The Odyssey Unit Plan English 1 MYP Fall 2017

The Odyssey Unit Plan English 1 MYP Fall 2017

Global Context – Identity

Key Concepts- Identity and Relationship

Statement of Inquiry- Students will explore the identity of authors and characters, investigate the development of identity in the Hero’s Journey, discover how moral reasoning and ethical judgment shape characters in The Odyssey and The Life of Pi, and search for evidence of moral reasoning in the decisions the characters make.

Literary Vocabulary – You will need to write down definitions of these terms and examples of them from the text. Use your textbook (online or hardcopy) to create the definitions. Use pages 1194-1198 & R102-R114 (red borders). Keep these definitions accessible in your notebooks. Don’t do other work on the same pages.

Epic Poetry / Epic Setting / Allusion / Rhyme
Epic Hero / Epic Themes / Alliteration / Imagery
Epic Simile / Archetypes / Assonance / Figurative Language
Epic Plot / Epithet / Consonance / Character Traits

Reading Plan & Activities

Week of the syllabus/ school year week & date / What we will be reading / What we will be doing
Common Core Standards Focus: RL 4-10 (reading, understanding & analyzing the text); L 4, 6 (learning the terms of Epics plus new vocabulary from the text); W 2, 3, 5 (creating your own project based on the Hero’s Journey)
Week 1/3 (Sept. 11-15) / Terms, pages 1194-1198 & R102-114
Pages 1202-1223
Books 1-9 / --Learning to read long form poetry
--Learning vocabulary & finding examples in the text,
--Learning about the Hero’s Journey & map Pi’s story using the steps of the H. J. Find textual support, and cite it in your response.
--starting to map The Odyssey on the Hero’s Journey template,
--Finding evidence of moral reasoning & ethical judgment on the part of Odysseus
Week 2/4 (Sept. 18-20)
This is a three day week / Pages 1224-1247
Books 10-16 / --Continuing to find examples of vocabulary in the text
--reviewing who the Greek Gods were and their influence on life at the time
--Continuing to map Odysseus’ hero’s journey
--re-evaluating our evidence of Odysseus’ character, morality and judgment
--exploring women’s roles in the text
Week 3/5 (Sept. 25-29) / Pages 1248-1266
Books 17-23 / --complete the hero’s journey map
--identify archetypes throughout the text
--make direct connections between Odysseus’ journey and Pi’s experiences
--examine the artwork that accompanies the text; connect the artistic interpretations with our own ‘mental pictures’. Why do the images differ so much?
--find examples of moral reasoning and ethical judgment on the part of Odysseus, Penelope, Telemachus, & Eumaeus so they can be compared & contrasted with Pi
Week 4/6 (Oct. 2-6) / If necessary: Finish reading The Odyssey & making connections to Life of Pi.
ALSO
There is a Q1 Project: a collaborative project to extend what you have learned from Life of Pi & the Odyssey by creating a visual, interactive, imaginative representation of one of the texts.
General guidelines are to the right; specific details will be in a separate handout. / --If necessary: Finish making connections to Life of Pi
--We will also take a summative comprehension test on the Odyssey
Project general guidelines
--This project is one of the major formal grades for this quarter. You will receive a separate handout, but below are the general directions
--Although this is a formal grade, because it is a project, with plenty of time to do it and very specific guidelines, there are only very limited opportunities for re-working parts of the assignment, so do your best work the first time.
--You will work with NO MORE than 2 other people (groups of 3 ONLY). You can pick your partners, but I must approve the groups—--We will spend time working on this project in class, but you are expected to work on it outside of class as well, using technology to communicate with your group members and assigning tasks that can be completed separately.
--Group grades are assigned using rubrics; you will evaluate your peers and they will evaluate you in a reflection.
--Your work must be original; it cannot be re-purposed work from yourself or someone else. Any information, music or images from other sources must be cited using MLA citation format.
--All required components must be on time in order to be eligible for an A. All group members must actively participate in the presentation of the project.
--there will be no food as part of the presentations