Tuesday, September 1st Honors English 9

• Learning Goal:– To examine another step in the hero’s journey– To analyze the qualities of an epic hero

• Only 18 days left in the quarter… stay on top of your grades– If you would like to submit your IRN book as extra credit… see me

• Agenda:1.Bell work: Lit. term2.Review book 9 and concepts thus far…

1. Begin part II1. Read and annotate the text2. Answers questions3. Fill in graphic organizer and paragraph

Tone vs. Mood

Tone is the author’s attitude about what they are saying. It is inferred and not stated explicitly

in the text.

Mood is the atmosphere created by the author. It is your feelings and your emotions about the body of work.

Book 9…

As we read book 9, refer to the graphic organizer– Adjectives that describe Odysseus• Details/evidence from the text to support

Next,… Odysseus and his men came to the land of the

Cyclopses – giant one-eyed monsters. Odysseus and his men stumbled into a cave, which, unfortunately, belonged to one of these man-eating creatures. The Cyclops sealed the entrance to the cave with a huge boulder and ate a few of the Ithakans. Odysseus kept his cool, though, and told the monster his name was “Nobody.” Then he got the Cyclops drunk on wine and stabbed it in the eye with a sharpened log. When the creature – whose name turns out to be Polyphemos – cried out that “Nobody is killing me,” the other Cyclopses were like, “Then pipe down, already!” Odysseus is one clever dude.

The Cyclops:Next, Odysseus tied his men under the bellies of

Polyphemus’s flock of sheep. The next morning, when the blinded monster opened the cave to let them out to pasture, he only touched the tops of the sheep to make sure nobody was riding them – and was duped again. The actual “Nobody” made his escape last, clinging to a ram. The problem is, as Odysseus was sailing away with his men, his ego got the better of him. He taunted the Cyclops, telling him his real name. This was a dumb idea because Polyphemus was the son of Poseidon, the god of the sea. He prayed to his father to make Odysseus suffer. And suffer. And lose all his men. And maybe die too. This is why Poseidon hates our hero so much.

Book 9 questions…1. Identify the epithet in chunk 2,11 and 21

a. What does this description tell you about the dawn?2. Identify the allusion :

a. Chunk #7: What point is Odysseus trying to make about himself?

b. Chunk 19: identify the allusion1. What do we learn about Polyphemus?

3. Epic Hero: a. Chunk 9: Why does Odysseus lie to the Cyclops about his ship?b. Chunk 16: Identify Hero qualitiesc. Chunk 20: what clever plan does he come up with on the spot?d. Chunk 23: what characteristics has Odysseus demonstrated in

dealing with Polyphemus4. Epic Simile:

a. Identify the epic simile in chunk 171. What 2 things are being compared?2. What are the effects of this?