Over Break...

Hey, gang!

I will be looking over Career Papers and grading them this weekend.  If you need to turn it in or make revisions, and you finish the paper and email me during break, I will NOT take off points for it being late.

I will also grade Odyssey tests.  If you aren't happy with your grade, you will be able to write extra Short Answer/Essay questions to bring the grade up.

Finally, for the Odyssey Game projects, you were given a couple card templates.  Think about actual plot events that happened during the story and assign one to each card.  You want to make the smaller point value cards represent easier tasks, and save the big points for the hard challenges (Calypso, Polyphemus, etc).  Give the card a title at the top, and a description (quote from the text would be good) or illustration.  Illustrate the card however you want, but only write on one side.

You also need to make two other cards:
Fortunes: Objects, items, supplies that can help you every turn
Heroic Feats: Character traits that helped Odysseus complete his journey. These cards will be discarded after one use.
For the other two cards, think of an appropriate title. Describe what they give you in the game (gain more Crew to help you, reroll or roll extra dice, pass a specific kind of encounter, etc). The description should make sense based on what it does.  For example, a Sword might help you fight a monster, by would do nothing against a fierce storm.  You can use objects, allies, and events from the book (Maron's wine, Odysseus's bow) or make up your own that would make sense in context of the odyssey (new sails for the ship, a magic amulet given by Athena).
This is a Big Deal project, and you should spend at least an hour on thinking up ideas for the cards, looking back in the text, and designing the cards.  This will help the game "feel" like you're actually going through the story.

Happy Holidays and have a great break!