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 presentation skill by translating "The Wrath of Achilles," or "The Wooden Horse" or "Aeolus and the Winds."
Language Skills that will be practiced
__X__ Reading
__X__ Writing
__X__ Listening
__X__ Speaking
__X__ Culture
Sequence of Lesson Activities
The teacher will review the major grammar points with students.
Students will define root words and word derivatives relating to mythology in their passage for translation.
Students must illustrate their passage via a visual representation in frames in order to ensure understanding of the reading selection.
Students must also explain in a paragraph how this selection relates to the story as a whole and why it is important to the plot of the Odyssey.
Homework:
Translation of the "Wrath of Achilles," "The Wooden Horse" or "Aeolus and the Winds.".
