6th Grade News: 11/11/21

Humanities This past week in ELA class we’ve launched into The Odyssey together, joining Odysseus on his wild adventures as he travels home from the Trojan War. The graphic novel edition that we’re reading contains vibrant and colorful drawings that help students better follow the characters and action in this complex story. As we read together, students are tracking and analyzing themes related to loyalty and disloyalty, temptation and self-restraint, and “hubris” (or pridefulness). In addition, we’re keeping our overarching theme of Heroism in mind throughout, asking questions like: What does it mean to be a hero? Is Odysseus a...