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Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

Nuance Academy: Sentence Variety #1

After today I should be able to: 

Reading: The Odyssey, pages 21-30

Agenda:

1. Sentence Variety Practice. Write the same sentence eight different ways.
1. Example 1: Odysseus explored the strange cave filled with goats, and he waited around to see who owned it.
1. Independent Clause: Odysseus explored the strange cave filled with goats.
2. Adverb Clause: As Odysseus explored the strange cave filled with goats, he waited around to see who owned it.
3. Adverb: Curiously, Odysseus explored the strange cave and waited for the owner.
4. Present Participle: Exploring the strange cave, Odysseus waited for the owner.
5. Past Participle: Filled with curiosity, Odysseus explored the cave and waited.
6. Prepositional Phrase: Inside the cave, Odysseus waited for the owner.
7. Demonstrative Adjective: That cave was explored by Odysseus, who waited for the owner.
8. Adjective Clause (Appositive): The cave, filled with goats, was explored by Odysseus, who waited for the owner.
2. Vocabulary word of the day
3. Land of the Dead One-Pager
1. Use the four boxes for Anticlea, Tireisias, Achilles, and Agamemnon
1. Picture or symbol
2. words that describe the character
3. on the back
1. what we learn about his or her life
2. what information Odysseus gets about his own life
4. Title in the middle
5. words from the passage that set the mood or vibe for the land of the dead.

Homework:

1. Sentence Variety #1
2. Membean