Hey Odyssey Team: Recent Episodes
Deanna Bush
In this episode, we look at the role racism played in Sam's death and the birth of Kissin' Kate Barlow. This podcast focuses only on Miss Katherine and Sam, and gives some historical context to their story.
Hey Odyssey Team! The podcast is back after a hectic few days. In this episode I share the guidelines for socratic seminars and my notes from the Zoom socratic seminar we held on Monday, April 13th.
Today we talk about characterization in chapter 17 through 20 of Holes, and think about how our surroundings shape our character.
In this episode we look at characterization, theme, and plot in the novel Holes. If you have not finished chapter 16 yet, wait to listen to the Podcast until you have because it is filled with spoilers.
This episode includes the week's language arts assignments, information on expectations as we restart distance learning, our office hours and more general information.
Hey Odyssey team, this late start Wednesday we are working on book talks a journal entry and an optional Minecraft activity.
Hey,Odyssey team it's Tuesday and it's time for us to think about writing creatively and remembering to do 20 minutes or more of reading each day.
Hey Odyssey team! I had to make a couple changes on the formatting to make sure that everyone has equal access to their education. I hope you all are well and busy
Today we are working on ensuring that the entries for your double entry journals are high quality. Our focus is characterization in chapters 11 and 12 of Holes.
Chapter 9 of Holes introduces us to more wordplay (as a clue that things are not what they seem at Camp Green Lake), and the themes of identity and family.
Hey, Odyssey team! Keeping a double entry journal for the novels we read is a great way to keep up with the rest of the class and expand your thinking while reading. This episode is all about how to set up a good quality double entry journal and ensure that you use higher level thinking on your entries.