DO NOW
What does the word "Odyssey mean"? Why is the story we are reading called THE ODYSSEY? What is it referring to on a superficial level and then on a deeper level?
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
Why will Odysseus still not find his way home and find peace? What does he still have to do and have to realize?
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