Newspaper Assignment Information

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.

Voice elements
 No slang or casual words (except maybe in quoations)
 No first person or second person
 Average to long sentences

 Length: 1- 1 ½
 Focus on spelling, punctuation, past tense and formal voice.

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…)