Honors English 9

1. Honors English 9 Week 2: January 9-13 2012

2. Due Today: Creation Myths and Gods of Mount Olympus Monday, January 9, 2012 • Walk-IN: Sit in your groups and take out your Major Gods of Mount Olympus Chart, as well as your notes on the Creation Myths. Then turn in your signed course expectations. • Learning Objective: • Students will be able to identify the 12 major Gods of Mount Olympus, the Roman name, realm they rule, and symbols. • Students will use a graphic organizer to improve their understanding of creation myths. • Agenda: • Gods of Olympus Review Jeopardy • Creation Myth Graphic Organizer Homework: Study for Council of the Gods Quiz

3. Creation of the World Graphic Organizer Erebus Night Out of ____________ emerged 2 beings Chaos Day Love Gaea Mother Earth Uranus Father Heaven Whose children included 7 monsters (3 types) and … Mnemosyne Hecatoncheires (100 Hands, 50 Heads) Cyclopes Typhon 9 Muses Zeus

4. 12 Titans Coeus Phoebe Oceanus Themis Rhea Thetys Hyperion Thea Eurybia Iapetus Cronus Crius Leto Zeus These two Titans had 6 children Artemis Apollo Hades Poseidon Hera Hestia Demeter Zeus Prometheus Dione Maia Epimetheus Atlas Persephone (Zeus) Woman Hephaestus Ares Hebe Hermes (Zeus) Animal Man Aphrodite (Zeus)

6. Due Today: Nothing Tuesday, January 10, 2012 • Walk-IN: Take out your Council of the Gods chart. • Learning Objective: • Students will read to locate information and collaborate with their peers in order to improve reading comprehension. • Agenda: • Major Gods of Olympus Review Check • Lesser Gods in class reading • Two Great Gods of the Earth (homework) Homework: Study for Quiz on the Gods of Olympus Two Great Gods of the Earth (pages 48-64)

7. Honors English 9 Mr. Lawrason January 9, 2012 The Lesser Gods (pg 36-44) Lesser Gods of Olympus The Gods of the Waters The Underworld Lesser Gods of the Earth

8. Wednesday/Thursday, January 11-12, 2012 Due Today: Two Great Gods of the Earth Study Questions • Walk-IN: Take out your Council of the Gods of Mt. Olympus chart and turn it in to the in-box. • Learning Objective: • Students will demonstrate their understanding of the 12 major Greek Gods/Goddesses and the realms they rule and symbols attributed to them. • Students will increase their vocabulary by learning Greek Root words, and the different meanings they have. • Students will improve reading comprehension by discussing selected texts with their peers. • Students will read to locate information and identify key main ideas. • Agenda: • Council of the Gods Quiz • Greek Roots (Anthro-Hypno) • Gods of the Earth Review • Cornell Notes and Flower Myths Homework: Read and complete Study Guide for The Earliest Heroes (pages 78-85)

9. Greek Roots (Anthropo-Hypno) • Turn to page ix in your Vocabulary Workbook. • For each Greek Root, you must write down the meaning or meanings of the root. • Next you must find an example of a word with the Greek Root within. • After that you must write down the definition of the word containing the Greek Root. • You must complete the front side (anthropo-hypno) for next BLOCKDAY.

10. Two Great Gods of the Earth Review Demeter Dionysis • Ancestry • Goddess of _________ • Offspring • What did she lose? • How did she handle it? • What compromise was made? • What natural phenomena? • What help could humans seek from her? • Ancestry • God of _____________ • Loss • Capture and Escape • Dual Nature • Dionysis to the Rescue • The immortal soul

11. Honors English 9 Mr. Lawrason January 11, 2012 The Flower Myths (89-95) Narcissus Hyacinth Adonis

12. Friday, January 13, 2012 Due Today: Flower Myths and Earliest Heroes Questions • Walk-In: Take out your Flower Myths Cornell Notes and your Study Guide questions on The Earliest Heroes. • Learning Objective: • Students will improve reading comprehension by discussing selected texts with their peers. • Students will read to locate information and identify key main ideas. • Agenda: • Flower Myths Group Review • Earliest Heroes Class Review • Stories of Love and Adventure Homework: Read and Complete Questions for Stories of Love and Adventure (pages 96-114 and 136-138)

13. The Earliest Heroes Review Cyclops (Polyphemus) Prometheus and Io Europa Who is Polyphemus and who is father? What visitor did he have on his island? How did he treat them? How did his visitor escape? What other story was told about Polyphemus? How dies it differ from the first? • Why did Zeus turn the maiden Io into a cow? • Who was Argus? • Who does Zeus turn to for help in killing Argus? • How was Argus’s death accomplished? • What did Hera do with Argus’s eyes? • What did Hera send to plague Io? • What body of water is named for Io? • Explain Europa’s strange dream. • Describe Europa’s flower basket. • Who is responsible for Zeus’s sudden love for Europa? • Before appearing to Europa, Zeus changes himself into the form of a ____________________ . • What happens once Europa sits on the beautiful bull’s back? • Where does the bull take Europa? • Who are the sons of Europa & Zeus?

14. Turn In and Homework • Turn in your Cornell Notes on the Flower Myths. • Turn in The Two Great Gods of the Earth and The Earliest Heroes Study Questions. • Homework: Read The Stories of Love and Adventure and complete the study guide questions (both sides of the handout). Pages 96-114, 136-138. • Homework: Complete Greek Roots Handout (anthropo-hypno) for next blockday.