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Monday:  How is Telemachus portrayed?  How are  Telemachus and 
Orestes characterized?  How are Penelope and Clytemestra 
characterized?  How are Phaeacia and its citizens described?  How is 
the Greek culture revealed?  RL1, RL2, RL3

•	Review background notes on Homer
•	Review Books I-IV
HW: read books V-VII and complete questions


Tuesday: How is Telemachus portrayed?  How are  Telemachus and 
Orestes characterized?  How are Penelope and Clytemestra 
characterized?  How are Phaeacia and its citizens described?  How is 
the Greek culture revealed?  

How is Odysseus portrayed in each on the adventures?
RL 1, RL2, RL3

•	Review background notes on Homer
•	Work in groups to answer the reading focus questions and 
discuss answers
HW: read books VIII-X

Wednesday:  How is Telemachus portrayed?  How are  Telemachus and 
Orestes characterized?  How are Penelope and Clytemestra 
characterized?  How are Phaeacia and its citizens described?  How is 
the Greek culture revealed?  
RL 1, RL2, RL3

•	Review background notes on Homer
•	Present answers to reading focus questions
HW: read books XI-XII  and answer questions

Thursday:  How is Odysseus’s character revealed? RL1, RL2, RL3

•	Review background notes on Homer
•	Read book XIII and answer questions
HW: read books XIII-XV and answer questions

Friday: How is Odysseus’s character revealed?
RL1, RL2, RL3
•	Work in group to analyze Odysseus’s character in specific 
adventures—Cicones, Lotus Eaters, Cyclops, Aeolus and the Bag of 
Winds, Circe
•	Present
HW: read books XVI-XIX and answer questions