Personal Odyssey Narrative

Introduction (paragraph - 5 pts.)topic sentence intros. life experience as an

odyssey with a goalidentify Odysseus (epic hero of Homer's Odyssey) and his goal to reach home

identify your goal, noting the basic parallel to Odysseus's

mention the topics of the body paragraphs but not the supporting details.

Body Hindrances = noun; hinders = verb – (10 pts.)

Include people, situations, temptations, obstacles  Helps (10 pts.)

Include mentors and favorable situations  Personal traits (10 pts.)

Include positive traits that aid you as well as shortcomings which hamper your progress

  Allusions to The Odyssey (10 pts.)

Include at least 3

Conclusion (paragraph – 5 pts.)

No new info/examplesWrap it up/tie it all togetherReflection on experience (journey v. goal)

Avoid grammar pitfalls

like/as - both introduce comparisons: like = preposition:  Like Odysseus, I will face

  obstacles. as = transition:  As Odysseus faces temptation from

       the Sirens, I face the temptation of          too much texting.

Grammar pitfalls

verb tense - historical present"Odysseus has a hard time convincing his crew to go on."

 punctuation – possessive Rule breakers due to pronunciation Odysseus's or Odysseus’ Cyclops’ (singular) or Cyclopes’ (plural) Plurals not ending in screw'smen's Plurals ending in sSirens’