The Odyssey by Homer Reading Guide for Books 1-6 With Questions & Analysis (2024)

Rated 5 out of 5, based on 7 reviews

5.0(7 ratings)

$3.00

Wish List

Love and Let Lit

4.9k

Followers

The Odyssey by Homer Reading Guide for Books 1-6 With Questions & Analysis (2)

Includes Google Apps™

The Teacher-Author indicated this resource includes assets from Google Workspace (e.g. docs, slides, etc.).

Easel Activity Included

This resource includes a ready-to-use interactive activity students can complete on any device.

Easel by TPT is free to use!Learn more.

What educators are saying

This is my first time ever teaching "The Odyssey", I was worried about what assignments I would use and how well my students would follow along, but this helped so much!

Keagan G.

Rated 5 out of 5

This made collecting information in once place very easy, as the stories are long. Students used the worksheets as reference for their essays.

Gisela F.

Rated 5 out of 5

Also included in
  1. Traditional Literature Bundle for High School English ELA With 16 Novel Studies

    If you teach High School English, look no further! Reclaim your nights and weekends with this English Language Arts Curriculum Bundle with 16 Literature Units for use in 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, and 12th Grade! This bundle features all the curriculum you need in 16 of the most commonly use

    178

    Products

    View Bundle

  2. The Odyssey by Homer Reading Guide With Questions for Comprehension and Analysis

    Frame your unit plan for Homer’s The Odyssey around this comprehensive literature guide! This resource contains four reading guides: Books 1-6, Books 7-12; Books 13-18; and Books 19-24. Each guide contains comprehension & analysis questions as well as increased rigor with questions & activit

    4

    Products

    $9.99Price $9.99$11.96Original Price $11.96Save $1.97

    View Bundle

  3. Teach The Odyssey by Homer with this complete no-prep 4.5-week unit plan! My best resources for The Odyssey are bundled together and connected with lesson plans, a reading guide, engaging activities for the entire epic poem, a literary analysis essay, student-led discussions, and so much more. This

    15

    Products

    $20.99Price $20.99$41.97Original Price $41.97Save $20.98

    View Bundle

  4. If you teach High School English 9, look no further! This 9th Grade English Language Arts Curriculum Bundle features 38-weeks of curriculum in 15 complete unit plans. All the prep work is done! Meeting Common Core Standards for English Language Arts, students study six novels (Animal Farm, Romeo and

    103

    Products

    $169.99Price $169.99$341.73Original Price $341.73Save $171.74

    View Bundle

  5. Teach classic literature to high school students with this bundle English unit plans. Units for The Odyssey, Romeo and Juliet, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Animal Farm are included. This bundle features 12.5-weeks of curriculum! Each unit plan includes engaging resources tied together by easy to follo

    51

    Products

    $74.99Price $74.99$159.37Original Price $159.37Save $84.38

    View Bundle

  6. Teach The Odyssey with this simplified 4-week Odyssey Mini Learning Unit. This is a pared-down version of my Complete Unit Plan for The Odyssey. Students can complete this unit in class, remotely, or on their own at home. Students complete a background activity, read and complete an engaging reading

    9

    Products

    $15.99Price $15.99$30.96Original Price $30.96Save $14.97

    View Bundle

  7. English Language Arts Curriculum w/ Lesson Plans for High School, 9th Grade

    Looking for High School English Language Arts Curriculum? This bundle features 18-weeks of curriculum in 6 complete unit plans PLUS 10 days of sub plans. All the prep work is done! Meeting Common Core Standards for English Language Arts, students study three novels (To Kill a Mockingbird, The Odysse

    36

    Products

    $75.00Price $75.00$126.91Original Price $126.91Save $51.91

    View Bundle

  8. 9th and 10th Grade English ELA Curriculum for TWO YEARS With Lesson Plans

    If you teach High School English, look no further! Reclaim your nights and weekends with this English Language Arts Curriculum Bundle for English 9 and English 10! This bundle features TWO YEARS of curriculum in 29 popular standards-based unit plans. All the prep work is done! Meeting Common Core St

