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CLE 3001.1.3 Understand and use correctly a variety of sentence structures.
CLE 3001.1.1 Demonstrate control of Standard English through the use of grammar, usage, and mechanics (punctuation, capitalization, and spelling).
CLE 3001.1.3 Understand and use correctly a variety of sentence structures.
CLE 3001.2.4 Analyze the style and structure of a challenging speech
CLE 3001.3.1 Organize ideas into an essay with a thesis statement in the introduction, well-constructed paragraphs, a conclusion, and transition sentences that connect paragraphs into a coherent whole.
CLE 3001.3.4 Revise documents to develop or support ideas clearly, address potential objections; ensure effective transitions between paragraphs, and correct errors in logic.
CLE 3001.6.2 Analyze the organizational structures of informational and technical texts.
CLE 3001.7.2 Examine the agreements and conflicts between the visual (e.g., media images, painting, film, graphic arts) and the verbal.
CLE 3001.7.1 Evaluate the aural, visual, and written images and other special effects used in television, radio, film, and the Internet for their ability to inform, persuade, and entertain.
CLE 3001.8.5 Know and use appropriate literary terms to derive meaning and comprehension from various literary genres.
CLE 3001.8.2 Understand the characteristics of various literary genres (e.g., poetry, novel, biography, short story, essay, drama).
Essential Questions:
· What is the relationship between decisions and consequences?
· How do we know how to make good decisions?
· How can a person’s decisions and actions change his/her life?
· How do the decisions and actions of characters reveal their personalities?
· How do decisions, actions, and consequences vary depending on the different perspectives of the people involved?
Prerequisite Skills: basic knowledge of Greek/Roman mythology from middle school
Unit Vocabulary: epic, conflict, myth, archetype, Homeric simile, hero, adversary, epithet, irony
Checks for Understanding / State Performance Indicators / Assessments / Instructional Resources / Connections
ü 3001.8.11 Recognize and identify the characteristics of lyric poetry, blank verse, free verse, epic, sonnet, dramatic poetry, and ballad.
ü 3001.8.3 Analyze how plot elements (e.g., exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution/denouement) function and advance action.
ü 3001.8.14 Identify, analyze, and evaluate the development of the theme(s) of a literary text.
ü 3001.8.18 Comprehend and use figurative language (e.g., idioms, metaphors, similes, personification, hyperbole, pun).
ü 3001.8.18 Comprehend and use figurative language (e.g., idioms, metaphors, similes, personification, hyperbole, pun).
ü 3001.7.1 Recognize the effects of sound, visual images, and language on audience.
ü 3001.7.2 Analyze and apply visual and verbal presentations of the same subject matter that agree or conflict in matters of culture, audience, and medium.
ü 3001.6.9 Analyze the organizational structure of an informational or technical text (e.g., sequential, problem-solution, comparison-contrast, cause-effect).
ü 3001.3.17 Drawing on reader’s comments, revise papers to focus on the thesis, develop ideas, address potential objections, employ effective transitions, identify a clear beginning and ending, correct logic errors, and identify areas for further development.
ü 3001.3.16 Revise to craft a tone, mood, and style that convey the writer’s attitude and are appropriate to audience
ü 3001.3.16 Revise to craft a tone, mood, and style that convey the writer’s attitude and are appropriate to audience.
ü 3001.3.17 Drawing on reader’s comments, revise papers to focus on the thesis, develop ideas, address potential objections, employ effective transitions, identify a clear beginning and ending, correct logic errors, and identify areas for further development
ü 3001.3.18 Use transitional words and phrases to signal organizational patterns and to indicate relationships among ideas.
ü 3001.2.6 Analyze the ways in which the style, structure, and rhetorical devices of a challenging speech support or confound its meaning or purpose, taking into account the speaker’s nonverbal gestures, credibility, and point of view.
ü 3001.2.6 Analyze the ways in which the style, structure, and rhetorical devices of a challenging speech support or confound its meaning or purpose, taking into account the speaker’s nonverbal gestures, credibility, and point of view. / 3001.1.2 Identify the patterns of a given set of sentences (i.e., subject-verb, subject-action verb-direct, object, subject-action verb-indirect object-direct object, subject-linking verb-subject complement, subject-action verb-direct object-object complement).
3001.1.3 Use a variety of techniques to correct sentence fragments. 3001.1.5 Use commas correctly with appositives and introductory words, phrases, or clauses
3001.1.7 Recognize correct subject-verb agreement with intervening elements.
3001.1.11 Recognize the correct usage of quotation marks in direct and indirect quotations.
3001.1.14 Proofread a written passage for errors in punctuation and/or capitalization and/or spelling.
3001.1.6 Correct a run-on sentence by using a comma and coordinating conjunction, subordinate conjunction, or semicolon.
3001.2.4 Discern the structure of a challenging speech (e.g., sequential, problem-solution, comparison-contrast, cause-effect).
