Moises Puentes

This 2-day lesson plan guides students through a deep comparison between The Odyssey and The Summer of the Mariposas by Guadalupe García McCall. Using key mythological episodes from The Odyssey, students explore how McCall borrows and blends ancient Greek elements to shape Cecilia’s character and teach lessons about temptation and distraction. Students build vocabulary through context clues, analyze characters using text evidence, discuss themes in groups, and write a structured paragraph us