The Adventures of Ulysses

Daily Outline

Day One:

Introduction to unit – page 541

Background to Greek mythology – pages 542-543

The Voyage of Ulysses map – pages 544-545

Characters – pages 546-547

Summaries – Keep short summaries of every story – 50 words

Read “Ships and Men” pages 548-549

HW: Read “The Ciconians” pages 549-552

Day Two:

Discuss “The Ciconians”

Read “The Lotus Eaters” pages 552-554

Read “The Cyclops’ Cave” pages 554-559

Day Three:

Read “Keeper of the Winds” pages 560-565

Review all stories read to this point – TEST tomorrow

Day Four:

Summaries Due for Ships and Men, The Ciconians, The Lotus Eaters, The Cyclops, and Keeper of the Winds

Test One

Begin map assignment

Day Five:

Read “Circe” pages 569-580

Day Six:

Read “The Land of the Dead” pages 580-584

Read “The Sirens” pages 584-587

Day Seven:

Read “Scyela and Charybdis” pages 587-588

Review stories read days 5, 6, and 7 – test tomorrow

Continue working on map

Day Eight:

Summaries due for Circe, The Land of the Dead, The Sirens, and Scyela and Charybdis

Test Two

Read “Tale of Brave Ulysses” (handout)

HW: Read “The Cattle of the Sun” pages 591-595

Day Nine:

Read “Calypso” pages 595-603

Work on map

Day Ten:

Read “Ino’s Veil” pages 603-604

Read “Nausicaa” pages 604-612

Day Eleven:

Read “The Return” pages 615-626

Day Twelve:

Summaries due for The Cattle of the Sun, Calypso, Ino’s Veil, Nausicaa, and The Return

Test Three

Continue to work on your maps. You have only 1 more class period to work on them.

Day Thirteen:

Finish maps – due at the end of class

Day Fourteen:

Being Ulysses Cruise Assignment

Day Fifteen:

Work on Ulysses Cruise Assignment

Day Sixteen:

Ulysses Cruise Assignment due at the end of the hour

Day Seventeen:

Begin watching The Odyssey

Day Eighteen, Nineteen, and Twenty:

Continue watching The Odyssey

Day Twenty-one:

Conclude The Odyssey

Day Twenty-two:

Ulysses’ Final Test