English I students worked on an examination of how various artists throughout history have represented the story of Calypso in the Odyssey. We began by examining the etymology of the word and came up with a rough Schaffer outline for our thoughts:
Fifth-period notes
Fourth-period notes
Afterward, we looked at Richard Westall’s “Telemachus Landing on the Isle of Calypso,” examining how light and dark play in the piece and the effect of placement has on the perception of power.
Westall, Richard; Telemachus Landing on the Isle of Calypso; Glasgow Museums
English 8 students finished up Flowers for Algernon. We had a few discussion questions after we worked on and shared our progress report summaries.
Homework
- English 8 Studies: none.
- English I Honors:
- complete the No Red Ink Misplaced Modifier work;
- begin working on phrase practice part 1 (due 1 October):
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