12 font, double-spaced, and have a minimum of six paragraphs. 

 The due date for this assignment is Wednesday, February 3rd.

The first paragraph should briefly recount how and why the structure of the hero’s journey began. 

The second paragraph should briefly recount the structure of the hero’s journey.

The third paragraph (and perhaps, the fourth) should recount the Ordinary World of your book or movie. This should include a brief description of the “ordinary world”, and the protagonist’s life in the ordinary world. There should be the “Call to Adventure”, the protagonist’s first refusal, and her/his final acceptance. You should include the appearance of the “Mentor” and her/his relationship with the protagonist. Finally, the “Threshold Guardians” should be mentioned. These are the ones who block the hero’s transition into the special world and they must be overcome, tricked, or made into allies so that the hero or heroine can move into the special world and fulfill her or his destiny.

The next paragraph(s) should discuss the “Special or Magical World”. The special world comprises the largest part of the story and is considered the second act. This part of the story contains the most adventures, and should include the “Ordeal”, “the Forest or Sacred Grove”,  “the Belly of the Beast”, “the Sacrifice”, “the Hunt”, and “the Chase”.

The next paragraph(s) should comprise the “Hero’s Return”. This occurs after the hero is successful in his adventure and has the prize or is triumphant in accomplishing his destiny. There is a bridge, which joins the “Special World” with “the Return of the Hero”, which is often the hunt and the chase. The end of the chase ends in success but at a great cost to the hero, who may suffer a “death” or severe loss of some sort. After the death (real or metaphorical) the hero is resurrected and returns to the “Ordinary World”, but bearing the “elixir”, which may be a treasure of some sort, or knowledge, or wisdom.  The hero is changed in a very profound, fundamental way. 

The final paragraph should be a brief summing up of the main points of the essay and a conclusion. Remember, there should be no new information given in the final paragraph.
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February 1, 2016 - February 5, 2016 Weekly Agenda for 9th Grade English:Hero's Journey Essay












Monday, February 1st: 

 1st and 3rd Periods: 
We will be in the library today to be retested for AR.










First and Third Periods:
Assignment:
Choose a book or a movie and write an essay showing how the book or movie fits the structure of the Hero’s Journey.

This is a 1, 000  word essay. Each page should have 250 words. The essay must be typed in 12 font, double-spaced, and have a minimum of six paragraphs. 

 The due date for this assignment is Wednesday, February 3rd.

The first paragraph should briefly recount how and why the structure of the hero’s journey began. 

The second paragraph should briefly recount the structure of the hero’s journey.

The third paragraph (and perhaps, the fourth) should recount the Ordinary World of your book or movie. This should include a brief description of the “ordinary world”, and the protagonist’s life in the ordinary world. There should be the “Call to Adventure”, the protagonist’s first refusal, and her/his final acceptance. You should include the appearance of the “Mentor” and her/his relationship with the protagonist. Finally, the “Threshold Guardians” should be mentioned. These are the ones who block the hero’s transition into the special world and they must be overcome, tricked, or made into allies so that the hero or heroine can move into the special world and fulfill her or his destiny.

The next paragraph(s) should discuss the “Special or Magical World”. The special world comprises the largest part of the story and is considered the second act. This part of the story contains the most adventures, and should include the “Ordeal”, “the Forest or Sacred Grove”,  “the Belly of the Beast”, “the Sacrifice”, “the Hunt”, and “the Chase”.

The next paragraph(s) should comprise the “Hero’s Return”. This occurs after the hero is successful in his adventure and has the prize or is triumphant in accomplishing his destiny. There is a bridge, which joins the “Special World” with “the Return of the Hero”, which is often the hunt and the chase. The end of the chase ends in success but at a great cost to the hero, who may suffer a “death” or severe loss of some sort. After the death (real or metaphorical) the hero is resurrected and returns to the “Ordinary World”, but bearing the “elixir”, which may be a treasure of some sort, or knowledge, or wisdom.  The hero is changed in a very profound, fundamental way. 

The final paragraph should be a brief summing up of the main points of the essay and a conclusion. Remember, there should be no new information given in the final paragraph.
Tuesday, February 2nd: 
1st and 3rd Periods: 
We will be working on our essay on The Hero's Journey
If you did not bring your materials to work on the essay, then you must do silent sustained reading and work on your reading log for you AR book.

Wednesday, February 3rd: 
1st and 3rd Periods: 
The Hero's Journey essay will be due today.

Thursday, February 4th: 
1st Period:
BIC
Silent Sustained Reading
Reading Log
Periods 1 and 3: 
Passed out The Odyssey Books 1 – 4 and Book 5 Vocabulary handouts; these will be due on Monday, February 8th.  
Open book to page 891, THE ODYSSEY, Book 5; “Calypso: The Sweet Nymph”
Please have a pen and paper on your desk, ready to take notes
Read pages 891 - 892
Reading:
Anselmo
Salome
The setting: Calypso’s island
We meet Odysseus for the first time in the ILIAD, which is the story of the Trojan War.
Book 5 is the first time we meet Odysseus in THE ODYSSEY.
What is Odysseus doing the first time we see him?
How is Athena trying to help Odysseus?
Athena begs her father Zeus to send the messenger god, Hermes or Mercury, to go to Calypso and tell her that she has to let Odysseus or Zeus will sink her island. Her island will be plunged to the bottom of the sea.
Vocabulary:
Ambrosial (adjective): something which is fit for the gods. The gods ate ambrosia, a special and delicious food reserved only for the immortals. Mortals or humans could not eat ambrosia. Ambrosia is food for the gods.
1.     What is Hermes compared to when he flies into Calypso’s island?
Page 891, line 41: A gull patrolling between the wave crests of the desolate sea.
2.     What is Calypso doing when Hermes shows up? She is weaving on her loom.
3.     Describe Calypso’s cave.
‘Upon her hearthstone, a great fire blazed…a deep wood grew outside, with summer leaves if alder and black poplar (trees). Ornate (colorful, fancy) birds here rested….Around the smooth-walled cave a crooking vine held purple clusters under ply of green; and four springs (shallow bubbling bodies of water)…took channels here and there through beds of violets and tender parsley


Friday, February 5th:
1st and 3rd Periods;  
Kahoots test over Book 5
Act out the scene


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