The Big Ideas

Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

Nuance Academy: 10 Demonstrative Adjectives

After today I should be able to: identify the big ideas that show up in the Odyssey

Reading: The Odyssey, pages 21-30

Agenda:

1. Start with a loose sentence. 
1. Mr. White carefully planned the stages of his essay, and then he rewrote it.
2. Rewrite it starting with a demonstrative adjective. 
1. Use this or that. 
2. This essay shows Mr. White's careful planning. 
3. The sentence will start with THIS or THAT and usually use the the verb IS or WAS.
4. Here are some more examples. You can use these ideas, but change them to make your own sentence. 
1. This morning I woke up early to go for a run before work. 
2. That dog over there is really cute! I want to go pet it. 
3. These shoes are so uncomfortable, I don't think I can wear them all day. 
4. Those clouds look like they could produce some rain later today. 
5. That movie we saw last night was absolutely hilarious. 
6. These apples we picked from the orchard are so fresh and delicious. 
7. Those people waiting in line have been there for over an hour already. 
8. This assignment is taking me forever to complete. 
9. Those flowers you bought me are beautiful! Thank you so much.
2. Vocabulary word of the day
3. The Big Ideas
1. Start your own Big Ideas Padlet wall. Make a column for the the ideas and their definition.
2. Make a column for the Odyssey.
4. Land of the Dead One-Pager
1. Use the four boxes for Anticlea, Tireisias, Achilles, and Agamemnon
1. Symbol, identity, information learned from this character
2. Title in the middle
3. words from the passage that set the mood or vibe for the land of the dead.

Homework:

1. 10 Prepositional Phrases
2. Membean