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?