English I Honors finished up a bit of work on Calypso, looking at two additional renditions and a short informational text about the etymology of her name.

(c) Glasgow Museums; Supplied by The Public Catalogue Foundation

Afterward, students did a bit of comparing too see how different sources provide different insights into the character of Calypso (or “Kalypso” as in our translation).

One version was the Suzanne Vega song “Calypso.”

Eighties gold!

Sixth period’s notes

Seventh period noticed a few different elements.

Seventh period’s notes

English 8 Strategies students (fourth period) continued their MAP preparation by having a refresher about figurative language today and getting a little practice with it.

Fourth period’s work

Homework for fourth

English 8 Studies (fifth periods) returned to their lit circles to finish up the poem “Runagate Runagate” before turning back to The Glory Field.

Homework

• English 8: 
  • continue working on the article of the week;
  • read the amount decided by our lit circle for tomorrow.
• English I Honors: 
  • continue working on the article of the week;
  • prepare a 3-5 point list of qualities of Calypso that you can back from two sources from today (and make sure actually to back them within the list, i.e., put some kind of note in parenthesis regarding the source);
  • continue working on the Romeo and Juliet project, due Friday.