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Greek Mythology: The Odyssey, Day 4

May 14, 2020 / / No comments

Goals for the Week:

  1. Understand the mythology of the Olympian gods/goddesses.
  2. Understand the plot and characters of Homer’s The Odyssey.
  3. Create a myth for an original Greek god/goddess.

Today’s Checklist:

  1. Watch a video clip from the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? showcasing the sirens from Greek mythology and The Odyssey.
  2. Read Book 12 from The Odyssey.
  3. Utilize the OPTIC strategy to analyze two different artworks that represent the sirens from The Odyssey.

Today’s Lesson!

* The Odyssey is a very large epic poem. Because of time constraints, we will be reading a couple of books from The Wanderings (journey) of Odysseus, as opposed to the entire text.

Standard:

  • ELAGSE9-10RL6: Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.
  • ELAGSE9-10RL7: Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums (e.g., Auden’s poem “Musée de Beaux Arts” and Breughel’s painting Landscape with the Fall of Icarus), including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment.

Learning Target: 

I can read and analyze Book 12 of The Odyssey, so that I can comprehend the nature of the sirens. I can consider various interpretations of the sirens from Greek mythology so that I can analyze their prevalence in literature, history, and film.

Activator: 

Odysseus encounters the sirens in Book 12 of The Odyssey. According to Greek mythology, sirens were female creatures (often sea nymphs) that lured sailors to destruction by the sweetness of their song. Check out this modern interpretation in a video clip from the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? (The film O Brother, Where Art Thou? is loosely based on Homer’s The Odyssey). Disclaimer: The clip is slightly suggestive, but you won’t see anything inappropriate.

Work Session: 

* Book 12 focuses on Odysseus’s interactions with the sirens and two different sea monsters, Scylla and Charybdis. *

  • Read Book 12 of The Odyssey. Holt Literature Textbook, The Odyssey, Book 12
  • Take a look at these two paintings! Use the OPTIC chart below the paintings to analyze what’s going on here. (Click the pictures to see them bigger.)
Ulysses and the Sirens by John William Waterhouse (1891) Ulysses and the Sirens by Herbert James Draper (1909)
  • Fill in this chart (recreate it on your own paper) with your observations on each painting:
Overview: What do you see in this picture? What is your overall impression?
Parts: What different parts of the picture do you see? Consider characters, foreground, background, frame, etc.
Title: What is the title of this painting? How does the title relate to what is going on in the painting?
Interrelationships: How do the parts and title relate to the overall picture? Why are some things in the background? Why is there an owl flying around?
Conclusions: What conclusions can you draw from this painting?

Closing Session: 

  • Check out these videos over Scylla and Charybdis.
    • Scylla:

    • Charybdis:

  • Continue to work on your original Greek myth. The assignment is due tomorrow, Friday, May 15th by 11:59 pm. Submit to your teacher via email or however he/she wants you to turn your assignments in. Message your teacher if you have questions. Original Greek Myth
  • Greek Mythology Chart

Looking Ahead: Tomorrow’s Checklist

If you want to get ahead on things, here is what we’re going to be doing tomorrow!

  1. There are no new lessons for tomorrow. Just remember to submit your original Greek myth by 11:59 pm on Friday, May 15th.
  2. Next week, we’ll wrap up our Greek mythology unit!

 

Greek Mythology: The Iliad, Day 3

May 6, 2020 / / No comments

Goals for the Week:

  1. Understand the mythology of the Trojan War.
  2. Understand the plot and characters of Homer’s Iliad.
  3. Complete the Iliad Character Research Prompt.

Today’s Checklist:

  1. Understand Hector’s death in The Iliad
  2. Consider various interpretations of Hector’s death scene in various media.
  3. Prepare for tomorrow’s Zoom meeting!

Your assignment for this week!

This week you will:

Today’s Lesson!

Standard:

  • ELAGSE9-10RL7 Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums (e.g., Auden’s poem “Musée de Beaux Arts” and Breughel’s painting Landscape with the Fall of Icarus), including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment.

Learning Target: 

I can consider various interpretations Hector’s death scene from The Iliad so that I can analyze the importance of his death and why some versions change specific details.

