Hercules Charts

If you were absent for one of the days of presentations, I will link you to the slideshows so you can use that information to help you complete your Hercules character trait chart.  You may need to use your SK ID to log in.  Thanks to period 7 for these awesome slide shows!

Section 1
Section 2 and 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6 
Section 7

Statue Paper Revision Opportunity

Here is a slideshow that should help guide you in revising your statue letter.

If you choose to revise your letter, it is due by Friday, 12/13.  Please submit it to the new assignment slot on Google Classroom.

Hercules Presentations due Thurs/Fri

Here is the information for your Hercules presentations!

Statue Essay due Monday

Please make sure that you have submitted your Statue Letter Essay to Google Classroom by Monday!

Unit 2 Test information

Unit 2 Test study guide

Unit 2 Terms to know

Unit 2 test review questions (stories only)

Unit 2 test kahoot (stories, antithesis, and literary devices)

Theseus Character Assignment

Following the picture below, please read the remaining part of the Theseus story and create a "pie" organizing character information.  Each piece of pie should have the name of the character, a summary, and a visual from that part of the story.  The model pictured below indicates which paragraphs contain the necessary information about each character.  You will probably need to click on the image below to see the full information.

Theseus Part 1 Questions

Theseus Part 1 Questions:

# 1 How does Theseus demonstrate acts of heroism? How does Theseus seem to define the concept of heroism? What specific heroic traits does he demonstrate?

#2 Cite at least one specific example of when Theseus’ cousin Hercules influences Theseus’ behavior and decision making. How does having a cousin like Hercules influence Theseus’ personality? How would his life have been different if he didn’t have Hercules as a cousin?

#3 What does Theseus’ treatment of the bandits reveal about his concept of justice? In other words, how does Theseus define justice and how does he feel like justice needs to be enforced?

#4 Cite 2-3 examples of how Theseus’ quest and personality differ from
those of Jason and Perseus. Cite at least one example of how his quest is similar to that of Jason or Perseus. Of these three heroes, who do you think most closely matches our concept of heroism today?

#5 What connections can you make between Theseus’ life so far and current stories, shows, or characters? To answer this question, you need to refer to a specific character from a tv series, movie, or book, describe a characteristic or event with that character, and explain what part of Theseus’ life this is similar to.

Perseus Column Assignment

We will be using the chart (picture available below--click on it!) to help us organize our thoughts as we read the Perseus story.  If you book has the sections marked, please use those to indicated when you need to fill in a row on the chart.  If you're making this up at home and don't have the sections marked, you may divide the story into 3 even sections and fill the chart out based on those.

Antithesis Notes

Antithesis notes are available here.

Jason Interactive Reading Assignment

The questions for the Jason Interactive Reading Assignment can be found here,

Unit 1 Test on Thursday/Friday

Our Unit 1 Test is this Thursday/Friday!  Please see questions here that will help you prepare for the exam.

Additionally, all Unit 1 Assignments are due by this Friday.  Please make sure you have turned int the

Survey
Syllabus
Poster
Demeter/Dionysus Presentation
Betrayal Paragraph
Newspaper Article
Diary Entry
Hades Project

Newspaper Article Assignment! Due Monday!

(Newspaper) Article

Directions:   Write an article in the style of a newspaper using formal voice in which you retell the story of one of the myths we have read or discussed so far in class.

Voice elements

• Formal voice in main text; school appropriate informal voice can be in quotations (slang, etc)
• No first person or second person in main text; first person appropriate in quotations
• Average to long sentences

• Length:  1- 1 ½ pages

Suggested myths:

• Struggle between the gods (Uranus, Cronus, Zeus)
• Demeter and Persephone
• Dionysus
• Creation of Mankind—Metals
• Prometheus and Epimetheus
• Prometheus and Io

The world was shocked yesterday by the sudden abduction of Persephone and her subsequent kidnapping down to the realm of Hades. Witnesses say that lord of death himself suddenly appeared on his chariot and snatched the innocent Persephone who was simply wandering in a field looking for flowers. 

“I could see him in the distance,” a witness said.  “He didn’t give Persephone any choice about whether she wanted to come with him.  I was like so terrified.” Investigators into her disappearance are still not sure what Hades’ motives were.     (Continued…) 

Creation Story Paragraph due Thursday/Friday

Earn yourself 10 Land by completing your Creation Story paragraph!

The slideshow we looked at in class that explains the structure is available here.

Welcome to Mythology!

If you were not here the very first day of the school year, you will need to complete this survey and turn it in to me for class points.

1. Name
2. Tell me about your family…
3. Hobbies/ Sports/ Work/ Free time
4. Why did you decide to take Mythology
5. If you had to be an animal, which animal would you choose and why?
6. Briefly describe your experiences in your other high school English classes.
7. What is one project you would like to do in Mythology this year?
8. Who would you consider to be a personal hero of yours?
9. If you could change one thing about the current school system, what would you
change?
10. What are your goals for life after high school?
11. If you could choose one supernatural power, what would you choose?
12. What do I need to know about you as a student and person in order to
understand you better?

