The Odyssey Graphic Novel Lesson Guide

Wanting a perfect way to introduce your students to the thrill of "The Odyssey" without spending hours mired down in the traditional epic? Try a graphic novel! The graphic novel version this guide covers has the feel of the traditional epic but is simplified for easier reading into 6 chapters.

The 33 page guide contains everything you need to seamlessly explore the graphic novel: a link to a free online library, so you won't spend precious time searching for the reading, and links to helpful videos providing background knowledge about "The Odyssey."

There is a page of background information about the Greeks, "The Iliad", and "The Odyssey," to help students better understand the text. 18 pages of questions with page-by-page references follow, designed to ensure students are understanding what they have read, and give them the opportunity to make inferences and predictions. These comprehension questions are chock full of language and literacy skills including context clues, figurative language, vocabulary, prefixes and suffixes, and more!

Discussion questions for after the story has been read cover 4 pages. These cover more language and literacy skills, such as compare and contrast, story craft, and a deep dive into heroism, morality, Greek philosophy and how it compares to today. A Venn diagram and Story Arc graphic organizer are also included to help students visualize their answers.

Further reinforcing language skills, the guide offers more than 3 pages dedicated to Sentence Writing and Paraphrasing practice, focusing on conjunctions and paraphrasing.

Versatile and adaptable, this teaching guide is ideal for differentiated instruction, catering to diverse learning needs. Suitable for 4th grade and beyond, with teacher guidance, it promises a fulfilling literary journey. Delivered in Google doc format, customization is effortless, allowing educators to tailor the material to their unique classroom dynamics and objectives.