3 RL SP Odyssey: Homer’s Invocation
Aim: How does Homer’s invocation establish tone for the beginning of the Odyssey.Do Now: Class Discussion
“How do you become inspired? Where does it originate?
I said what inspires me is to do better than the people around me, and to please the people around me like my family. Some of my classmates said other things like listening to music, playing sports, and seeing different things in nature.
After going over the class discussion question, Mrs. Peterson put us into groups so we could change our group name to something that had to do with The Odyssey. My groups changed our name to the fairest because of the 3 “Fairest” goddesses that fought over the golden apple.
The Nine Muses:
After going over our name changes, we started the lesson out by going over the nine muses and what role each one of them plays. We learned that each muse was an inspiration for poets and artists, and some of their different roles were comedy and dancing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORKCWfbrY8k This is the video we watched about the nine muses.
After learning about the Muses we read about the word invoke and its definition, and how Homer uses it in lines 1-17 in the Odyssey. In the Odyssey, Homer invokes the Muses because he wants to tell the story of Odysseus, and he can only do that if he is granted it from the Muses. We then answered some questions about lines 1-17 to help us further our understanding of The Odyssey.
Homer’s Invocation This is the link to lines 1-17
What is your opinion of Odysseus so far after hearing Homer's invocation to the muses and learning about the Trojan War?
My opinion of Odysseus is that he is very selfless and prioritizes others above himself. In the end though he is still a human and has human faults like arrogance.
How does Homer maintain the audience’s interest in the story, knowing that the audience is aware of the outcome from the very beginning?
He maintains the audience's interest because he uses different literary devices that keep the reader engaged and makes them want to keep reading.
What does the invocation of the Muse in the opening lines clarify about Odysseus’ culpability (responsibility for a fault or wrong; blame) during his voyage home?
The invocation of the Muse clarifies Odysseus's culpability because it says Odysseus couldn’t save his crew after they killed and feasted on Helios's cattle.
4 RL SP: Odyssey: Sailing from Troy & Lotus Eaters
Today’s lesson was a double lesson in which the 2nd lesson was a continuation of the 1st lesson.
Aim: How does “Sailing From Troy” and “The Lotus Eaters” (Book IX) establish Odysseus’ role as a leader?
We started out by going over the two do now questions and how they related to Odysseus and his journey home. Mrs. Peterson then asked us what would we feel like if we were away from home for a long amount of time.
What would you miss the most and why?
What my class came up with for what we miss the most if we were away from home for a long time is family, friends, your bed, familiar surroundings, and a home cooked meal. You won’t know how much you miss these things until you are actually away from home.
Why do we have sayings like the ones below?
We have these saying because they are so true, and once we get home there is nothing like it. I could say this from personal experience, even when i'm having a good time on vacation I still sometimes miss just staying home and relaxing on the couch or going to the park to hang out with my friends.
We then quickly went over the STEAL method and how it could help us with our characterization. We didn't go over it in depth because of the lack of time, so Mrs. Peterson provided a link for us to watch that would help us.
Characterization Lesson | Using Disney's Frozen [4:55]
SPEECH - What does the character say?
How does the character speak?
THOUGHTS - What is revealed through the
character’s private thoughts and feelings?
EFFECTS - What is revealed through the character’s
effect on other people?
How do other characters feel or behave in reaction to the character?
ACTIONS - What does the character do?
How does the character behave?
LOOKS - What does the character look like?
How does the character dress?
We then continued our reading from the other lesson and read pages 18-69 from sailing from “Sailing from Troy”. The link is provided right here. Sailing from Troy
Like how we did in lines 1-17 we then answered some questions in our groups about the lines we just read, and we went over them as a class.
GROUP WORK
Keep in mind that the Odyssey is the account of Odysseus' ten year journey back home to Ithaca. He misses his family and home; therefore, we will often find connections to this throughout the poem.
Identify lines in which Odysseus talks about his home in Ithaca.
How does he feel about it? (Specific lines/evidence that describe these feelings)
He is definitely homesick about Ithaca. He loves his home more than anything else and the one thing he wants to do is to go back and see his family and home. The text states “I shall not see on Earth a place more dear.” This shows how dear his home is to him, and he just wants to get back.
After reading these lines and answering the questions, we continue the story with lines 70-105. This section of “The Odyssey'' was about the Lotus eaters and how Odysseu’s crew almost got stranded on the island with them. The link to these lines is right here. Lotus Eaters. Similar to the other parts of the story we read, we then answered some questions about these lines.
GROUP WORK
What kind of world do you think the Lotus Eaters live in?
Describe the type of lifestyle it is?
I think they live in a world that is a paradise where they forget about all their memories like home or family.
What do you think Homer is implying about this lifestyle/world?
How does The Odyssey characterize the land of the Lotus-eaters as a veritable (real or genuine) paradise? And, why, then, is this land seen by Odysseus and others as negative, and something from which to escape? What do you think is wrong with such a place, if anything?
This is seen as negative because those people just want to get home more than others, and they would rather see family and friends before living in this paradise.
Consider the kind of leader Odysseus appears to be in "Sailing from Troy."
How do his leadership abilities compare to how he is in "The Lotus Eaters?"
Has your opinion of him changed? Why/Why not?
Why do you think these events are important to understanding Odysseus' character?
Odysseus changes as a leader throughout the book. In “Sailing from Troy” he displays a weak leader by plundering cities, but in “The Lotus Eaters” he acts like a strong leader by displaying care for his men. My opinion changes because he changed from a weak person who doesn’t care about anything to someone who does care for his men and crew. These events are important because they show change in his character development. They show a bad person changing into a strong leader.
In your notes, create a group list of the key events in "The Lotus Eaters."
-See’s some of his crew get “hypnotized” by the Lotus flowers
-Displays leadership skills by caring for his crew and wanting the best for them.
Reflection: These two lessons that we went through today were jammed packed with all sorts of new and interesting information. We learned so much about different aspects of “The Odyssey” and of Greek mythology in general. The main gist of the lesson was learning about “The Odyssey” and how different things like invocations and characterization are included in the story. We learned about Greek mythology with the nine Muses and how impactful they were on peoples lives at the time. This lesson was a great stepping stone for me to help learn more about Greek mythology and understand it’s culture and daily life better. This lesson will also be really useful as background knowledge of “The Odyssey” because we have 18 lessons in total that have to do with “The Odyssey”. The connections from this lesson to others will help me perceive them and understand them in a whole new matter.
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