Pre-AP
The topic of today's class was two-fold. First, we discussed several literary devices that authors can use in their writing to varying degrees and for various purposes. Students presented these terms to each other and taught each other what each term means and gave examples of each. After finishing with these presentations, we then turned our attention to the Greek Pantheon (the collection of Greek and Roman gods and goddess). This discussion serves to build background knowledge going into the text of The Odyssey.
Homework: Students need to finish reading parts 1 and 2 of The Odyssey out of their literature textbooks. DATE CHANGE! The first Odyssey test will now be on Friday, February 10th, instead of Wednesday, February 8th. Students must also finish Voyage of the Dawn Treader by Monday, February 13th.
To download a copy of the Greek Pantheon PowerPoint, click here. (Warning: it's a large file!)
AHSGE Reading Review
In class today, we finished watching October Sky and drew a comparison between events in this storyline and the storyline of Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins.
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