Thursday, March 8, Periods 8 & 9

Objective: By the end of class, you will demonstrate reading comprehension, analyze character to determine motive and create plot structure for The Odyssey.

DO NOW

Odyssey means "a long extended journey." Copy the plot structure of Odysseus' journey into notebooks. Note that he starts in Ithaca (setting) and the climax of the epic ends in Ithaca as well.

1. Read Island of Helios - 684-686. Answer the following CRQ's.

a. Does Odysseus warn his men not to eat the cattle? What does he say?

b. Odysseus prays to the gods in lines 870-877 (page 685). Why don't the gods help him? What happens instead?

c. While Odysseus is sleeping, what happens?

d. Why does Odysseus blame the gods for making him fall asleep? (lines 915-919) (page 686)

e. The SUN GOD, Helios, is angry. What does he threaten to do if Odysseus' men are not punished?

f. Who predicted this would happen and warned Odysseus?

3. Imagine you are Telemachus. You believe your father, Odysseus, is still alive. Write a letter to him explaining what is happening on Ithaca. Also, be sure to ask him questions and tell him how you feel. (remember, Telemachus has an identity crisis and abandonment issues).

4. View Odyssey until Odysseus arrives back in Ithaca.

Exit Pass

What do you think will happen now that odysseus is finally back in Ithaca?