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MRS. CONTRERAS Language Arts 9 th Grade – Eng I IGSE Honors Room C209

This article narrates the key events of the Trojan War and addresses the questions of who, what, when, where, and how. It includes examples of direct quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing. The article concludes with an evaluation of the section's function within the entire work.

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MRS. CONTRERAS Language Arts 9 th Grade – Eng I IGSE Honors Room C209

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  1. Welcome Braddock Bulldogs!!! MRS. CONTRERASLanguage Arts9th Grade – Eng I IGSE Honors Room C209 2006-2007

  2. Home Learning PLACE COMPLETED ASSIGNMENT(S) IN HOMEWORK BOX BEFORE THE BELL RINGS! • (hold onto) PP presentation on your individually/group assigned works. Students must print all PP slides in addition to any other research information used. PP presentation must be turned in in floppy or CD format (Other formats will not be accepted)

  3. Weekly Forecast10/2/06 – 10/6/06 • Monday – Teacher Planning Day • Tuesday – (FCAT Retakes - Block schedule 1,3,5) Finish "Ajax." Discuss play in conjunction with other Greek works and review key Drama elements. • Wednesday – (FCAT Retakes - Block schedule 2,4,6) Finish "Ajax." Discuss play in conjunction with other Greek works and review key Drama elements. • Thursday – View & take notes on movie: "Clash of the Titans.” Students not watching film must report to the media center with alternate assignment. • Friday – View & take notes on movie: "Clash of the Titans.” Students not watching film must report to the media center with alternate assignment.

  4. Home Learning By Monday 10/9: • Bring to class all required books. (Student's last name must be written on the side pages of each book). • Read introduction to Roman civilization pg 344-355. • Read "The Aeneid" pg 356, "Metamorphoses: The Story of Daedalus and Icarus" pg 398, "Seize the Day" & "Better to live, Licinius…" pg 392. • Write expository essay based on movie (see handout) Extra Credit: (2 grades) • Ancient Newspaper Article (see slides to follow) Have a great week!

  5. Ancient NewspaperArticle… • Student will provide a creative newspaper article on his/her favorite chapter of Homer’s the “Iliad” (hanging display & hardcopy for writing sample folder) • This global news article is to resemble a catchy front page newspaper article that the Greek or Trojan people would have read during the time of the Trojan war. • The article must narrate the key events of the chapter, addressing typical Who? What? When? (use 1250 BC for the year of the war) Where? How? questions • Article must include at least 1 example of direct quoting (can be dialogue), 1 example of paraphrasing (small sections of text and stating it in your own words), and 1 example of summarizing (recount of large section of text). All citations must be in MLA format. Ex: Andromache pleaded with Hector (##).

  6. Ancient NewspaperArticle… • After explaining what happened in the section, student will provide a concluding paragraph where he/she provides an overall evaluation of the section in terms of its function within the completed work (what is the purpose of this section in terms of the whole?). Since this is the evaluation of events, it should be related to the title of your article and the picture. • Conclude editorial with a persuasive call (gods, armies, citizens, etc) that can serve as a transition into the next book/section. • Be Creative! You may use mythological elements to report the news (ex: describe the manner in which you witnessed the events (flying through the clouds riding Pegasus); Zeus sent you a dream in mainland Greece about events happening in Troy; Apollo gave you a vision as one of his priests/priestesses of what’s going on, etc). Creativity is vital

  7. Ancient NewspaperArticle… Items to bring to class on Monday are: • 3 copies of finished article (no dead space, color/make paper look aged, burn edges use glitter, lots of color!!!) • 1 sheet of construction paper (any color pre-cut to 10 to 11” x 13 to 14”) • 1 paper clip (any size) Project will count as 2 grades & the best will be displayed.

