Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Wed, February 16, The Island of Circe

Objective: Read and interpret the tale of Odysseus' adventure on the Island of Circe. Give character traits to Circe and determine what she represents. Make connections to modern living.

Warm-Up

In notebook, summerize Odysseus' experience on the island of the Cyclops.

1. Read island of Circe tale. Holt text pages 673-675.

2. List character traits of Circe in notebook.

3. What does she represent? is it ironic that she chose pigs to turn men into?

4. How does Odysseus react to Circe's requests? Why? What would you have done?

5. Discuss answers. Is there any excuse for infidelity? Odysseus thought so......

HW - Write summary of Circe's island in notebooks.

No comments:

Post a Comment