Download Unit: Epic Poetry: The Odyssey

Gods & Goddesses: Instructions
• You will be assigned one of the major Greek gods or goddesses and
you must complete a poster to describe and identify them.
• You have TWO days to work on this project. Be efficient with your
time.
• Some of this mythology contains mature information—handle
yourselves with a respectable amount of maturity.
• You poster must include the following:
Requirements
Point Value
Name of the god or goddess (Greek & Roman—identify which is which).
10
FIVE pictures: they must relate to your god or goddess. Be tasteful.
25
3-5 sentence summary of your god or goddess. This could include actions,
background, relationships, etc.
15
Total:
50
Gods & Goddesses: Instructions
Greek Names
Greek Names
Aphrodite
Apollo
Ares
Artemis
Athena
Demeter
Dionysus
Eros
Hades
Hephaestus
Hera
Hermes
Hestia
Pan
Persephone
Poseidon
Zeus
Prometheus
Unit: Epic Poetry:
The Odyssey
Bell-Ringers & Exit Slips
CHS English I
February 4-8, 2013
Bell-Ringer: 2-4-2013
1.
Poetry that tells a story in verse form.
a)
b)
c)
2.
Poetry that tells a story using a character’s own thoughts or
statements.
a)
b)
c)
3.
Narrative
Dramatic
Lyric
Narrative
Dramatic
Lyric
A brief poem in which the poet expresses the feelings of a single
speaker, creating a single effect on the reader.
a)
b)
c)
Narrative
Dramatic
Lyric
Exit Slip: 2-4-2013
1.
“Bugs buzzin’ from cousin to cousin.” is an example of which poetic device?
a)
b)
c)
2.
“Hope is the thing with feathers / that perches in the soul...” is an example of
which poetic device?
a)
b)
c)
3.
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
“I wandered lonely as a cloud.” is an example of which poetic device?
a)
b)
c)
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Bell-Ringer: 2-5-2013
1.
A word or object that has its own meaning and represents another
word, object or idea.
a)
b)
c)
2.
The feeling a poem creates for its reader.
a)
b)
c)
3.
Mood
Tone
Symbol
Mood
Tone
Symbol
The attitude a poet takes towards his/her subject.
a)
b)
c)
Mood
Tone
Style
Exit Slip: 2-5-2013
1. What is the name of the poet considered to have
written The Odyssey?
a)
b)
c)
Virgil
Homer
Marge
2. After which war does The Odyssey begin?
a)
b)
c)
The Trojan War
The Peloponnesian War
The Battle of Waterloo
3. The protagonist of an epic poem is known as what?
a)
b)
c)
Epic hero
Epic villain
Epic poet
Bell-Ringer: 2-6-2013
1.
What is the name of the poet considered to have written The
Odyssey?
a)
b)
c)
2.
The point of view from which the story is told is:
a)
b)
c)
3.
Virgil
Homer
Marge
1st person
2nd person
3rd person
Which Latin phrase means “in the middle of things” and describes
the nature of the beginnings of epic poems?
a)
b)
c)
In media res
E pluribus unum
Cogito ergo sum
Exit Slip: 2-6-2013
1.
This word means “to take goods by force.”
a)
b)
c)
2.
This word means “enormous or huge.”
a)
b)
c)
3.
Plunder
Dispatch
Ardor
Assuage
Ardor
Mammoth
This word means “passion or enthusiasm.”
a)
b)
c)
Assuage
Ardor
Mammoth
Bell-Ringer: 2-7-2013
1.
This type of comparison is of great length and detail, going on for
several lines within a poem.
a)
b)
c)
2.
This word means “finished quickly; sent out (an order).”
a)
b)
c)
3.
Simile
Epic Simile
Metaphor
Dispatch
Assuage
Plunder
This word means “characterized by craftiness or betrayal.”
a)
b)
c)
Assuaged
Ardor
Insidious
Bell-Ringer: 2-7-2013
1.
This type of comparison is of great length and detail, going on for
several lines within a poem.
a)
b)
c)
2.
This word means “finished quickly; sent out (an order).”
a)
b)
c)
3.
