Evangelical Christian Academy
Instructional Guide: Course Outline
Department: Language Arts
Course Title: World Literature
Course Length: 2 semesters
Unit #3: Odyssey/Iliad Ancient Greece
Vocabulary Units 4-6
Unit Length: 30 class periods
Instructional Objectives
 Grammar: Grammar: Identify the major characters in The Odyssey or Iliad.
 Grammar: Identify historical context/events
 Compare and contrast ancient Greek poetry written by pagans on the theme of death
with poems written by Christians on the same theme
 Evaluate the worldview of Odyssey or The Iliad
 Identify universal themes in Odyssey or The Iliad
 Harkness Table discussion
Instructional Resources
 Odyssey (2015-2016) or Iliad (2016-2017)
 Vocabulary Workshop Level E
 Lost Tools of Writing
Biblical Integration
 Romans 13:1-Discuss how submission to governing authorities plays out when they
order something contradictory to God’s Word and our conscience
 1 Cor. 1:18-Greek philosophers wisdom is not the wisdom of God
Assessments
 Test
 Daily reading quizzes on the assigned portions of the novel
 Persuasive Essay 2
 Tests on Vocabulary Units 5-6
 Harkness Quotes/questions/discussion
Student Activities
 Reading assigned material
 Class discussion of universal themes found in Greek literature
 Assessing the worldview
 Vocabulary worksheets in the vocabulary student workbooks
 Answering comprehension, synthesis, and evaluation questions on the reading
 Harkness Table discussions
World Literature Unit #3
Revised 3/3/2016 kos