Week 16: The Odyssey by Miss Nourah

Objective 1: Analyze Leadership Choices

MsNourah — 2025-12-16 04:48:17 UTC

By the end of the lesson, students will analyze how Odysseus's impossible choices in Book 12 reveal his leadership qualities, aligning with the IB learner profile's 'risk-taker' and 'principled' attributes (MYP criterion B: Analyzing). ATL skill: Critical thinking through evidence-based analysis.

Objective 2: Evaluate Relationships

MsNourah — 2025-12-16 04:48:17 UTC

Students will evaluate the impact of these choices on Odysseus's relationships with his crew, connecting to MYP interpersonal skills and ATL skill of collaboration in discussions.

Essential Question

MsNourah — 2025-12-16 04:48:18 UTC

How do you define intelligence?

for this text we may question..

How do impossible choices, like navigating Scylla and Charybdis, and dealing with Helios' vengeance, define a leader's identity?

(ATL: Communication)

Direct Instruction: Key Scenes

MsNourah — 2025-12-16 04:48:18 UTC

Review summaries of the Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis episodes. Focus on Odysseus's dilemma: sacrifice few to save many? Link to IB risk-taking in leadership. Watch this short video for visualization.

Exit Ticket

MsNourah — 2025-12-16 04:48:26 UTC

Individual: Write about any character of your choice in the text. And what can you say about their role or personality.

HERO VS TYRANT 1

MsNourah — 2025-12-17 09:06:58 UTC

Eurylochus argues that famine is worse than death, and it's better to die quickly than starve slowly. Is this Argument a moment of necessary act (Heroic crewmate) or disloyalty (Tyrant crewmate)?

Odysseus was asleep when the cattle were killed. The man who convinced the others was Eurylochus. You are a lawyer in the court of Zeus.

MsNourah — 2025-12-17 09:20:01 UTC

You must either Prosecute Eurylochus (arguing he committed mutiny) or Defend Eurylochus (arguing he was forced by "harsh circumstances").

MsNourah — 2025-12-17 09:20:04 UTC

Insolence

MsNourah — 2025-12-17 09:25:24 UTC

"Father Jove, and all you other gods who live in everlasting bliss, I must have vengeance on the crew of Ulysses' ship: they have had the insolence to kill my cows, which were the one thing I loved to look upon, whether I was going up heaven or down again."

Famine

MsNourah — 2025-12-17 09:25:29 UTC

"Meanwhile Eurylochus had been giving evil counsel to the men. 'Listen to me,' said he, 'my poor comrades. All deaths are bad enough but there is none so bad as famine. Why should not we drive in the best of these cows and offer them in sacrifice to the immortal gods?'"

Abate + gale

MsNourah — 2025-12-17 09:25:33 UTC

For six days my men kept driving in the best cows and feasting upon them, but when Jove the son of Saturn had added a seventh day, the fury of the gale abated; we therefore went on board, raised our masts, spread sail, and put out to sea."

abate: lessened

Gale could mean??

MsNourah — 2025-12-17 09:44:59 UTC

Post your answers below

Jannat

2025-12-17 10:15:40 UTC

The sun god is a vengeful and possessive deity who values his cattle more than human survival. After the crew kills his cattle, he uses cosmic blackmail to force Jove into destroying them, proving he would rather leave the world in darkness than let an insult to his dignity go unpunished.

Jannat

2025-12-17 10:17:17 UTC

Gale means strong wind which is why they say it lessens the fury of it.

Maya

2025-12-17 10:19:11 UTC

storm - very strong wind

Zahra Al-Nasir

2025-12-17 10:19:58 UTC

GALE: VERY STRONG WIND

Zainab Alawami

2025-12-17 10:22:14 UTC

Helios (the Sun-god): Helios loves his cows and gets very angry when the crew kills them. He demands punishment for his? dead cows : “…I must have vengeance on the crew of Ulysses’ ship…”

ZAHRA AL-NASIR

2025-12-17 10:22:24 UTC

ODYSSEUS:Odysseus is a smart and careful leader who respects the gods. He tries to do the right thing, but his crew does not listen to him. Because of their bad choices, Odysseus is punished even though he warned them

Fatimah Almosawi

r9v99vbm4z — 2025-12-17 10:23:29 UTC

Eurylochus one of Ulysses men. He is clever and persuasive, also selfish and reckless. When the men were starving, he convinced them to kill the sacred cows of the sun god, even though Ulysses had warned them not to.

Zainab Alawami

2025-12-17 10:24:09 UTC

Gale means a strong wind or storm. In the passage, “…the fury of the gale abated…” shows the storm was very strong but then got weaker

Fatimah Almosawi

r9v99vbm4z — 2025-12-17 10:25:34 UTC

Strong wind or storm.

Fatimah AbuAbdullah

2025-12-17 10:26:34 UTC

Odysseus is the main character in The Odyssey, and in Book XII his role as a leader is very important. He is intelligent and careful, especially when facing danger. Odysseus listens to Circe’s warnings and prepares his crew for threats like the Sirens and Scylla. This shows that he is wise and thinks ahead. At the same time, his personality shows curiosity and pride, which sometimes lead to problems. Even though his crew disobeys him, Odysseus continues to guide them and tries to keep everyone safe. Overall, Odysseus is brave, clever, and determined, and his choices shape the events of the story.

Hashimiyah

mj55c9sdn2 — 2025-12-17 10:27:16 UTC

Eurylochus is a member of Odysseus’s crew who speaks to the men while Odysseus is away. He is fearful and focused on surviving the moment, and he encourages the crew to kill the Sun God’s cattle because they are starving. This is shown when he says, “All deaths are bad enough but there is none so bad as famine.”

Maya Almumen

2025-12-17 10:27:47 UTC

Eurylochus is one of Odysseus’s crew members. When the crew is stranded on the island of the Sun god, they killed the cattle. The man who convinces the others to kill the cattle is Eurylochus, even though Odysseus warned them not to. His actions lead to serious consequences for the crew.

Hashimiyah

mj55c9sdn2 — 2025-12-17 10:28:37 UTC

Gale means a strong wind

Fatimah AbuAbdullah

2025-12-17 10:28:56 UTC

a strong wind

Fatimah alhassan

2025-12-17 21:04:44 UTC

When the air decides to throw hands

Fatimah alhassan

2025-12-17 21:10:21 UTC

Helios:

Helios is characterized as a jealous and merciless god. He is furious at the crime that Odysseus and his crew have committed against him and has no regard for them.