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How can we apply what we learned
about Greek mythology in LA to our
current culture/unit?
Warm Up: Answer questions 1-7, individually,
on Greek Mythology Writing Project
Brainstorming sheet.
WIO: Project Reflection: Answer the
following questions in complete
sentences.
1. What do you think will be the
easiest part of the Greek Myth
project?
2. What do you think will be the
hardest part of the Greek Myth
project?
3. What can I do to help you?
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Greek Myth Project
Brainstorming
Class Work:
Date:
02.04.13 A
02.05.13 B
1) Warm-Up – Pair/Share
2) Discuss WebQuest – WIO last
class
3) Go over Persia Reading
4) Discuss Myth Project/Rubric
5) Brainstorm/Write for Myth
Project
6) HW
HW:
1. Complete Myth Project Brainstorming
sheet (Shape Sheet)
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Warm-Up
Ancient Greece Mythology Writing Project Brainstorming
1. 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 WebQuestp. 75
What 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 customs
In 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
Project
You 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 expectations
DUE: FEB. 14/15th (NEXT THURSDAY /FRIDAY!!)
Brainstorm Sheet
Explanation
This 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 Myth
Fill 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.
1. What do you think will be the easiest part of the
Greek Myth project?
2. What do you think will be the hardest part of the
Greek Myth project?
3. What can I do to help you?