Wednesday, April 3, Greek Myths / intro to the Odyssey

Objective: By the end of class, students will read introduction to the Odyssey, determine literary elements and character traits.

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Definition of  Odyssey / Od·ys·sey - write into notebooks

1. A long series of wanderings or adventures, especially when filled with notable experiences, hardships, etc.

Direct Instruction

What makes a HERO? Name/ list character traits (both positive and negative).  Are these traits universal or specific to our culture? Do we expect heroes be perfect? 

Read introduction to Odyssey page - 649

Internal Conflict vs. external conflict 
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View History of Odysseus / Curse of the Sea and Warrior's revenge - note character traits an background information. 

1. Add three more character traits to the HERO as Odysseus was labeled in the video.

2.  what is an internal conflict? Give me a personal example.

3. External Conflict  - ?? Give an example?

4. How far was Ithaca from Troy?

5. How many ships sailed from Troy back to Ithaca with Odysseus? How many sailors?

6. In paragraph form, summarize the Trojan war from beginning to end.

  Closure

 Review for quiz on Thursday 

Exit Pass

What is the difference between having PRIDE and EGO? How is this a problem for Odysseus?