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Odyssey: vocab quiz + Dialogue + Cyclops

Today I will:
~Apply knowledge of dialog to writing a collaborative dialog
~Analyze complex text, focusing on characterization, in an assignment accompanying "Cyclops" reading

 Agenda:
Warm-up:  Review vocabulary (5 min) + take quiz via Illuminate (password on the whiteboard)

 ~7min Creative writing practice: dialogue! (Submit just ONE shared doc per table group.) You will write collaboratively today, rather than an individual quick-write.)
WORK QUICKLY! This is still a 7-minute exercise.

 ~Cyclops before-you-read (Google Form) // Ask for headphones if needed

 ~Read and annotate pp.899-910 in packet: individually or partner-reading aloud
By "annotate" I mean: 
    -underlining significant quotes, 
    -circling important/powerful words, 
    -asking questions, 
    -making comments, 
    -maybe drawing pictures

 ~Cyclops reading: collaborate on work in table groups (posted in Google Classroom)

 Homework:
~Honors: bring novel to class tomorrow (and every day thereafter)
~Finish any work we started in class today (Google Classroom assignment)

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