Students will . . . sequentially order events summarize events from their reading visually communicate ideas The Odyssey: Overall Story Summary
This assignment requires you to create a visual timeline of Odysseus’ adventures from book 9 to book
12 of The Odyssey. Your job is to use images from online to illustrate each of Odysseus’ major adventures from the following stories: New Coast, The Lotus Eaters, The Land of the Cyclopes, Circe, the Enchantress, The Sirens and Scylla & Charybdis For each section of the story, you are to find at least three images (except for New
Coasts – one is the minimum, and The Sirens –two minimum) which reflect the beginning, middle and end of the section. Each picture can be a direct reflection of the action in the work, or you can symbolically represent the action. For each picture, provide a caption detailing the event represented by your chosen picture.
The Lotus Eaters
“’Upon the tenth / we came upon the coastline of the Lotus Eaters’”
(Homer 9. 36 -37).
New Coasts
Odysseus tells the king of Phaeacia his name and retells the tale of his adventures.
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Must show effort and neatness
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Must show specific events from The Odyssey
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Each image must be supported by a caption (summary or text)
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The events should encompass events/actions/people from the beginning, middle and end of each major section
(in other words, you cannot create a timeline just about the scene with Polyphemus)
Titles – accurate, correct spelling
Pictures – clear, relevant, supportive
Captions – correct spelling/format; reflective
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of action from text and chosen picture
Neatness – clear & well organized
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Students will . . .
Make a specific claim summarize events from their reading support claims with evidence The Odyssey: Evaluating Heroic Qualities
Consider Odysseus’ actions throughout books 9 – 12 of The Odyssey; your job is to argue whether or not Odysseus is a hero based on material from the recent work.
Your job is to analyze five different events from The Odyssey and complete the chart below; ultimately, you will write a short response, which argues whether or not Odysseus is a hero.
PART I:
Event: use text from the work to describe the event
Visual
Representation:
Picture that reflects action in event
Conflict :
Explain the conflict Odysseus faces
Outcome:
How was the conflict resolved; specifically focus on actions Odysseus performed
Degree of Heroism:
Argue whether actions were heroic or not
PARTII:
Overall Conclusion: Because you can choose some positive and some negative representations of Odysseus for the chart above, you need to conclude this assignment with a short response summarizing your conclusion about the degree to which Odysseus is or is not a hero.
+Requirements:
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Must show specific events from The Odyssey
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Each image must represent event
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Degree of heroism must be subjective (argumentative)

Events – correct spelling/format; reflective
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of important action from text
Pictures – clear, relevant, supportive
Conflict – correctly identifies problem and explains how it motivated action
Outcome – accurate; complete
Degree of Heroism – clearly subjective
Summary Paragraph – correct grammar/mechanics; addresses prompt
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