Download Mythology Medea Lesson Plan Step 1 – Desired Results (what I

Mythology
Medea Lesson Plan
Step 1 – Desired Results (what I want students know, understand and be able to do)
Standard 1(Reading): Students will use vocabulary development and an understanding
of text elements and structures to comprehend literary and informational grade level
text.
Objective 3
(Comprehension of Literary Text): Comprehend literature by analyzing the use of literary
elements across genres and cultures
3c. Compare recurring and universal themes in literary works.
Standard 3Inquiry/Research/Oral Presentation): Students will understand the process
of seeking and giving information in conversations, group discussions, written reports,
and oral presentations.
Formulate questions that direct inquiry.
Obj. 1a Formulate questions that direct inquiry.
B.
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Students will be able to understand vocabulary terms that relate to Greek
theater.
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Students will understand and participate in a Reader’s Theater.
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Student will be able to make connections from text to text, text to self, and text
to world.
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Students will understand emotions of betrayal in the human condition.
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Students will understand that myth and the emotions found in it is part of the
human condition even today.
C. I do not have any students in this class that will require any adjustments.
Step 2 – Assessment Evidence (summative check for understanding)
 Participation in reading in the
Readers Theatre.
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Critical thinking used to create questions using text to text information.
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Students will create a theatre atmosphere prior to participating in the Readers
Theatre
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Quiz at the end of this lesson to check for understanding.
Step 3 – Active Learning Plan (detailed enough for another teacher to follow)
A. Steps for Students (use active verbs)
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Will rearrange room to resemble a Greek theatre.
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Students will participate in a Readers Theatre and will be assigned specific parts
for the reading.
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Students will use voice inflection and feeling as they read the play.
Students will write questions using both the myth of Jason as well as the play Medea
to form questions for a “Jerry Springer show” where they will have the opportunity
to ask the characters specific questions that were not answered in the literature.
B. Notes for Teacher
Day 1
Distribute handout – Vocabulary terms for Greek theatre
Power point
15-20 minutes
Discuss vocabulary in handout
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What is the role of the chorus?
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When do they come in?
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Create a theatre atmosphere
10 minutes
15-20 minutes
o Designate a chorus and characters
o Set up theatre seating
o Put up picture of ‘
o Greek country side for the backdrop
Begin reading the play
40 minutes
Assign students to read the prologue in World Mythology for Medea (204-209)
Assign students to come back with two questions they would like to ask Jason and
two for Medea. They will need to use both the myth of the Golden Fleece as well as
the play to develop their questions. This will be the pre-write assignment for our
“Jerry Springer show.”
Day 2
Begin class with a review of the prologue for Medea.
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What information is significant for understanding Medea?
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Does Medea represent women in positive way?
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Does Medea only speak for women or can she speak for all of those how
outsiders are?
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Who is the likable character in this play?
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Do you connect to any particular character?
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What point of view does Euripides write from? Is this unique to him?
Set two stools at the front of the classroom and bring a microphone from a karaoke
machine.
After role ask for three volunteers and have all of the students’ move the tables back
and bring chairs to the middle of the room and form two rows with an isle in
between. Take the three volunteers to the NHS room and give one a suit coat and
the other two a toga and laurel wreaths.
Step 4 – Reflection (focus on student learning results)
A. This lesson went well and students were willing to participate in readers theatre.
Students even added a character of a Narrator. Students could connect the text to
themselves and comment on a previous myth of Jason and the Golden Fleece.
B. I need to consider rewriting a rubric and awarding participation points daily to keep a few
students that do not want to participate in anything interested.
C. I think that I will allo0w the students to make their own costumes before beginning the
reader’s theatre so that they feel like they have more ownership in the project. This also
has to be taught after the reading of Jason and the Golden Fleece for students to have a
clear understanding of the writing and it’s importance.