Bellwork 1.5 What do you think is worth fighting for? Dying for?

Bellwork 1.1 Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. -Calvin Coolidge What is persistence? Why is it so important? Do you plan to be persistent this year? Why or why not? Bellwork 1.2 What is the purpose of education? Use your own thoughts and the notes you took from you conversation with your parents last night to help you. Bellwork 1.3 Virtue of the month: Firmitas : Tenacity - Strength of mind, the ability to stick to one s purpose. There are two types of people in this world : which one are you? Why? How will you demonstrate your firmitas, your tenacity? How will you stick to your purpose? Bellwork 1.4 In the Judgement of Paris, Paris must decide which of the three most beautiful goddesses on Mount Olympus is the fairest and to recieve the apple of discord. Hera offers him political power, Athena offers him wisdom and success in war, and Aphrodite offers him the most beautiful woman on the world as his spouse. Which would you choose and why? Bellwork 1.5 What do you think is worth fighting for? Dying for? Bellwork 1.6 Which side do you think should have won the Trojan War? Was it fair that the Greeks won and the Trojans lost? Bellwork 1.7- Invictus by William Ernest Henley Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance

My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds and shall find me unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul. What does this poem have to do with firmitas tenacity? Tie this into the Charger Way. Bellwork 1.8 When friends or family come over to your house, how do you treat them? How do your parents expect you to treat them? Bellwork 1.9 Telemachus is often compared to Orestes in way that suggests he should live up to Orestes fame. Have you ever had to live up to expectations of others? How did this influence your actions? Bellwork 1.10 Permanence, perseverance, and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, which in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak - Thomas Carlyle Why is it important to have a strong soul? What are some obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities you have overcome? How did you face them? You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I ll rise. Bellwork 1.11- Still I Rise Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? Cause I walk like I ve got oil wells

Pumping in my living room. Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I ll rise. Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops, Weakened by my soulful cries? Does my haughtiness offend you? Don t you take it awful hard Cause I laugh like I ve got gold mines Diggin in my own backyard. You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I ll rise. Out of the huts of history s shame I rise Up from a past that s rooted in pain I rise I m a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that s wondrously clear I rise Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise.

What is Maya Angelou s advice on firmitas, tenacity, and perseverance? Bellwork 1.12 Does Odysseus really want to go home? Why or why not? Explain. Bellwork 1.13 When you travel, what do you like to do to pass the time? Bellwork 1.14 Energy and persistence conquer all things. -Benjamin Franklin What is your greatest struggle? How will you use energy and persistence to overcome this struggle? Bellwork 1.15- The Rose that Grew from Concrete Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's law is wrong it learned to walk with out having feet. Funny it seems, but by keeping its dreams, it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else ever cared. What is this poem talking about? What does the rose symbolize? What does the concrete symbolise? What is your concrete? Bellwork 1.16 In Book VIII, they begin celebratory games in honor of Odysseus. One of the men calls out Odysseus, claiming he doesn t look like a very athletic individual. This causes Odysseus to want to prove his strength. Have you ever been in a situation where someone either challenges your ability or dares you to do something? What was your reaction? Bellwork 1.17 The Odyssey starts en medias res, meaning in the middle of the story. What does this mean? How does this affect the story? What affect does this have on you as the reader/audience?

Bellwork 1.18 The definition of culture is the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group. Have you ever encountered a culture different than your own? How did you react to it? Bellwork 1.19 If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don t deal in lies, Or being hated, don t give way to hating, And yet don t look too good, nor talk too wise: If you can dream and not make dreams your master; If you can think and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you ve spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build em up with worn-out tools: If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you

Except the Will which says to them: Hold on! If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that s in it, And which is more you ll be a Man, my son! Kipling says that if his son upholds all of these virtues, then the entire Earth shall be his and he shall be a true, good man. What virtues do you believe are the most important? Why? Bellwork 1.20 You have power over your mind- not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. _ Marcus Aurelius. How can you demonstrate power over your mind? How will that influence you? What does this say about Odysseus and his mind? Bellwork 1.21 Agamemnon warns Odysseus not to trust his wife: So even your own wife- never indulge her too far. Never reveal the whole truth, whatever you may know; just tell her a part of it, be sure to hide the rest the time for trusting women s gone forever (339). Why does Agamemnon warn Odysseus against trusting his wife, Penelope? Bellwork 1.22 The virtue of the month is firmitas, meaning tenacity (perseverance). Who would you award the student of the month to in your class? Why? Bellwork 1.23- Dreams by Langston Hughes Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life a barren field frozen with snow. What is your dream? How can demonstrating firmitas help you achieve these dreams?