Senior Final Exam Information

Senior Finals Information:

Seniors, you may need to review the information below since you will be leaving us early.

Quotation Incorporation slideshow
Fall of Troy Slide show

"Jeopardy" Review Questions (Odyssey questions available)
Kahoot Review Game (No Odyssey Questions)

Final Exam Questions

Part I: Multiple Choice Section: 100 Questions

10 Basic Gods and Goddesses Questions
8 Quest of the Golden Fleece (Jason) Questions
6 Four Great Adventures Questions
Phaethon
Bellerophon
Daedalus
Otus and Ephialtes
6 Perseus and Theseus Questions
9 Hercules Questions
3 Atalanta Questions (non-seniors only)
13 Trojan War Questions
7 Fall of Troy Questions
11 Odyssey Questions
9 Aeneid Questions (non-seniors only)
14 Superfabulous Thinking Questions
10 Quotation Incorporation/Critical Reading Questions

Part II: Structured Paragraph

You will write a complex claim paragraph on a topic given to you using guidelines we have practiced in class. (this will be just like your Hercules paragraph, so you should bring this to class as an example)

Hercules Paragraph Information

Hercules Paragraph Information

Hercules Presentations due Monday

Information about your slide show is available here.

Unit 2 Test and Homework

Please remember that your deadline for all unit 2 make up work is Friday, 5/10.

The Kahoot we played in class for review today is available here.

Also, the names needed for the Theseus Pie assignment are available here.

Perseus Columns and Theseus Part 1 Questions

Information for the Perseus Column assignment and the Theseus Part 1 Questions are available below.

Perseus Columns:

Divide the story of Perseus into 6 sections. (This has probably already been done in your book) for each section, write down information in the four categories: New Characters, Plot Events, a quotation supporting the claim that Perseus is or will be a hero, and a literary device with an explanation.

Image here.

Theseus Questions:

# 1 How does Theseus demonstrate acts of heroism? How does Theseus seem to define the concept of heroism? What specific heroic traits does he demonstrate?

#2 Cite at least one specific example of when Theseus’ cousin Hercules influences Theseus’ behavior and decision making. How does having a cousin like Hercules influence Theseus’ personality? How would his life have been different if he didn’t have Hercules as a cousin?

#3 What does Theseus’ treatment of the bandits reveal about his concept of justice? In other words, how does Theseus define justice and how does he feel like justice needs to be enforced?

#4 Cite 2-3 examples of how Theseus’ quest and personality differ from
those of Jason and Perseus. Cite at least one example of how his quest is similar to that of Jason or Perseus. Of these three heroes, who do you think most closely matches our concept of heroism today?

#5 What connections can you make between Theseus’ life so far and current stories, shows, or characters? To answer this question, you need to refer to a specific character from a tv series, movie, or book, describe a characteristic or event with that character, and explain what part of Theseus’ life this is similar to.

Antithesis Essay Outline

The antithesis essay outline is available here!

For those of you looking for more of a challenge (or who just really like this topic) please see the assignment option here.


NEW: Introduction and Summary and Explanation Help

Jason Interactive Reading Question

Jason Interactive Reading Questions

Antithesis Notes and Practice Assigment

The anthithesis notes and 8 Tales of Lovers practice assignment are available here.

Unit 1 Assignments and Review Questions

Newspaper Article

Diary Entry

Hades Project

Unit 1 Review Jeopardy Questions

Structured Paragraph! 10 Land Opportunity

Here is the slideshow with the structured paragraph information that we went over in class. Remember your structured paragraph is due 2/11 for B day or 2/12 or 2/14 for A Day. The A-Day deadline is not set yet because our Tuesday snow day has impacted our timeline.

Pretest

The Mythology pretest that we completed in class is available here. Please turn this in for class points.

Welcome to Second Semester Mythology

If you were absent for the first day of class, please complete the survey below and turn in to me as your first assignment!

1. Name
2. Tell me about your family…
3. Hobbies/ Sports/ Work/ Free time
4. Why did you decide to take Mythology
5. If you had to be an animal, which animal would you choose and why?
6. Briefly describe your experiences in your other high school English classes.
7. What is one project you would like to do in Mythology this year?
8. Who would you consider to be a personal hero of yours?
9. If you could change one thing about the current school system, what would you change?
10. What are your goals for life after high school?
11. If you could choose one supernatural power, what would you choose?
12. What do I need to know about you as a student and person in order to understand you better?

Review for the final

Here is a link to the Kahoot we played in class.

And here is the link to some jeopardy questions.

Odyssey Quotation Activity and Fall of Troy Note

Odyssey quotation activity.


Fall of Troy Notes.

Odyssey Questions

Odyssey questions are available here.

Book Project due 1/10 or 1/11

Here is the information you will need to complete your book project (in case you no longer have your paper copy.) Remember, you will need to submit your assignment online through Turnitin. Login information is available on the assignment description document.