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5/23
HW: Chs. 9-11: Compare the way Holden interacts with
the different women he mentions/encounters.
Do Now (Unless you submitted electronically, pass up
your annotated poem—include a heading):
What’s one of the lies Holden tells Mrs. Morrow?
A person might be tempted to lie on a job resume—why?
From H’s point-of-view, what does he experience when he
tries to be earnest/honest? (e.g. p50 asking Ackley about
joining a monastery)?
From Holden’s POV, what does Holden “get” out of these
lies and how do these “gains” produce greater benefits than
honesty?
Prompt: What drives/motivates one of your characters’
words/deeds/thoughts? Support with a quote.
5/2 Happy MAY~!
HW: If you don’t have The Odyssey today, bring it to SGI
Wed.
Optional: Enter the NYT Found Poem Contest (7am
tomorrow via the link on my website).
Do Now: A) Take out Homer (bid farewell) + your IR book.
Staple your 4/22 classwork to your reading log.
Drop off any bonus assignments on my desk.
B) This figure of speech is popular among advertisers
aspiring to acquire our attention: ___________________
Choose at least 3 alliterative words that capture main
ideas or observations from today’s reading.
Explain briefly + include a cited quote.
e.g. Reading Bk 11 of The Odyssey could generate: morose,
memories + _______________ b/c…
Don’t forget to enter the NYT Found Poem Contest
online!
4/22 Sub Lesson, Ms. BYUN
Countless words and phrases we use every day originate
from Greek/Roman myths. Here are a few:
Herculean
To be a
Achilles' heel
effort
Cassandra
(a weakness)
(superhuman
(a voice of
effort)
reason that’s
dismissed)
Pandora’s box
Midas touch
The face that
(can of worms;
(ability to
launched
out of control
make
1,000 ships
situation)
profits/achieve
(the instigator
goals)
or instigation)
Scylla +
Sisyphean
Beware of
Charybdis
(between a
rock + a hard
place)
(arduously
repetitive)
Siren song
(temptation)
Work like a
Trojan
(labor
energetically)
Greeks
bearing gifts
(beware of
your enemy’s
kindness)
Titanic
(larger-thanlife)
Which of the words/phrases above best applies to a passage
you read today? Include a quote (integrate, punctuate +
cogitate).
Use the back of this sheet (or a Post-it).
4/11
HW (due Tues): Bks 15-16 (reading checks)
Check online for specific line #s.
Do Now: I leave the door to 216 open after
school and, passing by, you spot next
week’s exam on the desk. You would…
Pass up your HW (Post-its are ok)
pp. 303 +318
“…eat your fill of bread and wine. Then you can tell me
where you’re from…”
“[Eumaeus]… sat Odysseus down on brush and twigs he
piled up for the visitor, flinging over these the skin of a
shaggy wild goat… the swineherd’s own good bedding”
(303).
“Eumaeus flung on his guest the heavy flaring cloak he kept
in reserve to wear when the winter brought some wild
storm…
[It was] not his style to bed indoors, apart from his pigs… it
warmed Odysseus’ heart, Eumaeus cared so much for his
absent master’s goods” (318).
Prompt (practice 1 sentence of quote formatting):
What tests/temptations has a character faced in your book?
How did s/he respond? Or how might s/he respond…?
Explain your answer w/ a quote.
Next to today’s date, you can write “Before” if you vote for
an exam date of Tues 4/19 or “After” for Tues 5/3.
“Never” is not an option.
4/4 ‘Appy April! Switch rows.
HW: Read Bk 11 for tomorrow (reading checks)
Check online for specific line #s.
Do Now: (quick reading check)
Have one member from each adventure group
collect + hand me (face down) your
self-assessments.
On the bottom of p. 212, Odysseus recounts how he + his
men plundered Ismarus.
How can we compare this to p. 218, lines 252-9 when he
describes finding Cyclops’ cave + P. 228?
Prompt: Apply one (1) of the vocab to a specific passage
you’ve read today. Include a quote + briefly explain.
prowess (noun): ability, skill
vex (v) – to trouble, afflict,
harass
potent (adjective): strong, powerful
concocted (verb) – fabricated
rebuke (verb/noun): to reprimand; scold unscathed (adj): unharmed, intact
august (adj)– majestic, revered
squalid (adj) – repulsive, filthy
ignominious (adj) – shameful; disgraceful scourge (n) – cause of a
calamity
3/28
HW: Exam tomorrow (bring 1 double-sided pg of
handwritten notes—to be collected. You may USE vocab in
the notes, but you can’t simply list definitions.)
Do Now (sit with groups): If you have your book  pp. 2089
What literary device(s) does Homer employ below?
