Exploring Ancient Greece

Lesson 3
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ELA

Alternate Unit 6

2nd Grade

Lesson 3 of 23

Objective


Describe two gods and what made them unique by identifying and explaining details the author includes to support the main points in a text.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: Ancient Greece and the Olympics: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce  pp. 26 – 37

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Target Task


Discussion & Writing Prompt

Describe two of the gods you read about today and explain why they are unique. Include reasons from the text to support your thinking.

Sample Response

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Key Questions


  • (Teacher model) What information does the author give the reader about Zeus?

    How does the picture deepen your understanding?

  • (Teacher model) Read the sentence from the text. "Zeus rewarded people who pleased him." What does the word "pleased" mean as used in the sentence? What does it show about Zeus?

  • (Teacher model) Based on all of the information the author gave us, what trait best describes Zeus? Why?

  • For each other god, spiral the following questions:

    • What information does the author give the reader about X god?
    • What new vocabulary words did you learn?
    • How does the image clarify understanding?
    • What trait best describes the god? Why?

Vocabulary


resisted

v.

to keep yourself from giving in

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Common Core Standards


  • RI.2.2 — Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
  • RI.2.7 — Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.
  • RI.2.8 — Describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text.

Supporting Standards

L.2.5.a
L.2.6
RF.2.3
RF.2.4
RI.2.1
RI.2.4
RI.2.10
SL.2.1
SL.2.2
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