The Book Ball Book Report Due Date: Even=May 16, Odd=May 17

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1 The Book Ball Book Report Due Date: Even=May 16, Odd=May 17 Using your analyzation of Homer s, The Odyssey, you will put your knowledge and creative skills into action to create a 12-sided Book Ball that incorporates twelve of the elements below. The Ball can be made out of printer paper, construction paper, or poster board in any color of your choosing. You may type or hand write. MUST BE LEGIBLE! You need to remember to do all of your writing and decorating on the paper within the pentagon before you cut and fold the circles. You may add any decorations or drawings to any unused space on the paper. The REQUIRED sides are: 1. Title Side: Write your name, class period, due date, title, and author of the epic. 2. Characterization Side: Describe Odysseus character as an epic hero: what specific aspects of his character make him a hero? How does his character develop throughout the epic? 3. Setting Side: Draw a picture or a map of the setting of ONE location the epic and provide a quote that aids in your depiction. 4. Important Quote and Explanation: Select a quote from the close-reads (HW) that YOU deem as important to the epic. Explain the quote s context in the story, it s meaning, as well as importance to the epic. 5. Diction, Mood, and Tone: Select a scene, and explain how the diction aids in analyzing the tone and mood of the scene. Identify the tone and mood of the scene Thesis Statement and TIDDIDDE Body Paragraph: Write a well-developed thesis and first body paragraph addressing ONE of the following: 1. What is the role of females in the Odyssey? Taking into consideration such characters as Penelope, Circe, Athena, the Sirens, and Anticlea (Odysseus mother), discuss how women are portrayed. 2. What is the importance of the father/son relationships in the Odyssey? Thinking about what the story presents about the relationships between Odysseus and Laertes, Odysseus and Telemachus, and Polyphemus and Poseidon, describe what characteristics of this relationship the Greeks valued. 8. Author s Purpose: Select ONE scene (not the same one as #5) from the epic that stood out to you most. Summarize the scene, then explain the author s purpose for including the scene= how did it enhance the overall story? 9. Figurative Language: Identify 5 examples of DIFFERENT figurative language devices in the epic. Write them down, and identify them. 10. Connection to Today: Identify three different ways the epic relates to today s society: where do we see mythology today? Be specific and detailed! Select TWO of the following sides to complete your project: 1. Alternate Ending Side: In one-two paragraphs, write a different ending to the story. 2. Poetry Side: Create a poem (any type, 10 lines or longer, does not have to rhyme) from the point of view of ONE of the characters in The Odyssey. This poem should accurately portray the character and what he/she is struggling with in the original epic.

2 3. Review Side: Write a 2 paragraph Book review to the future freshmen class detailing your honest opinion about the book. Back up your opinion with evidence from the epic (8-10 sentences). 4. Create a god/goddess: Create your own god/goddess. Include his/her Greek name, a brief description of what he/she is the god/goddess of, an image to represent him/her (this could be of the god/goddess, or a symbol to represent him/her). When all sides and decorations are complete: Carefully cut out the 12 circles. Fold the crescents on the lines around the circle so that the folds are standing up or facing up. Align the crescent of one circle to the crescent of another and staple them together (glue might come unglued). Each crescent will be stapled to a different circle s crescent all the way around to create a ball. *Be sure that all edges are facing up and are framing your pictures or paragraphs!

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