Week 29

Honors World Literature

Complete Lesson 7A in your Vocabulary Workbook

Do Now: Monday, March 23rd, 2015

SWBAT create Life Maps of their journey

Objectives

A life map tracks your journey through life and marks out important events along the way. Remember! An important event doesn’t have to be exciting or memorable for others, the map is all about showing what is important to you.

What makes an event important?

What is a life map?

Events that teach you something about life e.g. being selected for a team might have taught you the value of hard work and perseverance

Events that made you feel suddenly more mature/ older/ grown up e.g. looking after your little brother or sister for the first time

Events that gave you inspiration for your future e.g. the first time you were given Lego and built a 1000 piece skyscraper hinted at you future love of architecture.

Events that highlight how important it is to enjoy life e.g. you pet budgie only survives 2 months under your care

Both good and bad events can make you appreciate, adapt or change your life in some way

Important events in your life

A minimum of 7 events and a maximum of 9. Have a clear understanding of the reasons why you have selected the event)

A symbol or picture that represents each selected event. The picture should give an indication of how you felt about the event.

A label which identifies and roughly dates the event. You can be creative and poetic with these labels e.g. the road to happiness on my new skateboard

Some people use arrows, some people draw roads, some people draw a bunch of islands and draw little boats travelling between each; it is up to you how you see your map. Is your life map a road map, a diagram, a geographical map, a maze, a swirling circle or a game of snakes and ladders?

What should your map include?

Life map examples(Done by much younger student but a good concept if more detail is added)

45 minutes to complete

Be ready to share out tomorrow

Work at a level 1 (Should be a reflective time)

Your turn

Complete Life MapsContinue editing Portfolios Due: Wednesday, March 15th, 2015

Homework

SSR 20 minutes

Do Now: Tuesday, March 14th, 2015

SWBAT identify Greek ValuesSWBAT define and interpret the term,

“Odyssey”SWBAT explain who Homer is and the plot of

the OdysseySWBAT understand the components of an

EPIC

Objectives

Silently walk around to view each other’s life maps.

Life Map Share Out

Who was HOMER?

Homer was a blind minstrel (he told stories to entertain and to make his living); audiences had to listen carefully (this is “oral tradition” so there was a lot of repetition and improvisation used)

Other traveling poets (called rhapsodes) memorized and recited these epics in the banquet halls of kings and noble families

• History is vague on Homer’s identity; some say he is just a legend, others say that a whole series of rhapsodes composed various parts of the epics

•The epics were not originally written--the Greek alphabet didn’t appear until 725 BC

Write down 3 values that you have.Share out!

Stop and Jot

GREEK VALUESImportant to understand some of the main Greek values of the time because….

These values help explain characters’ motivations

Greek Values (explains characters’ motivations)

Reciprocity: • Mutual exchange between two

people • You give to me, I give to you• You help me, later I have to help

you

Greek Values (explains characters’ motivations)

Hospitality:• Treat all guests with respect• Be nice first, ask questions later• A stranger could be a god in

disguise!Be our guest,be our guest,

put our serviceto the test. . .

Greek Values (explains characters’ motivations)

Arete: • Greek idea of excellence, an ideal

of human perfection• Intelligence (be smart and

cunning) • Strength• Courage• Duty

Greek Values (explains characters’ motivations)

Religion:• Actions should please the gods• Fate controlled by the god• Humans need the gods (man,

without the gods, is nothing) [Odysseus’ revelation]

• Humans should honor gods through sacrifices, asking gods for help, and giving credit to gods

“Myth” is a story that uses fantasy to express ideas about life not easily done in realistic terms (it also stresses the relationship of human beings to a higher, spiritual realm)

MYTH AND EPIC

The Epic

Characteristics of the Epic:

1. Long, narrative poem

2. Reflects values of a nation or race

3. Addresses universal concerns

4. Focuses on the adventures of a historical or legendary hero

5. The supernatural plays an important role

6. Story is set in many locations

7. Hero against the odds – strong and courageous

8. Story is simple and written in formal language

EpithetA brief descriptive phrase

•Characterizes a person, place or thing

•Gives story-teller a “breather”

•Helps with rhyming or meter

Examples: rosy-fingered dawn

gray-eyed Athena

The blue-maned god who makes the islands tremble

Son of Laertes and gods of old, master mariner and soldier

Homeric SimileCompares epic events to

everyday events“…in one stride he clutched at my companions

and caught two in his hands like squirming puppies to beat their brains out, spattering the

floor.”

In Medias Resin the middle

In Medias Res: literary technique in which the plot sequence is out of order; Latin for “in the middle,” the story begins in the middle of the action, flashes back to the beginning to catch up, then skips to the endExample: Forrest Gump

HomeworkPortfolios Due TomorrowLesson 6B

Take out PortfoliosComplete Grammar Handout

Do Now: Wednesday, March 25th, 2015

SWBAT understand the story of OdysseusSWBAT read interpret the 1st book of the

Odyssey

Objectives

Complete Questions from the handout

Introduction to The Odyssey

The Odyssey

Tales of Odysseus

The Travels of Odysseus

Meaning: a long journey with many adventures or a spiritual or intellectual quest

The word “odyssey” derives from the name Odysseus, the main character from the Odyssey (he is also referred to as Ulysses in classic literature)

THE ODYSSEY

1. The Greek GODS2. Humans3. Supernatural monsters and

creatures

The Odyssey Involves 3 Sets of Characters:

Post War Trauma

• Long, exhausting, brutal war

(10 years)

• Odysseus heads for home with

nothing but ships and crew

A story told in

3 stages

The Odyssey

A story of what happens in Ithaca to Odysseus’ wife (Penelope) and son (Telemachus) as they await his return

PART ONE

A story of Odysseus’ wanderings after the Trojan War (the war lasted 10 years and his wanderings lasted another 10 years!)

PART TWO

A story of how Odysseus returns home to Ithaca and joins forces with his son to destroy his enemies

PART THREE

•In Ithaca, Odysseus is suspected to be dead

•Suitors have invaded the palace

•Penelope, Odysseus’ wife, is in an awkward position and must trick the men into leaving her alone

•Telemachus, Odysseus’ son, resents the imposing situation

And so the epic begins…

Book 1: Close ReadWho is the speaker?Identify words you don’t know.What characters are introduced, and who are

they?What examples of figurative language are

seen?What are you confused about?What do you understand?

Complete Book 1

Homework

SSR 15 minutes

Do Now: Thursday, March 26th, 2015

SWBAT use new vocabularySWBAT discuss the close read of Book 1

Objectives

Complete Book 1’s questions in preparation of the discussion

Discussion Questions

Book 2

Homework

Vocabulary Quiz

Do Now: Friday, March 27th, 2015

SWBAT complete Book 2

Objectives

Class Read

Read and annotate Book 3 & Answer discussion questions.

Homework