  8. Close Reading of Text : Perseus Picture of Perseus with Medusa’s head Divya Santdasani Period 1 October 3, 2006 Mrs. Contreras Courtesy of Google Images

  9. Close Reading of Text : PerseusPlot Sequence • When King Acrisius of Argos has a daughter Danaë. • A priestess prophesized that he will not have a son, but that his daughter will have a son that will kill him.He couldn’t kill his daughter for he would have to face the Gods. • He puts his daughter in a bronze house that is sunk underground, but has “part of the roof open to the sky so that the light and air could come through.” (147 Hamilton) • Zeus sent a shower of gold and it fell into Danaë’s chamber. She knew that the child she was carrying was that of Zeus. • Acrisius found out that Danaë was pregnant, and Danaë told Acrisius that the child’s father was Zeus; Acrisius didn’t believe her. • He then remembered the words of the priestess and had to rid of the child. He had a chest made for Danaë and her son Perseus. He sent them off into the sea. • They sat in the chest and Danaë couldn’t see any land, but she listened to the “waters that seemed always about to wash over them.” (148) She then felt them land “on something solid and motionless.”(148) • Either by the will of Zeus or by fate Danaë and Perseus were found by a fisherman named Dictys. • Dictys and his wife had no children and treated Danaë and Perseus as their own. • Danaë and Perseus lived with Dictys for a long time and then Dictys’ brother, Polydectes, began to notice the beauty of Danaë. Polydectes was a “cruel and ruthless man.” • He began to plot to kill Perseus for he only wanted Danaë. Polydectes told Perseus about “Gorgons.” These are horrible fearsome monsters that are known for their deadly power. • Polydectes convinces Perseus that he wants the head of a Gorgon more than anything else and this ensures Polydectes that Perseus will be killed by the Gorgons because “whoever looked at them was instantly turned into stone.” (149) • Polydectes announced his marriage and threw a party. As a custom, people had to bring a present. All guests had brought gifts except Perseus, for he had promised (as the King wished) that he would bring back the head of Medusa (a Gorgon). • It was said that no man unaided would be able to defeat the Gorgons.

  10. Close Reading of Text : PerseusPlot Sequence cont’d • Perseus takes a ship and sails to Greece to learn where the three monsters are found. • Hermes and Athena come to help Perseus. • Hermes takes Perseus to visit the Gray Women. They each had one eye to share between the three of them. • They came up with a plan to steal the eye. After they stole it, they threatened to keep it until the women could tell them where to find the nymphs of the North. • Athena took off her shield of polished bronze and gave it to Perseus. • “Look into this when you attack the Gorgon.” (150) “You will be able to see her in it as in a mirror, and so avoid her deadly power.” (150) • Hermes and Perseus travel to the nymphs of the North and the nymphs give Perseus winged sandals, a magic wallet, and a cap which made the wearer invisible. • Hermes gives his sword to Perseus. Perseus and Hermes travel across the Ocean and over the sea to the Terrible Sisters’ island. • When Perseus sees the Gorgons, Athena and Hermes appear next to him. • “With a single sweep of his sword, he cut through her neck and, his eyes still fixed on the shield with never a glance at her, he swooped low enough to seize the head.” (151) • Perseus goes to Ethiopia and found that a lovely maiden had been given up to be eaten by the sea serpent. Her name was Andromeda and when Perseus arrived, he took one look at her and fell in love. • Perseus waited until the great snake came for the maiden, then he cut of its head. Perseus took Andromeda to her parents and asked for her hand in marriage; they gladly accepted. • Dictys and Danaë fled to hide from Polydectes because he was furious at Danaë’s refusal to marry him. • Perseus goes to Polydectes’ palace and shows the head of Medusa. All the men look and instantly turn to stone. • Perseus made Dictys king of the islands and Perseus, Danaë, and Andromeda return to Greece and try to be reconciled to Acrisius. • They reach Argos only to find that Acrisius had been driven away from the city.

