DoE Curriculum Unit: The Gods and the Heroes of the Odyssey
Standards and Frameworks: Massachusetts Foreign Language Curriculum Foreign Language Learning Standards
Major topics/Concepts/Questions of Today's Lessons
Language Skills that will be practiced
Sequence of Lesson Activities
Homework
Long Term Planning
Major Topics/Concepts/Questions of Today's Lessons
Students will practice the technology skill by creating a powerpoint of a collage of mosaic on some aspects of a character or mythological figure in the Odyssey.
Language Skills that will be practiced
_____ Reading
__X__ Writing
_____ Listening
_____ Speaking
__X__ Culture
Sequence of Lesson Activities
The teacher will show the students the movie the Odyssey.
The teacher will provide students with information on characters, plot and mythological elements in the Odyssey.
The teacher will explain the use of powerpoint and demonstrate how to create a presentation.
Teacher-Created PowerPoint Presentation:
Patricia Dipillo - The Odyssey Through Art
Homework:
Students need to create a powerpoint mosaic or collage presentation on CD using characters, or mythological figures in the Odyssey with at least five (5) slides.
Examples of Student-Created PowerPoint Presentations:
Kurt C.:
Dan I.:
Nick M.:
Examples of Student-Created PowerPoint Presentations:
Student Mosaics
Long Term Planning:
This is a two week assignment.
