Unit+2+-+Sacrifice

Unit 2 - Sacrifice, featuring //The Odyssey//

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5th & 6th Periods homework: find one example of each motif in book 9.

Book 9 Notecards: New: Polyphemus, Telemachus, Penelope Old: Odysseus, Zeus, Posiedon

Book 10 Notecards: New: Circe, Eurylochus, Tiresias, Elpenor Old: Odysseus, Hermes

Book 11: New: none Old: Eurylochus, Tiresias, Elpenor, Odysseus, Agamemnon, Achilles, Ajax, King Minos

Book 12: New: Charybdis, Scylla, Helios, Calypso Old: Elpenor, Circe, Odysseus, Eurylochus, Zeus, Athena, Telemachus, Penelope

//Mythology Notes// You do not have to copy all notes in this presentation. You should know that Homer wrote the Odyssey. You should write down the vocabulary definitions/examples. You should have a chart started in your notebook as we have already done epithet. []

//-you are not limited to these project ideas - run any other ideas by Mrs. Wagaman// Wanted Poster -Textbook article -Newspaper Article || -Poster -Advertisement -Travel Brochure -Editorial Cartoon -Postcard || -Picture (taken by you) -Graph/Chart -Map with explanation/analysis -Magazine Cover -Picture Book -Painting/Drawing || -Journal/Diary Entry -Song lyrics -Poem – many variations! -Short Story -Personal Narrative -Travel Journal -Report Card -Eulogy -letter || -Interview -Timeline -Campaign Speech -Resume -Encyclopedia Entry -Police Report -How-to booklet ||
 * Artifact groups**
 * **Group 1: Print Media** ||  **Group 2: Visual with Words**  ||  **Group 3: Visual Display**  ||  **Group 4: Creative Writing**  ||  **Group 5: Informational**  ||
 * -Editorial

Sample Artifact: Infographic

Mrs. Wagaman's Sample Essay



Quickwrite # 1 / Type 1 Question: Why do we (humans, Americans, students) study literature? What are the benefits to studying literature? What do we get out of literature (fiction) that we don’t get from nonfiction? What are the benefits of studying nonfiction?
 * In your Interactive Notebook, Title this QW # 1.
 * You do not have to re-state the question. Try to answer all of them (you may combine)
 * Write a minimum of 6 lines

New Nonfiction definition Nonfiction is the body of work in which the author __purports__ (claims) to tell us about the real world, a real experience, a real person, an idea, or belief.

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//Perseus Questions// 1. How does King Acrisius try to prevent the prophecy? 2. How does Medusa get to be a ‘monster’? 3. Which ‘brother’ and ‘sister’ help Perseus before he starts his Quest? 4. How did Perseus convince the three Gray sisters to tell him where to find the Nymphs of the West? 5. What are the Nymphs of the West guarding and why? (it has to do with Hera) 6. What items do the Nymphs of the West give to Perseus to help him defeat Medusa? 7. What happened when Medusa’s blood fell on the floor? 8. Where does Perseus pick up a wife? 9. How did the prophecy come true?
 * Answer the following questions. You do not have to write the questions down, but you should re-state it in your answer.**

//Daedalus Questions//

Answer the following questions. You do not have to write the questions down, but you should re-state it in your answer. 1. Why did Daedalus leave Athens? 2. How did Queen Pasiphae anger Aphrodite? 3. What was the terrible secret that Daedalus and Queen Pasiphae share? 4. How did King Minos punish his Queen & Daedalus 5. How did Daedalus and Icarus escape? 6. What happened to Icarus? 7. Name 4 things Daedalus invented.


 * If absent, get family tree from classmate.

From //Uranus//: Chaos Gaea Uranus Kronos Hundred-Handed Giants Cyclops Rhea Tartarus Eros
 * Notecards:**

//From Kronos and Zeus// Hera Hades Poseidon Zeus

//From Prometheus// Prometheus Epimetheus

//From Pandora// Pandora Hephaestus

//From Daedalus// Daedalus Icarus Minos Minotaur Athena Aphrodite

//From Theseus// Theseus Ariadne Aegeus

From //Perseus// Perseus Medusa Hermes

From //The Iliad & The Fall of Troy// Paris Helen Menelaus Agamemnon Achilles Ajax Hector Odysseus

Add to these gods/goddesses: Athena Hera Poseidon Aphrodite Zeus

Notes - updated 12/1/15