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8th Grade Syllabus

Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review	INTRODUCTION OF THE ILIAD AND THE ODYSSEY PLEASE NOTE: MOVIE PERMISSION
Objectives	To compare and contrast literary texts.
Standards Addressed	RL.8.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts. RL.8.9 Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new. W.8.2 a-f Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content. W.8.9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. W.8.9.a Apply grade 8 Reading standards to literature (e.g., "Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new").
Activities	Get your notebooks and portfolios. Pronunciation of Names in Warm Up and Reading II: Peleus Myrmidons Thetis Eris Warm Up Finish the chart in your notebook- See the whiteboard. Finish Presentations Reading II Upload your Reading II in Schoology Review of Answers for Reading II Video of Introduction for the Iliad Packets- Put your name on them and leave in your portfolio Pronunciation of Characters from The Iliad Paris Homer  Briseis Helen Mycenae Sparta Aphrodite Menelaus Troy Thetis Aulis Agamemnon Iphigenia Amazons Chryseis Iliad Patroclus Read The Iliad and Fill in Names; Scenes 1-7; if time 8-14 Video for Introduction of the Odyssey HOMEWORK: GET A COPY OF BIG FISH