The Iliad - Homer
LEARNING TARGETS:
LT#1: I can comprehend a text when I read.
LT#2: I can determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases.
LT#3: I can identify, analyze, and apply types of figurative language.
LT#4: I can identify a theme/central idea in a text, citing text evidence to support my thinking.
LT#5: I can write a clear introduction paragraph for my essay, including a hook, background information, and a thesis statement.
LT#6: I can write clear body paragraphs for my essay, each including a topic sentence, main points, prove its, transitions, and a conclusion sentence.
LT#7: I can write a clear conclusion paragraph for my essay which connects to my hook, restates my thesis, and gives final thoughts.
LT#1: I can comprehend a text when I read.
LT#2: I can determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases.
LT#3: I can identify, analyze, and apply types of figurative language.
LT#4: I can identify a theme/central idea in a text, citing text evidence to support my thinking.
LT#5: I can write a clear introduction paragraph for my essay, including a hook, background information, and a thesis statement.
LT#6: I can write clear body paragraphs for my essay, each including a topic sentence, main points, prove its, transitions, and a conclusion sentence.
LT#7: I can write a clear conclusion paragraph for my essay which connects to my hook, restates my thesis, and gives final thoughts.
Rock, Paper, Scissors Video (for Iliad Theme Essay - optional)
Passages for Iliad Ch. 4-8 Retake
Learning Target # 2: Word Meanings
Passage # 1: “Agamemnon stood before them, eager for battle. His red-crested helmet sparkled in the yellow morning light. His breastplate flashed with strips of dark-blue enamel, gold and bronze; three snakes coiled up to the neck.”
Passage # 2:
en-voy (ˈen-vȯi)
“The envoys gathered their cloaks as Achilles finished speaking and walked slowly to the door of the hut.”
en-voy (ˈen-vȯi)
- n. a minister assigned to a foreign embassy, ranking next below the ambassador.
- n. a messenger; an agent
- n. the concluding portion of a prose work or play
“The envoys gathered their cloaks as Achilles finished speaking and walked slowly to the door of the hut.”
Passage # 3: "The charioteer came close enough for Agamemnon to hurl himself into it and be taken from the battle to the surgeons behind the lines.”
Passage # 4: "Would you learn from me what cause has moved Apollo to this wrath? I shall divulge the cause, but you, swear first and promise on your part that speaking, acting, you will stand prepared to come to my rescue. Because if my judgment is mistaken, he who rules the Argives, the supreme over all the land, will be incensed. I pray for the man who shall provoke the King, for even if today he hides his wrath, he still harbors the vengeance, and in time he will perform it. Answer, then. Would you save me?"
Learning Target # 3: Figurative Language
Passage # 1: "The Greeks sat in the dust to rest their bruised, bloody bodies as the Trojans did: rank after rank of men, weapons ready by their sides, spears upright like a porcupine's protective quills. Hector spoke as the two armies listened silently."