Today’s checklistMiss Peregrine’s Home for

Peculiar ChildrenLove mythsMidas Review

Reading checkQuiz on the Prologue & Chapter 1

of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Stories of love and adventure1. Pyramus and

Thisbe2. Orpheus and

Eurydice3. Ceyx and Alcyone4. Pygmalion and

Galatea5. Baucis and

Philemon6. Endymion &

Daphne (combined)

SketchesYour group (2 or 3)

will be assigned a love myth

Determine the key details

You will enact a love myth

One group member may choose to narrate

Love myths The Greeks did not particularly

laud the goddess of love, Aphrodite

The Greeks paid homage to love, but did not revere it

Love of all kinds Self-love – Narcissus Unrequited love – Echo and

NarcissusForbidden love – Pyramus and

ThisbeLove beyond death – Orpheus

and EurydiceHappy endings – Atalanta and

Meleager

Lessons in love Some love myths have specific

lessonsExample: relationship with the

godsOrpheus is told not to look backHe does so anyway, allowing him

only a glimpse of his beloved Eurydice

Midas If you were given one wish, what

would you wish for?The Midas touchCan Midas’ actions be defended?

Mythology reviewWith a partner,

compare your notes from the mythology unit

Compose three multiple choice questions that could appear on the test

Test FormatA. Multiple choice

(15)B. Short answer

(16)C. Image analysis

(6) D. Paragraph

response (5)

Multiple choice If designed properly,

the options provided in a multiple choice question should include the following:

a) The correct answerb) The opposite of the

correct answerc) A distracting answerd) A shot in the dark

ExamplePerseus sets out on

a quest to retrieve…

a) The Krakenb) Theseusc) Medusa’s headd) Medusa’s love