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Lesson Overview
Objective
Explain how comparing different forms of a literary text helps build a deeper understanding of the text and which author's craft decisions or structures have the greatest influence on how events are described.
Readings and Materials
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Book: I Am Arachne: Fifteen Greek and Roman Myths by Elizabeth Spires pp. 2–5
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Excerpt: “Athena and Arachne: How Spiders Came to Be” from Greek Myth Plays by Carol Pugliano-Martin pp. 48–51
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Book: The McElderry Book of Greek Myths by Eric A. Kimmel
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Excerpt: “Arachne and Athena” from Echo Echo: Reverso Poems about Greek Myths by Marilyn Singer
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Resource: Discussion Handout (G4, U3, L12)
Lesson Map
4 days
Defend how Greek myths are still relevant today by using examples from students' lives and the world around them.
Plan an opinion essay by naming an opinion and listing reasons to support it.
- Two Paragraph Outline
- Sample Two Paragraph Outline (G4, U3, L21)
Standards
W.4.1W.4.1.aW.4.1.b
Provide adequate elaboration of reasons to support an opinion or position.
- Two Paragraph Outline — Completed from Day 1
Standards
W.4.1W.4.1.aW.4.1.bW.4.5
Provide clear introduction and conclusion sections relating to the topic.
Standards
SL.4.1W.4.1W.4.1.aW.4.1.b
Revise by deleting details that don't support the main idea.
Standards
L.4.1.aL.4.1.fW.4.1W.4.5
2 days
Revise and edit a narrative from earlier in the unit.
Use precise dialogue tags to convey ideas and develop characters.
Standards
L.4.3.aW.4.3.bW.4.3.d
Include a conclusion that provides the reader with a sense of closure.
Standards
L.4.1.aW.4.3.e
