Tuesday 5 April 2011 Due Today Chapter 4

Tuesday, 5 April 2011 Due Today: Chapter 4: “The Earliest Heroes” Reading Questions Bell-work: Please check your 5 th Term grade on the bulletin board. Also, please get ready to turn in “The Earliest Heroes” Reading Questions. Learning Objectives: You will work with your reading partner to understand the assigned reading. You will compose personal short responses to pre-reading questions. You will locate answers to reading questions from a text. Agenda: Grade Distribution Reading Partners: “The Earliest Heroes” “Flower Myths” In-Class Reading (pgs. 89 – 95) Homework: “Flower Myths” (pgs. 89 – 95)

IO

Europa

Polyphemus

Wednesday, 6 April 2011 Due Today: Ø Bell-work: Please get out your vocabulary book and open to Lesson #5 on page 167. Learning Objectives: You will interpret & identify new words in context. You will work with your reading partner to understand the assigned reading. You will compose personal short responses to reading questions. You will locate answers to reading questions from a text. Agenda: Reading New Words in Context: Lesson #5 pg. 167 Flower Myths Review Chapters 5 & 6: “Stories of Love and Adventure” In-Class Reading (pgs 96 – 110, 112 – 115, 136 – 139) Reading Partner Discussion Homework: “Stories of Love and Adventure” (pgs 96 – 110, 112 – 115, 136 – 139) & Reading Questions

Cupid & Psyche

Pyramus & Thisbe

allude: v. to refer casually or indirectly; make an allusion Oh Captain My Captain O Captain my Captain! our fearful trip is done; The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won; The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring: But O heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells; Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills; For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding; For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; Here Captain! dear father! This arm beneath your head; It is some dream that on the deck, You’ve fallen cold and dead. My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still; My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will; The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done; From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won; Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells! But I, with mournful tread, Walk the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.

Orpheus & Eurydice

Pygmalion & Galatea

Phaethon

Friday, 8 April 2011 Due Today: Mythology Study Guide Bell-work: Please pick up a “Who is a Hero? ” handout from the stool on the way to your seat. Also, please get ready to turn in your Mythology Study Guide. Learning Objectives: You will work with your reading partner to understand the assigned reading. You will compose personal short responses to pre-reading questions. You will understand the major attributes of a hero archetype. Agenda: Who is a Hero? Writer’s Notebook #7: “How to Identify a Hero” Responses Hero Charts Chapter 7 “The Quest for the Golden Fleece” 122 - 135 Homework: Chapter 7 “The Quest for the Golden Fleece” 122 – 135 Hero Chart: Jason

Writer’s Notebook #7 Hero Questions 4/8/11 Write your responses to the following questions: 1. The author says that our heroes "suggest much about how we see ourselves, determine our goals, and view our passage through life. " What does he mean? 2. The author also says that “even great athletes often suffer public condemnation for unsuitable behavior off the field of play…”. Anyone come to mind? 3. List the qualities of a hero mentioned in the selection. 4. Of what importance are heroes to society? to an individual? 5. Do you agree with the author's view of heroes? Would you add anything to the list of heroic characteristics?

The Hero’s Journey