  11. Close Reading of Text : PerseusElements of myth • Special births • Supreme beings • Magic • Super-human powers • Humans and animals Characterization • Perseus is the son of Danaë. His father is said to be Zeus. He is the protagonist of the story because he slays the Gorgon and the great snake. He also saves Princess Andromeda. Medusa Courtesy of Google Images

  12. Close Reading of Text : PerseusCultural characteristics • Romans envisioned their gods more as powers than as persons • The Romans did not develop a myth about the creation of the world itself, but they did attach great importance to the founding of Rome. • The Romans believed that their religious practices maintained the pax deorum—or “peace of the gods”—that ensured the community’s continued prosperity. Themes & Conflicts • Themes- • The oracle becomes the truth at the end. • Jealousy and selfishness. • Conflicts • King Acrisius must get rid of his daughter, Danaë, because of a priestess that says that his daughter will have a son that will kill him. • Polydectes wants to get rid of Perseus so that he is not in the way because he loved Danaë. King Acrisius Courtesy of Google Images

  13. Close Reading of Text : PerseusLiterary convention/devices • Epithet- “..the guide and the giver of good.” (Hermes) (149) • Repetition- Andromeda is constantly referred to as “the [lovely] maiden”. (151,153) • Personification- “When Perseus arrived the maiden was on a rocky ledge by the sea, chained there to wait for the coming of the monster.” “He waited beside her until the great snake came for it’s prey…” • Descriptive language- “No ray of sun looked ever on that country, nor the moon by night.” (149) Beautiful use of imagery • “We know what he looked like from many a poem, a young man with the first down upon his cheek when youth is loveliest, carrying, as no other young man ever did, a wand of gold with wings at one end wearing a winged hat, too, and winged sandals. At sight of him hope must have entered Perseus’ heart, for he would know that this could be none other than Hermes, the guide and the giver of good.” (149)

  14. Close Reading of Text : PerseusQuestions • How did Hermes and Athena come to help Perseus? • Where did Acrisius go after he was driven away from the city? Purpose of this myth • This story conveys the message of being loyal to one’s family. King Acrisius must choose between killing his daughter and facing the wrath of the Gods or locking her away from the world. He chooses to put her in a bronze house that is sunken underground. • This story also shows that even people of higher rank, such as Polydectes, can be jealous of people in lower rank, such as Perseus.

  15. Close Reading of Text : PerseusVocabulary Words to know: • Kindred (147) • Mortified (148) • Folly (149) • Shrouded (149) • Revelry (151) • Alighted (151) Research • The full myth of Perseus- http://www.johnpratt.com/items/astronomy/myths/perseus.html • Information on Dictys and Polydectes- http://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/education/productions/eyecatcher/themes.shtml • Information on Medusa- http://www.loggia.com/myth/medusa.html • Information on Andromeda- http://www.comfychair.org/~cmbell/myth/andromeda.html Picture of Princess Andromeda Courtesy of Google Images

  16. Works Cited • Parno, Bryan. “Perseus contemplates Medusa” January 25, 2006. Online Image. September 29, 2006. <http://bryan.parno.net/xmas2005/big/1_149Perseus_contemplates_Me dusa.jpg> • Medea. “shower4” September 15, 2002. Online Image. September 29, 2006. <http://www.geocities.com/medea19777/Images10/shower4.jpg> • Wiewael, Joachim. “Perseus releases Andromeda” May 1, 2003. Online Image. September 29, 2006. <http://students.ou.edu/D/Deanna.N.Dear-1/head.bmp> <http://towerweb.net/mythology/art/perseus_wiewael.shtml> • Microsoft Corporations. “Roman Mythology” 1993. Online Article. September 29, 2006. <http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761568005/Roman_Mythology.h tml> • Stokes, Anne. “Medusa”. September 28, 2006. Online Image. September 29, 2006. http://www.pen-paper.net/artgallery/d/13058-2/medusa.jpg • Hamilton, Edith. “Mythology”.

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