Black Ships Before Troy: the Story of the Illiad

Reading Schedule:

Date / Reading Assignment
Tues 2/21/17 / The Golden Apple pg. 1
Ship-Gathering pg. 11
Fri 2/24/17 / Quarrel With the High King pg. 16
Single Combat pg. 22
Mon 2/27/17 / The Women of Troy pg. 32
The High King’s Embassy pg. 40
Tues 2/28/17 / The Horses of King Rhesus pg. 49
Red Rain pg. 56
Weds 3/1/17 / Battle for the Ships pg. 62
The Armor of Achilles pg. 69
Thurs 3/2/17 / Vengeance for Patroclus pg. 76
Funeral Games pg. 84
Fri 3/3/17 / Literacy Circle Day #1!
Reader’s Workshop after
Mon 3/6/17 / Ransom for Hector pg. 91
The Luck of Troy pg. 97
Tues 3/7/17 / Warrior Women pg. 109
The Death of Achilles pg. 114
Weds 3/8/17 / Poisoned Arrow pg. 123
The Wooden Horse pg. 130
Spring Break (Homework!) / The Fall of Troy pg. 140
Mon 3/20/17 / Literacy Circle Day #2!
Reader’s Workshop after
Tues 3/21/17 / Review (Kahoot!)
Novel Study Guide
Packet Work Day!
Weds 3/22/17 / CFA Quiz Day!
Thurs 3/23/17 / Black Ships Before Troy TEST!
Novel Packet is due today!
Fri 3/24/17 / We’ll begin working on our Literary Analysis Essay Unit.

“Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Illiad”

by Rosemary Sutcliff

NOVEL NOTES

Name: ______Hour: ___

Job Position: ______

Possible Job Positions

Summarizer
You will write down 2 important plot events from each chapter in complete sentences.
Summarizer’s Name: ______/ Word Wizard
You will write down 1 important vocabulary word and its definition for each chapter.
Word Wizard’s Name:
______
Question Master
You will write down 2 possible discussion questions for each chapter. They must be well thought out questions.
Question Master’s Name:
______/ Bridge Builder
You will write down 2 important connections for each chapter. They’ll be text to self, text to text or text to world.
Bridge Builder’s Name:
______

JOB EXPECTATIONS AND PROMISE:

I UNDERSTAND MY JOB AND WHAT IS EXPECTED OF ME.
I UNDERSTAND THAT IF I DO NOT DO MY JOB MY GRADE WILL SUFFER.
I UNDERSTAND THAT IF I DO NOT DO MY JOB MY TEAMMATES’ GRADES WILL SUFFER.
I UNDERSTAND THAT MY TEAM IS COUNTING ON ME TO DO MY JOB.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WE WILL HAVE LITERATURE CIRCLES ON MARCH 3 AND MARCH 20TH AND MY JOB MUST BE COMPLETE FOR THE REQUIRED CHAPTERS BY EACH DATE.
I PROMISE TO HAVE MY PACKET COMPLETE BY EACH LITERACY CIRCLE DATE.
I PROMISE TO DO MY JOB FULLY AND COMPLETELY ON TIME, EVERY TIME.
I PROMISE TO ASK FOR HELP IF I AM CONFUSED AND NOT TO WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MOMENT.

Student Signature: ______Date: ______

Parts of a Novel

Character Guide (page 1)

Directions: Match the god/goddess to their description.

God or Goddess / Description

____ Aphrodite

god of the sun, patron god of archery, favors the Trojan cause, Artemis is his sister, god of music, poetry and art

____ Apollo

wife of Zeus, Golden Apple story

____ Ares

Goddess of love and beauty, Golden Apple, Paris received prize for his loyalty to her, married to Hephaestus, likes Ares more

____ Athena

god of wine and fertility

____ Dionysus

goddess of the rainbow, messenger god, has gold coins

____ Eris

goddess of wisdom, favors the Trojans, except she likes Odysseus (after he steals the palladium)

____ Hephaestus

son of Poseidon, priest of Troy, killed by sea serpents

____ Hera

god of war, troublemaker, nephew of Poseidon

____ Iris

goddess of discord, Golden Apple story

____Laocoon

brother of Zeus, god of the seas

____Posiedon

blacksmith god, made Achilles’ armor

____ Zeus

king of gods, sky god, thunder and lightning

Directions: Match the immortal to their description.

