Mr. Owen's English 9

Freshmen Master List -Vocabulary

jowenenglish — Wed, 26 May 2010 22:24:56 +0000

In case you missed something along the way:

Vocabulary Stories

jowenenglish — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:54:07 +0000

Vocabulary Stories – Individually or in pairs, create a story that uses and underlines the ten context vocabulary words from “Greek and Latin Roots 5 – Greek Roots 3″

Context Vocabulary (The Odyssey)

Adversity – (n) the state of misfortune, calamity, or horrible circumstances

Formidable – (adj) able to cause fear, awe, or admiration; commanding respect

Ravage – (v) to devestate, to destroy, to waste

Profusion – (n) abundance, excess, surplus

Adversary – (n) a rival

Rancor – (n) the deepest malignity or spite

Abominably (adv) hatefully, evilly, destestably

Ardor (n) spiritedness, passion (for something)

Tumult (n) the noise made from a large crowd

Restitution (n) pay-back; compensation

A Link to a Great Story about the Links

jowenenglish — Thu, 06 May 2010 21:48:13 +0000

Everyone should read this story at least once, even if you know nothing about golf.

http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/blog/devil_ball_golf/post/When-losing-a-golf-tournament-really-makes-you-a?urn=golf,238912

Attention: Students who are in danger of failing

jowenenglish — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:07:39 +0000

If you’ve received an F or a D- on your latest report card, please talk to me about it if you haven’t already! The time to save your grade is now!

Homework Tonight

jowenenglish — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:06:45 +0000

If you are using the big blue book, look in pages 653 to 655 to read the homework related to the assignment on your homework sheet.

Myths Presentation Options

jowenenglish — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:14:03 +0000

There are so many myths in Greek mythology that it is impossible to get to them all. It is a shame, because many of these myths are somehow referenced in modern culture, and contemporary literature (for example: Harry Potter, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, among others). Due to this, our goal over the next five weeks is to teach our classmates some of the myths.

Your job is to teach your classmates one of the Greek myths listed at the end of this page. This requires you to provide some sort of visual, and to retell the story, making sure that you have at least three important facts to share with your classmates.

How you do it is up to you. Here is a list of suggestions that might work for you. While I DO NOT want to see any dioramas or tri-fold posters, you may try anything as long as you’ve cleared it with me.

Create a comic or a painting representing a scene from your myth.	Write and perform a song or rap about your myth. Provide lyrics with your presentation.	Adapt your myth into either a children’s story or a short story (3 to 5 pages)	Dress up! Act out a scene from your myth. You may work in a group of three for this.
Write a short play about your myth (3-to-5 pages). Assign parts to classmates the day of the reading.	Create a music video about your myth. You may work in a group of three for this.	Create a flash animation of your myth. ONLY DO IT IF YOU’RE AN EXPERT AND WILLING TO WORK HARD!!!	Create a poem about this myth. It must be at least 24 lines. You must perform it, a la poetry slam, on the day you present.
In a three-page report, explain what phenomenon or historical fact may have caused your myth to be created.	Create and perform a musical instrumental piece based on your myth. Explain how your musical choices reflect your myth.	Create and demonstrate a card or board game based on your myth. Explain how it relates to your myth.	Compose a resume and cover letter for a character from your myth, who is applying for a suitable job.
Imagine a book is the basis for a miniseries on television. Prepare and give the television commercials that would make people want to watch it.	Imagine your myth as a movie. Decide who would be the actors and actresses. Write a report, include photos and descriptions of the stars and tell why each is “perfect” for the part.	Create a ten-to-twelve slide powerpoint about your myth. This must have some way of showing that this is your own, unique work.	Create a mock-Facebook, Myspace, or Twitter account for one of the main characters. This must have some way of showing that this is your own work.

Myth Presentation Rubric

Body and voice: Describe each

Posture _____________________

Eye Contact _____________________

Appropriate Gesturing __________________

Clear, authoritative voice: _______________________

Body and Voice grade out of twenty points: ______________________

Visual

Creativity: _________________

Neatness: ____________

Effort: ____________________

Visual Grade out of thirty points: _________________________

Presentation

Rehearsed, fluid, and confident retelling ____________

Avoids weak conversational language (like, so, um, y’know, and yeah) _____________

Uses Concrete, vivid images: _________________

An appropriate closing (not “so yeah” or “I’m done” or “that’s it”) ________________

Engaged speaker—cares about the story she is telling ___________________

Presentation Grade out of thirty points ______________

Annotated Works Cited (Describe Each)

