Name: _________________________________
Ms. Heatherly p. _________
Learning Target: ❖ W. 9-10.10 Write routinely over extended time frames for a range of tasks,
purposes, and audiences.
When soldiers are at war, often times the only way of communicating with their families is
through writing letters. The last time Odysseus left Ithaca, he was headed to war.
Your objective is to write a letter as either:
-Odysseus writing to the wife, Penelope
-Odysseus writing to his son, whom he has never met
-Penelope writing to her long, lost war hero, Odysseus
-Telemachus writing to his long, lost father whom he has never met
You MUST include:
1 simile
1 metaphor
1 allusion
Dear ___________________________________.
3 vocabulary words
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With Love,
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