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Lesson 7

We will finish the unit by engaging in a whole-class discussion about the unit’s Central Question.

Lesson Goals

  • Can I synthesize information from The Odyssey and other unit texts to create new understanding?

  • Can I generate questions about The Odyssey after reading to deepen my understanding and gain information?

Texts

Core

  • Tradebook
    • The Odyssey, Homer, translated by Robert Fagles, Penguin Publishing Group, 1996
  • Unit Reader
    • “A Translator’s Reckoning with the Women of the Odyssey,” Emily Wilson, The New Yorker, December 8, 2017
    • “Odysseus the Foreigner,” Joshua R. Hall, Ancient World Magazine, June 22, 2018
  • Digital Access
    • “What Is Xenia?,” Greek Comix, YouTube
    • “What Role Do the Gods Play in The Iliad and The Odyssey?,” Barry Powell, YouTube, Oxford University Press, June 30, 2014

Materials

Tools

Editable Google Docs

Activity 1: Discuss

We will complete our process of writing the expository essay in response to the Culminating Task with reflection and discussion.

Participate in a whole-class discussion. How do the thematic ideas you examined in this unit help answer the Central Question:

What does it mean to be powerful?

Provide evidence from the texts you have read to support your answer.

Activity 2: Read – Discuss

We will examine and discuss possible connections in the unit, other units from the year, and the research we might choose to do in the final Application Unit.

Follow along as your teacher overviews the Application Unit and the collaborative and independent research project you will be doing to complete the year’s learning. Ask questions about what will be expected of you and what options you will have for completing the culminating project.

Individually, reflect on what interested you during this unit and what you might want to explore further. Capture these reflections on the Application Unit Potential Topics Tool. Use the following questions to help guide your reflection:

  1. Were there any particular topics or texts that captured your attention? Why?

  2. What about each text or topic do you still want to study? What questions do you still have? Write these down in the Questions or Subtopics to Explore column.

  3. How would you begin to research each text or topic?

As a class or in groups, have a final discussion about what engaged you in this unit as well as what and how you might want to study further for the final Application Unit.