Does the story between ares and aphrodite relate at all to odysseus and is it a foreshadowing to a future event. New coasts and poseidons son in books 68 odysseus is welcomed by king alcinous, who gives a banquet in his honor. This worksheet is adaptable to suit your specific needs in the classroom. Kat clum discussion question 1 book eight of the odyssey shows that odysseus cannot handle the grief of hearing about his own friends dying. Annotate the passages and then analyze the significance of each. See a complete list of the characters in the odyssey and indepth analyses of odysseus, telemachus, penelope, athena, calypso, and circe. New coasts and poseidons son in books 6 8 odysseus is welcomed by king alcinous, who gives a banquet in his honor.
Heres where youll find analysis about the book as a whole, from the major themes and. The couple crosses paths 68 months later when she is very pregnant. Consider what insight each passage provides into odysseuss character. From the second she spied him on a weekend in vegas, molly was bowled over by.
The odyssey what would you do prereading activity by megan altman. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. With your group, perform a close reading of the following excerpts from books vi viii. Book one the poem begins with an invocation, or prayer, to the muse. That night the king begs odysseus to tell who he is and what has happened to him. Also look for themes, motifs and elements of an epic. But the land of death to which odysseus is about to journey would seem to be located on the earths surface. If you plan to purchase a copy of the 2nd edition, please make sure that you are buying the 2nd edition and not accidentally picking up a used copy of the 1st edition. Though the hero himself is still offstage in book one, we find out about his situation by listening in on a conversation that takes place on mount olympus.
Free the odyssey character map worksheet by storyboard that tpt. Here begins the tale of the odyssey, as sung by the blind minstrel homer. Read an overview of the entire poem or a line by line summary and analysis. The princess and the stranger so there he lay at rest, the stormtossed great odysseus, borne down by his hard labors first and now deep sleep as athena traveled through the countryside and reached the phaeacians city. Have students track various character traits, important quotes, and more while reading. The movie is told chronologically while the story begins in the middle and returns to the beginning via flashback. I am having my students do this because we will be synthesizing all of this information into a logical and coherent problemsolution paragraph during our next class session. Students familiar with some of the legends of the odyssey but new to the epic itself might be surprised to see that the section on the lotuseaters is only about twentyfive lines long 9. The underworld was also called hades, after its king. Swbat analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text by charting the problems and solutions that odysseus faces in book 9 of the odyssey big idea students are knowit alls in todays lesson they demonstrate their understanding of the problems and solutions of odysseus. She was, as christopher marlowe would write more than 2,000 years after the creation of the odyssey. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of the odyssey and what it means. Ninth grade lesson problems and solutions in the odyssey. Homer lets us know right away that odysseus is being held as a willing sex captive on the island of the goddess kalypso.
Years after the end of the trojan war, the greek hero odysseus still hasnt come home to ithaka. The morning after odysseus rugged landing, athena disguised as a friend sends their daughter, nausicaa, and some of her handmaidens to wash clothes near the spot where the beleaguered hero. But when she had come to the glorious palace of her father, she halted the mules at the outer gate, and her brothers 5 thronged about her, men like the immortals, and loosed the mules from the wagon, and bore the raiment within. An edit of the 1997 made for tv movie the odyssey books 68. Vegas pregnancy surprise by shirley jump nook book ebook. King alcinous and queen arete rule the seafaring phaeacians on the island of scheria. For the next several minutes, my students will work together to meticulously chart the problems, types of problems, responses, and solutions of all of the challenges odysseus faces in book 9 ccss. In this prereading activity based on the odyssey by homer, students are given certain senarios from the novel and are asked to explain what they would do in the same situation. Easy peasy english level 8 days vocabulary reading writing. Use this great character map worksheet to engage your students in the classroom. Homer makes several references in the odyssey to the deceased traveling down to the realm of hades and his queen, persephone persehfoneee. That night the king begs odysseus to tell who he is. Summary and analysis books 68 odysseus among the phaeacians.
Homer has touched on a universal theme, the lure of oblivion through drugs. Free the odyssey character map worksheet by storyboard that. Book 1 book 2 book 3 book 4 book 5 book 6 book 7 book 8 book 9 book 10 book 11 book 12 book book 14 book 15 book 16 book 17 book 18 book 19 book 20 book 21 book 22 book 23 book 24 themes all themes fate, the gods, and free will piety, customs, and justice cunning, disguise, and selfrestraint memory and grief glory and honor. Its not years later but the second book in shannon stacey kowalski series series. Odyssey 912 greek and latin texts with facing vocabulary. Oct 21, 20 an edit of the 1997 made for tv movie the odyssey books 6 8. The odyssey what would you do prereading activity by megan. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.
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