Week 1

1. List two things that you are interested in and something you did over the summer.

2. What do you know about mythology already? If you don't know anything, what do you think about usually when you hear the word myth?

3. List two or more allusions to mythology in popular culture.

4. What is the main thing a myth does?  List two examples of how a myth does this.

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Week 2

1. What are types of characters you tend to see in different stories?

2. What makes a good hero?  What types of heroes do we have in our society?

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Week 3

1. List any important/famous wars you know and what you know about them.  Is there anything in common between them?  What positive and negative things do people usually talk about when they talk about war?

2. Write about a movie or story that you know that starts in the middle of the story or later.  Thank about movies that begin with some action scene or death and then flashback to explain how the story comes to that point.

3. What is a long journey you have been on OR would like to go on?  Minimum 5-6 sentences

4. What are some differences between reading a book and watching a movie based off a book? What kind of changes have to be made and is it the same story?  Explain.

5. Friday Free write: Write about whatever for a paragraph or more.

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Week 4

1. Correct all errors in this sentence: odisus the grate teller of tells lunch out on hes stori

2. What archetype would the following characters be and why? Polyphemus, Odysseus, Athena

3. What was an epithet from yesterday for Circe or another epithet you remember?

4. Create a timeline of events of The Odyssey so far.

5. Friday Free write: Write about whatever for a paragraph or more.

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Week 5

1. Describe in a paragraph what it means to "be home." What sorts of feelings do you associate with being home?

2. Correct this sentence: "With this words, zeus turn too his own sun hermes 'you ou our messenger, hermes, sint on al our mission

3. Define each of the types of ironies and provide an example for each.

4. In a paragraph, explain how you would have dealt with the suitors if you were Penelope or Odysseus.

5. Friday free-write

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Week 6

1. Monday Labor Day

2. Is Odysseus really a hero or not?  List four reasons why or why not.

3. What is the difference between direct and indirect characterization.  Give an example of each from any story.

4. Define plagiarism.  What happens if you plagiarize in college/the professional world?

5. Test day.  No warm-up

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Week 7 9/27/16

1. Correct this sentence: as soon as i got home i sleeped and eated al day it wuz nice

2. If you were to try to make a utopia how would you set up your society?

3. How would you feel if you were no longer known by your name but just your student ID number?

4. How would you feel if you were not allowed to speak or interact with the person that you love?

5. Friday Free Write

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Week 8 10/3/16

1. it is sin to right thes it is sin to thank word noone else think and two put down on paper words noone are to sea

2. What is a sin or transgression? Who determines what is a sin and what is not?

3. How would feel if your marriage was arranged and you had no say as to who you married?

4. What could fire be symbolic of?  What sorts of things do you associate with fire?

5. Friday Free Write

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Week 10 10/15/16

1. Explain the symbolism in this image.

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2. What is a metaphor, simile, and personification?  Provide an example for each.

3. Test Day

4. Give an example of pathos, ethos, and logos.

5. Free write Friday