Homeric Similes and Jigsaw Reading

Homeric Similes and Jigsaw Reading

First and Fourth Periods had a short quiz on Odysseus’s encounter with the Lotus Eaters and Polyphemus. They also worked on locating Homeric Similes. Second and seventh periods worked on jigsaw reading for Flowers for Algernon after going over the text structure...
Calypso and Main Ideas

Calypso and Main Ideas

First and fourth periods worked on Homeric Similes and compared a Calypso song to her part in the Odyssey. We broke off into groups and analyzed the two pieces. Second and seventh periods worked on determining the main idea of a text. The Rorschach inkblot test is a...
Odyssey and Text Structures

Odyssey and Text Structures

Today in first and fourth periods we started looking at the first part of Homer’s Odyssey. We marked the text and looked at it bit by bit on our own and with partners before going over it as a class. Second and seventh periods continued working with text...