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The students are called one by one to form a ship’s figure with their bodies and then
stay still, composing a frozen image. When the music enters the bodies start to move
slightly to imitate the ship’s sailing. Then each group recites the lyrics it composed. As
the music fades, the students “freeze” again.

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3 PHASE: Assessment procedure: impressions, comments and suggestions

In order to check the acquired knowledge, we dispense the following worksheet to the
students, which contains a simple matching exercise.

ASSESSMENT TEST

Α Β
1. In Ithaca, based on the myth of
a) adventurous and seemed endless
Odyssey, the poet talks about
2. Odysseus's journey was b) advisory and it is also symbolic

3. Lasestygenes, Cyclops and Poseidon c) knowledge
4. The name of the poet is d) the journey of life
e) symbolizes the great goal that one sets
5. "Good things" refer to
ahead of him/her
f) the excellent spiritual and physical
6. The "primitive ports" symbolize
goods that must be conquered
g) symbolize the obstacles that he

7. Egypt represents encounters on the road and his personal
struggle
h) everything new and beneficial (people-
8. The poem is
places-experiences)
9. Ithaca, besides the destination of life, i) Cavafy

 Saying “goodbye”
We stand in circle holding hands. We stay still for a moment, in silence, with our eyes
open, relaxed. Everyone is ready to say how he/she felt in this experiential workshop
and to share his/her thoughts with the rest of the team. We emphasize once again the
timelessness of poetry as well as the beneficial effect of dramatic techniques and
artistic expression on our personality.

 Finishing with a round of applaud

"Ithaca is what it means to everyone." George Seferis