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Lesson Overview
Objective
Defend if Narcissus learns his lesson.
Readings and Materials
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Excerpt: “Narcissus and Echo” from I Am Arachne: Fifteen Greek and Roman Myths by Elizabeth Spires pp. 36–42
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Excerpt: “Narcissus and Echo” from Echo Echo: Reverso Poems about Greek Myths by Marilyn Singer
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Resource: Discussion Recording Page (G4, U3, L16)
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
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
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