English 9--2/27/2014

Jump Off
--Pick up the "The Grammar Hammer--Error Review" sheet from the front table. Purposefully read the directions and begin completing the task at hand.

S. the C.
--agenda/HW
--The following students received an INCOMPLETE for Quarter 2 and need to see Mr. Martin ASAP. Remember that an INCOMPLETE means that a student has not completed essential coursework; if, at the end of the year, a student has an INCOMPLETE, he or she will not advance to English 10 as he or she essentially has not completed the English 9 course:

• L-Dog
• Princess Bell
• Loki

--The following students did not submit a "Grading Worksheet" when handing in their Monomyth Writing Assignments and need to see Mr. Martin ASAP. Without the "Grading Worksheet" mindfully completed, the assignment is INCOMPLETE and remains unread/unscored by Mr. Martin:

• Mike
• The Popmaster
• General Fishtail
• Miley Stewart
• The Legit Dave Strider

REFERRALS FOR CENTRAL DETENTION WILL BE SUBMITTED AT THE END OF THE DAY TODAY (IF NECESSARY).
--The following students have not submitted the Monomyth Writing Assignment at all and will be continuously referred for central detention as per policy:

• Noble 6
• Pikachu

Mini-Lesson -- Grammar Hammer Review
--finish the "The Grammar Hammer--Error Review" sheet quietly and independently
*While you finish up, Mr. Martin will be around to return your Monomyth Writing Assignments*
--beginning with the comma splice, review each of the four grammar items to which the review sheet pertains while going over the sheet (review [basics, rules, tips/tricks], apply rules/tips/tricks, edit accordingly)
--repeat the process for FANBOYS, WUBAIS, and the possessive apostrophe

Application Activity -- Monomyth Writing Assignment Conventions RE-READ
--RE-READ your Monomyth Writing Assignment so as to fix as many of the conventions errors as you can find in the time allotted--Mr. Martin will circulate throughout to check your work/provide assistance

Transition -- pick up a copy of "The Homecoming from The Odyssey" packet from the front table (POSTPONED IN BLOCK 1)

Reading Activity -- "The Homecoming from The Odyssey" (POSTPONED IN BLOCK 1)
--engage in an oral reading for the gist (Mr. Martin occasionally makes comments/asks questions, and when he does so, you ought to annotate accordingly)--feel free to annotate a little bit more based on your own observations, thoughts, questions, etc. (though this is not the purpose during an initial reading)
--illustrative passages related to Mr. Martin's comments/questions:

• Page 895: "Alone and exhausted, Odysseus is washed up on the land of the Phaeacians, where Alcinous is king.  Alcinous gives a banquet in honor of Odysseus and asks him to reveal who he is and where he came from.  Odysseus relates to the king his adventures up to that time.  His account makes up Books 9-12 of the Odyssey."
• Page 900: "He left his rams / and he-goats in the yard outside, and swung / high overhead a slab of solid rock / to close the cave.  Two dozen four-wheeled wagons, / with heaving wagon teams, could not have stirred / the tonnage of that rock from where he wedged it / over the doorsill" (141-147).
• Page 903: "[Cyclops] whisked away his great door slab / to let his sheep go through--but he, behind, / reset the stone as one would cap a quiver" (217-219).
• "Definition:
  In literature, juxtaposition is a literary device wherein the author places a person, concept, place, idea or theme parallel to another. The purpose of juxtaposing two directly/indirectly related entities close together in literature is to highlight the contrast between the two and compare them. This literary device is usually used for etching out a character in detail, creating suspense or lending a rhetorical effect" ("Juxtaposition," Literary Devices).
• Page 922: “Sometimes in farmyards when the cows return / well-fed from pasture to the barn, one sees / the pens give way before the calves in tumult, / breaking through to cluster about their mothers, / bumping together, bawling. Just that way / my crew poured round me when they saw me come—/ their faces wet with tears as if they saw / their homeland, and the crags of Ithaca, / even the very town where they were born” (118-126). 
• "Dramatic irony, in literature, is a plot device in which the audience’s or reader’s knowledge of events or individuals surpasses that of the characters. The words and actions of the characters therefore take on a different meaning for the audience or reader than they have for the play’s characters. This may happen when, for example, a character reacts in an inappropriate or foolish way or when a character lacks self-awareness and thus acts under false assumptions" ("Dramatic Irony," Encyclopaedia Britannica).

HW
--Finish preparing for a grammar hammer assessment about the comma splice, FANBOYS, WUBAIS, and the possessive apostrophe. This assessment will take place on Monday of next week (next class) and will be similar to today's grammar work. A review session will be held after school today for anyone who wants/needs the extra aid!
--Finish your gist reading of "Book Twenty-One: The Test of the Bow" (the first section of "The Homecoming from The Odyssey"). (POSTPONED IN BLOCK 1)
--BRING YOUR VOCABULARY BOOK TO CLASS NEXT WEEK.
--Enjoy the weekend!