The Odyssey: A Teaching Guide

Challenging level focuses on variety of reading strategies for helping students to construct meaning from their literature experience.

Notes to the Teacher

5

(1)

The Organization of This Literature Guide

5

(2)

The Groupings of Literature

6

(1)

Strategy Pages

7

(1)

Testing

7

(1)

Writer's Forum

7

(1)

Answer Pages

7

(1)

Introducing the Literature

7

(2)

Sample Lesson Plan

8

(1)

Bibliography

9

(12)

Genre---Epic

11

(1)

Translations

12

(3)

Background---The Historical Troy

15

(2)

Homer's Mythology

17

(2)

Beginning a Book

19

(2)

Introduction to the Translation of Robert Fagles

21

(2)

Introduction to the Translation of Robert Fitzgerald

23

(1)

Introduction to the Translation of Richmond Lattimore

24

(1)

Introduction to the Translation of W. H. D. Rouse

25

(1)

Book 1

26

(5)

Plot---Beginning/Middle/End

28

(2)

References and Allusions---The Story of Agamemnon

30

(1)

Book 2

31

(3)

Setting---Real and Imaginary Places

33

(1)

Book 3

34

(1)

Book 4

35

(2)

Test 1: Books 1-4

36

(1)

Book 5

37

(4)

The Hero's Journey

38

(1)

Writer's Forum: Persuasion

39

(2)

Book 6

41

(2)

Similes and Metaphors

42

(1)

Book 7

43

(2)

Characterization

44

(1)

Book 8

45

(2)

Test 2: Books 5-8

46

(1)

Book 9

47

(4)

Cross-Cultural Parallels---Fin MacCumhail

49

(1)

Writer's Forum: Comparison and Contrast

50

(1)

Book 10

51

(2)

Book 11

53

(3)

Plot Elements

55

(1)

Book 12

56

(4)

Theme

58

(1)

Test 3: Books 9-12

59

(1)

Book 13

60

(3)

Writer's Forum: Description

62

(1)

Book 14

63

(2)

Book 15

65

(2)

Book 16

67

(3)

Test 4: Books 13-16

69

(1)

Book 17

70

(3)

Irony

72

(1)

Book 18

73

(2)

Book 19

75

(3)

Writer's Forum: Anecdote

77

(1)

Book 20

78

(3)

Test 5: Books 17-20

80

(1)

Book 21

81

(3)

Foreshadowing and Flashback

83

(1)

Book 22

84

(2)

Book 23

86

(3)

Character Traits

88

(1)

Book 24

89

(4)

Writer's Forum: Compare and Contrast a Book and a Movie

91

(1)

Test 6: Books 21-24

92

(1)

Answer Pages

93

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