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aCTiViTY 2.4
interacting in meaningful Ways: academic Collaboration
Learning Targets
• Ask and answer questions about an epic poem in collaborative conversations, demonstrating active listening, and drawing upon an expanding pool of language resources for discussing literature.
• Express and support opinions of an epic poem in conversation.
Turn to your partner or small group to discuss each question about the Odyssey. After you have discussed a question, write notes about your answer before going on to the next question.
1. From which character’s point of view does the author write the poem?
2. How does the author portray the two main characters?
The poem is told from the point of view of .
3. What archetypal role does the narrator play in the epic? What stage of the Hero’s Journey archetype do the plot events show?
4. What narrative techniques does the author use in paragraph 13?
Asking Questions
Heroes often use trickery to defeat their enemies. With your partner or small group, read aloud paragraphs 13–14 from the Odyssey. Discuss what questions you have about what Odysseus is doing. Write one question to share with the whole class.
22 SpringBoard® English Language Development grade 8
The author portrays Odysseus as and Cyclops as .
The author uses the narrative techniques of and .
The narrator fits the archetypal role of .
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