First and sixth periods continued working on their memoirs, practicing adding sensory details to their writing. There were some truly amazing examples in class of using the senses to show rather than tell. We’ll be finishing up the memoir late next week or early in the following week.

Second and sixth periods went over the reading from last night. We looked for examples of Odysseus’s linguistic genius (his ability to say the right thing at the right time) and Homeric similes. We also added hospitality to our “cultural ideals” check list, and now we’re looking for examples of good (and bad) hospitality and the results.

Seventh period spent one more day working on sentence transformations. We’ll be finishing up our first writing pieces next week.

Homework

• First, sixth, and seventh periods: none.
• Second and fourth periods: complete the Cyclops reading begun in class.