E. Quinson

Room D-201

9H period 5

 

Monday, December 8, 2008

SWBAT:  read and analyze the dangers presented by the Sirens and Scylla and Charybdis.

DO NOW:  Write an entry:    What difficulties does Tiresias predict for the journey to come?  Why would Odysseus continue, despite these grim prophecies?

DEVELOPMENT:

1. Disucss H.W. and DO Now entries.
2. Begin read aloud of Sirens. 

1. Why does Odysseus tell his men what he plans?   What does this say about him as a leader?
2. Why does Odysseus need to hear the Sirens?
3. What is the lure of the song of the sirens?
4. What quality gets Odysseus through this journey?

3. Read aloud “Scylla and Charybdis”

5. Paraphrase the first stanza.  What do you envision?  How could you draw or film this?
6. Why does Odysseus decide to go closer to Scylla?
7. How do they get through this trouble?

4. Summarize/review.

H.W.:  1. Read  to. P. 1010 if we have not done so in class.  2.  Blog it!  What heroic quality does Odysseus show in lines 823-825.  How does this also make him human?

 

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

SWBAT:  discuss “The Cattle of the Sun God”

DO NOW:  Write an entry: what did Tiresias tell him about these cattle?

DEVELOPMENT:

1. Begin read aloud.
2. Discussion questions will include:
1. Explain the instructions Odysseus gives his men, lines 838-840.
2. What conflict arises from the crew’s hunger?
3. Eurylochus wants to choose his own death.  What does this say?  He has despaired, he cannot be a true hero.  True heroes never ultimately despair.
4. How is Odysseus not heroic in lines 899-902?  On the other hand, he is acknowledging that the gods control him and the whole wide world.
5. What speech does Helios (the sun!) make?
6. What reply does Zeus make?
7. Why does Odysseus have to go back through Charybdis?
3. Group share/review.

H.W.:  1.  Read  to p. 1017.  2.  Blog it!  How does Eurylochus persuade the men to kill the cattle.  Would you have done the same?  Do the members of the crew deserve the punishment they receive for disobeying Odysseus and killing the cattle?

 

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

SWBAT:  discuss “Twenty years gone, and I am back again…”

DO NOW:  Write an entry in your writer’s notebook:  Think about your blog and your classmates blogs from last night:  how do present-day ideas of justice differ from those we have seen in The Odyssey?

DEVELOPMENT:

1. After re-reading, review the homework entry, perhaps in groups, or pair share?:

1. How Odysseus explains the change in his appearance
2. Telemachus’ response to his father in lines 1089-1092.  What is his concern?
3. Athena’s role in Odysseus’ plan.
4. The events of Odysseus’ reunion with Telemachus.

2. New question:  How does Odysseus tell his son to respond if the suitors “practice shots” on Odysseus?  What conflict is this likely to cause? 
3. Read aloud “Argus”
4. Discussion questions:

5. Summarize Argus’ situation since Odysseus’ departure?
6. What is Argus’ relationship to Odysseus?
7. What happened to Argus after he recognized Odysseus?
8. What is the purpose of this episode?

5. Read aloud “The Suitors”
6. Discussion questions may include: 

9. Lines 1261-1264 – how is Telemachus feeling?  How does this develop his character for the reader?
10. Summarize what Penelope tells Odysseus.  How has she demonstrated her loyalty?

7. Review/summarize.

H.W.:  1.  Finish reading “The Suitors – The Challenge” pp.  1029-1037.  2.  Blog it!  How does Penelope feel about the suitors in her house?  How might these feelings differ from Odysseus’ feelings?  Why doesn’t Odysseus reveal himself at once t his wife?  Is it wrong for Odysseus to deceive his wife? 

 

Thursday, December 11, 2008

SWBAT:  read and discuss Odysseus’ Revenge! 

DEVELOPMENT:

1. Discuss homework entry:  How does Penelope feel about the suitors in her house?  How might these feelings differ from Odysseus’ feelings?  Why doesn’t Odysseus reveal himself at once t his wife?  Is it wrong for Odysseus to deceive his wife?
2. Discuss “The Challenge”

1. What does Odysseus mean by it is time to cook their lordships mutton?

3. Define and discuss epic simile.

2. Look at example, lines 1290-1297.

4. Begin read aloud of “Odysseus’ Revenge”

3. What act begins Odysseus’ revenge on the suitors?
4. What happens to Antinous?
5. What color imagery appears? 
6. What plea does Eurymachus make to Odysseus?
7. What does Telemachus want to bring to his father to help him fight the suitors?
8. Look for epic similes.

5. Review/summarize.

H.W.:  1.  Finish reading Odysseus’ Revenge pp. 1037 – 1046.  2.  Write two pages in your writer’s notebook: Do you think Odysseus’ revenge is justified?  Even though some suitors have been crueler than others, why does Odysseus take equal revenge on all of them?  How do you think the problem of the suitors should have been handled?  Why?

 

Friday, December 12, 2008

SWBAT:  review the end of The Odyssey.

DO NOW:  Write an entry:    Are Odysseus’ actions in dealing with the suitors consistent with his actions in earlier episodes of the epic?  Explain. 

DEVELOPMENT:

5. Discuss H.W. and DO Now entries.
6. Discussion Questions:

8. What planning does Odysseus do before battling the suitors?  How does this planning help him defeat his opponents?
9. What is Penelope’s test and how does Odysseus pass it?
10. Why does Penelope feel the need to test Odysseus, even though he has abandoned his disguise?  Is the mood after the test happy?  Explain.
11. Why do you think contemporary readers still relate to the characters and events in the Odyssey?
12. Literary elements:

                                                               i.      What imagery involving sight, sound and movement does Homer include in lines 1061-1065?

                                                             ii.      To what sense do the images in Antinous’ death appeal, lines 1412-1425.

                                                            iii.      What is the epic simile in lines 1613-1624?  Why is this a powerful image with which to end the epic?

7. Summarize/review.

H.W.:  1. Review for test Friday.

 

Monday, December 15, 2008

SWBAT:  review for test tomorrow on Greek Gods and Goddesses and The Odyssey

DO NOW:  Review your list of the Gods and their Greek and Roman names.

DEVELOPMENT:

1. Review test format/Answer questions.

H.W.:  1.  Review for test tomorrow.

 

Tuesday, December 16, 2008  -- in class test on Greek Gods and Goddesses and The Odyssesy

 

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 – in class essay on The Iliad, The Odyssey, and “Perseus”