The Odyssey Begins: The Greek World and the Value of Myths

Friday, April 23, 2010 – English 9PRE-AP
Materials: Holt’s Elements of Literature
Holt’s Vocabulary Workbook
Ø We looked at the map of the World of Greece during the time of Odysseus' travels on page 740.
Ø We removed pages ix-xvii from the Vocabulary Workbook. From now on, bring those pages to class in order to reference the Latin or Greek roots, suffixes and prefixes for new words such as anthropomorphic and polytheistic.
Ø We listened to a lecture (Mrs. Sipes’s talking a lot) about the value of myths, the historical background of the Greek culture, and part of the religious background of the Greek culture.  The outline of the Value of Myths is on our class's Google group page.  See you on Monday! Oh, and don't forget to vote for  your favorite poem.