The Odyssey - Student Activities

Interactive activities to use after reading each chapter of The Odyssey: An Illustrated Retelling of Homer’s Epic for Young Readers. There is one independent activity page for each of the 16 chapters, so teachers can assign them one at a time as the class reads. They also work for independent study and homeschooling.

Each chapter includes:

• Understand the Story: comprehension questions

• Think and Discuss: prompts for reflection and class conversation

• Create: diary entries, dialogues, poems and drawing tasks

• Extended Writing Option: a longer analytical task in selected chapters

• Did You Know? and Vocabulary: cultural context and a glossary

• Use the words: vocabulary practice

Students type their answers directly on the page, then review them and download a PDF with their questions and answers to save or hand in.