Membean Extra Credit Opportunity

To keep the words fresh, I will offer +5 points of your Membean quiz average for the 3rd Nine Weeks if you do at least 4, 15 minute practice sessions, with 80% or higher accuracy from December 17 - January 7.  All  requirements must be met.  I will not accept 60 minutes total if they are not in 15 minute increments.  If you run over a minute or two for any given session, that's okay.  You may also do additional sessions.   Happy Holidays!

The LA GT Dec. 2018 exam will have 50 questions – most are multiple choice and matching, but a few are short answer.

There are:

·       three Classical and Traditional stories to read and analyze. 

·       a poem to read and analyze.

·       some questions about The Children’s Homer as an example of a Hero’s Journey. 

·        a writing sample that needs revising and editing help.

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here is not A review sheet, but multiple practice activates and papers we will do each day to prepare you. Below you will find term/concepts you need to know:

·       Grammar and Writing

o   Word Crimes

o   Capitalization

o   Paragraphing

o   Quotations – dialogue and quote

·       Story Elements

o   Plot  (including drama)

o   Characterization

o   Conflict

o   Setting

o   POV

o   Foreshadowing

·      Literary Devices/Techniques

o   Figurative language

o   Irony

o   repetition

·       Literary Analysis

o   Author’s purpose

o   Theme

o   Mood/tone

·       Classical and Traditional Stories

o   Archetypes/Hero's Journey

o   Cultural values

o   Stylistic Elements

Iliad Sort for Study - 1/2 test tomorrow

1. Aphrodite                 

 2. Hera                                    

3. Apollo                                  

4. Athena                                

5. Zeus                           

6. Hephaestus

7. Ares

8. Hermes

9. Eris

1. Bribed Paris to give her the golden apple with a promise to make him the most handsome man in the world.

2. Queen of the gods.  Thought she should get the golden apple because of her position over family and marriage.

3. Shot plague-infected arrows at the Greek army because they kidnapped the daughter of one of his priests.

4. Wisest of the gods, admired Odysseus for his wisdom and accordingly helped him and his son on their journeys.

5. In support of his wife who was insulted by not receiving the golden apple, this god helped the Greeks several times during the war, such as giving magic horses to Achilles.

6. Armor and weapon maker to the gods and select mortals.  Who to call if you need some god-worthy armor!

7. God of war – instead of picking a side of the conflict, he does whatever make the conflict worse.

8. This god who is known for his traveling shoes (winged sandals) and messenger hat, delivers a message to King Priam so he can safely get Hector’s body home.

9. This goddess causes problems wherever she goes.  She showed up at a wedding she wasn’t invited to, tossed out a golden apple that eventually led to a 10 year war!

10. Odysseus

11. Telemachus

12. Penelope

13. Pheimus

14. Mentor

15. Menelaus

16. Helen

17. Agamemnon

10. Wisest, most respected of the Greek kings.  Takes him 20 years to get home after the Trojan war – a war he didn’t even want to fight.  Still MIA during the Iliad.

11. Respectful and brave son of Odysseus who goes on a journey to find news of his father at the urging of Athena.

12. Odysseus’s faithful and clever wife who is trying to buy time and not marry anyone else in his absence.

13. Minstrel/story- teller for Odysseus’s court. Travels with Telemachus to see what has happened to Odysseus.

14. One of the forms that Athena takes to help Telemachus find his father and rid Ithaca of the unwanted wooers.

15. Helen’s husband.  Goes to Troy to get her back.  When they refuse, he gets his brother, Agamemnon, to organize all the Greek kings and go to war. 

16. The most beautiful woman in the world.  Married to Menelaus. Kidnapped by Paris who thinks he deserves her since he’s the most beautiful man in the world.

17. Top king of the Greek kingdoms/city states. Brother of Menelaus. Sends for Odysseus and the other kings to form an army against the Trojans. Causes problems for the Greeks with his jealousy.

18. Nestor

19. Achilles

20. Patroklos

21. Priam

22. Hector

23. Paris

  

18. Oldest of the Greek kings.  Well respected and reasonable. Friends with Odysseus.  Sends his son and transportation to help Telemachus find word of his father when T. shows up in his kingdom looking for information.

19. This famous demi-god hero’s mother is the goddess, Thetis.  Odysseus finds him in hiding at his mother’s request and happily takes his BFF, Potroklos, - along with his father’s undefeated warriors, the Myrmidons and immortal horses to war. Invincible to weapons except for his ankle.

20.Achilles’ BFF.  An accomplished warrior who takes Achilles armor to build the Greek’s moral and scare the Trojans.  Ends up getting killed.

21. King of Troy.  Honorable and noble king who wanted to return Helen to her husband.  Loves and appreciates his son, Hector.

22. Eldest and most responsible prince of Troy.  Heads up their army. Battles Achilles knowing he will probably die rather than allow the Greeks to get inside the gates of Troy.

23. Problem child of Troy.  Foolishly judges who is the fairest between Hera, Athena and Aphrodite when Eris throws the golden apple. Kidnaps Helen from Sparta and Menelaus.  Refuses to return her along with the Trojan counsel. Kills Achilles with a well-placed arrow to the heel.