Follows MLA Format _______________

Is Neat, Clean, and in order ___________

Uses at least five sources _____________

Works Cited Grade out of twenty points _____________

Total out of 100 points ___________

Bad Boys

Dionysus and Midas

Ixion and the Wheel of Fire

Orion and Artemis

Pelops

Prometheus and his punishment

Tantalus

Theseus v. Pirithous

Bad Girls

Athena and Arachne

Cassiopeia

Charybdis’ punishment

Pallas and Athena

Pandora’s box

The Story of Scylla

Why Medusa is a gorgon

Family Ties

Achilles’ heel

Castor and Pollux

Daedalus and Icarus

Demeter and Persephone

Prometheus and Deucalion

The Birth of Perseus

The Birth of the Nine Muses

The Kidnapping of Glaucus

Theseus and his two fathers

Love Stories

Actaeon and Artemis*

Echo and Narcissus

Hero and Leander

Orpheus and Eurydice

Perseus and Andromeda

Monsters

Aristaeus and Sirius

Ladon vs. Heracles

Perseus vs. Medusa

The Chimera v. Bellerophon

The Twelfth Labor of Heracles

Theseus and the Minotaur

Typhon and Echidna attack the gods

Random Stories

Dionysus and Ampelos

Perseus and Pegasus

Rivalries

Antaeus vs. Heracles

Hera and Lamia’s rivalry

Homework for the night of 4 27 2010

jowenenglish — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:13:01 +0000

Write a two entry annotated bibliography for your myth

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Works Cited for the Internet Generation

Web Page

“Title of web page.” Title of the website. Name of the owner of the site, Date Published DD MMM YYYY. Web. Date Retrieved DD MMM YYYY. .

Notes: Write a brief note about what you’ve found on this site, include anything relevant.

ORIGINAL TEXT

From: www.worldofteaching.com/powerpoints/english/odysseus.ppt

What makes Odysseus a classic Greek hero? How can Homer’s The Odyssey be characterized as the story of an epic hero?

Let’s start with the brains of the operation!

Odysseus is intelligent, but his intelligence is of the cunning, sly type….not the book-smart type.

He is, after all, a man of “twists and turns…” The Greek term for this versatility is “polytropos,” or “turning in many directions.” Odysseus is a man of deceptions and disguises.

Odysseus is a wanderer who seeks to return home.

•The sharpness with which he led his men in the Trojan War is the same devious aptitude he uses to find his way back home after the war. It is also the same intelligence he uses to outwit monsters and other foes who block his path and threaten his men’s lives.

Sample Annotated Bibliography

“Odysseus as a Hero.” World of Teaching. Petunia Hinklemeyer. Published 22 April 2009. Web. Retrieved 26 April 2010 <www.worldofteaching.com/powerpoints/english/odysseus.ppt>.

In this section, we learn about the concept of polytropos, which appears to be essential to the character of Odysseus. We also learn that he is cunning and sly, and that he uses many deceptions and disguises to get his way.

Vocabulary Test Friday – Words to study

jowenenglish — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:13:38 +0000

1. Aegis – (noun) Protection, sponsorship. The shield or buckler belonging to Athena and Zeus.
2. Ambrosia – (noun) Something extremely pleasing to taste or smell. A food or drink of the gods from Greek mythology.
3. Atlas – (noun) A bound collection of maps. Named after Atlas, one of the primordial Titans.
4. Hermetic (adj) – Obscure, secret, isolated, airtight. From Greek mythology, Hermes Trismegistus. Note: not the same as Hermes the Messenger God.
5. Mentor (verb/noun)- to guide; or a trusted counselor or guide. Tutor. From Greek mythology, an old man who was the friend of Odysseus.
6. Chronological – (adj) following the sequence of time. Named after Chronos, the Greek God in charge of time.
7. Anenometer – a device that measures wind speed. Named after the Anemoi, the wind gods.
8. Narcissist (noun) – a person who shows great love, pride, or admiration for himself. Named after a Greek man who fit this description.
9. Paean – (noun) a song of triumph; enthusiastic praise. Named after a healer god in The Odyssey.
10. Zeal – (noun) dedication, eagerness, powerful interest. Named after the Greek God Zelus.

Chronos (Greek root) – Time

11. Anachronism (noun) something that either is or appears to be in the wrong time period.
12. Crony – (noun) a close friend of especially long standing. Note: This is usually used with negative connotation to describe someone who is allied with your enemy.
13. Chronometer (noun) – a device to measure time
14. Chronic – (noun) over a period of time; “from time to time”
15. Chronograph – (noun) a device to measure and record time.

