Due 10/27 or 10/28

GOLD BONUS! PRINT OUT A COPY OF THIS POST AND BRING IT IN BY 10/27 (A) OR 10/28 (B) FOR 10 GOLD.

Today in class we acted out the stories of Otus and Ephialtes and Daedalus. You will need to add a summary of each to your glossary 2. Also, we discussed the importance the ancient Greek's placed on avoiding excesses, which inspires the following assignment:

Write a story (3/4 to one page) in which you express the importance of moderation.

First, create 3 characters.
Then, choose an activity

Your first paragraph will show your first character doing too much of your chosen activity and therefore, suffering as a result.

Your second paragraph will show your second character doing too little of your chosen activity, and therefore suffering as a result.

Your third paragraph will show your third character doing just the right amount of this activity, and therefore experiencing very happy results.

Due Thursday 10/23 or Friday 10/24

There will be a reading quiz over the stories of "Phaethon" and "Pegasus and Bellerophon". The pages numers are:

BB: 180-190
LB: 136-143

You may use any reading notes that you took to help you on the quiz.

Also you should be making progress on your Hero's story.

Continue working on Hero's Story...

...but there's nothing "officially" due today.

Hero Story Assignment Begins

You are writing your very own Hero's Quest (much like Jason and the Argonauts). You will need to create a hero who must go on a quest to do something, destroy something, rescue something, get something, etc. Accomplishing this task will result in good things for your hero and community.

Your hero will experience three challenges along the way that delay him from accomplishing his quest. You will need to create these three challenges for your hero to overcome. Eventually, your hero will accomplish this quest, return home, and experience great joy.

For Wednesday, you will need to have an outline of your entire story. Your outline will include information for the categories of

Exposition: Hero's background, setting, other characters.
Hook: What your hero's quest it.
Conflict 1:
Conflict 2:
Conflict 3:
Climax: Quest is accomplished.
Falling action/resolution: Hero returns home successful.

Once your outline is complete, you will need to write the first two paragraphs of your story. The first paragraph should be on the exposition and hook; the second paragraph tells the story of the first conflict.

Your story must have a historical setting and the final essay will be 2-3 pages.

Due 10/13 or 10/14-Jason Movie Cast Assignment

Your task is to create cast for a new movie version of "Jason and the Argonauts". You need to create three columns on your paper. In the first, you must list a MINIMUM of 10 characters from the story of "Jason". In the second column, write the name of the actor/actress/celebrity who you think would do well in that role. In the third column, provide me with a few sentences explaining why that person would do a good job as that character.

Due 10/6 or 10/7

You need to write a 1/2 page paragraph explaining the differences between the movie version of Jason and the Argonauts to what we have read so far as a class.

Due 10/3 or 10/6 Jason Comic Strip! 5 Land!

Jason Comic Strip Assignment:

Reading:

BB: 159-167
LB: 122-127

After you complete your reading of the first part of the Quest for the Golden Fleece, you will be creating a comic strip that has 10 boxes. Each box should contain a picture of the action and a caption describing it. You will probably also want to include dialog in each box.

Obviously, if all you can draw is stick figure, that's fine! However, if you consider yourself limited in artistic ability, you might want to include some color to make it look like you put some time into it.

This assignment will be worth 5 Land.