Journey Unit
“Always keep Ithaca in your mind.
You are destined to arrive there.
But don't hurry your journey at all.
Far better if it takes many years,
and if you are old when you anchor at the island,
rich with all you have gained on the way.”
~Barry B. Powell - The Odyssey
You are destined to arrive there.
But don't hurry your journey at all.
Far better if it takes many years,
and if you are old when you anchor at the island,
rich with all you have gained on the way.”
~Barry B. Powell - The Odyssey
Essential Questions
1. What does mean to be a leader?
2. What can be learned from challenges in life?
3. Why is it important to pay attention to the journey that moves one towards a goal?
Literature
The Adventures of Ulysses by Bernard Evslin
Know
Understand
Do
Narrative
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.3
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.3.D
Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
Analyzing Perspectives
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.6
Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author's point of view or purpose (e.g., loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts).
Summarization & Interpretation
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.2
Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.
Inference
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.1
Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
1. What does mean to be a leader?
2. What can be learned from challenges in life?
3. Why is it important to pay attention to the journey that moves one towards a goal?
Literature
The Adventures of Ulysses by Bernard Evslin
Know
- The obstacles that Ulysses faces throughout his journey home
- The challenges teach Ulysses needed lesson: Humility: perseverance, patience, loyalty
- Characterization
- The canoe journey parallels Ulysses journey: physical, emotional and mental challenges, relying on others to reach a goal, lessons learned
- What is an epic poem
- Homeric Simile
Understand
- We all face challenges throughout our journeys.
- We learn and grow when we are faced with obstacles.
- There are many different leadership styles.
- The characteristics that make each of us strong and able.
Do
Narrative
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.3
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.3.D
Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
Analyzing Perspectives
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.6
Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author's point of view or purpose (e.g., loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts).
Summarization & Interpretation
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.2
Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.
Inference
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.1
Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.