Simile
Epic Simile
Metaphor
Dispatch
Assuage
Plunder
This word means “characterized by craftiness or betrayal.”
a)
b)
c)
Assuaged
Ardor
Insidious
Unit: Epic Poetry:
The Odyssey
Bell-Ringers & Exit Slips
CHS English I
February 11-14, 2013
Bell-Ringer: 2-11-2013
1.
This part of speech names a person, place, or thing.
a)
b)
c)
2.
This part of speech describes a person, place, or thing.
a)
b)
c)
3.
Adjective
Noun
Pronoun
Adjective
Noun
Pronoun
This part of speech modifies a verb or adjective.
a)
b)
c)
Adjective
Adverb
Pronoun
Exit Slip: 2-11-2013
1.
This part of speech takes the place of a noun.
a)
b)
c)
2.
This part of speech describes a person, place, or thing.
a)
b)
c)
3.
Adjective
Noun
Pronoun
Adjective
Noun
Pronoun
This part of speech modifies a verb or adjective.
a)
b)
c)
Adjective
Adverb
Pronoun
Bell-Ringer: 2-12-2013
1.
This type of comparison is of great length and detail, going on for
several lines within a poem.
a)
b)
c)
2.
When did the Trojan War allegedly occur?
a)
b)
c)
3.
Simile
Epic Simile
Metaphor
The Bronze Age
The Golden Age
The Stone Age
This word means “enormous or huge.”
a)
b)
c)
Mammoth
Ardor
Insidious
Exit Slip: 2-12-2013
1.
Who is the King of the Gods?
a)
b)
c)
2.
Who is the Queen of the Gods?
a)
b)
c)
3.
Zeus
Odysseus
Prometheus
Hera
Athena
Aphrodite
What is Odysseus’s homeland?
a)
b)
c)
Troy
Ithaca
Athens
Bell-Ringer: 2-13-2013
1.
Who is the god of archery, music, prophecy, healing and light?
a)
b)
c)
2.
Who is the god of the underworld?
a)
b)
c)
3.
Zeus
Apollo
Ares
Hera
Zeus
Hades
Who is the messenger of the gods?
a)
b)
c)
Hermes
Hestia
Persephone
Exit Slip: 2-13-2013
1.
Who is the god of war?
a)
b)
c)
2.
Who is the goddess of agriculture?
a)
b)
c)
3.
Ares
Artemis
Prometheus
Demeter
Athena
Aphrodite
Who is the god of the sea?
a)
b)
c)
Poseidon
Zeus
Pan
Unit: Epic Poetry:
The Odyssey
Bell-Ringers & Exit Slips
CHS English I
February 11-14, 2013
Bell-Ringer: 2-14-2013
1.
Who is the goddess of hunting?
a)
b)
c)
2.
Who is the god of wine and theater?
a)
b)
c)
3.
Artemis
Apollo
Ares
Hades
Zeus
Dionysus
Who is the god of the forest?
a)
b)
c)
Hermes
Pan
Persephone
Exit Slip: 2-14-2013
1.
Who is the queen of the underworld?
a)
b)
c)
2.
Who is the goddess of wisdom?
a)
b)
c)
3.
Persephone
Hera
Prometheus
Demeter
Athena
Aphrodite
Who is the goddess of love and beauty?
a)
b)
c)
Athena
Aphrodite
Pan
Unit: Epic Poetry:
The Odyssey
Bell-Ringers & Exit Slips
CHS English I
February 19-22, 2013
SHEETS ARE ON THE
FRONT TABLE!!
Bell-Ringer: 2-19-2013
1.
This word means “to take goods by force.”
a)
b)
c)
2.
This word means “finished quickly; sent out (an order).”
a)
b)
c)
3.
Plunder
Dispatch
Ardor
Dispatch
Assuage
Plunder
This word means “enormous or huge.”
a)
b)
c)
Mammoth
Ardor
Insidious
Exit Slip: 2-19-2013
1.
Who is the king of Ithaca?
a)
b)
c)
2.
Who is Odysseus’s father?
a)
b)
c)
3.