3001.2.5 Identify rhetorical devices used in a challenging speech (i.e., rhetorical questions, parallelism and repetition, analogies, and hyperbole).
3001.3.1 Proofread a passage for correct punctuation, mechanics, and usage. 3001.3.3 Choose the transitional device that appropriately connects sentences or paragraphs within a writing sample. 3001.3.8 Rearrange the order of supporting paragraphs within a writing sample given a specified organizational pattern (e.g., comparison-contrast, chronological).
3001.3.2 Choose the most effective order of sentences in a paragraph.
3001.3.7 Evaluate the relevance of supporting sentences by deleting an irrelevant sentence in a passage. 3001.3.12 Identify sentences with nonparallel construction. 3001.6.4 Identify the organizational structure of an informational or technical text (e.g., sequential, problem-solution, comparison-contrast, cause-effect). 3001.7.2 Select the type of conflict represented in a non-print medium. 3001.7.6 Infer the mood represented in a non-print medium. 3001.8.14 Identify classical, historical, and literary allusions in context. 3001.8.15 Identify and analyze basic elements of plot (i.e., exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution/denouement). 3001.8.2 Differentiate among verbal, situational, and dramatic irony. 3001.8.7 Differentiate between mood and tone in poetry and prose. 3001.8.9 Identify the common stated or implied theme in a series of a passages. 3001.8.11 Demonstrate knowledge of the characteristics of lyric poetry, epics, sonnets, dramatic poetry, and ballads. / Anticipation Guide/Diagnostic Assessment
Quiz over mythological figures & creatures
“Odysseus Needs a Job” activity (see LiveBinder)
Map or travel brochure of Odysseus’s journey
God(dess) Research activity & presentation (research, speaking, & listening standards)
Midterm exam / The Odyssey (Text/Holt Reader) 749-809/282-299
Suggested Companion Texts
Short Story
“Helen on 86th Street” (T) 126-135
Informational Text
from “Heroes & Monsters of Greek Myth” (T) 736-738
“An Introduction to the Odyssey” (T) 740-746
“Where I Find My Heroes” (T) 818-820
“Heroes with Solid Feet” (T) 821-824
Short Story & Informational Text
“Crime on Mars” (HR) 38-49 (Connections to Science & Geography)
“Far-out Housekeeping on the ISS” (T) 55-59 (Connections to Science)
Teachers’ Guides & Additional Books
Greek Mythology Activities: Activities to Help Students Build Background Knowledge About Ancient Greece, Explore the Genre of Myths, and Learn Important Vocabulary
by Marcia Worth-Baker (includes cross-curricular activities)
http://shop.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay_33473_-1_10001_10002
A Guide for Using The Odyssey in the Classroom by Stacy Mantle
http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Using-Odyssey-Classroom/dp/1576906337/ref=sr_1_28?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277826655&sr=8-28
Ideas That Really Work! by Cheryl Miller Thurstonhttp://www.cottonwoodpress.com/index.php/Activities-Games/Ideas-that-Really-Work/Detailed-product-flyer.html?keyword=really+work
(“Mythological Monsters” activity)
Everyday Words from Classic Origins (vocabulary workbook using Greek & Latin roots)
http://www.perfectionlearning.com/everyday-words-classic-origins
Novel Unit Student Packet
http://www.teachersdiscovery-english.com/item_details.php?item=061+130+S0000394&SBJ=English
Novel Unit Teacher’s Guide
http://www.teachersdiscovery-english.com/item_details.php?item=061+131+S0000428&SBJ=English
Mythology: a Teaching Unit (lots of background info on myths)
http://www.teachersdiscovery-english.com/item_details.php?item=060+140+S0000050&SBJ=English
Percy Jackson series / Winged Sandals: video clips, flashcards, games, etc.
http://www.abc.net.au/arts/wingedsandals/sandals_fixed.html
MythWeb
http://www.mythweb.com/odyssey/
The Odyssey complete text (translated by Samuel Butler)
http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/odyssey.html
The Literature Network: The Odyssey (links & info)
http://www.online-literature.com/homer/odyssey/
Exploring Mythology in Classical Literature & Art
http://www.theoi.com/
Ancient Greece for Kids
http://greece.mrdonn.org/myths.html
Review Game
http://www.teachersdiscovery-english.com/item_details.php?item=150+840+H0000216&SBJ=English
“Farcebook” page poster for Odysseus
http://www.teachersdiscovery-english.com/item_details.php?item=061+131+S0000428&SBJ=English
Olympics/Greek Festival cross-curricular activity
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