Create a Monster

In partners:
Create a monster who Odysseus could face in his 10 years of travel.

FRONT:
- Draw a picture of the monster and name it. Write its name on the front of the paper.
- Come up with and explain how your monster relates to Greek Mythology (The son of Poseidon, The daughter of Hermes and Pegasus, etc.) Front of paper.
- Come up with two songs that represent your monsters personality/life. List the two songs and their artists on the front of your paper.

BACK:
- Use lines from the lyrics of the songs chosen (school appropriate) to explain how your monster looks, thinks, and feels in 2-3 paragraphs on the back of your paper. Include how Odysseus escaped from or defeated your monster. You may add in more songs on the back if you so choose. Minimum of four direct quotes from your songs in your paragraphs.

DETAILS:
* Use COLOR - markers in the back.
* Be creative. Effort from both partners MUST be apparent.
* Add your lyrics in to your paragraphs like direct quotes in a research paper. (Song title, Artist).

EXAMPLE:
The Water Titan often felt misunderstood. He traveled the lands asking, "do you feel like I do?" (Do You Feel Like We Do, Peter Frampton). The Water Titan, after getting no responses, then would get angry and "take a Louisville slugger to both headlights" as well as, "slash holes in all four tires" of oncoming horse drawn carriages (Before He Cheats, Carrie Underwood).

Vocab List #4

Quiz Dates:
A Day (Plus Zero Block and Skinny Block): Monday December 4th.
B Day: Tuesday December 5th.

Vocab List 4 Quizlet Link

Ninth Grade Vocabulary – List Four
Prefixes	macro-	large	macrocosm, macroeconomics
	mega- / megalo-	large	megajackpot, megalomaniac
	micro-	small	microscope, microcosm, microeconomics, microbe
Roots/Bases	biblio-	book	bibliography, bibliophile, bible
	cour- / cours- / cur- / curs-	to run	courier, course, concur, cursory
	cogn-	know	recognize, cognitive, incognito
	lect- / leg- / lig-	to read, choose	lecture, illegible, legible, lectern, lecturer, election
	mob- / mobil- / mot- / mov-	move	mobility, emotion, movement, mobile, automobile, motion, promote, movie
	mort-	death	mortal, mortician, immortality
	spec- / spic-	look, see	spectacles, spectator, inauspicious, prospect, speculate
	trac- / tract-	to pull or drag	traction, tractor, detract
Suffixes	-est	most	fastest, greatest
	-less	without	hopeless, selfless

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

Social Justice

Zero Block and Skinny Block:

Read Valediction by Sherman Alexie.

1.) Respond to the following:
     - Define Social Justice.
     - What experiences have I had with injustice, and how do my actions, 
        or lack thereof, affect them?
    - What can I do to help social justice prevail?

2.) Define the following character roles - Victim, Bystander, Ally, and Perpetrator. 

3.) Read Valediction now. Apply these roles to characters in Valediction, use summary or direct quotes from the story to support your answers.

4.) Answer these questions based off of Valediction.
     - Why might the characters be playing these roles? Ex. What is the bystander afraid of? What is
        the Perpetrator gaining from the situation?
     - How would it look if the bystander became the ally?
     - What was the social injustice showed in the story and how could it have been corrected?

This was a Prep Activity for: (All Classes)
 On Cracking White City (non-fiction) read and discussed in class with this handout.

Poetry Out Loud Detailed Rubric

In class presentations on 11/26 (A) and 11/25 (B).
Original assignment, dates, and requirements - Here

Students will receive a half sheet rubric in class with teacher notes, for more in depth explanation for grades given, please look below.

In order to receive a 5 on the rubric:
- Introduction : Student introduced their name, poem title, and author to the audience before the recitation of their poem.
- Accuracy: Student needs no prompts for the next line of their poem and does not miss any words while presenting.
- Eye Contact: Student maintains effective eye contact with their audience the entire time.
- Memorization: Student has clearly memorized the poem in its entirety (Academic: Student demonstrates an effort to memorize their poem and uses their copy of the poem minimally to recite.)
- Voice Volume: Student speaks in a loud, clear voice and increased/decreased volume in a way that enhanced the presentation.

2-4: (4 being the minimal offence for each category, 2 being the maximum)
- Introduction: Student does not remember the name of their poem or author or needs to reference their copy of the poem. Or student needs to be prompted to say one of these three requirements.
- Accuracy: Student needs 1-2 prompts for the next line or misses 1-3 words in their poem.
- Eye Contact: Student attempts to maintain eye contact but looks away 1-3 times.
- Memorization: Student has most of the poem memorized, but not in its entirety.
- Voice Volume: Student spoke somewhat loudly and clearly.

1:
- Introduction: Student does not introduce themselves or their author and poem.
- Accuracy: Student skips entire lines of their poem or has to restart multiple times.
- Eye Contact: Student makes no eye contact, either looking entirely at their copy of the poem (Academic) or away from their audience (Honors).
- Memorization: Student does not have their poem memorized.
- Voice Volume: Student did not speak loudly or clearly, it was difficult to understand what the student was saying.

End of Quarter Outline

PWP#1: Past due date (10/20). There will be no more revisions accepted. PWP#1 was entered in the gradebook 9/19. Students had a month to do their revisions, including work time in class. If students did not take advantage of this time, the R grade (75%) will remain in the gradebook. If student turned in one revision on the last day, it is likely that their grade will also remain an R. It was told and demonstrated to students that multiple revisions were usually required to earn an A (100%).

Previous PWP Blog posts that have been discussed in class:
Original Assignment Details
Revision Requirements
Additional Helpful Information

End of Quarter One Details:
10/24 and 10/25 - Small group peer presenting and self reflection for Poetry Out Loud
10/26 and 10/27 - Intro Poe, read Annabel Lee, Socratic Seminar intro and practice.
10/29 - Honors PWP#2 due on Turnitin.com.
10/30 and 10/31 - Present Poetry Out Loud (Summative)
11/1 and 11/2 - Socratic Seminar (Summative) - Cold Read for honors: Tell Tale Heart
11/3 - Last day of Quarter
      *If you missed the Socratic you must do the Make-Up and turn it in by the end of the day.
      *Email or Handwritten accepted
11/6 and 11/7 - Teacher Work Days
11/9 and 11/10 - Vocab List #3 Quiz

Academic Socratic Seminar Prep Checklist: Here