Myth project and practice part I

What is a myth?

What do you think? Please write a response in your notebook.
Then listen to and write down at least one classmate's idea.

​Please scrībe this definition in your notes:

• A story from oral tradition.

• Gods and heroes.

• Ancient past.

• Fantastic events and creatures.

• Contains deep truths about the world and human life: tells us about ourselves.

Multiple Choice

Myths take place in…

• the Marvel universe.

• the ancient past.

• Chicago.

• history.

Multiple Choice

A myth is…

• false.

• fake.

• a lie.

• a story.

Multiple Select

The characters in myths are usually (please choose TWO answers.)

• leaders from history.

• heroes.

• gods.

• today’s families.

Multiple Choice

A myth may not be fact, but it does contain…

• trends.

• truth.

• lies.

• trivia.

In your Roman mythology project, you will

​Retell, illustrate, et evaluate a myth:

Create high quality art: poster, 3-min podcast or video, other. ----Due before Christmas break.
Include lots of DETAILS from the story: words and images.
Evaluate the message or theme of the story.
Use Latin such that audience can understand it.
Present your work to the class first week of January.
Full requirements on rubric in Google Classroom.

Poll

What kind of art would you like to do for your myth project?

(no right or wrong answers, just your feeling right now)

• Poster

• Podcast

• Video

• Other

Step one, due this Friday

Write a summary of the myth in your own words:
1. MAIN IDEA tells overall content of story and describes main characters.
2. 5 sentences tell specific DETAILS of the story in order.
3. CONCLUSION tells a message or theme of the story and your opinion of it.

Match

Please match these parts of a summary:

• Main idea

• Details

• Conclusion

overall what happens & characters

Specific things that happen, in order

Message or theme, and your opinion

• overall what happens & characters

• Specific things that happen, in order

• Message or theme, and your opinion

Now, please write the three parts in your notebook like so --->
Watch myth of Daedalus and Icarus. Write a summary in your notebook. Quizizz will help.
First, we will watch the whole video and get a main idea. Then we will watch parts of it for details.

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​Time to practice!

Open Ended

What do you think is the overall main idea of the story?

Please type one complete sentence.

After you hear some classmates' ideas,

then WRITE A MAIN IDEA sentence in your notebook.

​Now, please write your own main idea in your notebook under your heading "main idea".






(...to be contined next class.)