Week at a glance Sept 14 - 18, 2009

Curriculum focus: determines meaning of words through knowledge of Greek and Latin roots (1.3.K3a), identifies, interprets, and analyzes the use of personification (1.3.K4g), identifies, interprest, and analyzes the use of symbols (1.3.K4i), compares and contrasts character traits (1.4.K7a), identifies and describes the protagonist (2.1.K1a), identifies and describes the antagonist (2.1.K1b).

This week, we start our final series of readings for our Classical Mythology unit as we cover the Trojan War. Much of the myths we have in Classical Mythology come from tales about the Trojan War that allude to them. We'll start by reading and discussing a brief summary of Homer's The Iliad in our textbook in the early part of the week. On Wednesday, we'll take a brief reading break and discuss the aftermath of the Trojan War on the mythological characters who did not receive their own Homeric epics. We'll then wrap up the week reading and discussing a brief summary of Homer's The Odyssey.

• Mon: Read and discuss The Iliad, chapters 1 - 4, pgs 48-61 in class. Homework, read chapters 5-8, pgs 61-73 and be prepared to discuss them Tuesday.
  
• Tues: Discuss The Iliad, chapters 5 - 8, pgs 61-73. Complete questions over The Iliad before the end of the hour.
  
• Wed: Aftermath of the Trojan War: the House of Troy, Agamemnon, Menelaus and Helen - notes in class.
  
• Thurs: Read and discuss The Odyssey, chapters 1 - 4, pgs 77-93 in class. Homework, read chapters 5-8, pgs 93-109 and be prepared to discuss them Friday.
  
• Fri: Discuss The Odyssey, chapters 508, pgs 93-109. Complete questions over The Odyssey before the end of the hour.