Students will recap what is happening, read summaries about each book, define vocabulary words, and focus on new information being presented. The purpose of this activity is to have students do a close reading with annotations of these passages and have the students complete the text dependent questions. The unit for the odyssey took the last 3 weeks of the trimester to complete. Athena once again asks zeus to assist odysseus, and zeus decides to send hermes to help him break free of his captivity by the lustrous calypso. Use variety of factsdescriptive words to paint an image in the mind of reader. I could see this as being used successfully in teaching a course to teens about the odyssey and also as a gift for big fans of the story, but i cant really see teens just picking this up. The odyssey can feel as long as odysseuss journey itself, but shmoop is here to guide you through homers greatest hits in this guide you wont find donuts and beer thats a different homer but you will find. The odyssey lesson plans lesson plans for odyssey by. Studying rich, complex texts over several weeks can be the perfect way to meet the challenges of the new national curriculum for english. Book 1 book 2 book 3 book 4 book 5 book 6 book 7 book 8 book 9 book 10 book 11 book 12 book book 14 book 15 book 16 book 17 book 18 book 19 book 20 book 21 book 22 book 23 book 24 themes all themes fate, the gods, and free will piety, customs, and justice cunning, disguise, and selfrestraint memory and grief glory and honor. The odyssey, a project students prepare an intinerary for their own odyssey.
Robert fagles translation, 1996 virgil, in book i of the aeneid. Introduction to the odyyyssey learn it, love it, live it. The odyssey by homer study guide questions in complete. I have marked this product as appropriate for distance learning as this guide is an entire readytouse, complete unit of study for odyssey. This odyssey epic novel study bundle is the solution to your lesson planning stress. Book 5 explains that odysseus has been a captive on calypsos island. Throughout the poem, odysseus is a series of apparent contradictions, a much more complicated character than we would find in any stereotypical epic hero. I am going to work from a lit book next year and i think it has excerpts too. Suitable for students studying gcse classical civilizations. Start to read the odyssey to the students, stopping along the way to. Write a brief summary of what happens in this book. Penelope weaving for many years, penelope pronounced puhnellahpee has been waiting at home on the greek island of ithaca for her husband king odysseus pronounced ohdisseeyuss to return from the trojan war. Students will use a variety of thinking maps in their study of the odyssey.
Book i athena inspires the prince sing to me of the man, muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of troy. Sing to me of the man, muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of troy. Ninth graders compare the development of text in book 5 of the odyssey to alfred lord tennysons poem the lotus eaters. Our study guides will help bring homers great works alive for your student. Since she is a lovely, wealthy woman, she has many suitors who are convinced that her. Here are worksheets and a project to help you teach or appreciate the odyssey. Homers epic poem the odyssey has fascinated readers and listeners for thousands of years. Athena is also reminded that she must continue aiding telemachus in his journey home.
Odysseus, captive to the nymph, calypso, wants desperately to return home to ithaca. She tells him it is not right that no one in ithaca remembers zeus while the suitors plot to kill telemachus. For example, even if you say, read excerpt from book 1 in lit book andor read excerpt from book 9 in lit book. Book 5 opens on mount olympus at another council of the gods. A deeper appreciation these materials ask students read the epic and appreciate the spirit of the age that produced it. If i could suggest anything to add to the lesson plan above, i would suggest adding in the reading schedule by day also. You can rely on this wellresearched unit as a strong base for your lesson plan. What quality is not necessary for odysseus to possess in order to succeed in the various challenges he encounters while on his journey home. Homer, odyssey book 5 theoi classical texts library. To them athena was recounting the many woes of odysseus, as she called them. Activity title priority standards this guide original guide preassessment 9. Calypso, the sweet nymph of the odyssey by homer and translated by e. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position.
And the gods were sitting down to council, and among them zeus, who thunders on high, whose might is supreme. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. I wonder who wrotei wonder who wrote the odysseythe odyssey. Choose from 500 different sets of the odyssey book 5 flashcards on quizlet. Learning plan note that many activities refer to pages numbers in the original curriculum materials for the odyssey. Because book 5 presents the readers first meeting with odysseus, it is interesting that homer chooses to show him alone on a beach on calypsos island, apparently defeated and weeping. In order to help odysseus, athena appears in what characters dreams. However, zeus warns that odysseuss journey home will not be easy.
The odyssey worksheets, project, and test ereading. For those of you looking for a few good resources for teaching homers odyssey, you might want to check out the following victoria allens teachers guide pdf i worked with vicki at warner robins high, and shes topnotch. After discussing the comparisons of the two text within a group, they create an original piece of work or. Many cities of men he saw and learned their minds, many pains he suffered, heartsick on the open sea, fighting to save. The unit includes vocabulary, geography, crosscurricular researched reports, and a bibliography for teachers. Lesson plans for the odyssey by homer varsity tutors.
This website and its content is subject to our terms and conditions. Here are some ways to build background before you begin teaching with these plays. Western civilization begins with the iliad and odyssey. Dawn rises the next day and athena addresses zeus about the suffering of odysseus on calypsos island. My ubd plan for the odyssey printerfriendly version. This lesson will summarize book 5 of homers epic poem, the odyssey, in which the gods finally decree. They will use ven diagrams to comparecontrast concepts, a flow map to understand the plot of the poem, and circle maps to help develop their understanding of the poetry vocabulary 5. Its hard to consider a person educated in the literary tradition unless theyve familiar with this classic. Before reading before reading homers the odyssey, students should be introduced to the concepts of epic poetry and epic heroes, as well as to the author and his preceding work, the iliad. This literature guide for teaching homers odyssey features 9 pages of standardsbased materials for grades 810.
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