The Odyssey

PUNCTUATION FOCUS
Please review the rules of when to use commas and try some of the exercises.  Use the websites below:

Rules:  https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/607/1/ 

Exercises:  https://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/3/5/

THE ODYSSEY

Due Friday, December 13:  Practice AP Multiple Choice Test for Book V

The following are the due dates for the reading of The Odyssey:

Due Thursday, Dec. 5:  Book I --  "A Goddess Intervenes" (Pages 1-15)
Due Monday, Dec. 9:  Book V -- "Sweet Nymph and Open Sea" (Pages 81-95)
Due Wednesday, Dec. 11:  Book IX -- "New Coasts and Poseidon's Son" (Pages 145-161)
Due Friday, Dec. 13:  Book X -- "The Grace of the Witch"  (Pages 165-182)
Due Monday, Dec. 16:  Book XI -- "A Gathering of Shades"  (Pages 185-206)
Due Wednesday, Dec. 18:  Book XII -- "Sea Perils and Defeat" (Pages 209-225)

The Odyssey Test will be on Friday, December 20, 2013. 

The Odyssey Resources:

Use this website to get a short version or a longer version of what happens in the books that you are finding difficult to understand and also to get a brief summary of the books we will not be reading in The Odyssey:
  http://www.mythweb.com/odyssey/index.html 

Use this website to gain a better understanding of the epic, the important themes and events found in each book, and some significant quotes from the epic:
 http://www.leasttern.com/HighSchool/odyssey/OdysseySG.html 

Learn about ancient Greece (Great Interactive Website):
 http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/GREECE/home.html