English 2 Lesson Plans (Plans are subject to change, so check back often!) Week 1 (3/15-3/19) The Classic Hero's Quest:  The Odyssey! A Note Regarding Notes:  Remember, if you are absent, it is your responsbility to obtain the notes from a study buddy.  This requirement holds true for ALL work ALL semester! Monday, 3/15 In class: 1. Handout: Editor-in-Chief #1 (forever known as EIC); discuss.  2. Introduction to The Odyssey: Great Books Video. Homework:  Complete EIC #1. Tuesday, 3/16 In class: 1. Grade EIC #1.  2. Read the introduction to The Odyssey on pp. 887-893 in your textbook.  Assignment:  Create your own study guide (with definition and/or examples for the following terms/people to use as a guide throughout the readings:  Trojan War, Athena, epic poem, epic hero, epic simile, epithet, Calypso, Alcinous, Laertes, Circe, Zeus, Cicones, Lotus Eaters, Cyclops/Cyclops, Apollo, Poseidon, Aeolus, Laestrygones, Eurylochus, Hermes, Persephone, Tiresias, Sirens, Scylla, Charybdis, Helios, Antinous, Eurymachus, Telemachus, Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Eurycleia, and in medias res (I'll give you this one; it means in the middle of things). Homework: 1. Finish study guide from today. 2. Finish finding the errors in EIC #1. Wednesday, 3/17 In class: 1. Collect study guides.  2. Handout:  Odyssey packet.  3. Read Books 1 and 9 (pp. 895-913) in the orange text.  4. Assignment:  complete the Timeline and handout on Book 9: The Epic Hero in your packet; be sure to answer the question at the bottom as well! Homework:  If necessary, complete today's work. Thursday, 3/18 In class:  1. Discuss  and view Books 1 and 9.  2. Finish grading EIC #2.  3. Handout:  EIC #2; begin. Homework: 1. Finish EIC #2.  2. Study for tomorrow's quiz over Books 1 and 9. Friday, 3/19 In class: 1. Quiz:  Books 1 and 9.  2. Grade EIC #2.  3. Read Book 10 (pp. 916-925).  4. Assignment: In your Odyssey packet, complete the Timeline and handout on Book 10: Epithets and Epic Similes (you need at least four (4) epithets for Odysseus and two (2) epithets for Circe); do not forget to complete the follow-up question on the bottom in complete sentences. Homework:  If necessary, complete today's work.