Bellwork: “Sing! Sing a Song"

Consider the following quotation: "Sing, O Muse, a new song about Ilium, a funeral dirge accompanied by tears“ (Euripedes 52).

What is the tone of this quotation? What is the meaning/significance of

this quotation? Do you find any irony in this

quotation? Time: 5 minutes.

Homework

Work on Word Bank Seminar Preparation

Read the Seminar Text (Job 3) Take Active Notes Write at least 1 Discussion Question

Vocabulary Unit 9 Exercises 2& 3

Period 1 & 5: Goal?

Period 3 & 7: Love!

Word Bank Share

Didja find a juicy word? What is it? Where’d ya find it/hear it? What’s it mean? What part of speech is it?

Extra credit STAMP!Maximum of 3 volunteers

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Quiz 1

1. Why does Athena ask Poseidon to “give the Achaean [Greek] army a bitter journey home” (Euripides 40)?

2. What does Talthybius say will happen to the women of Troy?

3. Why is Cassandra happy about her marriage to Agamemnon?

Quiz 1 Continued

A. “Sail as fits your fortune, and do not set the prow of life’s ship against the swell, as chance steers your voyage” (41).

 B. “The lot has assigned me

as a slave to a foul man of trickery an enemy of justice, a lawless monster who turns everything inside out and then back again with his double tongue, transforming men to hatred of what they once held dear” (46).

Quiz

You can use your VIPsWhen you are finished

Turn your quiz into the TBC folder Find something (quiet) to do

Time: 10 minutes

Student Led Vocab ActivityPeriod 2: Shoshana & TristanPeriod 3: Michelle & Olivia

Time: 10 minutes

“Spirituals”

Read the article about Spirituals Do NOT write on this article Take Notes in your journal

Look at the two examples of Spirituals In your journals, write a definition for

Spirituals

Time: 5 minutes

“Spirituals”

Turn and Talk to your groupmates Share your definition of Spirituals Write down your group members’

definitions of Spirituals

Time: 2 minutes

“Spirituals”

Listen to the example SpiritualsTakes Notes on:

The Tone The Message The Purpose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9Y_GLT4_9I&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBrn0XXsw-Y&feature=fvwrel

“I Sing When I’m Sad”

Choose Your Role: Lyrist Composer Performer

Time: 7 minutes

Use the experiences of the Trojan Women as inspiration

Write a Spiritual from the perspective of the Trojan Women You can use the tune of

an already existing song or create you own

Be prepared to sing your Spirituals for the class.

Show Time

Let’s share our Spirituals!Take notes on the tones and

messages of your fellow classmates’ spirituals.