Today’s Target’s 12/3/2013
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO: Understand background knowledge
prior to reading “The Odyssey”
HOMEWORK: In your notes section define the following:
 Epic Hero
 Homeric Simile
 Invocation
 Imagery
Unit Focus
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Essential Question:
 What shapes an individual’s identity?
Well what do you need to
know? I am an infamous
warrior who has been
gone for 20 years,
traveling to magical
islands, visiting the
underworld and fighting
off mythological
monsters….nbd.
#kindofabigdeal
The Judgment of Paris
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Eris (Discord) - unpopular and not invited to an
important wedding
Revenge with an apple – “For the Fairest”
 Aphrodite – goddess of love
 Hera – main goddess
For the Fairest
 Pallas Athena – war and wisdom
Zeus wanting no part sends them to Paris
 Aphrodite – offers most beautiful woman in the world
 Hera – Lord over Europe and Asia
 Athena – great general conquering Greece
Homer’s Poems
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The Illiad
Written about Helen.
Runs off from her
husband Menelaus to
be with Paris (Troy).
Menelaus wasn’t the
biggest fan of this….
Thus the saga of the
Trojan war begins…
Beginnings
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Helen
 Greek princess / most beautiful woman in the world
 Many sought her hand = pact
Menelaus
 Chosen as husband
 Invited Paris into his home – host / guest
 Paris steals Helen and takes her to Troy
Agamemnon
 Commander in Chief of Greek army
 Sacrifices daughter to appease Artemis
The War
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Achilles
 Greatest Greek hero of his time
 Kills Hector and disgraces body
Hector
 Trojan Prince and hero
 Iliad (Ilium or Troy) ends
Achilles death
 Apollo, siding with the Trojans, guides Paris’ arrow
 Achilles heel
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Paris is later killed with the dead Hercules’
new owner)
arrows (shot by
The Trojan Horse
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Odysseus came up with plan – emerging
as the Greek hero
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At first didn’t want to fight in war
Establishes self during war and earns Achilles’
armor
Comes up with plan to trick the Trojans: the
Trojan horse, a giant, hollow, wooden structure.
The plan
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Build a horse and put best warriors inside
All the Greeks pretended to sail away and left
Like this . . .
And the result . . .
The Aftermath
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The Greeks destroyed Troy, a favored city
Rather than give thanks to the Gods, they
committed many dastardly actions, one
being a sacrilege to Athena’s altar
Athena and Poseidon, above all, were
angry and got their revenge
Revenge lasted the longest for Odysseus
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First Greek value: respect the gods
The Odyssey
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Odysseus’ struggle to
return home to Ithaca
from the Trojan War in
Troy
20 years absence from
home
Gods intervene positively
and negatively
A 20 YEAR EPIC
JOURNEY!!!
Characteristics of an Epic Hero
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an impressive hero
an important setting (known and unknown)
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a journey of importance Amazing,
am all of
these
supernatural forces
things…
glorification of the hero at the end
based in a culture or society
Values of the Greeks
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Hospitality
Loyalty to home and family
Respect for the Gods
Terms to Know
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Epic Hero
Homeric Simile
Invocation
Imagery
The Odyssey:
Central Themes, Motifs, and Symbols
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Themes
 One needs to experience
struggles before he can
fulfill his duty.
 Slyness/sneakiness at
times can be more
powerful than strength.
 There are consequences
when one is tempted to be
unlawful.
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Motifs
 Disguises
 Storytelling
 Homecoming
Symbols
 Odysseus’ bed
The Odyssey: Key Characters
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Odysseus (Epic Hero)
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Penelope (Odysseus’s wife)
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Telemachus (Odysseus’s son)
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Athena (Goddess of wisdom)
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Calypso(Sea nymph)
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Poseidon(God of the sea)
While Reading…
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Be sure to define unknown vocabulary.
Be sure to annotate by using Post-it tabs to
track important themes, motifs, characters,
figurative language, imagery, etc., and the
values of the Greeks.
Today’s Target’s 12/4/2013
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:
Apply background knowledge and comprehension skills
to answer quiz questions correctly
Partake in discussion on “Calypso” - Recap
HOMEWORK:
The Trojan War: 1046-1048
It is important to know the characters
Happy Fri…well for me, not you
Please have your calypso packet
out, notes section, and something to
write with
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ
RVIzUIeCk
Today’s Target’s 12/5/2013
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:
Partake in discussion on “Calypso” - Recap
Discuss characters/”Sailing from Troy”
Understand Homer’s purpose as an objective author
HOMEWORK:
Read “The Lotus-Eaters” (1048-1049)
Where our story begins…
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Realistic elements of historical
events…imagery…characterizations…1040F
Goddesses of the inspiration of literature, science, and the
arts – 1045
Calypso
You tell me…
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The idea of main objectivity:
Today’s Target’s 12/9/2013
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:
Recall prior knowledge and identify connections
between “Lotus Eaters” and Tennyson’s poem
HOMEWORK:
Complete Cyclops questions up until number #...
