Mr. Verlin
English 1
4 February – 6 March 2015
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Skim pp. 651-654 in the book and on a new
sheet of paper, make a list of all of the
characters we read about so far.
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Be able to summarize The Odyssey in order to
be able to write a constructed response on
heroism.
QNTs (through 2/19)
 Class Reading and Drawing (2/20)
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 3 colors
 Re-telling of the plot (with line numbers)
 Event before
 Event indicated by your picture
 Event after
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Dramatic Transform
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Capture the action of the following through
QNTs:
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Section Setting
Ody’s. encounter with Calypso (p.656)
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Update the characters list you created in
yesterday’s pre-class with descriptions for each
character. You must have 1 phrase for each
character. (5 words max).
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Match the following definitions of these Greek
gods
1. Zeus
 2. Poseidon
 3. Helios
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a. sun god
b. king of the gods
c. god of the oceans
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Take out your grade tracking sheets.
Take out your Odyssey characters list from
yesterday’s pre-class. Add “Lotus Eaters” to
the list and a phrase describing them.
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Cyclops imprisons Ody. & Company and starts
eating them.
Cyclops eats _____ of Ody’s. crew each day.
Ody. & Company make a _______ which they
use to ________ the Cyclops.
What happens next?
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Be able to summarize The Odyssey in order to
be able to write a constructed response on
heroism.
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Dramatic Transform (2/21)
 Three characters
 Actions
 Watching the cyclops feast on men
 Ody. coming up with a plan to escape
 Fighting the cyclops
 Escape
 10 lines per character
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Write the two summarization methods and one
interpretation method we practiced in class.
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Be able to summarize The Odyssey in order to
be able to write a constructed response on
heroism.
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Summarization
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Ody. and Company land on Circe’s island.
Circe ______________ Ody.’s men and turns them
into _____________ and _____________.
Test Practice: in the section of the poem titled
“The Enchantress Circe”, do Ody. and his men
act heroically? Support your answer with at
least one detail from the text.
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Thesis
Support
Explanation
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Write the theme (1 word max.) you will be
writing about on Friday’s test.
Jot down the 3 types of sentences you will be
required to write during Friday’s test.
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Summarization
Ody. & Company return to _____________’s island.
 _________ warns Ody. & Co. about _________ and
_________.
 Ody.’s plan for resisting the seductive power of the
Sirens’ songs.
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Test Practice: in the section of the poem titled “The
Sirens…”, do Ody. & Co. act heroically? Support
your answer with at least one detail from the text.
Thesis
 Support
 Explanation
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Imagine that someone has been absent from
home for many years. Write at least 3
sentences about what that person might think
or feel upon returning.
Distribution of earlier work
Review of Odyssey part 1 test
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Be able to summarize The Odyssey in order to
be able to write a constructed response on
heroism.
Be able to interpret today’s reading in order to
transform the poetry into a short play.
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Activity: observe the mosaic on top of p. 691.
Find the lines in this section of the poem which
inspired the artist to create it. Take a QNT.
Listen to your teacher read p. 691 for 1 min.
 Count the number of lines read.
 Divide into pairs.
 Read pp. 692 and 693.
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Test Practice: transform pp. 691-693 into a
dialogue.
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Turn to page 693.
Summarize lines 1022-1027 in the form of a
QNT. Use … where appropriate.
Turn in the project component (Brown v. Board
of Education thesis and 2 sources).
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Write a QNT for the following lines:
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1038-1039 (p. 694)
1049-1053 (p. 694)
1079-1081 (p. 695)
Interpret those lines by doing one of the
following:
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A drawing 3 cartoon frames illustrating the action in
the lines. Each frame must use at least 3 colors.
A 20-line script with at Ody. as the main character.
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Turn to page 699.
There are 3 essential characters mentioned on
this page. Find 2 of them:
The Suitors: the guys who want to marry Penelope
 Ody.: superhero protagonist
 Penelope: Ody.’s wife
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Review: Brown v. Board…
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Thesis
2 Sources
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Write a QNT for the following lines:
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1113-1117 (p. 699)
1204-1206 (p. 702)
Interpret those lines by doing one of the
following:
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A drawing 3 cartoon frames illustrating the action in
the lines. Each frame must use at least 3 colors.
A 20-line script with at Ody. as the main character.
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Turn to page 703.
Read the italicized print.
Read line #1227 silently.
Write a QNT.
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Take out on the “7-step constructed response”
handout you received at the end of February.
Read the following lines:
1246-1249
 1254-1256
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Complete step #3 on the sheet by taking a QNT
on each set of lines.
Complete step #4 on whether Ody. was acting
heroically.
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Library Paper Week #2.
Due March 17 for 10 project points