Thursday, April 18, 2013

Thursday, April 18, Odyssey

Objective: By the end of class, students will read and interpret Odyssey and make real life connections.

DO NOW 

QUIZ

What were the three warnings that Teresias, the blind prophet, gave to Odysseus in the Land of the Dead?

Direct Instruction

REVIEW ISLAND THEMES

CYCLOPS = LAWLESSNESS
LOTUS EATER = WARNING AGAINST DRUGS
CIRCE  = INFIDELITY
UNDERWORLD = MORTALITY
CALYPSO = HIDING / CONCEALING
ITHACA = FAMILY

READ Calypso Island - 652-654

View and continue to complete film review sheets. 

Exit Pass

What similar character traits do the females share in the Odyssey?  Think about Circe, Calypso, Penelope, Anticlea (his mom) and Athena. How are each brave, tricky, vulnerable, powerful?

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