Friday, 9/25

1. Take the Prefix Quiz.

*Review the Sem 1 Indie Reading page for a questions that will guide your reading, equipping you well for an in-class essay you will write at the end of the semester on your book.

2. Plan your Project by doing the following on a Notability document--

Guests' name and relationship to you:

• When you will host him or her:
• Where you will host him or her:
• Look at a calendar. When should you have a draft of the Epic Poem ready to revise by? Any other important dates to put on your calendar?
• Are you note-taking or audio recording:
• How you will prove to Mr. K that you did this:
• How you will create a hospitable setting for your guest:
• Brainstorm good questions that you can ask at the beginning to inspire his or her story (be the Muse!), and questions you can keep in your back-pocket to encourage the person to keep telling his or her story, or to ask for clarifications/stimulate more details (some of these may be hard to write in advance, and will require that you simply listen very well in order to know what questions you should ask in the moment):

3. Odyssey Reading--Book 11-12, 13, 16 & 17

 Read Book 10--Aeolus & Circe. Why is Odysseus delayed? What complications have led to this?
*Lines 1 - 65--the folly of Odysseus' men
*Lines 226 - 261--Circe's hospitality
*Lines 301 - 413--Odysseus' response
*Lines 509-518--Circe's Command

Book 11 (skim)--descent to Hades; Odysseus sees dead people he used to know, and hears oracles (prophecies) of the trials he still must endure.

Book 12--back to Circe, Scylla & Charybdis, Calypso... Odysseus ends his tale.

*Lines 149 - 267--the lesser of two evils
*Lines 348 - 472--the undead cows and the end of Odysseus' tale.

Book 13 (skim silently)--Odysseus returns to Ithaca with the blessing of the Phaecians, and dialogues with Athena

HW--Find a guest, and continue planning your project.
Finish reading Book 12 (line 345 - 472)
Lit Analysis Essay 1 revsied Final Draft due 10/6, typed, printed, and submitted to turnitin.com