February 6, 2020 Thursday

Review of the homework from Tuesday
Write your story. Be sure to include the required elements from the list we created in class. Please include one picture and one sound effect. (onomatopoeia)

Explain who needs to know this? (Demographic information)

Post the original myth in Canvas. We will READ these to each other on Thursday. Have fun!

Writing: 50 points
Reading to the class: 25 points
Demographic information, sound effects, and illustration: 25 points

100 points total



Why did certain things happen in nature?  Here are the items that you needed to include in your original story.

1. A visual
2. Sound effects 
3. Dialogue/conversation (correctly punctuated)
4. The answer to the question
5. Identify your audience. 


Time to read your story! Gather round the fire for some not-so-scientific reasons. 

Let's loosen up by weaving a myth together and answer the question - Why do_________________?

One student will begin then pass the ball to the next student who will move on with the story. The first two students create two talking animals and identify the question.

The remaining students continue the story, add sound effects, and eventually answer the question. That is the end. 

Let's try . . .

Now it is your turn to read your original story to us and to show us the visual. Have fun with the sound effects. 


Moving on to myths of LOVE! Cupic will be busy next week! 

Homework:

A. Identify Cupid. Tell of one of his "love" adventures".

Think about these quotations: 

“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.”
— Morrie Schwartz

“Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.”
— Lord Byron

B. Now find a couple of quotations that "say something" to you. (share)


Keep those thoughts in mind as you read a famous love story that was given to us by the Greeks. 

C. Pick a "loving couple" from the pink envelope. Your task is to investivate the story as if you were a news reporter. You are looking for the Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How of the myth. 

Consult three sources.  Different versions add different information. Keep track of your sources.

Write your news story. Microsoft Word offers many templates for News Letters/flyers. Put the sources on the bottom of the page. 

Post the completed document in Canvas by Tuesday. We will share these. 


50 points for the document
10 points for sharing
Total: 60 

If time permits, we will have a bit of fun with a Readers Theatre love story that features a frog.