Activator: 

Take a look at this painting! Use the OPTIC chart below the painting to analyze what’s going on here. You can click on the picture to open it up full size.

Achilles Slays Hector by Peter Paul Rubens

Fill in this chart (recreate it on your own paper) with your observations:

Overview: What do you see in this picture? What is your overall impression?
Parts: What different parts of the picture do you see? Consider characters, foreground, background, frame, etc.
Title: What is the title of this painting? How does the title relate to what is going on in the painting?
Interrelationships: How do the parts and title relate to the overall picture? Why are some things in the background? Why is there an owl flying around?
Conclusions: What conclusions can you draw from this painting?

Work Session: 

First, let’s read the full text of Hector’s death scene from The Iliad. This is about 14 pages long (but some of the pages have big pictures, don’t panic!) so I’ll draw your attention to an important quote:

Don’t talk to me of pacts.
There are no binding oaths between men and lions –
Wolves and lambs can enjoy no meeting of the minds –
They are all bent on hating each other to the death.
So with you and me. No love between us. No truce
Till one or the other falls and gluts with blood
Ares who hacks at men behind his rawhide shield.

Achilles says this to Hector as they prepare to enter into one-on-one combat. Hector has asked Achilles if the winner of the fight will promise to return the loser’s body to their family, and Achilles says absolutely not. This is kind of a low thing for Achilles to say – it’s VERY taboo and inappropriate for a winner of a fight to destroy or desecrate the loser’s corpse.

Of course, Achilles does win the fight, and after it’s over, he ties Hector’s body to his chariot and drags it around on the ground, which is a real jerk move. But Achilles is still SO ANGRY over his bestie Patroclus’s death, he clearly isn’t thinking straight.

After reading the original, let’s check out the same scene from the 2004 movie, Troy:

What is different in these two versions? Why do you think the filmmakers chose to change Hector’s death scene so radically?

Closing Session:

Take a minute to consider your feelings about Hector’s death and how Achilles killed him. You could argue this is the climax of the story, so it’s a very important part.

Respond: Describe your reaction to Achilles’s treatment of Hector after Hector’s death.

Don’t forget! We have a Zoom meeting to discuss The Iliad tomorrow at 11am! Look for the link from your teacher at 10:45ish!

Looking Ahead: Tomorrow’s Checklist

  1. Participate in a Zoom meeting with your teachers and classmates.
  2. Discuss your reactions to and understanding of The Iliad
  3. Complete this week’s character research assignment and prepare for The Odyssey next week!

World Lit: Frida Kahlo OPTIC

August 13, 2019 / / No comments

Standards
ELAGSE9-10RL7 Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums (e.g., Auden’s poem “Musée de Beaux Arts” and Breughel’s painting Landscape with the Fall of Icarus), including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment. Georgia ELA

Learning Target
I can analyze a particular point of view regarding a cultural experience expressed in literature and art.

Opening Session

  • Ask the class: does anyone know anything about Frida Kahlo?
  • Read and discuss “from Frida, a Biography of Frida Kahlo” (1.6)

Work Session
After we go over the article and talk about where we marked things, we are going to check out some artwork by Frida Kahlo. This painting is called Self-Portrait on the Borderline Between Mexico and the United States.

CH991362 Self Portrait on the Border between Mexico and the United States of America, 1932 (oil on tin) by Kahlo, Frida (1907-54); 31×35 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Self Portrait on the Border between Mexico and the United States of America; Autorretrato en la Frontera entre Mexico y los Estados Unidos. Frida Kahlo (1910-1954). Oil on tin. Signed and dated 1932. 31 x 35cm.); Photo © Christie’s Images; Mexican, in copyright
PLEASE NOTE: This image is protected by the artist’s copyright which needs to be cleared by you. If you require assistance in clearing permission we will be pleased to help you.