Apollo
Odysseus
Laertes
Apollo
Telemachus
Laertes
Who is the sea goddess that detains Odysseus?
a)
b)
c)
Calypso
Scylla
Penelope
Bell-Ringer: 2-20-2013
1.
Which of the following statements best identifies the Odysseus we
meet in the epic poem?
a)
b)
c)
2.
On which island does Odysseus (and his men) land and fight after
looting and destroying the island?
a)
b)
c)
3.
He is an outcast and hates all human beings.
He is the son of Poseidon.
He is the leader of a homeward-bound fleet of ships.
Cicones
Circe
Illium
Anyone who eats the lotus plant will:
a)
b)
c)
Turn into pigs
Lose their hope for home
Become a god
Bell-Ringer: 2-21-2013
1.
Who is the goddess from whom Odysseus seeks guidance and
assistance?
a)
b)
c)
2.
Who does Achilles defeat in a duel during the Trojan War?
a)
b)
c)
3.
Apollo
Athena
Persephone
Hector
Telemachus
Paris
Who is the wife of Odysseus (she maintains control of Ithaca in his
absence)?
a)
b)
c)
Calypso
Scylla
Penelope
Exit Slip: 2-21-2013
1.
What is the name of the Cyclops who captures Odysseus and his
men?
a)
b)
c)
2.
How does Odysseus escape from the Cyclops?
a)
b)
c)
3.
Polyphemus
Poseidon
Telemachus
He stabs him in the eye after he passes out from drinking wine.
He rolls the stone door by himself.
Poseidon grants him leave.
How long is Odysseus’s stay on the Island of the Cyclops?
a)
b)
c)
1 day
1 week
1 month
Bell-Ringer: 2-22-2013
1.
What is the name that Odysseus gives to himself to deceive
Polyphemus while in his kidnapped in his cave?
a)
b)
c)
2.
How do Odysseus and his men end up on the island of Aeolus?
a)
b)
c)
3.
Odysseus
Someone
Nobody
Zeus’s strong winds guide him there.
Poseidon’s strong winds guide him there.
He makes a detour to plunder the island.
What gift does Aeolus give to Odysseus?
a)
b)
c)
A fresh drink of water.
A bag of wind to help him get home.
Answer
Unit: Epic Poetry:
The Odyssey
Bell-Ringers & Exit Slips
CHS English I
February 25-March 1, 2013
SHEETS ARE ON THE
FRONT TABLE!!
Bell-Ringer : 2-25-2013
1.
In any given writing prompt, the author’s REASON for writing is
called:
a)
b)
c)
2.
In any given writing prompt, what the author is asked to do is
called:
a)
b)
c)
3.
Audience
Purpose
Task
Audience
Purpose
Task
In any given writing prompt, the people who read the author’s
writing is called:
a)
b)
c)
Audience
Purpose
Task
Exit Slip : 2-25-2013
1.
In any given writing prompt, the author’s REASON for writing is
called:
a)
b)
c)
2.
In any given writing prompt, what the author is asked to do is
called:
a)
b)
c)
3.
Audience
Purpose
Task
Audience
Purpose
Task
In any given writing prompt, the people who read the author’s
writing is called:
a)
b)
c)
Audience
Purpose
Task
Bell-Ringer: 2-26-2013
1.
Who developed the idea of the “Rhetorical Triangle?”
a)
b)
c)
2.
Which of the following IS NOT a part of the Rhetorical
Triangle?
a)
b)
c)
3.
Aristotle
Homer
Plato
Audience
Speaker
Task
In any given writing prompt, the people who read the
author’s writing is called:
a)
b)
c)
Audience
Purpose
Task
Exit Slip: 2-26-2013
1.
Which flying god does Odysseus come into contact with while climbing
the mountain?
a)
b)
c)
2.
Who is the goddess in charge of the island on which Odysseus and his
men land?
a)
b)
c)
3.
Athena
Hermes
Dionysus
Circe
Calypso
Athena
How long were Odysseus and his men on the island of the
goddess/witch?
a)
b)
c)
5 days
5 months
5 years
Bell-Ringer: 2-27-2013
1.