Hypnos (Greek root) – Sleep

16. Hypnology – (noun) the study of sleep
17. Hypnotic – (adj) tending to induce a sleep-like state.
18. Hypnophobia – (noun) a fear of sleep
19. Hypnopædia – (noun) in theory, a form of learning or brain-washing that occurs when the subject is asleep
20. Hypnopompic – (adj) relating to the period of sleep just before waking up
21. Hypnos – (noun) the god of sleep in Greek mythology

Summer Reading Assignments

jowenenglish — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:09:42 +0000

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Today, you received the summer reading assignments. For those of you that were not here today, there is a copy waiting for you. All students must turn in your acknowledgment of receipt no later than Friday. Honors or AP students have until a week from Friday to turn it in, but get them in ASAP!

Homework Help.

jowenenglish — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:07:18 +0000

Tonight’s homework requires that you read this passage. If you missed out on this passage, as first period did, then here it is below.

So saying she bound on her glittering golden sandals, imperishable, with which she can fly like the wind
over land or sea; she grasped the redoubtable bronze-shod spear, so stout and sturdy and strong,
wherewith she quells the ranks of heroes who have displeased her, and down she darted from the
topmost summits of Olympus, whereon forthwith she was in Ithaca, at the gateway of Odysseus’ house, disguised as a visitor, Mentes, chief of the Taphians, and she held a bronze spear in her hand. There she found the lordly suitors seated on hides of the oxen which they had killed and eaten, and playing draughts in front of the house. Men-servants and pages were bustling about to wait upon them, some mixing wine with water in the mixing-bowls, some cleaning down the tables with wet sponges and laying them out again, and some cutting up great quantities of meat.

Telemachus saw her long before any one else did. He was sitting moodily among the suitors thinking
about his brave father, and how he would send them flying out of the house, if he were to come to his
own again and be honoured as in days gone by. Thus brooding as he sat among them, he caught sight
of Minerva and went straight to the gate, for he was vexed that a stranger should be kept waiting for
admittance. He took her right hand in his own, and bade her give him her spear. “Welcome,” said he,
“to our house, and when you have partaken of food you shall tell us what you have come for.”

He led the way as he spoke, and Minerva followed him. When they were within he took her spear and set it in the spear- stand against a strong bearing-post along with the many other spears of his unhappy father, and he conducted her to a richly decorated seat under which he threw a cloth of damask. There was a footstool also for her feet, and he set another seat near her for himself, away from the suitors, that she might not be annoyed while eating by their noise and insolence, and that he might ask her more freely about his father.

A maid servant then brought them water in a beautiful golden ewer and poured it into a silver basin for them to wash their hands, and she drew a clean table beside them. An upper servant brought them bread, and offered them many good things of what there was in the house, the carver fetched them plates of all manner of meats and set cups of gold by their side, and a man-servant brought them wine and poured it out for them.

Then the suitors came in and took their places on the benches and seats. Forthwith men servants poured water over their hands, maids went round with the bread-baskets, pages filled the mixing-bowls with wine and water, and they laid their hands upon the good things that were before them. As soon as they had had enough to eat and drink they wanted music and dancing, which are the crowning embellishments of a banquet, so a servant brought a lyre to Phemius, whom they compelled perforce to sing to them. As soon as he touched his lyre and began to sing Telemachus spoke low to Minerva, with his head close to hers that no man might hear.

“I hope, sir,” said he, “that you will not be offended with what I am going to say. Singing comes cheap to those who do not pay for it, and all this is done at the cost of one whose bones lie rotting in some wilderness or grinding to powder in the surf. If these men were to see my father come back to Ithaca they would pray for longer legs rather than a longer purse, for money would not serve them; but he, alas, has fallen on an ill fate, and even when people do sometimes say that he is coming, we no longer heed them; we shall never see him again. And now, sir, tell me and tell me true, who you are and where you come from. Tell me of your town and parents, what manner of ship you came in, how your crew brought you to Ithaca, and of what nation they declared themselves to be- for you cannot have come by land. Tell me also truly, for I want to know, are you a stranger to this house, or have you been here in my father’s time? In the old days we had many visitors for my father went about much himself.”

Your homework, after reading this passage, is the following:

Write 1 to 2 paragraphs comparing how strangers are treated in our society to how strangers are treated in Greek (Achaean) Society.