}Bell Ringer: Study
Word Parts (prefix/suffix list): Test next week
}The Odyssey
◦How is Odysseus demonstrating Epic
Hero characteristics?
◦“Circe: Grace of the Witch” p1124
◦“Land of the Dead” p1126
–Continue
to add to timeline/story map –prophecy
details- make sure to list them on your story map
}Introduce Odyssey Children’s Story –story due
Thursday!
◦Children’s book assignment due 6/8
(presenting to the class)
}Writer’s Workshop (40 minutes) **Paper
due end of work time today!
◦You need to aim for 30% summary/textual
evidence and 70% analysis and original opinion/thought
◦Intro Examples (shared with you)
◦Works Cited page reminder (only one entry
–the book)
◦Conferring –if you need to confer with me
and already have, we can. If you haven’t met with me about summary vs analysis,
you MUST
◦Self-edit
◦Peer-edit with someone you trust
◦Use the rubric to see if you have all of
the necessary information
◦Revising Ideas:
–Print
out your draft, read the last sentence first, then the second to last, and so
on. This allows you to focus on the
structure of the sentence rather than the content of information.
–Share
your document with a peer you trust, have them comment on it.
–Write
your thesis next to each chunk of analysis, helping you make sure that the
analysis is directly related to your thesis.