How does Odysseus come to believe Circe’s claim that he had
spent five years in her palace?
a)
b)
c)
2.
What is the name of the blind prophet from whom Circe orders
Odysseus to seek advice?
a)
b)
c)
3.
He ate the lotus plant which makes you believe anything you’re told.
He had aged five years and looked in the mirror.
He saw his ship covered by rocks from the changing tides.
Tiresias
Polyphemus
Homer
Where is the place that Odysseus travels to in order to meet with
the blind prophet?
a)
b)
c)
Hades
Mount Olympus
Ithaca
Exit Slip: 2-27-2013
1.
Where does Tiresias tell Odysseus he must sail?
a)
b)
c)
2.
With whom does Odysseus come into contact while visiting the
Underworld (Hades)?
a)
b)
c)
3.
The Straits of Scylla
Back to Ithaca
Return to Circe’s Island
Penelope
Telemachus
His mother, Anticleia
What does Penelope say she will do to please her suitors who have
come to replace Odysseus.
a)
b)
c)
She will marry whoever wins a sword fight.
She will choose a suitor when she completes weaving a shroud.
She will marry whoever pleases her son, Telemachus.
Bell-Ringer: 2-28-2013
1.
How many of Odysseus’s men remain when he survives the Straits of
Scylla and Charybdis?
a)
b)
c)
2.
Where does Odysseus land after he is attacked by Scylla, the six-headed
monster?
a)
b)
c)
3.
None
Five
Ten
Island of Cicones
Island of Circe
Island of Calypso
What is the name of the whirlpool which takes the lives of Odysseus’s
men?
a)
b)
c)
Cicones
Charybdis
Scylla
Exit Slip: 2-28-2013
1.
How long does Calypso detain Odysseus on her island?
a)
b)
c)
2.
Who convinces Calypso to let Odysseus leave her island?
a)
b)
c)
3.
One year
Two years
Five years
Athena
Hermes
Poseidon
Who gives Odysseus a ship to help him return home?
a)
b)
c)
Calypso
Poseidon
Alcinous, King of Phaeacia
Bell-Ringer: 3-1-2013
1.
Who does Odysseus first meet when returning home to Ithaca?
a)
b)
c)
2.
Where does Telemachus travel when searching for his father?
a)
b)
c)
3.
Telemachus
Penelope
No one, they’re all dead.
Sparta
Athens
Troy
What is plan Athena gives to Odysseus in order to return and take
over his kingdom?
a)
b)
c)
She disguises him as a beggar so he can gain information.
Wage all-out war on the suitors.
To leave and never return.
Exit Slip: 3-1-2013
1.
What does Odysseus teach Telemachus that he must learn to control if he
is to become a “man.”
a)
b)
c)
2.
What is the plan that Penelope develops in order to choose a suitor to
become king?
a)
b)
c)
3.
His anger
His beard
Shooting his bow and arrow
She will marry whoever can string Odysseus’s bow.
She will have a boxing tournament to choose a winner.
She will marry whoever provides her with the most money.
What does Odysseus do to prove that he is who he says he is?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Strings his bow and shoots his arrow straight and true.
Kills all the suitors who have tried to take his kingdom.
Both.
Neither.
Bell-Ringer: 3-4-2013
1.
What does Odysseus teach Telemachus that he must learn to control if he
is to become a “man.”
a)
b)
c)
2.
What is the plan that Penelope develops in order to choose a suitor to
become king?
a)
b)
c)
3.
His anger
His beard
Shooting his bow and arrow
She will marry whoever can string Odysseus’s bow.
She will have a boxing tournament to choose a winner.
She will marry whoever provides her with the most money.
What does Odysseus do to prove that he is who he says he is?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Strings his bow and shoots his arrow straight and true.
Kills all the suitors who have tried to take his kingdom.
Both.
Neither.
Exit Slip: 3-4-2013
1.
This word means “to take goods by force.”
a)
b)
c)
2.
This word means “finished quickly; sent out (an order).”
a)
b)
c)
3.
