This Book 1 Reading Handout for The Odyssey helps students build a strong foundation while developing key literary analysis skills. Designed for high school English classrooms, it includes a Do Now on in medias res, essential vocabulary (featuring figures like Athena and Zeus), and rigorous text-dependent questions focused on epic conventions, characterization, and theme. Students analyze characters such as Odysseus, Telemachus, and Penelope, and complete a final written response on power and