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 Unit 2 Breakdown The Hero's Journey

This is a weekly breakdown on what we are doing for our 2nd unit. We will be reading The Odyssey by Homer. An epic poem that will transform your thoughts on what a poem should look like. If you have any question please feel free to ask. I know this is a little different for you but we will get through it together. 

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Week of 1/7-1/11/19

Monday- 

  1. Copy HW

  2. Give Anthem out

  3. Review Concepts of Anthem and assignments

  4. Begin reading Chapter 1 

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Homework-

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  • Read Chapter 2 in Anthem 

  • Complete google classroom assignment for Chapters 1 & 2 

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Tuesday- 

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  1. 9 week Exam

  2. Conformity Article on Commonlit Assignment on Google Classroom

  3. SSR- Anthem

Homework-

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  • Read Chapter 3,4 & 5 in Anthem 

  • Complete google classroom assignment for Chapters 3, 4, & 5

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Wednesday- ​

  1. SSR-Anthem

  2. What is the Hero's Journey?

  3. Ted Ed video activity (can be found in Google Classroom)

  4. Anticipation Guide 

  5. Begin discussing PowerPoint on Odyssey

  6. Take Guided notes

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Homework- 

  • Read Chapter 6,7 & 8 in Anthem 

  • Complete google classroom assignment for Chapters 6, 7, & 8

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Thursday- 

  1. SSR -Anthem

  2. Begin discussing PowerPoint on Odyssey

  3. Guided Notes 

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Homework- 

  1. Read Chapter  9 & 10 & 11 in Anthem 

  2. Complete google classroom assignment for Chapters 9, 10, & 11

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Friday-

  1. Finish Anthem as a Class

  2. What is an Epic Hero?

  3. What is an Epic Simile?

  4. What is an Epithet?

  5. Note-taking strategy 

  6. Read Prologue

Homework- 

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STUDY FOR ANTHEM TEST

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Week  of 1/14-1/18

Monday- 

  1. Copy hw

  2. Anthem Test 

  3. Finish Odyssey Introduction

Homework-

Tuesday-

  1. SSR

  2. Quiz on Odyssey Intro

  3. Close Read Sailing from Troy 

Homework-

Wednesday- 

  1. Active/Passive Voice Practice

  2. Read The Lotus Eaters, complete annotations in close reader

  3. Close read and annotate

Homework-

Thursday- â€‹

  1. SSR

  2. Read The Lotus Eaters, complete annotations in close reader

  3. Start filling out Hero's Journey Sheet

Homework-

Friday-

  1. Grammar Active/Passive

  2. Hero's Journey Sheet 

  3. Begin Cyclopes Adventure

  4. Revisit qualities of an epic hero 

Homework-

Week of  1/21-1/25

Monday- 

​NO SCHOOL

Homework-

Tuesday-​

  1. Copy HW for week

  2. Review Epithet and Homeric Similie 

  3. Conitnue Reading Cyclops

  4. close writing questions for Cyclops

Homework-

Wednesday- 

  1. SSR 10 MINUTES

  2. Review Cyclops 

  3. Paired review problem solution notes on Cyclops

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Homework-

Thursday- â€‹

  1. SSR

  2. Review Cyclops

  3. Cyclops Questions

Homework-

Friday-

  1. Grammar Active/Passive Review 

  2. Hero's Journey Sheet 

  3. Finish up the Cyclops episode

  4. Cyclops cooperative learning activity. 

Homework-

Week of  1/28-2/1
Week of  2/4-2/8

Monday- 

  1. Copy homework​

  2. Cyclops Test

  3. Work on indepednet novel hero's journey 

  4. Clip from Odyssey Movie

Homework-

Tuesday-

  1. SSR

  2. Read Land of the Dead

  3. complete notes and worksheet 

Homework-

Wednesday- 

  1. SSR

  2. Fill out hero's journey sheet 

  3. Review Part 1 of the Odyssey 

Homework-

Thursday- â€‹

  1. SSR

  2. Read the Sirens 

  3. Work on summarizing and notes sheet

Homework-

Friday-

  1. Test on Part 1 of the Odyssey

  2. Commonlit assignment on the Sirensm, if you do not finish, finish for HW

Homework-

  • Greek Divinities and Epic Similie Review on Google Classroom

Monday- 

  1. Copy homework

  2. Review the following episodes (The Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis, & The Cattle of the Sun Gods)

  3. Read Cattle of the Sun God 

Homework-

  • Read your independent Reading book and continue to fill out Hero’s Journey Sheet for it.

