Thursday, April 7, 2011

Class of 4/6/11

Today in class we looked at some presentations. 

Breakthrough in Math and Science:
  1. What is zoology?
  2. Why didn’t the Greeks want to learn Algebra?
  1. Pythagoras is known for what?
Emily Waite's project was really good. She knew what she was talking about. And the pie was really good. 100%

Homer:
  1. He was born in Greece, historians doubt Homer's back ground.
  2. He was born blind court singer and story teller.
  3. Homer wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey, he probably didn’t make up these stories by himself.
  4. Poet have ben going around Greece telling these stories for hundreds of years.
  5. Illiad the tale of Achilles and the Trojan War.
  6. The Odyssey- about the travels of Odysseus.
  7. There are so many different writing styles its hard to believe Homer just wrote them.
  8. Compared to his other writings, none of his writing styles are found in the poems. We still believe homer rote them due to ancient letters and scribes.
How did he write these stories he was blind?
What are some of the writing styles in his poems?
Was Homer highly respected?
Rita did really well. Her project looked cool and she knew a lot about it. 93%

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