Planning Sheet for The Odyssey
Bad Choices Odysseus Makes
Write example and list page lines #. (impulsive, arrogant, ineffective, not listening)
Cicones
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First meet O brags (Book IX, lines 20-22) – confident
Page #
145
Lines #s 20-22
Men mutiny on island Cicones –page 146
Men die Cioines
Lotus Eaters
Cyclops
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Claims he knew he would meet the brute (Cyclops) page 151
line 227-231
Inhospitable eats Cyclops food
Curious about Cyclops, doesn’t listen to his men page 151 line
241-249
Taunts Cyclops twice – page 159-160 lines 519-544
Doesn’t listen again when me tell him to shut up
Tells Cyclops his name – consequences lines 548-618
Bag of Wind
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Bag of wind he is not honest with his men – page 165-166
lines 39-52
Doesn’t trust men to sail ship up 9 days/nights
Falls alseep
Lastragonian
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puts his entire fleet in the bay, loses all but one ship
Page #
166
Lines #s 38-52
Circe
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Can’t resist temptation of Kirke – stays for one year
Writing Prompt #1
Good Choices Odysseus Makes
Cicones
Lotus Eaters
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he sends scouts to investigate the Lotus Eaters Page # 147
Lines #s 96-97
he has to get all his man off the island or they will never get
home Page # 148
Lines #s 101-109
Cyclops
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Takes just twelve men hides fleet on the other side of other
island Page # 150
Lines #s 84-89
 Doesn’t kill Cyclops right away Page 154
Lines 324-329
 Get Cyclops drunk
 Tells Cyclops his name is NObody
 Makes spike, puts out Cyclops eye Page 154 Lines 345-362
 Sneaks out of Cyclops cave - under rams
Page # 158
Lines #s 365-374 or 480-483
Bag of Wind as a good guest gets gift of wind bag from King Alios
Lastragonians -Sends scouts Lastrygonians
Circe
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Surveys Kirke’s island Page 169
Lines 163-166
Stops and thinks about men and what they need before
investigating island Page # 169
Lines #s 167-171
Forms two platoons and draws straws to see which platoon
goes Page # 171
Lines #s 221-228
Listens to Hermes – Page175 321-324 or 353-358
Manipulates Kirke to change men back Page 177 326-431
Deals with Euryloches page 178 485-495
Convinces Circe to let them go Page 180
533-538