Second day of Benchmark assessment.
Make sure you have read the next two chapters of The Odyssey for tomorrow. See previous blog.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Monday October 19
On Tuesday and Wednesday this week there are benchmark tests. Homework for Thursday- read the next two chapters: Mutiny and Murder and Three Women Watching.
Please respond to the following based upon your homework; use complete sentences.
1. Explain the following simile used to describe Circe: "Life with Cire was as sweet as Lotus fruit."
2. How long exactly have the men been gone from their wives and families?
3. Why does Odysseus tell Elpinor that he will go return and bury his body?
4. Name two previously-read occasions from The Iliad that demonstrate Ancient Greek death rituals. Be very specific. These can be examples of abuse or honor.
5. What information does Odysseus' mother impart to her son?
6. Teiresias is a blind oracle. We talked about the oracle of Delphi. What exactly is an oracle?
7. How was Odysseus able to listen to the Sirens, while his men's wits did "not fly overboard?"
8. Describe what happens when the men meet Charybdis and Scylla. (use complete sentences!)
Please respond to the following based upon your homework; use complete sentences.
1. Explain the following simile used to describe Circe: "Life with Cire was as sweet as Lotus fruit."
2. How long exactly have the men been gone from their wives and families?
3. Why does Odysseus tell Elpinor that he will go return and bury his body?
4. Name two previously-read occasions from The Iliad that demonstrate Ancient Greek death rituals. Be very specific. These can be examples of abuse or honor.
5. What information does Odysseus' mother impart to her son?
6. Teiresias is a blind oracle. We talked about the oracle of Delphi. What exactly is an oracle?
7. How was Odysseus able to listen to the Sirens, while his men's wits did "not fly overboard?"
8. Describe what happens when the men meet Charybdis and Scylla. (use complete sentences!)
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Friday October 16
Don't forget the homework assigned yesterday for Monday: Alive Among the Dead and Beauties and Beasts.
in class: a look at The Fates and partnered discussion questions.
The Fates
The ancient Greeks thought that the divinities knew everything including what would happen in the future. The Fates laid out a plan for each person at birth that was fixed and unchangeable. The Fates carried out the divine plan of Zeus by drawing lots and tying the resulting allotments into threads of life for each mortal born. These threads are woven together, actually knotted at different points and in different ways. Then the fabric of life is cut off at death and the end of life for that mortal.
Begin thinking about the role of fate in The Odyssey. This is an important theme or main idea. Now what role does the concept (idea) of fate play in contemporary society? To what extent do people have control over their lives? What factors are involved?
The ancient Greeks thought that the divinities knew everything including what would happen in the future. The Fates laid out a plan for each person at birth that was fixed and unchangeable. The Fates carried out the divine plan of Zeus by drawing lots and tying the resulting allotments into threads of life for each mortal born. These threads are woven together, actually knotted at different points and in different ways. Then the fabric of life is cut off at death and the end of life for that mortal.
Begin thinking about the role of fate in The Odyssey. This is an important theme or main idea. Now what role does the concept (idea) of fate play in contemporary society? To what extent do people have control over their lives? What factors are involved?
Film excerpts shown.
Thursday October 15
In class: quiz on the ship parts.
5 questions from The Pig Woman. see below
Odyssey film clips.
HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY: read Alive Among the Dead and Beauties and Beasts. Expect a quiz
The Pig-Woman
Using your text, if necessary, answer the following.
Once again the theme of religious obligation appears. What must the Greeks do to honor their dead?
_____________________________________________________________________________
What were Odysseus’ men given to eat by the lilac-eyed woman?
_____________________________________________________________________________
Why is it that Odysseus is immune to the witch’s magic?
___________________________________________________________________________
What does Circe tell Odysseus is her fate?
___________________________________________________________________________
What is the agreed upon time that Odysseus will spend with Circe and for what reason will he stay?
_______________________________________________________________________________
5 questions from The Pig Woman. see below
Odyssey film clips.
HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY: read Alive Among the Dead and Beauties and Beasts. Expect a quiz
The Pig-Woman
Using your text, if necessary, answer the following.
Once again the theme of religious obligation appears. What must the Greeks do to honor their dead?
_____________________________________________________________________________
What were Odysseus’ men given to eat by the lilac-eyed woman?
_____________________________________________________________________________
Why is it that Odysseus is immune to the witch’s magic?
___________________________________________________________________________
What does Circe tell Odysseus is her fate?
___________________________________________________________________________
What is the agreed upon time that Odysseus will spend with Circe and for what reason will he stay?
_______________________________________________________________________________
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Wednesday October 14
As the the juniors are taking the PSATs today, there are school wide activities. However, anticipate a quiz on the parts of the Ancient Greek ship, such as Odysseus and his men travelled upon tomorrow. This is a review of Tuesday's in class work. Be able to identify: stern, prow / bow, where to find the rudder, meaning of painted eye, mast, starboard, port and name of type of ship.
Tuesday October 13
In class work: parts of Ancient Greek Ships: stern, bow / prow, starbord, port, rudder, mast, painted eye symbol.
HOMEWORK due Thursday October 15
read chapter 4 The Pig Woman
Quiz on ship parts Thursday October 15
chapter 3, The Brass Island and the Bag of the Winds, was your weekend assignment. Below is the in class assessment.
English I Chapter 3 from The Odyssey The Brass Island and the Bag of Winds assessment
The following are textual excerpts from The Brass Island. Read carefully and number them in chronological (time ) order.
