Transcript The Odyssey: Calypso, the Sweet Nymph

 Sit
some place alone
 Clear
 When
off your desk except for a pen or pencil
finished, flip your quiz upside down
and wait.
At the top, label it
“Calypso Story”
Create a smaller label that reads
“Calypso Characters”
Odysseus: Our main character, survivor of the
Trojan War and still King of Ithaca; missing
since the end of the war.
Telemachus: Odysseus’ son who searches for
Odysseus
Calypso: beautiful nymph goddess who keeps
Odysseus on her island for 7 years
Athena: Zeus’ favorite daughter. Goddess of
war, wisdom and peace.
Read 652-653
Expectations While You Read:
-Simply follow along
-Stop me if you get lost or don’t understand
-Re-read or ask questions if needed
-Stay on task
Copy and answer these recall questions:
1. Who is sent by Zeus to tell Calypso to free
Odysseus?
2. In what setting does the messenger find
Calypso and Odysseus?
3. How does Odysseus act during the day?
4. Describe the conversation between
Calypso and Odysseus.
Create a heading:
Name
“Calypso Analysis Questions”
Date
Period
You will be given four questions. Answer
each one in complete sentences. All
answers must be supported with specific
quotations from the text.
1.
What is the mood of the
setting (not Odysseus’ mood)
before Calypso releases
Odysseus?
Find a line (or set of lines) that
prove your answer.
2. What line(s) best show
Odysseus’ feelings before
he is released by Calypso?
Write out the lines and
explain how they show his
feelings.
3. What does she try to do
before she officially lets
Odysseus go? What do her
actions and words say about
her?
4. How does he respond to
Calypso’s persuading talk?
What does his reaction
suggest about him?
 Walk
your papers up to the front of
the room.
 Grab an index card.
 Open
text book to page 655.
 Read
the poem on 655 by Suzanne Vega
Answer the following questions on the lined
side of your index card about this poem:
1.
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6.
Who narrates this poem?
What tone of voice does our narrator have?
What line is repeated throughout the
poem?
Why is it repeated so much?
How many stanzas are in this poem?
How is each stanza different?
Using the plain side of your index card:
On the left side, list the topics that occur
within this poem.
On the right side, create at least ONE theme
(from your list of topics) that describes the
universal lesson/moral learned from this
poem.
Submit index card when finished.