We’ll examine this painting using the OPTIC strategy! I’m just full of strategies today! OPTIC stands for

  • Overview: Write notes on what the visual appears to be about
  • Parts: Zoom in on the parts of the visual and describe any elements or details that seem important
    Title: Highlight the title if you can
  • Interrelationships: Use the title as the theory and the parts of the visual as clues to detect and specify how the elements of the graphic are related
  • Conclusion: Draw a conclusion about the visual as a whole. What does the visual mean? Summarize the message of the visual in 1-2 sentences

After analyzing the painting, I want to give you the requirements for our next project in here, which is a Frida Kahlo-inspired poster about yourself. Here’s the deal:

  • Create a poster inspired by Frida Kahlo’s Self-Portrait on the Borderline between Mexico and the United States. You may follow the painting’s format as closely as you wish (by putting yourself in the middle and surrounding yourself with objects related to your culture) or not at all. Your poster should be on standard 8.5×11 printer paper, in color (or shaded black and white, like a charcoal or pencil sketch). You will present your poster to your peers in a gallery-walk format using a notecard for reference.

Closing Session

  • Put a reminder in your phone for this evening to bring to school tomorrow any pictures or art supplies you want to use on your poster.
  • Share the start of your poster with your neighbor and explain it!

Assessment
Formative (class discussions, book check)

Differentiation
Process (scaffolded questions, learning style [visual, auditory])

World Lit: Iliad OPTIC

January 25, 2019 / / No comments

If you need to catch up on reading The Iliad at home, here is the text we’re reading in class:

iliadbook1+6

If you missed a day or need a copy of the background notes we took, here they are:

The Iliad Story Notes

Standards

  • ELAGSE9-10RL5 Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. Georgia ELA
  • ELAGSE9-10RL7 Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums (e.g., Auden’s poem “Musée de Beaux Arts” and Breughel’s painting Landscape with the Fall of Icarus), including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment. Georgia ELA

Learning Target
Students will analyze a piece of artwork using the OPTIC strategy and compare the heroes Achilles and Hector.

Opening Session
Let’s take a few minutes to finish up yesterday’s reading comprehension questions and review what happened in the story. Today, we’re going to be doing an OPTIC lesson, so we will pause in our reading in case you need to catch up at home 🙂

Work Session
Look at the piece of artwork I have on the screen – it’s called “Achilles Slays Hector” by Peter Paul Rubens. While you look at this, I am going to play a song called “Cry of Achilles” by Alter Bridge. As you look and listen, write down whatever comes into your head – thoughts, feelings, things you notice about the picture, anything!!


Take a look at this OPTIC handout I’m handing around – you might also notice this is on a poster in the room 🙂

We’re going to use the OPTIC strategy on the wall and go through it as a class. We’ll discuss what we see and why we think the author made those specific choices.

Closing Session
To end the day, I want you guys to write me a paragraph for an exit ticket: Who do you think is more admirable, Achilles or Hector? With whatever time we have left, we can watch the beginning of Troy, which we will continue tomorrow.

Assessment
Formative (OPTIC write ups, paragraphs, class discussions)

Differentiation
Process (scaffolding, learning style)

AP Lang: The Crucible OPTIC and Multiple Choice Practice

September 10, 2018 / / No comments

Standards

  • ELAGSE11-12W1 Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. Georgia ELA
  • ELAGSE11-12W4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. Georgia ELA
  • ELAGSE11-12RI1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain. Georgia ELA
  • ELAGSE11-12RI4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term or terms over the course of a text (e.g., how Madison defines faction in Federalist No. 10). Georgia ELA
  • ELAGSE11-12RI6 Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness, or beauty of the text. Georgia ELA

Learning Target
Students will practice answering AP-style selected response questions and writing an AP-style essay.

Opening Session
Grab the essay skeleton from yesterday!
While you’re doing that, I’m going to show you a little summary video for the book you’re going to be reading over the weekend:

Work Session
We’re going to start today with some more AP Test practice. I’ve got a set of AP Multiple Choice questions for everyone and I want you guys to take about a few minutes to complete them. Then we will go over the questions and make sure everyone knows which answers are right and why!

Next up, we’re going to do an OPTIC lesson! You might remember this from last year, and if not, the poster above the filing cabinet should help. Here is the image we’ll be
analyzing:

You’ll do the Conclusion part of OPTIC on our own, and turn them into the basket before leaving.

Closing Session
Think-pair-share: Talk to a neighbor about the multiple choice questions. How did you feel about them? Were they hard or easy? I’ll take some volunteers to share out!

Assessment
Formative (questions and OPTIC discussion)

Differentiation
Process (Scaffolding, learning styles [visual, auditory])

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