DoE Curriculum Unit: The Gods and the Heroes of the Odyssey
Standards and Frameworks: Massachusetts Foreign Language Curriculum Foreign Language Learning Standards
Major topics/Concepts/Questions of Today's Lessons
Language Skills that will be practiced
Sequence of Lesson Activities
Homework
Long Term Planning
Major Topics/Concepts/Questions of Today's Lessons
Students will practice the writing skill by writing a critical essay on the movie The Odyssey.
Language Skills that will be practiced
__X__ Reading
__X__ Writing
_____ Listening
_____ Speaking
__X__ Culture
Sequence of Lesson Activities
The teacher will show the students the movie the Odyssey.
The teacher will provide students with information on characters, plot and mythological elements in the Odyssey.
Students will analyze scenes critically for accuracy and content according to what they know about mythology, the heroes and the epic.
The teacher will explain elements of good writing to students, in particular, paragraph sequencing, and logical sequential thought processes.
Homework:
Students need to write a 2 page critical essay on some aspect of the Odyssey citing characters, plot or mythological references for supportive documentation.
Long Term Planning
This is a one week assignment.
