THE ODYSSEY
Today in Mr. Schick's class we spent most of the time listening to a recording of a man read the Odyssey on YouTube. As the recording went on, Mr. Schick wrote some notes on the board and we copied hem down too. The story was about Odysseus and his men escaping an island from a giant cyclops. After listening to the story we talked for a few seconds and then the bell rang. 

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