Week 9 Syllabus: March 4
THE WORLD IS A DANGEROUS PLACE, AND around every corner lurks death. Like Sindbad the Sailor, Odysseus’ journey includes mysterious caverns, horrific monsters, and powerful gods who threaten his very existence. Yet Odysseus endures. In books 9 and 10, our focus for reading this week, we will see our hero confront a one-eyed giant, escape a multi-headed serpent, and evade a sea-gulping beheamoth hidden below a whirlpool. Each encounter includes some form of social or moral lesson. Pay keen attention to these morality tales, and what the reader should generally learn about listening, leadership, and humility before god.
TUESDAY, March 5
Starting with independent reading, SSR.
After collecting homework, quiz on book eight.
Preparing for next oral presentation. This speech will be pre-written, but must then be “translated” into phrase-based notes that will then be used to describe “the interesting aspect” to the book you either most-recently finished or have been reading for some time.
After collecting homework, we will preview the book 9 homework.
Reading and annotating book nine together, modeling annotation technique.
HW: Finish reading book nine, and complete worksheet in preparation for tomorrow’s quiz.
WEDNESDAY, March 6
Collecting “cyclops” homework.
Quiz on book 9.
Ending class with annotations on book 10.
HW: Read and annotate book 10.
FRIDAY, March 8
SSR.
Analysis of book 10
Small group work on book 10 worksheet.
Film clips that illustrate books 9 and 10
HW: Finish the book 10 worksheet for class on Tuesday. Quiz on Tuesday. Read book 11 over the weekend. Each ghost that Odysseus meets teaches him some type of lesson. What should Odysseus learn? Keep marginal notes on that topic.