    179

    Products

    $279.99Price $279.99$607.07Original Price $607.07Save $327.08

    View Bundle

  9. High School English ELA Curriculum for 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade English

    If you teach High School English, look no further! Reclaim your nights and weekends with this English Language Arts Curriculum Bundle for English 9 and English 10 and English 11! This bundle features all the curriculum you need in 33 popular standards-based unit plans. All the prep work is done! Mee

    214

    Products

    $349.99Price $349.99$721.00Original Price $721.00Save $371.01

    View Bundle

DescriptionStandards6Reviews7More fromLove and Let Lit

Description

Use this reading guide for books 1-6 to kick off your Unit Plan for Homer’s The Odyssey. Designed to increase comprehension and engage students, this high school resource contains important terms along with comprehension & analysis questions. Increased rigor addresses xenia in ancient Greece, gender roles, character development, & the literary convention of a flashback. Common core aligned with a detailed answer key!

All materials are available in PDF to print and student materials are writeable in Google Slides.

Click Here for the Complete Reading Guide:
The Odyssey Complete Reading Guide

DETAILS:
⭐ Detailed Literature Guide for Books 1-6 of The Odyssey
⭐ Includes 9 Student Pages
⭐ One Page of Terms; 5 Pages of Chapter Questions; 1 Infographic; 1 Character Development Chart; 1 Page of Analysis Questions
⭐ Includes an Answer Key & Common Core Standards
⭐ Use in class or as homework

Wait!!! This is included in my Unit Plan:
The Odyssey Complete Unit Plan

More Resources for The Odyssey:
The Refusal of Odysseus Socratic Seminar
The Odyssey Literary Analysis Essay
Mapping the Travels of Odysseus

Top Resources
Romeo and Juliet Unit Plan With Four Weeks of Engaging Lessons and Activities


Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and products:

• Look for the green star next to my profile picture and click it to become a follower. You’ll receive updates when I post products, freebies and discounts.

How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases:

• Please go to your My Purchases page. Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits you can use to lower the cost of your future purchases. Thank you!

Created By: Jacque Decker of Love and Let Lit

Total Pages

20, in Print & Google Slides

Answer Key

Included

Teaching Duration

N/A

Tags

Activities

Report this resource to TPT

Reported resources will be reviewed by our team. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT’s content guidelines.

Standards

Log in

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).

CCSSRL.9-10.1

Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

CCSSRL.9-10.3

Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.

CCSSRL.9-10.5

Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.

Reviews

Loading

Questions & Answers

Loading

The Odyssey by Homer Reading Guide for Books 1-6 With Questions & Analysis (2024)

FAQs

What is the analysis of the poem Odyssey by Homer? ›

The Odyssey tells the story of a heroic but far from perfect protagonist who battles many antagonists, including his own inability to heed the gods' warnings, on his arduous journey home from war. Along the way the poem explores ideas about fate, retribution, and the forces of civilization versus savagery.

What is the main point of the Odyssey by Homer? ›

Homer's Odyssey follows Odysseus' attempts to return home after the decade-long Trojan War despite the anger of Poseidon and other forces that delay that his homecoming by a decade.

What happens in Book 6 of The Odyssey? ›

What happens in Book 6 of The Odyssey? In Book 6 of The Odyssey, Nausicaa, the princess of the Phaeacian island Scheria, meets Odysseus at the washing pools. She meets him there because Athena appears to her in a dream and convinces her to go there to wash her clothes.

What reading level is the Odyssey by Homer? ›

The Odyssey | Homer | Lexile & Reading Level: 1310.

What is The Odyssey summary? ›

What is the Odyssey? The Odyssey is an epic poem in 24 books traditionally attributed to the ancient Greek poet Homer. The poem is the story of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, who wanders for 10 years (although the action of the poem covers only the final six weeks) trying to get home after the Trojan War.

What is the overall message of The Odyssey? ›

Summary: Homer's The Odyssey explores themes such as the struggle for homecoming, the importance of cunning and intelligence, the power of fate and the gods, and the value of hospitality.

What is the moral lesson of Odyssey? ›

The story of Odysseus reveals moral lessons of bravery, heroism, pride and honor relevant to the Greeks and their culture. Odysseus was a symbol of Greek culture because he was brave, intelligent, and strong. But, he didn't just use those traits for himself, he helped everyone around him.

