Due Thursday, 9/29

Newspaper Article

Directions: Write an article in the style of a newspaper in which you retell the story of one of the myths we have read or discussed so far in class. It should be written using formal voice, 3rd person voice.

It should also be on a different myth than your diary entry.

 Length: 1- 1 ½ pages typed

Suggested myths:

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

Example:

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. And there was nothing we could do to stop him.” Investigators into her disappearance are still not sure what Hades’ motives were. (Continued…)

Dear Diary:

I am so worried that I don’t know what I’m going to do. This morning I was out picking flowers with some of my friends when I heard a terrific galloping and clashing behind me. I hardly had time to turn around when I saw a shadowy figure of a man in a chariot. He stooped to pick me up, and even though I was screaming for help, he took me down to the underworld. I soon figured out that it was Hades who had abducted me and taken me down to his palace…

Assignment: Select one of the myths we have worked with in class and write a diary entry in which you explain the thoughts of one of the main characters. You may try to explain his or her actions, or add some details not included in the original story.

Suggested myths/characters:

Persephone/Demeter
Dionysus
Prometheus/Epimetheus
Io
Europa
Uranus/Cronus
Hera
Pentheus
Metaneira

Length: This should be a page in length.

Remember, this should be written in either semi-formal, or informal voice and written in the past tense. If you'd like to review those notes, here they are:

Voice

Formal: Formal voice avoids slang and casual sounding words. It also avoids using all personal pronouns like “I, me, you, your, we, and our” in order to appeal to all readers. This corresponds to third-person point of view.

 There are many examples of betrayal that occur in Greek Mythology.

Semi-Formal: Like formal voice, this avoids slang, but can include the pronouns “I” and “me”. However, it still avoids the use of “you” and “your” so that it does not “talk” to the reader. This corresponds to first person point of view.

 I can find many examples of betrayal in the stories of Greek Mythology.

Informal: Informal voice allows all pronouns and all school appropriate words. You may sometimes find this in dialog also.

 I am going to tell you a about many example of betrayal in Greek Mythology.

Tense

Verbs can present information in either present or past tense.

Present: Uranus imprisons the fifty-headed 100-handed monsters.
Past: Uranus imprisoned the fifty-headed 100-handed monsters.

In a structured paragraph discussing myths, you can use either as long as you stay consistent throughout the entire paragraph or paper.

In other assignments, the tense may be determined by the logic of the assignment.

Thursday, 9/22

Today we finally finished up Demeter/Dionysus presentations. If you do not have 8 summaries from these presentations, you may need to come in and borrow summary notes.

We also began work on the Hades Project: a summary of a place! Here is the information about it. We will be handing them in after some worktime on Friday.

Hades Assignment

Read the information on Hades (the underworld) with a partner.

BB:42-44
LB: 39-40

Create a summary of what you find out about Hades. As a summary of a place, it should be focused on:
• Important places and their purpose
• People associated with these locations
• Locations of these places in a logical way

 Using this summary, create a visual representation (map) of Hades as the Greeks envisioned it.

 To be considered complete, it must contain the following concepts:
o Tartarus/Erebus
o The Rivers: Acheron, Cocytus, Phlegethon, Styx, and Lethe
o Charon
o Gates of Entry
o Cerberus
o Judges: Rhadamanthus, Minos, Aeacus
o Pluto’s Palace

All of these concepts must be labeled and explained on your map!

Friday 9/16

Today in class we did a gallery walk to admire peoples' summaries/posters on the gods/goddesses/characters. If you were absent, you will need to create notes for these characters using either a book, or coming in to look at posters before or after school.

Due Thursday, 9/15

If you did not give me a copy of your "Betrayal paragraph" you will need to give this to me on Thursday.

If you have turned this in, there is no other homework due on Thursday. We will be using the class to finish with your poster summaries, and hopefully begin transferring that information to your notes.

Due Wednesday, 9/14--5 Land!!!

Your structured paragraph on the Creation Myth is tomorrow. Your paragraph topic is:

The Greek Creation myth contains many examples of betrayal.

Use the following powerpoint as a reminder of the paragraph requirements.

Powerpoint

Also, here is a link to Ms. McLean's webpage where she has the four pages of the Creation Story available to view as PDFS.