Mythology Museum Exhibit #6

Today we're working on #6 of our Mythology Museum Exhibit!
 The list currently says,

• A comic strip or short summary (¾ page) of one of the major stories about your god or goddess

however, I'm changing this up a bit. We're going to work on Anchor 6 of our reading standards. We're going to work from the character's point of view. Here's your new task:


We know that myths are the oldest type of stories told. We also know that they were told by mouth and were changed a bit each time. They actually weren't written down until about 1300bc. This is why there are so many different versions of the same story.

Today your character has been granted access to 'come to life' and tell the REAL story. You will become your character as you write the story. Be creative with the genre. Here are a few ideas that I have, but this does not limit you. Feel free to make this project yours.

My ideas are:

• Write the readers a letter, telling them all about the real you, or telling them the real version of your myth.
• Write the story using first perspective (I). The story would begin with a paragraph introducing yourself and setting, then proceed with details telling the problem and events leading up to the problem, the climax, and events leading up to the solution (if there is one). Use what you know about writing narratives.
• Write an autobiography of yourself.
• Write a play with dialogue between yourself and another character. A play needs a title, list of characters, a narrator setting up the play, and dialogue telling the story.
• A memoir that tells about ONE of the stories that your character is a part of.
• I am poem (be careful with this, be sure to tell the story within the poem)
• Create a comic strip (be sure the comic tells or infers the story)

How to start:

• As always, brainstorm ideas.
• Then, sequence your events in a beginning, middle, and end
• Write a draft- use description, fig. language, pacing- longer sentences for detail and shorter sentences for action,
• Share the draft with me

When is this due?

Draft due TOMORROW :0)  

We'll peer edit them tomorrow. You may want to create something using technology but that comes AFTER the draft and edits.

You are incredibly talented readers and writers, thinkers and creators, and INNOVATING 5th graders.

Put some passion into this and make it EPIC!

Two Readers Hear From Lois Lowry!

Have you read The Giver by Lois Lowry?  Then you know that the ending can be the subject of some very interesting conversations.  Did Jonas and Gabriel really sled down into a new city or did they die from hardship and was the new city a metaphor for heaven?  

These two readers needed to know the author's perspective so they wrote her a letter.  

Lois Lowry replied with a handwritten note.  See her reply below:

Mythology Museum Exhibit

Mythology Museum Project due on Friday, March 22nd

Presentation date:  Thursday, March 28th 11:00-12:00

Create a Museum Exhibit on a Greek or Roman god/goddess from your study of ancient mythology.  

Your Mythology Museum Exhibit must include:

1. A family tree with the name of your god/goddess highlighted.
2. A graphic organizer comparing and contrasting the Greek and Roman version of your god/goddess.
3. The Greek and Roman name of your god/goddess on a poster size sign.
4. A list of what you god/goddess was in charge of.
5. A symbol your god/goddess is associated with (ex. Zeus- lightning bolts, Kronus(Chronus)-clock, Poseidon-dolphins)
6. A comic strip or short summary (¾ page) of one of the major stories about your god or goddess.
7. A list of people who thought of your god/goddess as their patron (ex. gamblers often prayed to Hermes for luck)
8. At least 6 pictures of your god/goddess from paintings, drawings, sculpture, etc.)
9. An activity that lets visitors apply the information they learned from exhibit.  Be creative!  Visitors can make something, solve a puzzle, play a game etc. related to your topic.
10. Dress up as the god or goddess.

Document your progress on the chart below:

We have finished...	Date	I helped out on this part!
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Good sites for additional information:

http://greece.mrdonn.org/greekgods/

http://www.mrdonn.org/stories.html

Mythology Scrapbook

Let's work together to create a Mythology Scrapbook!

    Mythology has always been a favorite genre of mine.  I'm hoping this unit of study leaves you feeling just as excited.  First, we'll need to become familiar with greek mythology.

     We will jigsaw D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths to create a scrapbook.  I've shared the Mythology Scrapbook (Google Presentation) with you.  After listening to our read aloud today, we'll divide up the slides and create a scrapbook page.  You and your partner will need to read your section in the book; however, you may also search your God/Goddess using other books and/or the internet.  You will then present your slide the following day.

Introduction to Mythology

What is mythology?  

Answer in a comment below:

How were these stories passed down through so many generations?  

What questions do you have about this genre?  

What do you already know about mythology?

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