What does The Odyssey teach us? ›

Finally, we were done, home like Odysseus. The great poet had taught us what life is: a journey, compassion for others, home and family. The world had thrown everything against us, but couldn't stop us from returning safe, tested and stronger than ever, to the ones we love.

What does The Odyssey symbolize? ›

Part of the appeal of The Odyssey is this universal journey that we all undertake, in ways great or small. The island of Ithaca symbolizes home. There Odysseus can share his life with his beloved wife and son, enjoy the wealth that he has earned, eat the food of his youth, and even sleep in the bed that he built.

What is book 5 of The Odyssey about? ›

Book 5 of The Odyssey is the first appearance of Odysseus in Homer's epic. The book opens to a conversation amongst the gods: Athena asks Zeus to free Odysseus from Ogygia, the island of a nymph named Calypso who has kept Odysseus there.

What happens in book 4 of The Odyssey? ›

What happens in Book 4 of The Odyssey? In Book 4 of the Odyssey, Telemachus and Pisistratus travel to Sparta to meet with King Menelaus. Menelaus tells Telemachus how he mourns Odysseus the most out of the Achaeans because of all his hardships. He and his wife, Helen, tell them about what Odysseus did during the war.

Why did Calypso let Odysseus go? ›

Athena's plea thus prompts Zeus to send his messenger, the god Hermes, to Ogygia with a message for Calypso. Zeus orders her to release Odysseus and allow him to return to his home, Ithaca. Calypso agrees to comply with Zeus' order and releases Odysseus.

Why is The Odyssey so hard to read? ›

Proponents of dropping “The Odyssey” argue that it is vain, anachronistic, too difficult for our freshman to read due to its outdated language and hard-to-follow poetic style, and it is punctuated by patriarchal overtones.

How long is book 1 Odyssey? ›

Structure. The Odyssey is 12,109 lines composed in dactylic hexameter, also called Homeric hexameter.

Is it OK to read The Odyssey first? ›

Both The Iliad and The Odyssey present their challenges; one is not notably more challenging to read than the other. Because The Iliad takes place chronologically before The Odyssey, it may provide helpful context if read first.

What is the analysis of Odysseus in The Odyssey? ›

Odysseus. In the Iliad and the Odyssey, Homer made Odysseus the protagonist, so he should be first in the Odyssey character analysis. Despite being just a human, he constantly proves his strength and smarts. Many consider him a heroic figure, though he fits the definition of an anti-hero better.

What does The Odyssey poem focus on? ›

Written by ancient Greek poet Homer, The Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus and his long journey home from the Trojan War. It serves as a sequel to the Iliad which centers around Achilles and tells the story of the war itself.

What is the summary of the epic poem The Odyssey by Homer? ›

The Odyssey is Homer's epic of Odysseus' 10-year struggle to return home after the Trojan War. While Odysseus battles mystical creatures and faces the wrath of the gods, his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus stave off suitors vying for Penelope's hand and Ithaca's throne long enough for Odysseus to return.

What is the moral lesson of the Odyssey by Homer? ›

During The Odyssey, by Homer, Odysseus learns a few lessons, and one of them is that you should be aware of your surroundings and ready to use them. Another moral that he learned was to heed all warnings, regardless what your instincts say.

References

Top Articles
Latest Posts
Recommended Articles
Article information

Author: Moshe Kshlerin

Last Updated:

Views: 5979

Rating: 4.7 / 5 (57 voted)

Reviews: 88% of readers found this page helpful

Author information

Name: Moshe Kshlerin

Birthday: 1994-01-25

Address: Suite 609 315 Lupita Unions, Ronnieburgh, MI 62697

Phone: +2424755286529

Job: District Education Designer

Hobby: Yoga, Gunsmithing, Singing, 3D printing, Nordic skating, Soapmaking, Juggling

Introduction: My name is Moshe Kshlerin, I am a gleaming, attractive, outstanding, pleasant, delightful, outstanding, famous person who loves writing and wants to share my knowledge and understanding with you.