Monday

Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

After today I should be able to: 

Reading: Read one book by September 29th.

Agenda:

1. Vocabulary Word of the Day
2. Begin writing a synthesis essay.
1. Make a list of abstract ideas associated with the topic.
2. Identify which sources address each idea.

Homework:

1. Membean

Final Odyssey Discussion

Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

After today I should be able to: 

Reading: The Odyssey, pages 31-41

Agenda:

1. Vocabulary Word of the Day.
2. Final Odyssey Discussion

Homework:

1. Membean

Iron Chef Presentation

Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

After today I should be able to: 

Reading: The Odyssey, pages 31-41

Agenda:

1. Vocabulary Word of the Day.
2. Iron Chef presentations!
1. Partner 1, The Sirens
2. Partner 2, Scylla and Charybdis
3. Partner 3, The Cattle of the Sun
4. Partner 4, Getting to Calypso's island (12.370-428)
3. Getting ready for tomorrow's discussion

Homework:

1. Membean

Presenting on Book 12

Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

Nuance Academy: Final Sentence Variety practice

After today I should be able to: 

Reading: The Odyssey, pages 31-41

Agenda:

1. Vocabulary Word of the Day.
2. Iron Chef presentations!
1. Partner 1, The Sirens
2. Partner 2, Scylla and Charybdis
3. Partner 3, The Cattle of the Sun
4. Partner 4, Getting to Calypso's island (12.370-428)

Homework:

1. Sentence Variety #3
2. Membean

Odyssey Journals

Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

Nuance Academy: 10 Adjective clauses

After today I should be able to: 

Reading: The Odyssey, pages 31-41

Agenda:

1. Work on Membean for 15 minutes.
2. Work on your sentence variety homework.
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.
3. English Journal #3: Odyssey journals
1. write three journals from Odysseus's perspective about his adventure with the Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis, and the Cattle of the Sun. Each journal entry should be between 7-10 sentences. Here is an example about his time on Calypso's island:
1. Another dawn breaks over this gilded cage I am forced to call home. Calypso offers me a goddess's love and the gift of immortality, a paradise of endless summer. But her kindness is a chain and her affection a prison. Each day I walk the shores of Ogygia, watching the free seabirds, and I am filled with a sharp jealousy. This beautiful island is not my home; my life, the one I built with my own hands, is in Ithaca with my Penelope and our son, Telemachus.
2. At night, amidst the music and laughter in her halls, I see a loneliness in Calypso's eyes that mirrors my own. Yet while she longs for a companion, I long for the finite, precious life I left behind. My mind is a sea tossed by storms of memory, haunted by visions of my wife and son. They are the anchors that keep my soul from drifting away on this tide of despair. I am Odysseus, King of Ithaca. I have faced monsters and the wrath of gods. I will endure this beautiful, suffocating paradise and I will find my way home.

Homework:

1. Sentence Variety #2
2. Membean