Project Name: My Personal Odyssey Journal Entry

Instructions:
Your life is your personal odyssey. What is your Ithaca? What symbol or picture can you display on each
slide?
Example: I was born on the 4th of May which coincides with the feast of Saint Helen. That is why the
symbol I choose for my birth is a crown. (I have been Reyna Elena since birth.)
Each item should be representing one stage of the journey.

1.The Journey Begins

You are born. (is there any story behind your name, birth, history at the time you were born?)

2. Farewell to Ithaca
Describe your feelings about being away from home for the first time.

3.The Lotus Eaters

Describe one of the strangest things you have ever seen or experienced.

4.Down to Hades
If you could speak to one person who is dead, whom would you choose and what questions would you
ask?

5.The Sirens
Describe the greatest temptation you have ever faced.

6.Ino’s Magic Veil

Describe the biggest favor anyone has ever done for you.

7.Defeat of the Suitors

Describe a situation in which the odds were against you, but you managed to win anyway.

8.Athena’s Guidance
Describe the person who has been most helpful to you during your journey.

9.The Trojan Horse

Describe the best and most creative idea you have ever had.

10. Cyclops’s Cave

Describe a narrow escape you have had.

Circe’s Advice
11.Describe the best piece of advice that anyone has ever given you.

12. Scylla or Charybdis?

Describe the most difficult decision you have ever had to make.

13.Calypso’s Island
Describe a time when you felt “trapped” and unable to be where you wanted.
14.Penelope
Describe the most loyal person you have ever known.

15. Singing Your Praises

Describe a quality which you possess that you think the gods would find impressive.

CONCLUSION: The greatest takeaway for this odyssey