Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Thursday, Feb 24, Odyssey

Objective: Review adventure to date and ensure student understanding of events that have occurred and why. Introduce Charybdis and Scylla and what they represent. Review characters and create character trait portraits to understand why characters act as they do.

Warm-Up

1. Teresias, the blind prophet in the underworld, tells Odysseus that "it is the journey that is most important..and until Odysseus realizes that, he will never have wisdom." What does he mean? Why is it ironic that a blind man is "showing him the way."

2. The Prophecy of Teresias - review and ensure in notes.

3. Read handout summary of Charybdis and Scylla.

4. Review questions / answers from film sheet.

5. Continue to view and answer questions through Calypso.

HW - Character worksheet

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