Weekly Objectives  Students will understand and appreciate an epic poem.  Students will determine the meaning of unknown words by using context clues.  Students will understand an epic poem.  Students will utilize various reading strategies to monitor comprehension.  The students will write for a variety of purposes and audiences using the Standard English conventions of grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

Weekly Agenda  DOL’s  Review Literary Terms  Review Vocabulary  Read Odyssey, Books 21, 22, 23  Comprehension Assessments  Homework

Quick Write  Recall main events from Book 12. What advice does Circe give to Odysseus? How does Odysseus escape the land of the dead?

Before Reading  Review DOL  Review Book 12  Review Vocabulary  Review Literary Terms  Set purpose for reading

During Reading  Set purposes for reading  Monitor Comprehension

After Reading  Review purpose for reading  Apply literary terms to the poem  Assess students’ comprehension

DOL-Book 12 Directions: Read the sentences below and make the necessary corrections. 1.Odysseus visits hades, hears the sirens and then passing scylla. 2. Scylla lived on the most highest peak any one could of imagined.

Literary Terms  External Conflict  Internal Conflict  Theme  Imagery  Epic Simile  Simile

External Conflict-Book 12  Men vs. Sea  Odysseus vs. Men’s disobedience  Helios vs. Men  Men vs. Thunderbolt

Internal Conflict- Book 12  Odysseus vs. Fear  Odysseus vs. his decision  Odysseus vs. Judgment  Odysseus vs. Own Helplessness

Themes- Book 12  Struggle against gods and nature  Desire for home  Courage  Endurance  Power of Intellect in face of challenge  Use of Advice/Following Advice  Discipline

Imagery-Book 12  P. 933, Lines  P. 933, Lines  P. 930, Lines Epic Simile Epic Simile P. 936 Lines Simile Simile P. 929, Line 37; P. 930 Line 47; P. 936 Line

DOL Books Directions: Read the following sentences below and make the necessary corrections Odysseus, when he finally come home, wanted to kill the suitors Any one would have been proud of a son like Telemachus.

DOL Corrections   Odysseus, when he finally came home, wanted to kill the suitors. 2. Anyone would have been proud of a son like Telemachus.

Quick Write   Imagine how you would react to reuniting with a close relative-grandparent, parent, or sibling, after being separated from that person for a very long time. What thoughts, feelings, and problems do you think you might have?

Words to know   Aloof Implacable   Commander Justification   Contemptible Omen   Desolation Plunder   Dithering Restitution   Frenzy Revelry   Gall Throng Wiliest

Literary Terms   Characterization   Foreshadowing   Irony   Inferences   Setting   Epic Theme   Epic Plot

Purpose for Reading   Read to learn Odysseus and Telemachus’ plan to avenge their family’s honor.   Discover how Telemachus and Penelope reacts to Odysseus’ return.