First period finished up the mini-unit on sound devices and moved on to figurative language:

simile,
metaphor, and
personification.

We began by looking at one poem (“Concrete Mixers”) in pairs for examples of all three forms of figurative language.
We’ll be having a quiz tomorrow on the vocabulary terms in “Concrete Mixers”.
Second period worked on Homeric similes before starting with [...]

First things first: I made a blunder during second period. We were looking at Odysseus’s journey to the underworld and his meeting with Tiresias. I mentioned the two famous victims of the underworld, Tantalus and Sisyphus; I elaborated on Sisyphus and the 20th-century French philosopher who designated him an “absurd hero.” I attributed this to [...]

Second period began looking at the elements of the Coen brothers’ film Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? that are taken directly from the Odyssey. We’ll be watching five scenes, and we began today with the Coen brothers’ take on the Lotus Eaters.
First period worked on a rather lengthy quiz, then created signs in Microsoft Publisher [...]

First period began the poetry unit by looking at several elements of poetry, including:

consonnance
assonance
alliteration
simile
metaphor
personification

Second period began reading the Odyssey after we had a quiz on it.
Fourth and sixth periods completed their work on their “Works Cited” page.
No homework for any classes today.

First period completed a second round of MAP testing. We were unable to do anything else today.
Second period began the Odyssey. We looked at elements of the epic form and discussed the background to the Odyssey.
Fourth and sixth periods worked on creating “Works Cited” pages.
Homework

First period: none
Second period:

vocabulary work;
study for quiz.

Fourth period: create “Works Cited” [...]