Guided Reading Setting Map
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The Setting of a Story: Using Setting Maps
Lesson Plans by Rebecca Ray
When students read complex novels with multiple characters and settings, it can be very confusing for them. One way that teachers can aid students is through setting and character mapping. With these simple template storyboards, readers will be able to keep settings and characters well sorted.
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Guided Reading Setting Map for The Odyssey
Storyboard Text
- SETTING MAP
- For "The Odyssey"
- TROY
- ISLAND OF LOTUS EATERS
- ISLAND OF CYCLOPES
- "The Odyssey" takes place in many different locations
- ISLAND OF AEOLUS
- Events: Odysseus and his men went to fight in the Trojan War. The seas rough, because the gods make the journey home hard to punish them.
- LAESTRYGONIANS
- Description: Event(s): 1) They were blown past the route home to this island. 2) 3) ______________# men die
- CIRCE'S ISLAND
- Description: Event(s): 1) 2) 3) 4) ______________# men die
- LAND OF THE DEAD
- Description: Odysseus and his crew reach the palace of Aeolus, king of the winds Event(s): 1) Aeolus gives him a bags of strong winds to send them home. 2) His men open it at the wrong time.
- Description: Event(s): 1) 2) 3) 4) ______________# men die
- Description: The winds blew Odysseus and the men to island of the sorceress named Circe. Event(s): 1) She turns some of the crew into____________________.
- Circe tells Odysseus that he must consult the blind prophet, Tiresias. 1) Odysseus talks to __________________, ____________________, and ______________________. 2) ________________ warns him to not to harm the sacred cattle of ___________________________.
- THE SEA/SHIP
- ISLAND OF HELIOS
- CALYPSO'S ISLAND
- ITHACA
- Description: Scylla is ___________ Charybdis is ___________ Event(s): 1) Odysseus' men put ___________ in their ears to resist the siren's song. 2) ______________# men die
- Description: They land on this island, but quickly begin to starve. Event(s): 1) 2) 3) ______________# men die
- Description: Odysseus lands here after fleeing the god's wrath on the island of Helios
- Description: Odysseus goes to _____________________ first. Event(s): 1) 2)
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