First and fifth periods continued a day of planning for the capstone project for the Nightjohn unit. We began with a starter designed to help students see how to fulfill part of the rubric dealing with introductory participial phrases.

Starter from first period

Starter from sixth period

We also reviewed the rubric.

Rubric for Project

After working on the review planning, first period got to have an earthquake drill, which meant everyone went under the desks.

First period students under desks

First period students under desks

First period students under desks

First period students under desks

Second and fourth periods returned to the Odyssey for a close reading of Tieresias’s prophecy. Filled with dramatic irony and an ever-twisting, almost modern narrative structure, it’s a masterpiece of writing within the larger genius of the Odyssey. We also began working with the idea of connotation and denotation.

Second period’s close reading

Second period’s plot diagram

Fourth period’s notes look a little different, but by and large, the close readings produced the same results. (Since I led them, I wonder how that happened…)

Fourth period close reading

Fourth period narrative structure diagram

We’ll be working on the most famous scene, the Sirens, tomorrow.

Homework

• First and fifth periods: continue planning the Nightjohn review. (We will begin working on it in the computer lab tomorrow, so you need as much planning completed as possible.)
• Second and fourth periods: read “The Sirens; Scylla and Charybdis” (pages 1064-1071).