The Sirens- The Odyssey

What is the setting?

• Sardinia, Circe’s island

• Capri Island

• Ischia

• Siren Island

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

“The Sirens who ----- sailors to their destruction; the wandering rocks, sea rocks that destroy even birds in flight.”

• Attract

• Lure

• Persuade

• Seduce

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What did Odysseus tell his crew to do to him?

• Tie him to the mast

• Put him underneath the floor boards

• Throw him into the ocean

• Put wax in his ears

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

What was the conflict resolution?

• Odysseus’ men put wax in their ears to serve as headphones, and told his men to tie him to the mast

• Put wax in only Odysseus' ears

• Throw Odysseus into the ocean

• Try to defeat the sirens

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.7.5

What were the Sirens depicted as?

• Mermaids

• Bird women

• Half horse half women

• Whale women

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What does roused mean?

• Sadness

• Brought to excitement

• Melancholy

• Focus

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Who was Circe?

• A mermaid

• A siren

• A dog

• A Enchantress

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What happened first?

• Circe's warned them

• Put wax in their ears

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

True or False; Odysseus had wax in his ears.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What does achaea mean?

• One of Odysseus' men

• the greeks, Odysseus’ men

• A name of an island in Naples

• A god

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9