Finish “Cyclops” reading
http://vimeo.com/18380147
Today’s Target’s 12/10/2013
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:
Recall prior knowledge and identify connections
between “Lotus Eaters” and Tennyson’s poem
Discuss the “Cyclops” – important plot elements and
deeper meaning
HOMEWORK:
Finish “Cyclops” reading – you will work on the
packet in class together tomorrow…
Epithets and study guide**
“The Cyclcops”
1.) You need your packets out
2.) You need your book open to page
1050
3.) Something to write
with
4.) Get together with your group –
chop chop!
Today’s Target’s 12/12/2013
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:
Discuss, as a class, “The cyclops” – and identify
the important plot elements and deeper meaning
HOMEWORK:
Tomorrow we will complete Cyclops
and talk about your vocab sheet
“The Cyclcops”
Conflicts thus far - when are they signaled?
-before they actually occur
Lines 109-120: warnings of what conflict/type?
oDysseus finDs faulT wiTh The cyclopes’
uncivilized ways/living the Cyclopes do not have
laws and are rough with women and children
Thus, homer points out this way of living to cause
the reader to infer what about Greek living?
“The Cyclcops”
Lines that demonstrate the mens’ foolish
actions/thoughts?
-lines 167-170
Our epic hero – take a look at pg.1051: qualities
that demonstrate the opposite of this
-Odysseus reveals one of the qualities that gets
him inTo Trouble: he Doesn’T…
Why is his resistance possibly more foolish?
“The Cyclcops”
WHAT ITEMS DOES THE CYLOCPS HAVE:
-GOATS, BRANCHES, CHEESE/FOOD, WAGONS, ROCK,
ETC.
204-215: inflection and tone & conversation not
as planned
231: values and guile
WHAT is the plan for escape?
Today’s Target’s 12/16/2013
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:
Discuss, as a class:
“The sirens” & “scylla anD charybDis”
and identify the important plot elements and
purpose within the text
HOMEWORK:
Part I Test Friday
Read “The Cattle of the Sun God”
for tomorrow
Today’s Target’s 12/17/2013
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:
Discuss, as a class:
“The caTTle of The sun GoD”
unDersTanD Tomorrow’s class expecTaTions anD
purpose
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzLhXEPEw6w
HOMEWORK:
Part I Test Friday
Tomorrow…
1.) Handout: record group
members and numbers
2.) When you enter: Setup, postit, books, handouts
3.) story & time
4.) During your
presentation/during others
Your job for today
12/18/13
 As you enter the room, please group up with your
team
 Do you have a post-it from me?
 You should each have your book out, handout, and
something to write with
 You, as a group, are responsible for a section
from Part I of The Odyssey
 Please answer all of your focus questions
 When peers are providing insight, please give them
your undivided attention
 #’s off…
Today’s Target’s 12/18/2013
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:
Collaborate with peers to identify the correct
answers to assigned focus questions
Present material to classmates to clarify details of
the text
HOMEWORK:
Part I Test Friday
http://www.online-stopwatch.com/
Your job for today
12/18/13
 Exit Slip:
 We have read about the various events and
hardships Odysseus endures on his journey home
to Ithaca.
 From all the stories that we have read:
Which story best displays him as an epic hero?
Where do we see his positive characteristics?
Use evidence to support your answer.
 Consider how this connects to our essential
question: What shapes an individual’s identity?
 Please answer in at least three sentences.
Reference events/aspects from the story as
evidence
Today’s Target’s 12/19/2013
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:
Collaborate with peers to identify the correct
answers to assigned focus questions
Present material to classmates to clarify details of
the text
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
HOMEWORK:
Part I Test Friday
http://www.online-stopwatch.com/
WE MADE IT!! 12/20/2013
PART I
THE ODYSSEY
TEST
YOU HAVE THE ENTIRE PERIOD –
NO YOU CANNOT FINISH IT LATER
THUS – USE THE ENTIRE PERIOD
WISELY
ENJOY BREAK AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Today’s targets 1/13/2013
You will be able to:
Collaborate with peers to correctly
educate classmates on a portion of
part II
Homework:
Take a look at your calendario…
Test corrections -24 hours
Your job for today
 You
need your book, packet,
epithet and something to write with
 Group up
 Discuss answers
 Present to classmates – at front of
class with no notes…
Today’s targets 1/14/2013
You will be able to:
Collaborate with peers to correctly
educate classmates on a portion of
part II
Discuss, as a class, last 2 portions of
Part II
Homework:
Look over s.s. test
corrections/questions for final exam
Today’s targets 1/15/2013
You will be able to:
Discuss and understand concepts for
the final exam
Homework:
STUDY FOR FINAL EXAM
Today’s targets 1/16/2013
You will be able to:
Identify correct answers to mini
practice exam
Understand writing errors and
important elements
Homework:
Final Exam!
Next week…eeekkkk!
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How many of you have had
an “epic” arGumenT wiTh
someone?
Being definite
Clear & concise
Connection to literature/author/audience
Lead in’s – comma splices
Def, nvm, sorry, checkmark, p.graph, t.s. or
Just/like
Repetition/f.w.
Underlining
General statement
24 hours
Test corrections…
Today’s targets 1/17/2013
You will be able to:
Homework: