The Odyssey Bundle (50+ pages, 150+ Questions) / Print + Digital

In preparing to teach freshman for the first time in many years, I cracked into our textbook to find an inaccessible and incomplete version of Homer's The Odyssey. Knowing that I would need to teach The Odyssey as my first unit, I got to work putting together a side-by-side version of The Odyssey with text on the left and guiding questions and activities on the right.

I also included prompts for students to Notice and Note specific text details and moves. That does mean I have changed some words, eliminated some gods, and deleted some portions. But that also means I have created questions and activities to guide students through the entire text. These questions and activities cover a variety of skills, including making inferences, connections, and predictions. I included content-specific questions about plot structure, characterization, and basic figurative language.

However, I know that not every teacher will want or need to teach the entire epic, so I broke it down into 15 parts (the first one is FREE so you can decide if this resource is for you). You can choose the parts your students need, or you can save some money and buy the entire bundle, which also comes with two *bonus* activities.

Each part is available in a fillable .pdf, editable Google Form, and as a Google Slides presentation. I have to admit that when I learned I would be teaching freshman again, I was nervous, but putting this set together reminded me how much I enjoy this text. I am ready to dive in and start this next part of my journey (or, should I say, my odyssey?). I hope you enjoy using this as much as I enjoyed designing it.

The Odyssey Bundle Includes 50+ pages and 150+ questions

*2 bonus activities*

Part 1: The Poet Prays

Part 2: Calypso

Part 3: Odysseus Speaks/Lotus Eaters

Part 4: Cyclops

Part 5: Circe

Part 6: Land of the Dead

Part 7: Circe's Warning

Part 8: Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis

Part 9: Helios' Blessed Cattle

Part 10: Odysseus' Homecoming

Part 11: Penelope's Suitors

Part 12: Penelope

Part 13: The Contest

Part 14: Odysseus' Revenge

Part 15: Penelope's Test

If you purchased each portion of The Odyssey individually, you'd spend $30, but buying the bundle will help you save! Not only will you get to bonus activities, but you will save $5 and only pay $25, which is like getting 2 parts for FREE!

Since these are Google resources, when you purchase this resource, TPT will create a file in your Google Drive where you will find the fillable .pdf, Google Forms, and Google Slides.

BUT WAIT...if you're like me, teaching The Odyssey is not a stand-alone unit. Instead, you probably pair the text with related poems. To help you out with this, I've also put together The Odyssey Synthesis Bundle that includes:

*15 bonus synthesis prompts and writing rubric*

-"Ithaka" by C.P. Cavafy

-"Odysseus" by W.S. Merwin

-"Calypso" by Suzanne Vega

-"Penelope" by Dorothy Parker

-"Siren Song" by Margaret Atwood

-"Ulysses" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

-"Penelope to Ulysses" by Meredith Schwartz

-"The Cyclops in the Ocean" by Nikki Giovanni

-"An Ancient Gesture" by Edna St. Vincent Millay

You can buy The Odyssey Synthesis Bundle on its own for $15, but you can save a bundle by purchasing both The Odyssey Ultimate Bundle, which includes both this product and The Odyssey Synthesis Bundle. To buy The Odyssey Bundle and The Odyssey Synthesis Bundle separately would cost $47.50, but buying them together is only $40. This would be the same as getting 5 of the poems for FREE! That takes half the price off The Odyssey Synthesis Bundle! So check out The Odyssey Ultimate Bundle!

***This is a HUGE bundle, so I totally understand if you don't need everything I've included here. That's why Moore English also offers Custom Bundles. With Custom Bundles, you can choose which short stories you would like to teach and design the bundle of your dreams! Read more here.***

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