The Odyssey: Chapter 3 – Brass Island

A ready-to-teach lesson exploring Chapter 3 of The Odyssey: Brass Island, with a focus on Odysseus’ leadership, judgement and decision-making.

Includes:

• Chapter 3 retrieval and consolidation
• Key vocabulary: evaluate
• Exploration of Odysseus as a good and flawed leader
• Leadership continuum discussion task
• Scaffolded quotation analysis
• Teacher-modelled I Do analysis
• Guided We Do practice
• Independent You Do tasks
• Evidence ranking and discussion
• Supported WHAT–HOW–WHY analytical writing
• Carefully selected leadership quote bank
• Model analytical paragraph
• Self-assessment and improvement task
• Exit ticket revisiting students’ initial judgement
• Additional challenge exploring alternative interpretations

Designed for KS3, with explicit modelling, simple instructions and reduced cognitive load throughout.