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Wacky Wordsmith

Name: ___________Polo Mathay Reyes_____________________


Text: _______The Odyssey________________________
Date: _________August 10,2010_______________________
Books: ____________Books 5-8____________________

Wacky Wordsmith: As the author of the two most famous epics in ancient Greek
literature, Homer helped define the Western World's vocabulary landscape. Your
task is to look for at least TEN WONDER WORDS, important words or phrases in
the text which you deem crucial to the text. If you find words that are puzzling or
unfamiliar, list them down in the second table, “NEW TO MY VOCABULARY”.
Record the meaning that you came up with and indicate its significance. Include
words that you consider significant or crucial to the text. When your circle meets,
discuss the words, the reason(s) why you think they are Wonder Words, and how
you came up with their meaning. Ask them to suggest additional Wonder Words
to your list.

“WONDER WORDS” Book # Definition and


Significance
suffer a mental
Pine and physical
5 decline especially
because of a
broken heart ;
said when
Odysseus was
about to build a
raft with Calypso.
He longed to see
his family as his
days go by.
A person who
Suppliant 7 makes a humble
plea to someone
with authority and
power; When
Odysseus was
asking for help from
the Phaiakans to
provide him a ride
home back to his
family.

A tall, fast growing


Poplars tree of north
6 temperate regions;
it is for timber and
pulp- ; Nausikaa
uses the grove of
poplars as a point of
reference for
Odysseus to reach
the palace of his
father, Alkinoos.

A heavy steel or
Anvil iron block with a flat
8 top, concave sides
and typically having
a pointed end; Here,
Hephaistos, the god
of forgery,
expressed his
sorrows and his
heartsore story.

The longitudinal
Keel structure along the
7 centerline of the
bottom of a vessel's
hull; When, on the
9th day of his
shipwreck from the
War in Troy, he
clang to a keel to
get him to safety on
the island of
Ogygia, Calypso's
island.

“NEW TO MY Book # Definition and


VOCABULARY” Significance

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