Odyssey Creative Project Directions: Choose one of the projects below (I’ve divided them into two categories: Podcast & Artistic Interpretation). The projects should be completed in pairs within your teams and involve the books (chapters) assigned to your teams. Artistic Interpretation: 1. Express your understanding of the Odyssey by including: a. A drawing, painting, or sculpture that depicts one of the following Epic Literary Devices (40 pts): i. one epithet ii. one Homeric simile iii. one scene (plot element) b. The art piece or pieces should be accompanied with a brief explanation (a paragraph or two for each of the following topics below: i. how you chose to represent the epithet, homeric simile, and a summary of the book (scene) you are depicting. (20 pts) ii. A written description of the values that might be learned from this scene and the relevancy it has to modern audiences. (20 pts) c. The epithet or Homeric simile should be included in quotes. (20 pts) 2. Pretend to be a Rhapsody that has traveled to the town of SMA. Here you will act as a storyteller of the assigned book (Chapter). Remember that a rhapsody is a poet and you are going to either write a poem retelling the story in your own words or a song. Performance should be no longer than 5 minutes and needs to include the following: a. An Epic Literary Device i. one epithet (15 pts) ii. one Homeric simile (15 pts) b. A section that is SMA specific: meaning that it is modified to appeal to SMA students. (20 pts) c. You need to turn in the script of your song lyrics or written poem. (50 pts) For Example: If you are performing a song, you need to have the lyrics printed with the literary devices and SMA specific section highlighted to get credit for these components.
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Podcast: Wikipedia defines a podcast as “A series of digital media files (either audio or video) that are released episodically and downloaded through web syndication.” For this assignment, I want you to think of it as a script (a dialogue between 2 or more characters). Each of the podcasts should pertain to the specific book(s) your team was assigned and should include the following: a. The typed script with correct formatting. (50 pts) i. When read out loud, it should be between 3 – 5 minutes in length ii. The various elements below need to be highlighted and identified. iii. The script should be fluid – meaning it makes sense and is orderly iv. It should follow the formatting of a script and use correct grammar. b. Epic Literary Device (10 pts) i. one epithet ii. one Homeric simile c. A summary or reference to specific plot events that occur in the assigned books. (10 pts) d. A Discussion Point – meaning an answer to one of the discussion questions from your posters. (10 pts) e. Mention of the characteristics of an epic (look to ML: Element of Epic for guidance). Could include characteristics of a hero for example. (10 pts) f. Values taught and how it is relevant to a modern audience. (10 pts) Some ideas for the script are below: 1. Find some artistic depiction of your team’s book(s). This can be a painting, poem, song, etc. You search online for this. Then create a script in which you interview the artist about his work. You must pre-approve the artistic depiction with me before writing the script. 2. Interview a character from your team’s book(s). Perhaps you interview the Scylla and get her point of view. 3. You can interview Homer, the great rhapsody himself. 4. Pretend to be Pundits (experts or Greek scholars) and have a discussion or analysis of the assigned book(s).
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