Tuesday, February 5th

1. Independent reading.

2. Sentence diagramming- Review

*** Remember modifiers fall below the main clause line.

A. Simple subject and simple predicate

__S___|____P______
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B. Simple subject, simple predicate, direct object

_S___| ___P____|__DO____
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C. Simple subject, simple predicate, complement (completes predicate.. tells more about subject)

_S___|____LV____\___C___
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QUIZ Wednesday:  You will diagram AND label sentences. 
Terms to know-
Subject, Predicate, Direct Object, Linking Verb, Adverb, Adjective, Article, Complement, Predicate Adjective, Predicate Nominative

Things to think about: Where do modifiers go? What line asks what type of question? What questions do adverbs answer?

Linking verb list: Examples of Linking Verbs

3. When you are done, we are going to start looking at the first two books of The Iliad that we have read. This will be a two-day assignment.

 The Iliad discussion. Go through each question.. answer and put into your notes. Put specific examples from the text in your notes. 

• What is an "epic"?
• How does The Iliad function as an epic? 
• What kind of leader is Agamemnon?  What kind of warrior is Achilles?  What kind of army is the Achaean army?
• How does the poem begin?  Why do you think Homer begins with these events, rather than the beginning of the Trojan War?
• What is the role of the gods in the Iliad?  To what extent are the events of the narrative the result of independent decisions made by the heroes, and to what extent are they influenced by the intervention of the gods?
• What is the role of women in the poem?  How are they represented?  How do they interact with men?
• What kind of warrior is Hector?  Is he fighting for the same things as Achilles and Agamemnon?
• Does Homer make distinctions between the Achaeans and the Trojans?  Does he take sides in the conflict?
• How does The Iliad interact with Weber's definition of power?