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Commander Guarnaccio- Fleet 13-14
Welcome to your Honors English 10 Wikispace for //The Odyssey//!

__Rationale__ This project is designed to help you to develop and share information, analysis, and research for Homer’s epic //The Odyssey//. The tasks will supplement and expand your understanding of //The Odyssey//. However, the work you complete will also serve as a resource and study tool for your peers. Therefore, the overarching project for //The Odyssey// unit will allow you to complete tasks, post them, and share your work with classmates in a timely manner.

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__Project__ You will be assigned to a “ship” of 3-6 students, consisting of a captain, a navigator, and several oarsmen. Your ship will have five tasks to complete in five different areas (as Journalists, Psychologists, Museum Curators, Actors/Directors, and Teachers); you will take on a new profession for each assignment and post your responses to the appropriate page of the wikispace. Captains and navigators will rotate for every task.

__Responsibilities__
 * Captain:** The captain must delegate work to the crew, personally upload to the wikispace, and generally take responsibility for the group. The captain is responsible for proofreading all grammar and spelling for the post.


 * Navigator:** The navigator is the second-in command. The navigator assists the captain in duties and records participation of group members and takes notes on group progress.


 * Oarsmen and Oarswomen:** These crew members complete the work delegated by the captain. These members do the “behind-the-scenes” research to help the captain make a successful post.

__Assessment__ You will be evaluated as a group for your response to the assigned task and, at the end of the unit, as an individual for your active participation and contributions to your crew.

__Rules__ Actors/Directors __Task 3, Books X-XII__ You are in the process of filming //The Odyssey//, but you are already over budget and behind schedule. The studio executives have told you that you must cut scenes. Reviewing Books X, XI, and XII, which key scene MUST you include in order to keep the plot line intact? Rewrite/script the key scene, including significant quotations. In your script notes, include brief explanations about why you chose that scene and any suggestions for filming (set design, etc.) that might help to lower the cost. If you feel that one scene isn’t enough, consider utilizing flashbacks or verbal references to other events by key characters.
 * 1) Do not edit a page whenever you wish to do so. The system keeps a log of sign-in times, IP addresses, and passwords.
 * 2) If you want to respond to another group’s post, you can only do so in your following post or in the discussion forum. You may NOT edit another group’s page unless the edit is part of an assignment from your teacher.