The Odyssey: Cyclops Comic Strip
Your Task: You are creating a comic strip detailing the adventures of Odysseus and his men on the island of the
Cyclops.
Directions: To make your comic strip work, you will need to create six panels – just like a Sunday comic. (A
Sunday comic, you might recall, is always color; yours should be colored too.)
Each panel will represent one of the six elements of a story - exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling
action, and resolution.
Your choice of these six important parts of the Cyclops episode should therefore reflect/retell the story accurately.
First Step: Before you start drawing, you need to plan out your comic strip:
 Write one description for each panel (6 panels total). Each description and panel should include:
 A line or lines from the text of The Odyssey that explains what is happening in that
panel. It must be a direct quote from the story and have the line number(s) in
parentheses after it (you do not need to put page number).
 You may invent short bits of dialogue to put inside the panel.
 Briefly describe what you are going to draw.
 2-3 sentences explaining how the lines you chose fit the corresponding element of a
story (exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution).
Second Step: Draw your comic strip:
 6 panels in color
 Each panel will have a text box beneath it that includes the direct quote from the
story and the line number(s) in parentheses after it.
 Panels should demonstrate care and concern for detail and accurately reflect the
events in the text
The Odyssey: Cyclops Comic Strip
Your Task: You are creating a comic strip detailing the adventures of Odysseus and his men on the island of the
Cyclops.
Directions: To make your comic strip work, you will need to create six panels – just like a Sunday comic. (A
Sunday comic, you might recall, is always color; yours should be colored too.)
Each panel will represent one of the six elements of a story - exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling
action, and resolution.
Your choice of these six important parts of the Cyclops episode should therefore reflect/retell the story accurately.
First Step: Before you start drawing, you need to plan out your comic strip:
 Write one description for each panel (6 panels total). Each description and panel should include:
 A line or lines from the text of The Odyssey that explains what is happening in that
panel. It must be a direct quote from the story and have the line number(s) in
parentheses after it (you do not need to put page number).
 You may invent short bits of dialogue to put inside the panel.
 Briefly describe what you are going to draw.
 2-3 sentences explaining how the lines you chose fit the corresponding element of a
story (exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution).
Second Step: Draw your comic strip:
 6 panels in color
 Each panel will have a text box beneath it that includes the direct quote from the
story and the line number(s) in parentheses after it.
 Panels should demonstrate care and concern for detail and accurately reflect the
events in the text