As a refresher discussion at the beginning of the hour, I used a Jamboard to present my students with questions regarding themes, plots, and symbols used throughout The Odyssey. Originally I was going to have students just type answers to add using their laptops, but they were a little squirrely so I handed out markers to use the whiteboards instead. Students like using the whiteboards, anyway, and it gets more people actually participating when they don't like speaking in front of everyone. I wanted students to be thinking critically about some of these questions, as it was in preparation for a discussion post activity. Students had to take a position based on this prompt: "At the beginning of The Odyssey, it's said Odysseus suffered a lot on his long journey home. How much of his suffering was the result of his own choices and how much of it was beyond his control?" Then, students had to respond to their peers whether they agreed or disagreed with their stance and why. This lesson allowed students to collaborate with peers around them, and then take that interaction to the online discussion board where they can build on their writing and argument skills.