World LiteratureWednesday November 2Thursday November 3

Journal PromptO Have you ever been to a

funeral/memorial service? How did it make you feel and why?

O If you have never been to a funeral, what are your expectations for one? Do you think you would find it important to go or would you rather grieve/honor a loved one another way

Today’s ObjectivesO To analyze the descent stage of the

hero’s journey for OdysseusO 2 Pre-Reading strategies

O Make a personal connection to literature

O Practice close reading by examining a specific section of the text to summarizing before reading the text as a whole

Book 10?O Odysseus leaves the land of the KyklopesO Divine assistance: He is given a bag of wind to

help him sail on, but his shipmates become jealous and tear it open, causing a storm.

O Land of Giants: more of his men are eaten, Odysseus’s ship alone escapes

O Meets up with beautiful witch/goddess Circe/Kirke-after unpleasantness, he becomes her lover and hangs around for a year

O Finally they leave, but Kirke advises them they must go through Hades, the realm of the dead to get home

GroupsGroup 1 Lines 54-90 (p186-7)Elpenor-a crew member who died on Kirke’s island

Group 2Lines 100-179(p 188-190) TeireisiasTheban prophet foretells future for Odysseys

Group 3Lines 94-99; 170-255(P187, 190-192) AntikleiaOdysseus’ mother

Group 4Alkinoos (not dead but back to the present on Phaikiaia)386-449 (p 195-197)

Group 5Agamemnon449-546 (p 197-200)On wives

Group 6AchillesOn war and his son, Neoptolemus547-642(p. 200-203)

Group 7648-716(p 203-4)Other images of the dead:Aiax, Orion, Tityos

Group 8694-716(P 204-5)Tantalos and Sisyphus

PreReading: In your groups

O Together, read your assigned lines.O Determine what is learned in the

conversation with the deadO do they ask anything of Odysseus?O Do they give him information?O Do they give him advice/prediction?

O Choose people to read each character’s lines (Odysseus is narrator of both his and the dead)

O Those who do not read will summarize the important points for the class

Book 11: A Gathering of Shades

O Odysseus must journey to Hades to seek advice from Tiresias, a dead prophet. Much of this section is plot

O Consider what information Odysseus gets from the inhabitants of Hades

O Odyssey Hero’s Journey Illustrations are available at the front if you want to do one today

Evaluate the strategy:O How did thinking and talking about

your own experiences with funerals help you in understanding Odysseus as meets the dead?

O Compare today’s reading with previous days where Mrs. deVidal read aloud. Did you understand more/less/the same?

O Which strategy do you think helped you the most.