WEEKLY STANDARDS: 1.1C, 1.1H, 1.3 A, 1.3B, 1.3C, 1.4 B, 1.5 E, 1.5F, 1.6D, 1.6E
Objective: Students will be able to identify heroic qualities in classic hero myths.
Journal: Draw a plot pyramid and label each of the points (as best you can from memory).
Agenda: 1) Copy Vocab Words and Definitions into Notebook (words found on pp. 664-683 in the bottom margins): contemptible, tribute, afflicted, vanquished, squandered, gloated, smite, stifled, seared, covets
2) Review of plot: Drawing and labeling a plot pyramid. Students will be asked to go to the board and reconstruct a plot pyramid from memory, labeling the seven plot points.
3) Note-taking: MYTH: a traditional story about gods and heroes used to explain a belief, a ritual, or a mysterious natural phenomenon.
PERSONIFICATION vs. ANTHROPOMORPHISM
PERSONIFICATION: Giving human-like qualities to objects, animals or ideas.
ANTHROPOMORPHISM: Treating objects, animals, ideas or Gods as if they are actually human.
OMNISCIENT NARRATOR: A narrator who is not a character in the story, but can see everything happening in the story and knows the thoughts/feelings of all the characters.
4) Reading “Theseus” pp. 660-666. Focus on the steps Theseus takes to prove himself a hero.
5) “Examining Theseus as a Classic Hero” Worksheet
Homework: Read “All We Need Is That Piece of String” pg. 669. Complete Questions 2, 5, 6, 8, 12, 13 on pg. 670.
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