1. English 9b, Day 21 * Wed/Thurs
#50 Book Talk Thoughts
(refer to chart #45)
Pick ONE book that you might want to read from book talks you’ve seen so far. Write about WHY it appeals to you – plot, genre,characters, etc. 50 words
then Ready for quiz???!!

2. Class time today:
You should NOT be working on vocab. It was DUE at beginning of class.

3. Vocabulary 5 = quiz today!!!
Close all books, notebooks, etc. & tuck them away.
Cover sheet / doodle sheet
Remember you are a person of integrity & honor!!!
When you are done * Turn in quiz to the “turn in” box * Place cover sheet on table in front of room * And . . .
then open your self-selected book and read!!!!

4. . . . Spring break . . . Upcoming Due Dates B = 20 Book Talks due
(continued) A B
Vocab #5 due & quiz
. . . Spring break . . .
A = 3 B A
typed current event exploration # 1 due 12 p.m. w/ Works Cited entries = 1
Vocab #6 due & quiz
Essay rd due for peer review
B = 10 A
typed current event exploration # 2 due 12 p.m. w/ Works Cited entries = 2 B
A = 14
All classes:
Essay FD due

6. Q3 Essay: The Odyssey Please get out two sheets of notebook paper.
2 Front = Body 3
1 Front = Body 1
1 Back = Body 2

7. Background: I have just engaged in a heated FB debate about whether Beauty and the Beast is an example of Stockholm Syndrome. My sister suggested that it was “just a story” and “didn’t mean anything.” Is it true that our stories really “don’t mean anything,” or do the stories of a society carry a deep cultural meaning?

8. Prompt: Joseph Campbell, American mythologist who created the idea of the "hero's journey," described a culture's important myths as a kind of "public dream," that lays bare the group subconscious and its deeply ingrained values and mores.  From this dream (and these values and mores) emerge a culture's idea of what makes a hero.

9. Task: Identify three traits / values / mores of the ancient Greek hero that are evident in our friend Odysseus. Are these same traits / values / mores the same as those evident in heroes (or a hero) of the modern day? What might that say about heroes of ancient Greek vs. contemporary American culture? In your discussion, quote directly from the Odyssey (including internal citations) and reference specific instances in modern-day films or literature.

10. Identify three traits / values / mores of the ancient Greek hero that are evident in our friend Odysseus.
2 Front = Body 3
Trait 3
1 Front = Body 1
Trait 1
1 Back = Body 2
Trait 2

11. Are these same traits / values / mores the same as those evident in heroes (or a hero) of the modern day?
What might that say about heroes of ancient Greek vs. contemporary American culture?
In your discussion, quote directly from the Odyssey (including internal citations) and reference specific instances in modern-day films or literature.

12. Identify three traits / values / mores of the ancient Greek hero that are evident in our friend Odysseus.
1 Front = Body 1
Trait 1
1 quotation from Odyssey
2 CM
1 quotation/ reference to contemporary American hero lit
2CM
2 Front = Body 3
Trait 3
1 quotation from Odyssey
2 CM
1 quotation/ reference to contemporary American hero lit
2CM
1 Back = Body 2
Trait 2
1 quotation from Odyssey
2 CM
1 quotation/ reference to contemporary American hero lit
2CM

13. 47 & 48:
Are heroes of ancient Greece the same as heroes of contemporary American culture? Look at your list of heroes (#31 in notebook). Why did you prioritize the way you did? Are important traits similar in any way to the characteristics of our friend Odysseus?
Whether similar or diff, what does their/our value of certain traits (strength, intelligence, beauty, bravery, creativity, leadership, etc.) say about their/our cultural priorities?
Could be your “so what” of conclusion

15. . . . Spring break . . . Upcoming Due Dates B = 20 Book Talks due
(continued) A B
Vocab #5 due & quiz
. . . Spring break . . .
A = 3 B A
typed current event exploration # 1 due 12 p.m. w/ Works Cited entries = 1
Vocab #6 due & quiz
Essay rd due for peer review
B = 10 A
typed current event exploration # 2 due 12 p.m. w/ Works Cited entries = 2 B
A = 14
All classes:
Essay FD due

16. Q3 Independent Reading
Select a NEW book that you have NEVER read before
Books w/ movies are okay You can even see the movie!!! But you also need to read the book.
At least 200 pages, probably more, and appropriate for your reading level
You are looking for a FICTION book, or a non-fiction biography Not a textbook, not a topic (“auto mechanics”) You will need to discuss STORY STRUCTURE and CHARACTER.
If you finish this book before the end of the quarter, you will select another book and KEEP READING
There WILL be a book talk (slightly diff) We’ll discuss later.

17. Your Project will have these components:
Part 1: Hero Picture (you sketch!!!)
Part 2: Helper Picture (you sketch!!!)
Part 3: Pick 3 Stages of the Hero’s Journey

18. #45 Chart o’ Books Find this!!! 1A = 25 ish 2A = 30 ish 1B = 27 ish
Student name
Title of book
Heroic? 1 2 3 4 5
Etc.

19. Q3 Self Selected Reading Project
Today!!!!

20. The Odyssey

21. Group Work: READING / Vocab
Read “The Challenge,” "Odysseus' Revenge,", "Penelope's Test," and "The Ending"
(pages )
51: Penelope’s Chart o’ Clever = ½ page
Penelope was Clever
With suitors while Odysseus was gone
explain
With suitors re: picking a hubby
With Odysseus: how did she verify it really was him?

22. You are working on . . . Reading Self-Selected Book
~*~Table of Contents~*~
42 Odyssey Map
43 Stuck between Scylla and Charybdis
#44 Goal Progress Check
#45 Chart o’ Books
46 Odysseus Then & Now (full sheet)
47 What makes a Hero?
#48 Group discussion summary
49: Argus & The Suitors (half page)
50 Book Talk Thoughts
51: Penelope’s Chart o’ Clever = ½ page
Reading Self-Selected Book
Notebook entries that need finishin’
CECE#1 due next Wed
Essay due after break
I get yer notebooks!! 
(vocab check only)
A classes If you want your notebooks for over break, pick up Fri!!

23. NO BOOKS ON THE FLOOR!!!!