Immortals / Description

____ Balius

horse of Achilles)

____ Chiron

horse of Achilles

____ Heracles

hero of older stories, became an immortal, lived under a curse, performed 10 labors

____ Oenone

(teacher/centaur)—teacher of Achilles and Heracles

____ Thetis

wood nymph who loved Paris

____ Xanthus

sea nymph, daughter of Poseidon, mother of Achilles, wife of Peleus, Golden Apple story

Character Guide (page 2)

Directions: Match the Greek character to their description.

Greeks / Description

____ Achilles

(King of Mycenae)—king of the Greeks (Achaeans), brother to Menelaus, causes a fight with Achilles when he takes Briseis from him

____ Agamemnon

(son of Odysseus)

____ Ajax

(King of Myrmidons – Island of Aegina)—son of Peleus and Thetis, cousin of Patroclus, main character of the Iliad

____ Antilochus

(son of Nestor)—killed by Memnon

____ Automedon

(spy)—convinces Trojans to bring the Trojan Horse into Troy

____ Calchus

(seer)

____Diomedes

(King of Salamis)—giant, fights well, but dies after he loses a contest with Odysseus

____Expeius

(cousin of Achilles)—takes Achilles’ armor and fights Hector, but is killed

____Euryalus

(boxer)—at Patroclus’ funeral games

____ Helen

(King of Ithaca)—main character of the Odyssey, cunning and resourceful, thought of the Trojan Horse

____Menalaus

(father of Achilles)

____ Nestor

(Achilles’ charioteer)—killed by Paris

____ Odysseus

(King of Sparta)—brother of Agamemnon, husband of Helen

____Patroclus

(boxer) - at Patroclus’ funeral games

____ Peleus

(King of Pylos)-older king, whose son is killed in Troy

____ Penelope

(seer)—told Agamemnon to give Briseis back to Achilles when a plague broke out in the Greek camp

____Philoctetes

(the archer)—kills Paris with poisoned arrows

____ Phoenix

(teacher)

____Sinon

King of Argos

____ Telemachus

wife of Menelaus, ran away with Paris to Troy, saved by Odysseus and returned to Sparta

____Tieresias

(Queen of Ithaca)—wife of Odysseus

Character Guide (page 3)

Directions: Match the Trojan character to their description.

Trojans (and allies) / Description

____ Aeneas

son of Priam, husband of Helen, judge of the Golden Apple contest, he killed Achilles and was killed by Philoctetes

____ Andromache

(King of Troy)

____ Astynax

wife of Hector, captured and made a slave

____ Briseis

(King of Thracians)—Diomedes and Odysseus stole his beautiful horses

____ Cassandra

(King of Lycians)—ally of Priam

____ Chryseis

sister of Briseis, returned to the Trojans by Agamemnon when plagues started to affect the Greek soldiers

____ Hector

Trojan soldier, wounds Menelaus in battle

____ Hecuba

son of Priam, escapes Troy at the end

____ Memnon

(Queen of the Amazons)—ally of Priam

____ Pandarus

son of Hector, murdered during the sack of Troy

____ Paris

(Queen of Troy)—wife of Priam, mother of Hector, Paris, and Aeneas

____ Penthesilia

(King of Ethiopians)—ally of Priam, who killed Antilochus, son of Nestor

____ Priam

daughter of Trojan priest, Calchus, captured by Achilles and then kidnapped by Agamemnon, which caused Achilles’ anger

____ Rhesus

son of Priam, hero of the Trojans, killed by Achilles after he mistook Patroclus for Achilles in battle and killed him

____ Sarpedon

daughter of Priam, priestess, and seer, but nobody believed her about the Trojans losing to the Greeks

Theme Tracker (page 1)

Directions: Fill in the box with 2 quotes that prove each theme. Include quotation marks and in text citations to receive full credit.

THEME / TEXT EVIDENCE / IN TEXT CITATION
Honor vs True Love
(The struggle to do the right thing versus doing what feels right in the moment.)
Becoming the Hero
(Many characters start out as unimportant and unknown but grow to be great heroes of war after facing adversity and rising above it.)

Theme Tracker (page 2)

THEME / TEXT EVIDENCE / IN TEXT CITATION
When Gods & Goddesses get involved, trouble follows
(Free will vs divine involvement. When the gods play in mortal affairs, problems arise.)
Going on a Quest
(The Greek characters embark on one big quest. Paris embarks on a smaller quest. Many other characters embark on smaller quests. Quests are a common theme in this book!)