BELL RINGER—ENG-10HSentence Variations

Helping you become a more skilled writer

Book One is about anger and how Agamemnon & Achilles deal with it.

1. Finish this sentence: When I feel ashamed or angry I …

2. Answer this prompt using a variation: Describe a situation where you reacted

with anger: what was the situation, what did you do, what were the

consequences, if any, of your anger?

• remember to label it with the variation number

GRAMMAR—INFINITIVE • A verb form that begins with the word

“to” and functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb.

• For example: No one wanted to answer.

• NOTE: When “to” precedes a verb it is not a preposition, it signals an

infinitive.

BOOK ONE

The Iliad

BOOK ONE SUMMARY Agamemnon (Ag.) has taken the daughter of

Chryses as a war prize. Chryses, a priest of Apollo, offers Ag. a great treasure

for the return of his daughter, but Ag. refuses Chryses enlists the aid of enraged Apollo to bring a

plague upon the Greeks The plague is to be removed only when Cryses’

daughter is returned, but Ag. refuses to comply with the ultimatum

Achilles (Ach.) and the seer convince Ag. To return the hostage; Ag. demands that Achilles give him his war prize, Briseis Ach. then appeals to his mother, the sea-goddess

Thetis, to ask Zeus to aid the Trojans against the Greeks

PAGE 209 QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION Question #1

Ag. vs Ach., where is your sympathy? Question # 2

Why doesn’t Calchas want to reveal plague’s cause? Question # 4

Why does Ach. accept the punishment? Question # 5

What is Ach. revenge? Why ask mom? Question # 6

When did Ag/Ach tension really begin? Question # 8

Describe an internal conflict in Book One. Question # 10

How are character’s like people today?

EVALUATE CREDIBILITYClass discussion on your 8

homework questions1. Page 1942. Page 1973. Page 1984. Page 2035. Page 2076. Page 2087. Page 209 (2)

HOMEWORK1. Read and annotate (lesson on

this Friday) the Iliad book two handout

2. Answer the three (3) questions for book two in your Study Guide handout

3. Also, be prepared to discuss WHAT the book was about

• FOCUS QUESTION: What should happen if someone

breaks an agreement/promise?DUE: Fri, Oct 17th