Tuesday, February 23rd, 2014

Dear Mythology Kids,

I miss you! I will look forward to seeing you upon my return.

If you missed class, we completed the following:
1. Each student received a "character" from The Odyssey. For those of you that missed class, your "character" are the SIRENS!

2. We then went to the lab, where each student located THREE different sources regarding their assigned character. Students then annotated and notated for ORANGE and GREEN. I asked that you also focus on answering the following question: WHAT DOES MY CHARACTER SYMBOLIZE/REPRESENT? 

3. If students were unable to complete locating the sources, and annotating them, then they were asked to complete the in-class work as homework.

 

Thrinacia, Island of Helios...."DO NOT EAT THE COWS!"

 Circe....."He stayed with her for a year."

 Sirens...." The voice of death"

 Aeolus....Obedience is the kay!

 Calypso......Love can not be inprisoned.

 Polyphemus,,,,"We fear what we do not understand."

 Laestragonians.....Men are always cruel to each other.

Scylla and Charybdis.....Caught between a rock and a hard spot!

QUEST on FRIDAY! 02/18/2016

Dear Mythology Kids,

Remember that your QUEST covering the ILIAD will take place on FRIDAY. There are four parts to your assessment:
1. Timeline Events
2. Character Identification
3. Image Identification (Why is the event depicted so essential to the Iliad's plot progression?)
4. You will see two clips from a film called HELEN of TROY.

How do I prepare?

• I suggest going back through the images located on the blog that we have used for the character discussions offered in class. Can you identify who and what with each image? Can you also answer the question, "Why is the event depicted so essential to the Iliad's plot progression?)
• I also recommend that you go through the graphic organizer we have used in class. Make sure you are familiar with each character and their significance to the Iliad and The Odyssey.
• Make sure you have read The Iliad located in your textbook...pgs. 185-200

 REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW!

EXTRA- CREDIT! 

Consider the following images. Answer question #1 and #2 for each image.

QUESTION #1: Identify who is depicted in the artwork, and what is taking place.
QUESTION #2: Explain the importance of the depicted event to the Iliad's plot progression and character development.


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B4 Kids...The Journal entry is here for you!

Dear Mythology Kids,

I think the problem with the blog has been rectified...keep your fingers crossed.

If you are in B4, Journal #18 entitled "Image Identification" is located for you here.

Journal #18  IMAGE IDENTIFICATION

Look at the following four images. Identify what is occurring in each one, and then explain the CORRELATION between the four pictures.

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If you missed class, we completed the following:

1. ACHILLES and PATROCLUS
Please make sure you communicate with a friend, and have them ORALLY SHARE this information regarding Achilles and Patroclus with you.

2. Each student submitted their "Character Analysis"

3. Each class besides B4 completed the above journal entry.


HOMEWORK:
1. Please complete the ILIAD in your book . Read pages 193-200 for Wednesday.
2. You will have a quest on Friday, covering the following characters : Hector, Ajax (G), Achilles, Patroclus, Odysseus, Cassandra, and Ajax (L). In addition, you will be given events and asked to identify if the event took place in the Iliad or The Odyssey. You will also see every images associated with the Iliad and the Odyssey, and be asked to explain what is happening.  Start reviewing now, my young friends.
 

Iliad Introduction/ January 19th, 2016 AND January 21st, 2016

Dear Mythology Kids,

Dear Mythology Kids,

TODAY WAS A BAD DAY TO MISS! STOP IT!

1. We completed the sections concerning the introductory material you received on Wednesday. PLEASE make sure you communicate with someone else in class, as the information was on the QUIZ I recommend that you familiarize yourself with the following points. You may receive extra-credit if you go through and summarize each of the following sections.

• Ilium
• Acheans
• "Sign of Homer's greatness"
• Apple of Discord
• Judgement of Paris
• Nine Cities
• Schielmann's Trench
• epic

2. Each student received a character from The Iliad to research for Monday. I gave each student information covering his/her particular character. In addition, each student was asked to locate an additional source regarding the character. Both the source that I gave, and the one that students will locate on their own, must be annotated/notated/10/page/ you select the colors/ for MONDAY!

