• SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes.
• The Odyssey-Unit Test

• SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes.
• The Odyssey-Part II Group Presentations
  • Reminder-The Odyssey test is tomorrow! Review by re-reading sections that were more challenging for you and review your notes.

• SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes
  • Honors-Dialectical Journals due!
• The Odyssey-Continue Part II Group Activity. Presentations Monday!

• SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes.
  • Honors-Dialectical Journals are due tomorrow!
• The Odyssey-Part II Individual/Group Reading Activity.
  • As a group, write a summary of your assigned section
  • Conference with Mrs. Lichocki to make sure you thoroughly understand your section before moving on to #3.

• SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes.
  • Honors – Dialectical Journals due Friday! You must have 10 entries for CM #3. Choose your best entry by placing a post-it note on the page.
• The Odyssey– Part 2 Individual and Group Reading Activity. Group presentations are Monday!
  • The Odyssey Part II Reading Activity
  • Twenty Years Gone… Group #1
  • Argus Group #2
  • The Suitors Group #3
  • Penelope Group #4
  • The Challenge Group #5
  • Odysseus’ Revenge Group #6
  • Penelope’s Test Group #7

LA1 Common Final Instruction & Study Guide

• SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes.
  • Honors – Dialectical Journals are due Friday, January 20th!
• The Odyssey-Read “The Cattle of the Sun God” and complete a triple entry journal. Respond to the following questions:
  • —A common theme in The Odyssey is Respecting Authority & Loyalty.
    • 1.Explain the theme by citing information from this section of text.
    • 2.Why is respecting authority and having loyalty an important feature of civilized society?
  • The Cattle of the Sun God (Text)
  • The Odyssey Triple Entry Journal 2017
    • Triple entry journals for Part I of The Odyssey are due tomorrow! You should have 6 separate journals, all of which should have the guided questions on the back or whatever daily reading assignment you were given. If you need help organizing your work, check each blog post from last week!

• SLOT –
  • Referencing Article of the Week #12, respond to the following prompt in two paragraphs:

  v   Pick a detail from this article. Explain how it helps you   understand the bigger ideas in the article

  • Paragraph #1-Intro and Idea (underline idea)
  • Paragraph #2-Your correctly embedded, quoted, textual evidence, highlighted in pink.

  1.Introduce quote (In the article titled…the author states…)

  2.Copy quote w/parenthetical citation (Berens 1).

  3.Give your reasoning (This detail helps me to understand…)

• SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes.
• The Odyssey-Read “Sirens” and “Scylla and Charybdis.” Complete ONE triple entry journal for today’s assigned reading as well as the attached narrative text four square.
  • Sirens and Scylla & Charybdis 4-square
  • The Odyssey Triple Entry Journal 2017
  • The Sirens (Text)
  • Scylla and Charybdis (Text)

• SLOT-Referencing Article of the Week #12, read and annotate for Subject and Tone.
  • Highlight textual evidence using your green highlighter
  • Label your evidence and explain through annotation
• SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes
• The Odyssey– Read “The Land of the Dead” section and complete a triple entry journal, as well as the guided reading questions.
• The Land of the Dead (Text)
• The Odyssey Triple Entry Journal 2017
• • 1.What does Circe tell Odysseus he must do in order to get back home to Ithaca?
  • 2.Which character trait does Odysseus reveal in the Land of the Dead that he did not reveal earlier? Explain.
  • 3.What did Tiresias tell Odysseus in his prophecy?
  • 4.Identify the epithets in this section.
  • 5.Now, create your epithet!

• SLOT-Referencing Article of the Week #12, read and annotate for Audience and Purpose.
  • Highlight textual evidence using your orange highlighter
  • Label your evidence and explain through annotation
• SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes.
• The Odyssey-Finish reading “The Cyclops” and complete the triple entry journal and guiding questions.
  • Cyclops (Text)
  • Guiding Questions
    • 1.Hero’s have tragic flaws that either get them in trouble or lead them to death. Name a flaw of Odysseus’. Explain.
    • 2.What does Odysseus tell the Cyclops his name is? Why do you think he does this?
    • 3.What is the Cyclops’ name? Who is his father and how do you know this?
    • 4.What heroic qualities does Odysseus demonstrate in Lines 371-375?
    • 5.What human weakness does Odysseus reveal as he sails away? See Lines 431-435.
    • 6.What is your weakness? Explain.
    • 7.Give an example of foreshadowing from page 997. Don’t forget to cite the text!