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?

Contagious Disease Projects

Check these contagious disease projects!

West Nile by Hannah
Tuberculosis by Stella

Pertussis by Nyssa

Cholera by Amber

Small Pox by Sam

Polio by Lola

Bird Flu by Joey

Scarlet Fever by Kassidy

Typhus by Kylie

Cancer by Nick L.

Leprosy by Gabby

Measles by Nick V.

Hepatitis by Jacob S.

Mononucleosis by Hayden 

Influenza by Carter

Mumps by Jacob K

Chicken Pox by Jackson
Malaria by Jadee

Giardia by Logan

Swine Flu by Grace

Planning and Writing an Informative Piece about Contagious Diseases

You have developed your research question, today we will generate and plan.
Our goals:

• organize your research notes using a web or table  http://bf5writinggalore.blogspot.com/2014/02/writing-informative-piece-formulating.html
• write a thesis statement (turn your question into a statement)  http://bf5writinggalore.blogspot.com/2014/02/writing-informative-piece-research.html
• plan an introductory paragraph  http://bf5writinggalore.blogspot.com/2014/02/writing-informative-piece-using-your.html
• order your paragraphs
• organize the body 
• begin a first draft

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How to Formulate a Research Question

Step 2  Contagious Disease Research

Here's what we accomplished in step one while exploring our topics:

• READ non-fiction text about a contagious disease
• Learn unfamiliar words
• Find main ideas of the text
• Summarize the text’s ideas
• Ask questions while reading
• Site sources

What's next?  Let's take all the questions you developed and narrow it to one great research question.

Brainstorm how you might go about answering it.  You may use some of the sources you've already found or you may find new text.  You are now an investigator.  Your job is to answer that question.

So what makes a great research question?

The best questions don't necessarily emerge at the beginning of a unit of study but actually may surface AFTER you've had some time for hands-on investigation and/or reading.

Let's check out these resources.

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After you have developed your research question, we will generate and plan.