1. Tuesday (10/16) and Wednesday (10/17) Comparing & Contrasting!
Please sign in at podium for attendance purposes.
Today’s Agenda:
Grab a handout in the bin.
These are your viewing questions.
They will be due when the movie has ended.
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS in the AND SO (INFERNCING) format. (Just need the complete AND SO answers. No charts…unless you want to use that strategy.)
Work On/Complete Exit Ticket (due today or tomorrow).

2. Tuesday (10/16) and Wednesday (10/17) Comparing & Contrasting!
Your EXIT TICKET will be collected when the movie has ended. Today or next session (most likely). You will receive classwork points for your answers.
THE EPIC HERO
BEOWULF
SIMLARITIES
ODYSSEUS 1 2 3 4 5

3. Thursday (10/18) and Friday (10/19) Comparing & Contrasting Our Heroes
Warm Up: Class Discussion and Review of our graphic organizer comparing and contrasting Beowulf and Odysseus.
Take Notes/Discuss
Finish Movie: The Odyssey
Classwork/Homework:
Complete a “skeleton” outline for your next essay.
Construct an introduction (with hook and thesis), along with the “buckets” for the body paragraphs of your paper.
Have at a minimum, three supporting details for each bucket.
Due next class session.

4. Today in your groups…30-40 minutes
Introduction
Hook = Effective
Thesis = Do they effectively make their claim?
BODY (3 paragraphs)
Bucket 1 Bucket 2 Bucket 3
Point 1 + support Point 1 + support Point 1 + support
Point 2 + support Point 2 + support Point 2 + support
Point 3 + support Point 3 + support Point 3 + support
Conclusion (Wraps it up/ Icing on cake/ Not overly repetitive)
WHAT ARE THE FIVE THINGS YOU DID TODAY TO IMPROVE YOUR ESSAY?
Should also have TRANSITION and FLOW. Check for that between BODY paragraphs!

5. BEOWULF as the most EPIC
BUCKET 1
BUCKET 2
BUCKET 3
PHYSICAL & MENTAL STRENGTH
UNFATHOMABLE COURAGE
WILLINGNESS TO RISK HIS LIFE TO FREE OTHERS FROM EVIL
Fought Grendel with his bare hands and WON!
Strongest of the Geats xx
Swam for 4 hours…
Compared to Odysseus – Bewulf fights ALONE…Odysseus uses his men

6. ODYSSEUS as the most EPIC
BUCKET 1
BUCKET 2
BUCKET 3
His battles were ???
Odysseus
Bashed Beowulf
Positives for O
Comparing & Highlighting O’s strengths! 1 2 3
Superpower of O – Talks to Gods
He strategy when he fought…unlike B who was impulsive…
#4 Mental

7. Monday (10/22) and Tuesday (10/23) Comparing & Contrasting Our Heroes
PLEASE SIGN IN AT PODIUM. No handouts unless you were absent.
Last Week: We finished The Odyssey
Due today: Viewing Questions and Intro Paragraph (Compare/Contrast Essay) along with an outline for the body of the paper. Please have it out!
Classwork:
In your groups, decide who has the stronger introduction. From that, determine what classmate is writing what BODY paragraph. There will be three.
All of you can collaborate on the conclusion and/or write one tonight. Finished papers (5 paragraphs) due next class session. TYPED is preferred!

8. Organizing Your Paragraph
Opening Sentences/Introduction (Connecting Sentences):
Point #1:
Detail: (Quote or paraphrase)
Point #2:
Point #3:
Conclusion/Transition to Next Section….

9. Group Project – Writing the Essay
4 people in a group:
Introduction – Pick the BEST one in your group
BODY paragraphs – Everyone writes one (3 total)
CONCLUSION – One person in the group writes one
5 people in a group:
BODY paragraphs – Everyone writes one (4 total)
If you’d rather…you could all work on the conclusion TOGETHER. That would mean, however, that you would need ONE additional body paragraph!
DUE NEXT CLASS: EACH PERSON NEEDS THE INTRO and ONE BODY PARAGRAPH (OR CONCLUSION)….

10. Quotes by Odysseus….
“[W]e have still not reached the end of our trials. One more labor lies in store—boundless, laden with danger, great and long, and I must brave it out from start to finish. ”
GOOGLE SEARCH:
Prior to The "Odyssey" heroes were not known for their intelligence but for their warrior prowess. Odysseus is one of the first Greek mythic heroes renowned for his brain as well as his muscle. He is a man with an inquiring mind, and he is also a man with outstanding prowess and bravery. He is a top-notch athlete which only adds more to this seemingly insuperable character. It is no wonder why many scholars refer to Odysseus as a powerful mythic hero. Odysseus often hesitates before acting, because he uses his reason and gift to evaluate things. This patience is one of his most important additional attributes. This has saved him and his men many of times, and it can be easily seen in various instances throughout his travels such as when he disguised himself as a beggar when he finally reached Ithaca, waiting for the right moment to reveal himself. (Source:

11. TODAY: Begin The Canterbury Tales (pp. 136)
Please sign in on podium. Take one of each of the handouts.
Read pp Medieval Narratives) and Take Notes!
Read pp (Background on Chaucer) and Take Notes!
NEXT SESSION: Begin completing handouts. 4 total.
Begin listening to The Prologue (pp )
Be prepared for a possible QUIZ….next session…