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March 4

Integrated—All English

Stem list 9 assigned

Greek Mythology Lecture

Homework: Odyssey Worksheet, read page 876-886

March 5

Integrated – All English

Odyssey Worksheet Due

Arete Notes

Stem 9 Activity: Make a crossword puzzle for 10 stems on list 9

Greek Mythology Oral Report Assigned

     Sign up for character

March 6/7

Research Day for Mythology Report

Homework: Outline, Works Cited, Speech due next class

March 10/11

Speeches: Day 1

Odyssey Reading Schedule:

 

Reading 1: p. 888 – 898

            Calypso, Hermes, Poseidon, The Lotus Eaters

            Homework: p. 899 - 909

                        Cyclops

March 12/13

Speeches: Day 2

Reading 2: p. 911 – 921   922-924   (the cattle of the sun god)

            Circe, the land of the dead, Teiresias, The Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis

           

March 14--Skinnies

Mythology and Greek Gods Quiz

Reading 3: p. 928 – 940           Coming Home

            Telemachus and Odysseus

            Odysseus as beggar and Penelope

            Bow challenge

 

March 24--Skinnies

Reading 4: p. 941 – 947           Death at the palace

            Odysseus and Penelope reunite

            Class discussion p. 950

           

            Review characteristics of an epic and identify characteristics within Odyssey

 

March 25/26

March 26



March 27

Integrated--All World Cultures for Sometimes in April film

Integrated--All English
     Stem Test #9

     Odyssey Review Activities

Integrated-- All English
     Odyssey Exam
     Stem list #10 assigned
     Simpsons' Odyssey!

 

 

 


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Assignment Downloads and Links Edit Text
Google Lit Trip-- Take a trip to the lands of the Odyssey
               www.googlelittrips.com/ Edit Text

Mythology Report Rubric Edit Site Add-On

Timeline and plot chart in packet Edit Site Add-On