Adventures of Odysseus Teaching Slides

A structured KS2 English planning unit based on The Adventures of Odysseus, designed for Year 5 or Year 6. This resource supports the teaching of narrative writing, reading comprehension, and SPaG skills through the retelling of key episodes from Greek mythology.

The unit uses the story of Odysseus’ journey to engage pupils in rich discussion, character analysis, and extended writing opportunities. Lessons are designed to develop both understanding of the text and pupils’ ability to write creatively and accurately.

What’s included:

Full teaching sequence based on The Adventures of Odysseus
Clear lesson-by-lesson planning for reading and writing
SPaG starter activities for each lesson, focusing on key skills such as expanded noun phrases, sentence types, conjunctions, punctuation, and fronted adverbials
Reading comprehension and inference tasks linked to key events in the story
Writing opportunities including narrative retellings, character descriptions, and diary entries
Vocabulary development activities to support richer and more precise writing
Structured scaffolding to support differentiation and progression

This unit is suitable for Year 5 and Year 6 and supports National Curriculum objectives, helping pupils to develop confidence in both reading comprehension and extended writing, while reinforcing key SPaG skills throughout.