Odysseus good and bad

Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

Nuance Academy: None

After today I should be able to: Identify what is important in a text.

Reading: Read The Odyssey, pgs. 43-46

Agenda:

1. Read for 10 minutes.
2. Vocabulary word of the day.
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 prepositional phrase. 
1. Before writing the essay, Mr. White carefully planned it. 
3. Here are some more examples. You can use these ideas, but change them to make your own sentence. 
1. After breakfast, I headed out the door to catch my train.
4. Inside the house, the children were playing a noisy game of tag. 
5. Above the clouds, the sky was a beautiful blue. 
6. Behind the shed, the dog buried its bone. 
7. Before school started, I finished all my homework. 
8. Across the field, the cows were grazing quietly. 
9. Below the surface, fish swam around the coral reef. 
10. Among the trees, birds were singing happily.
3. Add a TQE to each of the Notice and Note posts from yesterday.
1. Add your signposts to this Padlet wall.
4. Make a T-chart about Odysseus.

The Odyssey reading schedule:

• Week 1 (8/10-8/14) The Odyssey pgs. 3-30 
• Week 2 (8/17-8/21) The Odyssey pgs. 31-58 
• Week 3 (8/24-8/28) The Odyssey pgs. 59-86 
• Week 4 (8/31-9/4) The Odyssey pgs. 87-114 
• Week 5 (9/7-9/11) The Odyssey pgs. 115-142 
• Week 6 (9/14-9/18) The Odyssey pgs. 143-END

Homework:

1. Membean session
2. Read the Odyssey
3. Work on reading notes