  • Cattle of the Sun God Questions on Google Classroom 

Tuesday-

  1. SSR

  2. Review Part 1 

  3. Begin working on Cartoon review activity 

Homework-

  • Read in independent novel work on hero's chart Due Friday

  • Continue working on cartoon review sheet 

Wednesday- 

  1. SSR (10-12 minutes)

  2. Work on Cartoon Review Activity 

Homework-

  • Read in independent novel work on hero's chart Due Friday

  • Continue working on cartoon review sheet 

  • Study for part 1 test Friday 

Thursday- â€‹

  1. Review Part 1 

  2. Fill out Hero's Journey Sheet 

Homework-

Friday-

  1. Test on Odyssey Part 1 

Homework-

  • Whooo's Reading quiz on independent novel.

 Week of 2/18-2/22

 

Monday-

  • NO SCHOOL 

 

 

HOMEWORK-

  1. Career Research assignment on Google Classroom  

Tuesday-

  • Review careers associated with veterans coming home from war 

  • Psychiatrist, Psychologist, and LCSW 

  • Put students into clinical teams for upcoming project  

 

HOMEWORK-

  1. Define terms 

 

Wednesday-

  • What is it like to come home from War?

  • Silent Gallery Walk

  • Quote it Activity-

  • Common lit Moral Injury

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HOMEWORK-

  1. Career Inforgraphic assignment 

 

Thursday-

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HOMEWORK-

  1. Career Inforgraphic assignment 

 

Friday-

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HOMEWORK-

  1. Career Inforgraphic assignment 

  2. NPR PODCAST 

 

 Week of 2/25-3/1

Monday-

  • Copy HW

  • Find text evidence within the Odyssey to help prove or disprove Odysseyus's diagnosis

 

Article 1-A Tough Homecoming for War Veterans

 

Article 2- Back From War, but Not Really Home

 

Article 3- Psychiatrist who Counsels Vets Wins Genius Grant

 

Tuesday-

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  • Essay Prompt: One could argue that Odysseus suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. What evidence from The Odyssey can you find or refute that claim. 

  • Work on argument essay using a graphic organizer. 

 

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HOMEWORK-

 

  1. Work on Essay

  2. Essay Prompt: One could argue that Odysseus suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. What evidence from The Odyssey can you find or refute that claim.

 

Wednesday-

  • Work on argument essay using a graphic organizer. 

 

HOMEWORK-

 

  1. Work on Essay

  2. Essay Prompt: One could argue that Odysseus suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. What evidence from The Odyssey can you find or refute that claim.

 

Thursday-

  • Work on argument essay using a graphic organizer. 

 

HOMEWORK-

 

  1. Work on Essay

  2. Essay Prompt: One could argue that Odysseus suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. What evidence from The Odyssey can you find or refute that claim.

 

 

Friday-

 

  • Work on argument essay using a graphic organizer. 

  • Maybe Movie clips

HOMEWORK-

  1. Hero's Journey Sheet for Independent Reading book due MOnday

 

Week of  2/11-2/15

Monday- 

  1. Copy homework

  2. Character traits exercise 

  3. Read pages 800-802

  4. Homecoming question: 

Homecoming-

 How do you think the people who have been waiting at home, such as Odysseus’s wife, Penelope, and his son, Telemachus, might feel about Odysseus’s return? Will they be angry or happy, welcoming or unfriendly? Encourage all responses. 

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Homework-

  • Vocabulary for Part 2 on Google Classroom 

  • Episode Questions 

Tuesday-

  1. SSR

  2. Read pages Argus & Suitors of the Odyssey

  3. Side questions from text

Homework-​

Wednesday- â€‹

  1. SSR

  2. Read pages Penelope and the Challenge of the Odyssey

  3. Side questions from text

Homework-

Thursday- â€‹

  1. Review all of Part 2 

Homework-

Friday-

  1. Test on Part 2 of the Odyssey 

  2. Assign professions

Homework-

  • Complete Professions research worksheet 

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