Odyssey+Lessons

Grade Level/Subject:
Contributing Teacher(s): Carrie Joyce

Resources: Wikispaces Account, Computers for each student or group.

Standards Addressed:
===Content:CFU 3001.8.4 Analyze the role and function of characters (major/minor, protagonists and antagonists) and determine ways in which the author reveals those characters (e.g., what the author tells us, what the other characters say about him or her, what the character does, what the character says, what the character thinks). ===

ISTE Technology:
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.

Students: A) plan strategies to guide inquiry B) locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media C) evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks D) process data and report results.

Introduction/Problem:
Odyssey Characterization Activity

Procedures:
Students may use either a word document and import pictures into the document or, when technology is not available, they may use drawing paper, magazines, glue and scissors.

Student Product/Work:
All student work is to be done individually unless determined by the teacher. Student work should follow guidelines outlined in rubric in above link.

Assessment/Rubric:
See above link.

Enrichment/Reteaching:
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