Plunder
Dispatch
Ardor
Dispatch
Assuage
Plunder
This word means “enormous or huge.”
a)
b)
c)
Mammoth
Ardor
Insidious
Bell-Ringer: 3-6-2013
1. Goddess of wisdom and war strategy, daughter of Zeus, champions
Odysseus.
a)
b)
c)
d)
Aeaea
Athena
Aeolus
Aiolia
2. To delay the suitors for three years, Penelope:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Hides away
Weaves and unweaves a shroud
Pretends to be sick
Grieves for herself
3. When Odysseus finds himself in danger, he usually gets out of it by
a)
b)
c)
d)
Fighting his way out
Resourceful planning
Praying to the gods
Relying on his bravest men
Exit Slip: 3-6-2013
1.
What word means a section of literature or drama, etc.?
a)
b)
c)
2.
Which type of character is complex and deep?
a)
b)
c)
3.
Genre
Dialogue
Type
Flat
Round
Long
What element means a conversation between two or more
characters?
a)
b)
c)
Monologue
Dialogue
Chit-Chat
Bell-Ringer: 3-7-2013
1.
What element refers to a long, uninterrupted speech by ONE
character?
a)
b)
c)
2.
Which is not a form of dramatic conflict?
a)
b)
c)
3.
Monologue
Dialogue
Chit-Chat
Man v man
Man v nature
Man v beast
What is the easiest way we learn about characters in a drama?
a)
b)
c)
Action
Dialogue
Conflict
Exit Slip: 3-7-2013
1.
How many “books” make up The Odyssey?
a)
b)
c)
2.
In what language was The Odyssey originally written?
a)
b)
c)
3.
12
24
36
Greek
Latin
English
Odysseus wants to kill Polyphemus right away, but doesn’t,
because:
a)
b)
c)
He is a god and cannot be killed.
Polyphemus is protected by magic.
With him dead, no one can move the large boulder blocking the exit.
Bell-Ringer: 3-11-2013
Group Work:
• Immediately begin working on your 8 –
sentence summary activity.
• You have 10 minutes to complete your
summaries. ALL members MUST have
their own copy. (You will turn this in).
• After the 10 minutes have elapsed, we will
switch group and each member will share
their summaries.
Bell-Ringer: 3-13-2013
Bell-Ringer:
First FIVE minutes: collect and submit your
Odyssey Journal Packets.
Group Work:
Immediately begin working on the ROUGH
DRAFT of your script.
You should have your rough draft NEARLY
completed after today. Rough Drafts due at
the end of class tomorrow.
Bell-Ringer: 3-14-2013
Group Work:
• Immediately begin working on the
ROUGH DRAFT of your script.
• Rough Drafts due by the end of class.
• Email your draft to
[email protected].
• When you have completed your drafts,
begin peer reviews.
Bell-Ringer: 3-15-2013
Group Work:
• Have your bell-ringer sheet from last week
ready to go. We will complete our weekly
review immediately following the bell.
• Rough Drafts of your script are due by the end
of class.
• Email your draft to
[email protected].
• When you have completed your drafts, begin
peer reviews.
4th Period: Bell-Ringer: 3-15-2013
• Have your bell-ringer sheet from last week
ready to go. We will complete our weekly
review immediately following the bell.
• READING WORKSHOP immediately to
follow.
Bell-Ringer: 3-18-2013
Write a 5 sentence paragraph on the following topic:
Please inform me on your contributions to our group
project. What were you responsible for? What were your
tasks? What did you accomplish? Did you follow through
with your responsibilities? On a scale of 1-10, how would
you rate your INDIVIDUAL performance and the GROUP
performance?
Please turn in to your class tray when you have finished.
Once you have finished, begin with Peer Reviews of your
rough drafts and set design posters.
4th Period: Bell-Ringer: 3-18-2013
Write a 5 sentence paragraph on the following topic:
Please inform me on your contributions to our group
project. What were you responsible for? What were your
tasks? What did you accomplish? Did you follow through
with your responsibilities? On a scale of 1-10, how would
you rate your INDIVIDUAL performance and the GROUP
performance?
Please turn in to your class tray when you have finished.
Once you have finished, begin with the Study Island
writing activity assigned to you on “Task, Audience, and
Purpose.”