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- 1. Title: Mythology Overview Mythological stories may be traced across continents and returned to the setting out of time. People from distinctive cultures have created myths to have a good time the numerous, the heroic, the implausible, and the unknown. At first glance, students may surprise what ties their lives may ought to Greek mythology, if any. However, upon similarly examination, they may realize that myths have provided us with motives, have inspired our vocabulary, have entertained humans for many generations, and maintain to teach us many lessons. Students will advantage know-how and know-how of the legacy of ancient Greece; decided on myths, gods, and goddesses and their impact on literature nowadays; and the connection between Greek mythology and current society. Check out those 11 books to educate about Greek Mythology Objective Students will: Develop competencies had to reply to inferential and critical questions when analyzing Utilize works of literature as springboards to writing Develop vocabulary Develop oral and written competencies Compare and comparison Greek mythology to other stories Practice writing for a lot of purposes and audiences Identify factors of Greek mythology in famous culture, together with advertising, humorous writing, fiction, and product identification Materials KWL Chart printable Books of myths World map Scrapbooking materials Directions Step 1: K-W-L: Use this activity on the starting of the unit to evaluate how a great deal college students already understand approximately mythology and to determine what they could be interested in studying. At the belief of the unit, college students paintings in small corporations to generate lists of latest understandings about what they have discovered. Step 2: Understanding Conflict and Resolution: Throughout the primary weeks, students study myths in magnificence to determine the styles of conflicts that arise (e.G., individual vs. Individual, character vs. Nature, and so on.) and the way these conflicts are resolved. Step 3: Word Maps: Students plot phrase maps to help facilitate their know-how of latest vocabulary encountered all through the unit. Word maps incorporate definitions, synonyms, sentences the use of the phrase efficiently, and illustrations. Step four: Punctuation Review: Students are offered with a conversation between mythological characters from which all punctuation has been eliminated. Students paintings with a associate to punctuate the communication efficaciously after which evaluate their version with the authentic. Step five: Predictions: Students speak the call of the mythological character and make predictions approximately the man or woman in the fable. As they examine, students hold to make predictions and verify or reject the ones predictions.