Bellwork 1.24 Eumaeus is described as a loyal servant of Odysseus. How does he demonstrate his loyalty? How do you define loyalty? Do you have anyone who is loyal to you like Eumaeus is loyal to Odysseus? Bellwork 1.25 There is little success where there is little laughter. - Andrew Carnegie; Our new virtue of the month is Comitas, meaning humor, ease of manner, courtesy, openness, and friendliness. Why is Comitas important? Define it in your own words? What is it not? Bellwork 1.26- Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face by Jack Prelutsky Be glad your nose is on your face, not pasted on some other place, for if it were where it is not, you might dislike your nose a lot. Imagine if your precious nose were sandwiched in between your toes, that clearly would not be a treat, for you d be forced to smell your feet. Your nose would be a source of dread were it attached atop your head, it soon would drive you to despair, forever tickled by your hair. Within your ear, your nose would be an absolute catastrophe, for when you were obliged to sneeze, your brain would rattle from the breeze. Do you find this poem humorous? Why or why not? Bellwork 1.27 When you haven t seen someone for a long time, how do you usually react? How does Odysseus react? Does he react as you would expect him to? Bellwork 1.28 You only have three weeks left in quarter one. How are you doing in this class? Are you satisfied or happy with your progress in this class? What steps should you take as we near the final stretch of our quarter one race? Bellwork 1.29 A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life. William Arthur Ward How has humor helped you walk the tightrope of [your] life?

Bellwork 1.30- Bacon by Nick Offerman Sleep Breaks via Skillet Sizzle I startle like a Goldilocks Bear I bumble and mumble out of bed Who's been cooking in my kitchen I listen my nostrils widen I m striken it s bacon Fork Knife Spoon Trashed Here s my fork knife spoon again Attached to my body Or as I like to say: Baconeater Cause the world is spilt into two halves The bacon and the bacon eaters Utensils don t make the bacon sweeter It s breakfast CRUNCH Another bunch then lunch Before I know it it s been three days I smile my lips bacon glazed I m correct I m finished Life is diminished down to its Grizzle bear essence The bacon (+) and me The bacon (+) in I I m ready to die of Bacon Identify and explain what elements of literature and poetics you can find in this poem. (For example, repetition, metaphor, onomatopoeia, symbolism, personification, etc.) Do you think this poem is funny? Why or why not? Bellwork 1.31 In great detail, explain how to diagram the following sentence: The dog has fleas. Bellwork 1.32 Do you think Odysseus is just in his actions when he kills the suitors?

Bellwork 1.33 Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil. - C.S. Lewis Why is this such a problem? Do you believe this to be true? Why or why not? Bellwork 1.34 On girls lending pens by Taylor Mali. I walked into the classroom and straight to my chair, But when I reached for my pen, it just wasn t there! I had no pen! or crayon! or pencil! I was stuck before class without a writing utensil. I could have asked the teacher (if I had dared,) But I knew she would have said, You re unprepared! So to be diplomatic and avoid the fight I quickly turned to the girl on my right, Do you possibly have a pen I could borrow? I ll use it today and have it back by tomorrow. Oh! Furshur! What kind? I ve got plenty. And she turned around with a handful of twenty. I really don t care what color or style, I ll take the fountain pen, I said with a smile. Oh, you don t want that one. It comes out all ugly. And it s made of pure gold, she said to me smugly. Then how bout the blue? No, that one hops. Okay, maybe the green? Comes out in glops. Black? I m afraid it s having trouble connecting. Red? I ll need it if we do any in-class correcting. Look, I said, my voice filling with fear, Just gimme a pen before the teacher gets here! But this one always comes out in tons, The yellow one skips and the purple one runs.

When the brown one dries, it looks real icky, And the orange one s covered with something sticky. This one s for emergencies (in case I get confused) cause it s clean and it s fresh and it s never been used. I keep this one for quizzes cause it brings good luck, And the ballpoint s splotchy and the cap is stuck. This one s empty, with the silver band, And the felt-tip will leak all over your hand. This one s cracked, and that s gone berserk! And that would be perfect but it doesn t work. But here! Take this one! This one s fine! Oh wait I m sorry, this one s mine. I think she went on but I couldn t have cared. I decided it was better to go unprepared. Do you think this poem is funny? Why or why not? Bellwork 1.35 What questions do you have for the mid-term? How prepared do you feel for it?

Bellwork 1.36 Do you feel prepared for the mid-term? Why or why not? What study tips would you give to a friend preparing for the mid-term?

Bellwork: Three minutes of silence with your head on your desk. Please have a red pen and your book at your desk.