6th: October 13

Turn in: Internet Research articles/webpages
Agenda:“The Third Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor”
1. Review and Response Worksheet
2. Quiz
3. Add to Heroic Quest chart
4. Vocabulary
5. Polyphemus. Compare/Contrast: Venn Diagram
6. Homework due October 15: Venn diagram, paragraph, vocabulary sentences.

3. Add elements of the heroic quest in Sinbad to the chart. Now that you’ve added to the chart, which squares have been the easiest to fill in? Which have the most information?

4. Vocabulary: fill-in-the-blank, graphics

• Fill-in-blank: read sentences/excerpts from recent online articles.
• Fill in the blanks with the vocabulary word that best completes each sentence.
• Highlight context clues in the article excerpts.
• The front page was done in class. The back is assigned for homework. Students should try their best to complete the sentences.
• Graphics: view PowerPoint slides with pictures representing each vocabulary word. Identify the word. Then choose at least 1 picture for each word and write a sentence about the picture using the vocabulary word. Sentences were turned in if finished. If not, this is homework.

5) Polyphemus. Students read about Polyphemus, the Cyclops that Odysseus meets in The Odyssey. As they read, the were to identify similarities and differences between this story and Sinbad’s 3rd voyage. In groups, students created a Venn Diagram for these similarities and differences. Then they drafted a paragraph in which they either compared or contrasted the stories.

6) Due October 15: Venn diagram, paragraph, vocabulary sentences if not finished in class. Try to complete sentences on back of vocabulary fill-in-the-blank handout.