The following students were absent. I have included the characters that you need to research. Please stop by my room, so I can give you the additional source BEFORE MONDAY! If you don't stop by, then MAKE SURE you have an internet source regarding your character. IT NEEDS TO BE ANNOTATED/NOTATED for the following question: WHAT ROLE DOES MY CHARACTER PLAN WITHIN THE ILIAD?

B1 Morgan....Achilles
B4 Cameron,,,,,Cassandra

B4 Kiana.....Clytemnestra.

HELEN

PRIAM

PARIS

MENELAUS

AGAMEMNON

 

CLYTEMNESTRA

IPHIGENIA

ACHILLES 

PATROCLUS

CASSANDRA

ODYSSEUS

AJAX (greater)

AJAX (lesser)

Friday, January 16, 2015

Wednesday, January 14th, 2015

Dear Mythology Students,
Today you were introduced to THE ILIAD!

Students were given several handouts and a homework assignment for annotation. If you missed class, please stop by prior to Friday, so you can obtain the information!

This is one of the handouts that each student received during class. Please print it off as a word document and place it in the "handout" section of your notebook.

 
Introduction:
What is an epic?

The Iliad is about:



Ilium:

Acheans:

The Odyssey is about:


Did the Trojan War actually take place and what was the cause?

Who discovered the ancient city of Troy?

“Road Map:”

“Schliemann's scar:”

Using a well read copy of The Iliad as his reference guide, Scheilmann chose a spot on the Asian 

coast of Turkey called the Mound of Hissarlik, and began digging for the famous city of Troy. In the course of four years, he uncovered nine successive cities built on top of each other. 

 The sixth city he declared the “City of Troy,” or as Schliemann called it the “Burnt City.” Later archaeologists through carbon dating and additional archaeological discoveries, proved that Schliemann's choice was accurate. What was once thought to be myth had been proven historically correct.


What we know about Homer.....

Many scholars have asked the question, “Were the epic poems of The Iliad and The Odyssey written by one poet or were they collective efforts on the part of several poets?” We will never know the answer to this question. Most scholars agree that “a Homer” existed, that he lived in the 8th or 9th century B.C., and that he was a well-known poet. Some references to Homer indicate that he was blind, which has been interpreted as a “sign of his greatness.” We know that Homer had a strong command of the written language, and that at one point he could see. His love for beauty and gory details are too advanced, especially for someone who might have been blind his entire life. He lived about 500 years after the events at Troy; therefore, the story he told was not original with him, but had been passed down in the oral tradition of the times.



Allow me to share two excerpts from The Iliad with you.

“...the spear of bronze went through

Below the brain and shattered the white bones,

Dashed out his teeth, and filled his eyes with blood;

And blood he spurted gaping through his mouth

And nose; and death's dark cloud encompassed him.”

Book XVI, lines 345-350



“Then answered Hector of the flashing helm,

His strength all gone: 'I beg thee by my life,

Thy knees, thy parents, leave me not for dogs

Of the Acheans by the ship to eat,

But rather take abundant stores of bronze and gold-

My king and queenly mother will give it thee-

And render back my body to my home,

So that the Trojans and the Trojans' wives

May give me due meed of fire in death.'



But scowling at him swift Achilles said,

“Do not entreat me, dog, by knees or parents ,

I only wish I had the heart and will

To hack the flesh off thee and eat it raw......”

Book XXII, lines 317-330

2. Students were then introduced to Henrik Scheilmann, the amateur archeologist who discovered Troy. Again, if you missed class, please obtain this information from a peer, or from the internet.

HOMEWORK:
1.  Read the section entitled "The Trojan War." Annotate and notate the first page with 10 annotations/notations and the back with 7 annotations/notations. You are welcome to use all your colors! This is due for you on FRIDAY!