freshman english (english 1) mr. briggs’ class room b3 monday, september 21, 2009
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Freshman English (English 1)
Mr. Briggs’ Class
Room B3
Monday,
September 21, 2009
Taking Attendance
Please sit quietly while roll is taken
Today’s Objective and Learning Standard
Develop an understand of the definition of the myth.
Determine the origins of Greek mythology and Homer (author of the Odyssey).
Standard: Reading 2.5 – Extending ideas presented in primary or secondary sources through analysis and evaluation
Homework – put in PSA’s
Complete Complete The Odyssey The Odyssey Conflict ChartConflict Chart
- - Refer to the following stories: Circe, Land of the Dead, and Sirens
Create one Homeric simile in your notes. Create one Homeric simile in your notes. - Write it in your notes. Tomorrow, when called,
you’ll need to orally present your simile. - It will be worth 10 points.- Read it and be able to explain it.
Homeric Simile
What’s a simile? a figure of speech comparing two unlike things, often introduced with the word "like" or "as".
- Hungry as a lion- "Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer
at a time, and sometimes you weep."- Carl Sandburg
So What’s a Homeric Simile?
Compare epic or heroic events to simple and easily understood events of today
Remember the Lotus Eaters? The lotus flowers are like drugs today.The lotus flowers are like drugs today. The Cyclops is The Cyclops is as dense as a brick.as dense as a brick. The Siren sang like an angelThe Siren sang like an angel..
Need help understanding?
sparknotes.com gradesaver.com cliffsnotes.com Spend some time reviewing these web sites
to gain additional knowledge about The Odyssey.
What might Circe have looked like?
Describe her physical appearance Homer called her Circe of the Braided
Tresses, hinting that she manipulated forces of creation and destruction by the knots and braids in her hair. She ruled the stars that determined men’s fates.
Circe
The Odyssey Conflict Chart
For each adventure, summarize Odysseus’ external conflict and it’s resolution.
Create a chart like the one on the next slide. Assignment name is The Odyssey Conflict
Chart Please begin working now.
The Odyssey Conflict Chart
AdventureAdventure Summary of eventSummary of event Resolution of Resolution of eventevent
Calypso
Lotus Eaters
Cyclops
Circe
Sirens, Scylia & Charybdis