Poetry, the Odyssey, and a Mistaken Allusion

Poetry, the Odyssey, and a Mistaken Allusion

by | Dec 9, 2008 | Update

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...

Poetry and Research

by | Dec 8, 2008 | Update

First period worked on poetry. Specifically, we finished up the selections by Jacqueline Woodson and began the next collection of three poems. Second period spent some time in the library doing research for their cyclops poem and project. Fourth and sixth periods...