________“Odysseus? But I have heard so much about you! Every ship that passes brings some news of Troy and its heroes….What are you doing so far from your three-island kingdom? The king of Aolia was hungry for news.
__________The Laestrygonians merely took the boat-prows in finger and thumb and twisted them over, tipping men and oars and amphoras and sheep…into the clear, green water….”The gods forgive me,” said Odysseus softly, “One ship left out of twelve.”
________ “What’s in the bag, Captain?”
“Treasure!” declared Odysseus delightedly.” “The best present any host could have given to a weary traveler. Nobody touch it, you hear?”
________ [The island] came out of the sea like a great inverted brass bucket—floating, bobbing, bound about with brass cliffs as high as the wall of Troy.
________ For King Lamus and all his Laestrygonians were cannibals. With great good humor, he crammed two sailors into his mouth and crunched on their bones and picked their leather clothing form between his teeth.
_________The eleven black ships, like splintered shards, spun away through the mist, driven hither and thither….As, in the siege of Troy, the warrior Achilles killed Prince Hector and dragged him by his heels, behind a chariot, three times round the walls of Troy, so the winds dragged Odysseus’ fleet three time round the ocean. …[Poseidon] plucked up his eight winds…and said, “Now listen, Polyphemus, my ugly son, and hear the first note of my revenge on Odysseus.” And his hand…took hold of the spinning fleet and hurled it…Against the brass wall of Aolia.
________ "Get away, Odysseus of Ithaca,” came the reply. “Get away from my spotless kingdom before the gods mistake me for a friend of yours. It’s plain to me that you have offended the immortals. You are a smell in the nose of Heaven that must be sneeze away.
________ “Someone take this tiller. I must sleep. I can’t stay awake another moment.”…Eurylochus leapt the length of the boat, all smiles, all helpfulness. “Let me, Captain.” …And while other men were standing up, exclaiming and pointing out familiar landmarks of home, Eurylochus eased just one of the seven fastening cords beside Odysseus’ sleeping head.
_______ "Last week, Zeus …quarreled with Poseidon. To punish him, Zeus confiscated from him the eight winds of the world, and put them in my safe-keeping for five days. The five days are up, but before I give Poseidon back his winds, why don’t I lend them to you, my dear Odysseus? I shall set just one free—the soft westerly breeze that will car you back home to Ithaca. If you keep all the rest safely penned up in the bag, they can’t hold you back or endanger you with storms and rough seas.”
________[They prayed] to Hera, the mother of the gods, and to Zeus. ..When they first saw the curving bays of Laestryonia reach out to them like welcoming arms, Odysseus believed that their prayers had been answered.
HOMEWORK due Thursday October 15
read chapter 4 The Pig Woman
Quiz on ship parts Thursday October 15
chapter 3, The Brass Island and the Bag of the Winds, was your weekend assignment. Below is the in class assessment.
English I Chapter 3 from The Odyssey The Brass Island and the Bag of Winds assessment
The following are textual excerpts from The Brass Island. Read carefully and number them in chronological (time ) order.
________“Odysseus? But I have heard so much about you! Every ship that passes brings some news of Troy and its heroes….What are you doing so far from your three-island kingdom? The king of Aolia was hungry for news.
__________The Laestrygonians merely took the boat-prows in finger and thumb and twisted them over, tipping men and oars and amphoras and sheep…into the clear, green water….”The gods forgive me,” said Odysseus softly, “One ship left out of twelve.”
________ “What’s in the bag, Captain?”
“Treasure!” declared Odysseus delightedly.” “The best present any host could have given to a weary traveler. Nobody touch it, you hear?”
________ [The island] came out of the sea like a great inverted brass bucket—floating, bobbing, bound about with brass cliffs as high as the wall of Troy.
________ For King Lamus and all his Laestrygonians were cannibals. With great good humor, he crammed two sailors into his mouth and crunched on their bones and picked their leather clothing form between his teeth.
_________The eleven black ships, like splintered shards, spun away through the mist, driven hither and thither….As, in the siege of Troy, the warrior Achilles killed Prince Hector and dragged him by his heels, behind a chariot, three times round the walls of Troy, so the winds dragged Odysseus’ fleet three time round the ocean. …[Poseidon] plucked up his eight winds…and said, “Now listen, Polyphemus, my ugly son, and hear the first note of my revenge on Odysseus.” And his hand…took hold of the spinning fleet and hurled it…Against the brass wall of Aolia.
________ "Get away, Odysseus of Ithaca,” came the reply. “Get away from my spotless kingdom before the gods mistake me for a friend of yours. It’s plain to me that you have offended the immortals. You are a smell in the nose of Heaven that must be sneeze away.
________ “Someone take this tiller. I must sleep. I can’t stay awake another moment.”…Eurylochus leapt the length of the boat, all smiles, all helpfulness. “Let me, Captain.” …And while other men were standing up, exclaiming and pointing out familiar landmarks of home, Eurylochus eased just one of the seven fastening cords beside Odysseus’ sleeping head.
_______ "Last week, Zeus …quarreled with Poseidon. To punish him, Zeus confiscated from him the eight winds of the world, and put them in my safe-keeping for five days. The five days are up, but before I give Poseidon back his winds, why don’t I lend them to you, my dear Odysseus? I shall set just one free—the soft westerly breeze that will car you back home to Ithaca. If you keep all the rest safely penned up in the bag, they can’t hold you back or endanger you with storms and rough seas.”
________[They prayed] to Hera, the mother of the gods, and to Zeus. ..When they first saw the curving bays of Laestryonia reach out to them like welcoming arms, Odysseus believed that their prayers had been answered.
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