Friday

Today - we will look at BOOK 10 of The Odyssey. 

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Thursday

Today - you need to finish your blog entries for The Odyssey Books 5-8 and read Book 9: THE MONSTER SECTION.

HOMEWORK: Work on Persuasive Essays.

Reading Schedule

4/29 - Book 8
4/30 - Books 9
5/1 - Books 10
5/4 - Books 11-12
5/5 - Books 13-14
5/6 - Books 15-16
5/7 - Books 17-18
5/8 - Books 19-20
5/11 - Books 21-22
5/12 - Book 23
5/13 - Book 24
5/14 - Review for Final
5/15 - Review for Final
5/19 (TUESDAY) - FINAL

Vocabulary

Prudence
Baleful
Libation
Precedence
Glutton
Harangue
Rapine
Scion
Insidious
Chastise
Succumb
Auspicious
Lucid
Audacity

Monday

Today - I'm going to hand back your 2nd drafts of your persuasive essays, and then we will read Book 6 of The Odyssey.

HOMEWORK: Work on FINAL DRAFTS of essays.  Essays will be due May 4th.  No Exceptions!

The Odyssey

Today we are going to discuss HELEN of SPARTA and Book 4 of the Odyssey.

Who was Helen?  What was Helen?  What theme or symbol does she reinforce?

HELEN

What was BOOKS 1-4 about.  Briefly write a summary of BOOKS 1-4, create a list of characters, a literary element in these books, and the major theme this section reinforces.

HW: Book 5.

The Odyssey

Today we are going to read Books 3-4.

Remember Books 1-4 form one complete unit.  Tonight you'll need to summarizes these first four books, create a list of characters, and connect the books to one major theme.