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David Swift |
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The Classical Resource Centre |
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www.angelfire.com/art/archictecture |
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The mythical background |
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What Epic is |
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What Bards do |
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Set challenging hwk: to recite the Odyssey
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Principles of Formulaic composition –
Homeric epithets etc |
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Slides/Video on the Gods of Olympus |
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The Odyssey Schedule (OHP) |
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Homeric Epithets (handout) |
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4 questions |
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Who was he? |
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When did he live? |
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Where did he come from? |
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What did he “write”? |
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4 Answers |
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We don’t know but …………… |
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An ASDA bag |
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And a video |
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“Homer the Singer of Tales” |
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Read Books 1-4 |
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Read at least the set books with them |
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Regularly re-establish the current storyline
within the overall schedule. Time! |
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Make it relevant to them! |
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Get them to illustrate their work |
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Resources |
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The Odyssey Schedule |
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The Odyssey in pictures |
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Classics in a Modern Context (the Sun) |
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An Odyssey round Odysseus (tape) |
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OMNIBUS e.g. |
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Homer Entertains |
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Romancing Nausicaa |
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Newspapers |
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Characterise sections of the text e.g. |
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Telemacheia |
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Flashback adventures |
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The Return |
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The Revenge |
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Plot the second half in terms of |
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Tests |
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Disguises |
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False tales |
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Recognitions |
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Revelations |
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Dreams and omens |
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Resources |
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The Odyssey Schedule (OHP) |
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The Odyssey in pictures(OHP) |
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The Return of Odysseus (OHP) |
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Set targeted reading e.g. |
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What abuses of xenia can you find in
bk. 9? |
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What disguises do we find in bk. 13 |
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Look for the omens in bk.17 |
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Set targeted themes e.g. |
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Role of Athene |
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Qualities of Penelope |
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Ordinary life and people |
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Heroes and villains |
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Revenge and justice |
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Hospitality |
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Resources |
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Themes in the Odyssey (handout) |
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Role of Athene (handout) |
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Penelope in the Odyssey (handout) |
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Take time out from the text |
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Illustrate e.g. |
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Ithaca |
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Troy |
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Pylos |
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Sparta |
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Mycenae |
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Corfu |
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The Trojan Cycle on Greek vases |
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Resources |
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The Classical Resource Centre (internet) |
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Greece from the Air (book) |
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Google.com |
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In Search of the Trojan war (video) |
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The Trojan Cycle (slides/workbook) |
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in 10 words |
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Students choose their top 10 |
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You help create the definitive spider
diagram(s) |
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Past Papers |
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Under timed conditions |
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Resources |
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www.angelfire.com/art/archictecture |
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Notes