FOR TEACHERS
The Iliad Essay Rubric
A ready-to-use 100-point rubric for evaluating analytical essays on Homer’s Iliad, with clear performance levels for thesis, textual evidence, analysis, organization, and writing quality.
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Worksheets & Activities
Printable worksheets and classroom activities designed to help students track characters, themes, events, quotations, and literary ideas while engaging actively with classical texts.
Homer
The Iliad
The Odyssey
THE ODYSSEY • WRITING PROMPTS
The Odyssey — Writing Prompts and Essay Assignments
A flexible set of 24 writing prompts for Homer’s Odyssey, including short responses, analytical paragraphs, full essay assignments, and comparative or creative options. Includes a free printable PDF for classroom use.
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The Odyssey Student Worksheet Pack
Four flexible student worksheets for tracking Odysseus's journey and its consequences, xenia and hospitality, identity and recognition, and character development across Homer's Odyssey. Designed for use throughout the poem and includes a free printable student PDF for classroom use.
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Ajax
Greek Tragedy · Writing & Literary Analysis
Sophocles’ Ajax — Writing Prompts and Essay Assignments
A collection of short writing prompts, analytical essays, comparative assignments, and research questions for Sophocles’ Ajax. Students examine heroic honor, shame, family obligations, divine intervention, compassion, and justice while practicing close reading and evidence-based argument.
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ANTIGONE • WORKSHEET PACK
Antigone Worksheet Pack
Six flexible classroom worksheets for Sophocles’ Antigone, focusing on competing obligations, decisions and consequences, listening and leadership, character analysis, turning points, and final synthesis. Designed to develop evidence-based interpretation rather than simple plot recall.
Read resource →ANTIGONE • WRITING & ESSAY ASSIGNMENTS
Antigone Writing Prompts and Essay Assignments
A graduated collection of writing assignments for Sophocles’ Antigone, ranging from focused analytical paragraphs to literary analysis, argumentative essays, and advanced college-level prompts. Includes guidance for developing strong arguments and an optional essay-planning framework.
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