Line 285 “That was the song the famous harper sang…
but great Odysseus melted into tears,
running down from his eyes to wet his cheeks…
as a woman weeps, her arms flung round her darling
husband…”
Line 631 “True, there’s an old tale I heard
my father telling once. Nausithous used to say
that lord Poseidon was vexed with us because
we escorted all mankind and never came to grief.
He said that one day, as a well-built ship of ours
sailed home on the misty sea from such a convoy,
the god would crush it, yes,
and pile a huge mountain round about our port.”
Reading log prompt (quote + 1 sent. explanation): A, B, or C
A) An example + explanation of a simile or metaphor
B) An example of (possible) foreshadowing
C) An example of vivid imagery
HW: 1. Finish Bk 6. Plan ahead for Thursday's HW.
2. TWE does THIS Odysseus live up to his rep? Jot
examples.
Do Now: If possible, sit near the person w/ whom you
generated mortal epithets.
Turn to p168-169 (Odyssey).
Odysseus makes his way to Scherian shores.
How does Nausicaa fit into Athena’s “plan for great
Odysseus’ journey home” (p.169)?
deus ex machina: a character/thing that
suddenly enters the story + solves a
seemingly insurmountable problem
Greek for: "a god from a machine"
(machine = the crane that held a
god over the stage in ancient
Greek/Roman drama)
Reading log prompt (quote + 1 sent.
explanation):
A) Find an example of deus ex machina OR
B) Identify where + how your author could’ve chosen to
employ the device.
In recent times, deus ex machina has been applied to
unlikely saviors + improbable events that bring order out of
chaos in sudden and surprising ways.
3/14
HW: (see back board)
Do Now:
1) Turn to p125 (Odyssey)
2) Identify 2 examp of xenia (pp. 125-127)
3) Take out your IR book.
4) Pass up project self-assessments (facedown)
Motifs (repeated ideas, images, etc.)
a) Xenia
b) Telemachus’ identity (mid p126 + top p129)
c) _________
p127, lines 87-88: “No man…” + lines 119-121 “No one, no
Achaean…”
HUBRIS: excessive pride
Independent Reading from 3/14
Prompt: From the pgs you read today, identify 1-2 customs
or values (personal or communal).
Support your answer w/ a cited quote (pg.) +
provide a 1-2 sent. explanation.
Based on the pages you read today, identify 1-2 conflicts
(specify type, e.g. pers vs. ____).
Support your answer w/ a cited quote (pg.) + provide a 1-2
sent. explanation.
3/9
HW: Check my website to see whether you can leave
Homer @home tomorrow.
Submit worksheets (w/ sources) to Turnitin by 11:59pm.
Plan ahead for Friday’s HW (see back board).
Project self-assessments due Mon.
Do Now: Clear your desks of everything except a pen.
Hand me any bonus assignments.
Group order: 5, 6, 3 + 4. Send me a rep to communicate
estimated time + necessary resources (e.g. projector setup)
3/10
HW: Independent Reading
Submit Lear work to turnitin.com by 11:59pm tonight
I’m collecting Lear tomorrow.
Agenda:
Remaining groups present—all groups submit hard copies
(annotated scripts, paragraph w/ rationale, art, etc.)
Self-assessment
Inquiring Minds
3/7
HW: Groups 1, 2, 5 + 7 be prepared to present tomorrow.
Plan ahead for Thursday’s HW (see back board).
Do Now:
1) Turn to pp93-97 (Odyssey) + take out your IR book.
2) Copy: Epithet: a term (re)used to characterize a
person/thing (e.g. Ivan…)
3) Hand me any bonus assignments—you have until Wed.
Spy Magazine’s depiction of Trump:
p87______________ Telemachus
p. 88 bottom ____________
p. 90 ______________
Preparing to address the assembly
What do Homer’s verbs convey about T on p. 93?
Telemachus “sprang,” “slung,” “ordered,” + “strode”
Compare “true son of O…” + “Odysseus’ son” (line 6, 94) to
“Mother has always told me… I am not so certain…” (p84)
How do the new epithets relate to the way Telemachus
addresses the suitors?
Suitors “infest,” “butcher,” “feasting themselves sick,”
“swilling,” “squandered,” p95
“You should be ashamed of yourselves” (Line 69, p95)
3/07 Independent Reading
Prompt: Based on the pages you read today, generate 2
epithets (could be for 1 or 2 characters).
Support your answer w/ a cited quote (pg.) +
provide a 1-2 sent. explanation of at least 1 epithet.
e.g. clear-eyed Athena
She possesses godly wisdom (insight + foresight).
e.g. maker of 3-pointers (Stephen Curry)