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Quarter 4 Reading: The Odyssey by Homer Purchase by 3/22
The Odyssey is the second classic poem after Iliad attributed to an Ancient Greek poet Homer. Presumably, it was created in the eighth century BC or a little later. The poem describes the journey of a mythic character Odyssey to his homeland after the end of the Trojan war, and the adventures of his wife Penelope who had been waiting for Odyssey in Ithaca. Both Odyssey and another famous poem by Homer, Iliad, are full of mythic elements – Odyssey meets Cyclope Polyphemus, the witch-goddess Circe, the god Aeolus etc. Odyssey describes most of his adventures during the feast with the King Alcinous.
Link to book:
https://www.salamancany.org/cms/lib/NY19001352/Centricity/Domain/127/Odyssey%20text.pdf
Quarter 3 Reading: Macbeth by William Shakespeare Purchase by 1/15
Macbeth (full title The Tragedy of Macbeth) is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, and is considered one of his darkest and most powerful works. Set in Scotland, the play illustrates the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake. The play is believed to have been written between 1599 and 1606, and is most commonly dated 1606. The earliest account of a performance of what was probably Shakespeare's play is the Summer of 1606, when Simon Forman recorded seeing such a play at the Globe Theatre. It was first published in the Folio of 1623, possibly from a prompt book. It was most likely written during the reign of James I, who had been James VI of Scotland before he succeeded to the English throne in 1603. James was a patron of Shakespeare's acting company, and of all the plays Shakespeare wrote during James's reign, Macbeth most clearly reflects the playwright's relationship with the sovereign.
Link to book:
http://shakespeare.mit.edu/macbeth/full.html
Quarter 2 Reading: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Purchase by 10/29
One of the most cherished stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than forty million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and was voted one of the best novels of the twentieth century by librarians across the country. A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, as her father—a crusading local lawyer—risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime.
Link to book PDF:
http://cleveracademy.vn/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/To-Kill-a-Mockingbird.pdf
Quarter 1 Reading: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie Purchase by 9/10
"Ten . . ."
Ten strangers are lured to an isolated island mansion off the Devon coast by a mysterious "U. N. Owen."
"Nine . . ."
At dinner a recorded message accuses each of them in turn of having a guilty secret, and by the end of the night one of the guests is dead.
"Eight . . ."
Stranded by a violent storm, and haunted by a nursery rhyme counting down one by one . . . as one by one . . . they begin to die.
"Seven . . ."
Which among them is the killer and will any of them survive?
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