This week brings a final flurry of writing--both essays and poems. Students are drafting essays about their mythological character based on the research notes they have gathered. A final draft of the essay will be submitted, and it will accompany the student's project in a creative fashion.
Students are finishing up the brainstorming begun at Look Park on Friday afternoon. There they recorded observations of nature and began to pair those observations with descriptive language. The final brainstorm concerns images of the mythological world: oceans, rivers, Mt. Olympus, the Underworld. Students will use their observations and imagery to compose poems, perhaps prompted by the inspirations offered to them (see attached handouts on previous blog page).
While students are busy creating their mythology projects at home, in addition to the final flurry of writing we are doing this week, they will be engaged next week in a few more creative projects to round out our mythology study. One will involve similes from the "The Iliad", another will focus on idioms that originated in ancient Greece, and for another students will attend (aka create) a round table meeting of the god(desse)s. You will get to view all of their projects at our Celebration of Ancient Greece on Thursday, June 14 (invitation to come!).
Homework:
Mon-Thurs.: Draft essay should be completed by Friday; students should use editing checklist (on back of outline handout) to edit and revise. Final draft to submit due Wed. 6/6. (Students will incorporate essay into project creatively.
Mon-Friday: Final draft of poem is due MONDAY 6/4. It is important to bring your final draft, printed, to class on Monday because we will do something with the poems!
Myth essay outline
Poetry organizers are linked on previous blog page: River of Words Meets Greek Mythology
