Greek Hero Characteristics - Odysseus

Greek Hero Characteristics - Here
Notes Sheet to Follow Greek Hero Characteristics - Here

Introduction to the Odyssey - PowerPoint Here

Homework: Complete a Storyboard for books 1-3 (Page 1-29). 8 boxes - Pick the 8 most important events, in each box draw the event and add one sentence explaining what is happening.

Access the Odyssey from home by following these instructions: ODYSSEY ONLINE GRAPHIC NOVEL

Introduction to Greek Mythology - 11/15

Greek Myth Notes Link

The pattern in Mythology is called the Hero's Journey - Ted Talk Hero's Journey

Important Greek Gods Chart Link
--- History.org Video Link
--- Use the video link above to fill our your Greek Gods Chart
--- (Finished? Watch this!) Greek God Info Video

When finished, check yourself against the KEY

Like in fairy tales, Symbolism and Archetypes are used a lot in Mythology - Literary Symbolism/Archetype Sheet

Heroes Debate

The class will be split up into two groups. One will try to defend that Heroes are born, and the other group will defend that Heroes are made over time.

To do this, once your team moves to your designated side of the room, you will prepare an opening statement, 3-5 questions to ask the other team and a closing statement.

You will be awarded a point for winning the opening statement, having or answering good questions, and lastly for your closing statement.

Your opening statement must outline why you think your side should win. You will have 5 minutes to prepare this.

Then, you will be given ten minutes and split up into two groups. One group will plan the questions to ask the other team. The other group will try to plan what questions they will be asked and prepare to answer them.

We will then go through the opening statement presentation, award the winning team a point, and then ask the questions.

Your questions will be asked to the other team without them having any time to prepare to answer.

After questions, you will get five more minutes to prepare your closing statement, and then we will present closing statements and finish our debate.

Make sure you are INVOLVED and HELPING your team!

Hero's Journey

Link to Hero's Journey Assignment/Information

Hero's Journey Explained

Greek Myth/God Notes

Greek Myth Notes Link

Important Greek Gods Chart Link
--- History.org Video Link
--- Use the video link to fill our your Greek Gods Chart

When finished, check yourself against the KEY

Literary Symbolism/Archetype Sheet

Defending the Villain

1.) Go back through your notes and collect everything you have written so far on Heroes and Villains. (The Hero's Journey, Greek Hero Notes, Brainstorm the lists of real/fictional heroes and villains we did as a class, etc.)

2.) Once you find all of these materials you will read through this article on the worst Literary Villains of all time. Your objective is to pick one villain from the list below, do additional research on them, and then pretend you are in a court case defending this villain.

- Voldemort - Harry Potter
- Claudius - Hamlet by Shakespeare
- The Grand Witch - The Witches by Roald Dahl
- The White Witch - The Chronicles of Narnia
- Captain Hook - Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
- Lady MacBeth - MacBeth by Shakespeare
- Sauron - The Lord of the Rings - Tolkien
- Iago - Othello by Shakespeare
- Javert - Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
- Big Brother - 1984 by George Orwell
- Fagin - Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
- Count Dracula - Dracula by Bram Stoker
- Mephistopholes - Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
- Hannibal Lecter - Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
- Count Olaf - A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
- President Snow - The Hunger Games
- Bellatrix Lastrange - Harry Potter
- Jeanine Matthews - Divergent Series
-Dolores Umbridge - Harry Potter
- Professor Moriarty - Sherlock Holmes by Arther Conan Doyle
- WICKED - Maze Runner by James Dashner

You will need to:

- Write at least a one page defense minimum. USE PARAGRAPHS. MLA FORMAT. (Look back through the blog for instructions if you need them.)
- Use your notes on a hero to try and justify your villains actions.
- Come up with facts that prove your villain is innocent.
- Spin the story of your villain so that it works in your favor.
- Use DIRECT EXAMPLES from the research you find to defend your villain. You will need to find a way to twist/cut out some words in order to make them work in your favor.
- CITE any resource you use in your defense on a separate MLA works cited page - MLA Works Cited Instructions - scroll down for examples. You need at least one resource on your Works Cited Page.

To achieve a good defense you need to research multiple pages about your fictional villain, watch clips of them on YouTube if you can find any, and do your best to persuade your audience that your villain is actually a misunderstood, innocent person.

If you need assistance on how to start your paper, read through this short reminder on how to write a persuasive paper - Persuasive Writing Brief Instruction

When finished, email it to turnintomshall@gmail.com if you typed it, otherwise hand write and turn it in. - DUE AT THE END OF CLASS.

Hero's Journey

An extension on our study of Hercules, all hero's modern and older, follow a pattern. You find this in books you read today.

This pattern is called the Hero's Journey - Ted Talk Hero's Journey

This relates back to your Greek Hero notes you took earlier this month. Try to relate the two together.

Hercules Storyboard

To get an example of a Hero in reference to the Greek Hero notes you recently took, you will read through the trials of Hercules.

- Read through the story - Hercules Life

- There are 5 sections, Introduction, Early Life, Hera's Revenge, the 12 Labors, and Immortality. Read all sections.

- You will then each create a storyboard of Hercules early life and Hera's Revenge, the 12 trials he had to overcome, and what happened to him after he completed them.

- Write a sentence in each box accompanied by a picture. Fill in each of the 16 boxes provided on your page. 

- If you finish in class, turn it in, if not, this is homework.

- If you finish you may Silent Read your own book, read the next chapter of Of Mice and Men, or continue work on your poem.