The Iliad teacher pack
Five weeks of lessons on The Iliad for ages 14 to 18: a plan, a worksheet and the answers for each week, a final essay with a marking guide, and a reading certificate to print. Free to use in class.
Five weeks, week by week
- Week 1Books 1 to 5
Achilles withdraws, a truce fails, and gods shape the fighting, showing how anger and divine power weaken human control.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 2Books 6 to 10
Hector chooses battle over family safety, while threatened Achaean leaders seek help that Achilles refuses, exposing conflicting duties and wounded honor.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 3Books 11 to 14
Wounded leaders and attacks on the defenses deepen the Achaean crisis, while advice and divine interference shape resistance at the ships.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 4Books 15 to 19
Patroclus saves the ships but dies after pursuing the Trojans, turning Achilles from withdrawal toward revenge and reconciliation with Agamemnon.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 5Books 20 to 24
Achilles kills Hector and honors Patroclus, but Priam’s appeal turns shared grief into mercy and gives Troy time to mourn.
Plan · worksheet · answers
Assessment
Final essay
Three questions to choose from, 800 to 1,200 words, with a marking guide in four bands.
Quiz bank
The 30 questions and 39 flashcards online, for homework or a quick check in class. Open the quiz
Discussion
Questions for small groups, meeting by meeting. The book club kit
Reading certificate
Certificate of reading
Student's name
has read
The Iliad
by Homer
Teacher and class
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