Greek Mythology and Greek Life

Page77Page 76Warm Up: Answer questions 1-7, individually, on Greek Mythology Writing Project Brainstorming sheet.

WIO: Project Reflection: Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

What do you think will be the easiest part of the Greek Myth project?What do you think will be the hardest part of the Greek Myth project?What can I do to help you?Date: 02.04.13 A02.05.13 BClass Work:

Warm-Up Pair/ShareDiscuss WebQuest WIO last classGo over Persia ReadingDiscuss Myth Project/RubricBrainstorm/Write for Myth ProjectHWHW: Complete Myth Project Brainstorming sheet (Shape Sheet)

How can we apply what we learned about Greek mythology in LA to our current culture/unit?Greek Myth Project Brainstorming Warm-UpAncient Greece Mythology Writing Project Brainstorming1. What is culture?2. Describe parts of your culture.3. What are important lessons/morals in your culture? Why are they important?4. What are some current natural phenomena that need explaining?5. How does geography/place play a role in explaining why we do the things we do? (ex. How we get our food, travel, vacation, businesses, etc.) 6. Using the chart from your LA class, describe your favorite myth that you read. What is the lesson or moral that myth is trying to teach? OR What natural phenomenon is that myth trying to explain?7. What supernatural powers would you be interested in if you were a god/goddess?

Discuss WebQuest-p. 75What were you most interested in? What part did you enjoy the most? What would make it go better for you?NOW, with a partner, decide on a 3-2-1 for the both of you to turn in. Answer on piece of notebook paper! You have 7 minutes.

Review Persia Reading Answers Go to Smartfile. Greek Mythology and Greek Life"Myth has two main functions," the poet and scholar Robert Graves wrote in 1955. The first is to answer the sort of awkward questions that children ask, such as Who made the world? How will it end? Who was the first man? Where do souls go after death?The second function of myth is to justify an existing social system and account for traditional rites and customsIn ancient Greece, stories about gods and goddesses and heroes and monsters were an important part of everyday life. They explained everything from religious rituals to the weather, and they gave meaning to the world people saw around them.

Your Greek Mythology ProjectYou will write a 1-2 page Greek Myth inspired story.HOWEVER, it is set in 2013! You are going to apply the themes of a myth (that you learned in Language Arts) and write a myth that would explain a cultural experience that we have today. You will choose to focus on:*explaining a natural phenomenon* Teaching a moral (lesson)*Writing an adventure using an extreme display of emotion (love, envy, fear, jealousy)Follow rubric and components discussed in Language Arts for expectationsDUE: FEB. 14/15th (NEXT THURSDAY /FRIDAY!!)

Brainstorm Sheet ExplanationThis is your opportunity to use what you wrote and we discussed about in the beginning of class in relation to YOUR CULTURE to figure out what you will write about in your Greek MythFill in the shapes with your ideas (can be bulleted). This is for you but will be checked for HW.On the right hand side, you only have to pick ONE shape to fill in. Your story only NEEDS to focus on ONE of these experiences. If you want to do more to challenge yourself, then AWESOME. YOU WILL GET MORE POINTS ON RUBRIC FOR INCLUDING MORE THAN ONE.

WIO: Project Reflection: Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

What do you think will be the easiest part of the Greek Myth project?What do you think will be the hardest part of the Greek Myth project?What can I do to help you?