UNIT 6, LESSON 4: AEOLUS,
LAESTRYGONIANS, CIRCE
Lesson Plan
Cover Page
Language
Outcomes
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Content
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Learners move on with Odysseus’ return to Ithaca and his adventures on
the islands of Helios, Calypso and the Faiakes.
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Language
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Learners can use the Present Continuous tense to comment on the story.
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Learning skill
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Learners can work cooperatively in pairs or in groups of four (4).
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Personal aim
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Want to
try out narrative technique based on pictures – Revise vocabulary taught
during the English class
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Educational aims
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Students study and learn vocabulary
items related to Odysseus adventures, then use this knowledge to carry out
relevant tasks.
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Timetable fit
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This is the sixth in a series of units, dealing with Odysseus return
voyage to Ithaca.
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Group profile
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There are 26 students in class, 13 boys and 13 girls.
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Duration
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One (1) teaching hour [45 minutes]
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Assumptions
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Students are pre-elementary (A1) level English learners. They have
enough of the key vocabulary already to discuss mythology, as well as start
writing short relevant texts.
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Anticipated problems and solutions
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Learners may be unsure of some key vocabulary in the presented videos; therefore,
a powerpoint presentation, together with a related language task, will
facilitate learning.
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Materials
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History Student’s Book, Worksheets,
Video, Computer, Whiteboard, Projector
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Procedure
Stage
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Aim
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Procedure
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Materials
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Interaction
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Time
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Warm-up
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Activate prior knowledge
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T shows Ls cover page – elicits the topic of Odysseus
voyage to the islands of Helios, Calypso and the Faiakes
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Board
Computer
Projector
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Group work
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5 mins
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Outcomes
Vocabulary input
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Clarify lesson aims
Present and
practise vocabulary
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1. Ls watch a presentation about Odysseus’ voyages
2.T discusses
with Ls, who complete relevant tasks
in class
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Board
Computer
Projector
PowerPoint presentation
Handout
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T - Ls
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35 mins
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Assign
Homework
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Practise vocabulary
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Drawing activity
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Handouts
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Individual task
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5 mins
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HELIOS, CALYPSO AND FAIAKES (TEACHER PRESENTATION)
Module 6, Lesson 4: On the islands of Helios, Calypso and Faiakes
Student Worksheet
A. Read the story, then number the sentences:
Odysseus and his
mates are sailing to the island of God
Helios. They are very hungry. One day, Odysseus is sleeping. His men are
killing some of Helios’ oxen and are eating them. While sailing again, Zeus is sending them a wild storm. The
ship is broken and all the men die. Only Odysseus is alive.
After ten days swimming in the sea, he arrives on Calypso island. Odysseus is staying there for seven years. Then
with the help of Athena and Zeus, Calypso lets him go. Odysseus is
making a raft and starts sailing again. But Poseidon is sending him a terrible storm, his raft is broken and he
is in the sea, swimming for two days and two nights. On the third day, with the
help of Leukothea, a nymph, he is
arriving on an island. Very tired, he is
sleeping under an olive tree. This is the island of Faiakes. The next morning, Nafsika,
the king’s daughter, and her friends are playing with a ball on the beach. She
finds Odysseus, feels sorry for him and takes him to Alkinoos’ (her father’s) palace. They are all having dinner
together when Dimodokos, the king’s
musician, starts playing music and singing about the Greeks and the Trojan war.
Odysseus starts crying and is telling them who he is. The next
day, the Faiakes are making a new ship for Odysseus and are all sailing to Ithaki.
_____ Odysseus
is making a raft and is leaving Calypso island.
_____ Odysseus
and his friends arrive to the island of God Helios.
_____ Odysseus is arriving on Ithaki
island.
_____ Zeus
is breaking Odysseus’ ship.
_____ The
Faiakes are helping Odysseus.
_____ Odysseus is staying with Calypso for
seven years.
B. Draw and colour Odysseus’ raft.
