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)