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Assignment Sheet Week 9
STANDARD: Paraphrasing an Excerpt of The
Odyssey Song/Video/Radio Show/Game Board/Story Book:
Due Date
Final projects
due May 12.
You will be creatively interpreting a portion of The Odyssey or a
myth that relates to the novel. You can write and record/sing a
song, re-enact a portion of the epic in a video, or write a script and
read it as a radio show. You can modernize or update the epic, but
you should indicate a clear understanding of the story. You may
work alone or in a group of up to 5 people.
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Guiding Questions: I will not check these off, but they may help
you: How does Odysseus react to the beautiful music inspired by
the muse?
1. What was the effect of the Lotus plant?
2. How heavy is the door to the Cyclops’ cave?
3. What is the first villainous thing the Cyclops does? Why
doesn’t Odysseus kill the Cyclops when he has the chance?
4. What does Odysseus give Cyclops as a gift? What does
Cyclops give to Odysseus?
5. How do Odysseus and his men sneak out of the cave?
6. What foolish thing does Odysseus do?
7. What did a soothsayer once predict would happen to the
Cyclops?
8. What does Cyclops ask his father, Poseidon, to do?
9. Why should Odysseus be wary of the sirens?
10. What should he and his men do to keep safe from the
sirens? What is the threat if they fall prey to the sirens?
11. Describe Scylla.
12. What will Charybdis do if Odysseus’ ship gets too close?
13. What does Odysseus keep secret from his men?
14. Describe the circumstances of Odysseus’ shipmates’
deaths? Is it his fault?
15. Describe Odysseus’ journey from Scheria.
16. What does Poseidon initially want to do to the Phaecian
ship?
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Update your xenia page. Make sure that you are tracking
this throughout the book.
Reading: Chapters 11 - 15 .
We will do over stages of a hero’s journey. List the stages
below and highlight the ones that we have seen thus far.
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Review on own
Monday
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