Name: Nancy Toth
Essential
Question(s):
Course and Section: Gifted Pre-AP Eng. 9, Period 4 & 7
Instructional Strategies/Lesson Sequence
Monday, 7th period
Tuesday, 4th period
What makes a man heroic?
Week Of: Oct. 22-26, 2012
Wednesday, 7th period
Thursday, 4th period
Friday, 4th, 7th periods
Analyze character of Odysseus
Can heroic men have faults?
Statement of
Objective(s)/
SWBAT
Analyze character of Odysseus
Analyze character of Odysseus
Recognize how figurative
language enlivens the story
Recognize how figurative language enlivens
the story
Target/CCSS
RL.9-10.3; RL.9-10.4
RL.9-10.3; RL.9-10.4
Tell us everything you remember How has Poseidon’s curse been set in
about Odysseus and the setting
action? Who almost foiled Odysseus’ curse?
of The Odyssey.
Why did it fail?
What archetype does Odysseus fit? Why?
Anticipatory
Set/ Do Now
Silent Reading
Silent Reading (book talks)
View and discuss Odyssey
View & discuss The Odyssey.
Vocab: Odyssey list 2
FUEL session
Difference between viewing the
Cyclops incident and reading
about it
 effect of figurative
language
View & discuss The Odyssey
 the Sirens
 Scylla & Charybdis
 characterization
 figurative language
Learning
Activities
Assessment of What qualities does Odysseus
possess? (negative & positive)
student
understanding
/Closure
How does the figurative language enliven
the writing?
RL.9-10.3; RL.9-10.4
What is the significance of today’s FUEL
session?
Homework
Assignment
Read pages 846 to 851. List
three details (quotes) that show
Odysseus’ intelligence and/or
leadership qualities.
Vocab List 2 – Cornell notes format
Alignment: Aligned with Common Core Standards or NJCCCS.
(Language Arts Literacy & Math as per Common Core Standards.)
Rigor: Instruction focuses on discovering the concepts at the heart of the content area/curriculum.
(Depth of instructional plan.)
Transfer: Students are encouraged to demonstrate the use of knowledge and skills in new situations.
(Application of the knowledge and skills taught.)
Assessments: Uses both formative and summative assessments.
(Formative assessments guide daily instruction. Summative assessments determine student
proficiency with material in one or more units, a marking period, semester, etc.)
Constructed Response (4 pt): Considering
the Scylla and Charybdis episode, how does
the figurative language increase the horror
of what happens? Provide at least two
details to support your answer.