Agenda, February 13

Due Every Day: Bring your personal reading book. Read at least 30 minutes per day, seven days per week. Mark your bookmark when you finish.
Due Wednesday: Bookmark 6
Today's Learning Goals:
I can analyze character traits and find supporting evidence in my personal reading.
I can ask questions to clarify my understanding of an epic poem.
I can work with a group to translate epic poetry into conventional English.
I can write an epic simile.
Unit Goals:
I can understand the connection between the modern world and classical literature.
I can use events in literature to evaluate the changes in cultures over time.

1. Personal Reading / Bookmark Check
2. Character Traits
3. The epic simile
4. The Odyssey: "Circe, the Enchantress"