Weeks 8-11
Mon 10/9 (S): Read and take notes on The Odyssey, Book 1
Link to Odyssey character names (you'll have a quiz on these names on Weds/Thurs)
Below are the names that got cut off the list
Kirke (Circe)—a nymph with magical powers
Teiresias—blind prophet, now dead
Agamemnon—King of Argos, brother of Menelaos; led the troops to the Trojan War, now dead
Klytaimnestra—wife of Agamemnon, who kills him when he returns home from the Trojan War, now dead
Akhilleus/Achilles—greatest of the Greek warriors, now dead
Kalypso (Calypso)—minor goddess, daughter of Atlas; detains Odysseus on her island of Ogygia for approx. 7 years
Nausicaa—daughter of King Alkinoos and Queen Arete, in the land of Phaiakia
Aigisthos—Menalaos’ and Agamemnon’s cousin, lover of Klytaimnestra and Agamemnon’s murderer
Orestes—son of Agamemnon and Klytaimnestra; killed his mother and Aigisthos
Tu 10/10 (S): Read and take notes on The Odyssey, Book 5
Also read the brief handout below that summarizes Books 2-4
You can find the handout at the bottom of this page
More Odyssey materials to help you out here
Weds 10/11 or Thurs 10/12 (L): Read and take notes on Odyssey, Book 6.
QUIZ on Odyssey character names
Optional: If helpful to you, click HERE for link to Odyssey recordings.
Fri 10/13 (S): NO CLASS
Mon 10/16 (S): Read and take notes on Odyssey, Book 7.
Tu 10/17 or Weds 10/18 (L): Read and take notes on Odyssey, Book 8.
Please do the attached epic simile exercise (see below)
Assignment also posted on Google Classroom
Thurs 10/19 or Fri 10/20 (L): Read and take notes on Odyssey, Book 9.
Mon 10/23 (S): NO SCHOOL
Tu 10/24 (S): NO SCHOOL
Weds 10/25 or Thurs 10/26 (L): Read and take notes on Odyssey, Book 10.
If you wish, you can do the practice essay for Friday (I heard from some of you that you have a busy workload for Weds/Thurs). Just be aware that you'll be doing the practice essay after we discuss the chapter--and possibly the essay topic--in class.
Fri 10/27 (S): Grammar:
Please review parts of speech
Read about subjects and verbs here
Read about direct objects in How Grammar Works (29-30).
Bring pink workbook to class on Friday
Mon 10/30 (S): Read and take notes on Odyssey, Book 11.
Tu 10/31 or Weds 11/1 (L): Read and take notes on Odyssey, Book 12
Thurs 11/2 or Fri 11/3 (L): In-class essay #1 on Book 12
Please review your "Red Convertible" mini-essay
Make a list of mechanical errors you tend to make to bring with you to the in-class (to help remind you not to make them)
On your Google doc, please reply to each of my side comments
You can just write "Got it" after each comment
Don't "resolve" the comments (you want to see them)
Scenes to focus on as you prepare for the essay:
I. Sirens: 210, 215-216
II. Skylla and Kharybdis: 211-212, 217-218
III. Helios’ cattle: 213, 220-222
IV. Zeus’ revenge (shipwreck): 223-224